过哲学的生活 LIVE PHILOSOPHY

大家好，我是 Kai，27岁，音乐人、写作人、运动员和思想者。妈妈是中国人，爸爸是德国人，在我记事之前，已经开始接触不同的文化和音乐。我的父亲是一名（非职业的）贝斯手，当我还在妈妈肚子里的时候，他就给我唱摇篮曲。 5岁时，我开始学打鼓，稍后钢琴，然后是吉他和贝斯。 15岁开始写歌。 18 岁也就是我开始在大学读哲学时，我喜欢上说唱。影响我的音乐风格主要有爵士、民谣和嘻哈。哲学方面，我的研究重点是知识论及正义。我喜爱运动，尤其是篮球。我热爱身心健康的生活。音乐对于我来说既是运动，也是滋养身心的食物和良药。

Live Philosophy “过哲学的生活“ 是我的人生观和座右铭，也是我自己的音乐品牌。我想表达的是，哲学不仅是用来阅读和写作的，还要身体力行所思所想，知行合一，过哲学的生活。

在这张录制于2019年2月23日的专辑中，我将与大家分享我的七首歌，和一首崔健老师的作品，谢谢崔健老师同意我演唱他的“迷失的季节”。我很感激能和我的父亲冯马丁、出色的美国歌手斯蒂芬妮、广州最优秀的爵士音乐家于振海老师、梁华刚和李浩鑫一起演出这场音乐会。感谢广州 JZ 俱乐部和热情的观众们，这个专辑带给我很多甜蜜的回忆。很可惜那天晚上我的弟弟睿奇没能参加演出，睿奇是很棒的音乐人，曾多次与我同台演出。我还要感谢我的母亲龚迎春、JZ Music音乐出版公司、录音师Danny 以及所有参与音乐会组织和这张现场专辑发行的人。致各位听众：我希望你们会像我们制作这张专辑一样，享受这张专辑的乐趣。谢谢你们的支持！

Hi, I’m Kai, I am a 27-year-old musician, writer, athlete & thinker. Born to a Chinese mother and a German father, I’ve been exposed to different cultures, and to music for as long as, no, even before I could remember. My father, a semiprofessional bass player, sang lullabies to me when I was still in my mother’s womb. At the age of 5, I began to play the drums, a little later the piano, then guitar and bass. At 15, I started writing songs. At 18, I discovered rap as an art form for myself. That’s also when I began studying philosophy at university. My main musical influences are jazz, folk & hip hop. Philosophically, I’m focused on matters of knowledge and justice. I’m also passionate about sports, particularly basketball, and health – not only physical, but also mental and spiritual. Music is movement, medicine and food for body and soul – that’s why I pour so much passion into it.

Live Philosophy is a label – it serves as the umbrella under which I pursue my musical activities. It is also a motto: it asks one to not only read and write, but also live philosophy. For me, that means not only to practice what you preach, but to realize that you learn by doing, by and through living.

In this album which was recorded in Feb 23rd 2019, I share with you seven of my compositions, plus one by the great Cui Jian, who has graciously allowed us to publish our cover of his beautiful “Lost Seasons”. I am grateful that I was able perform this concert accompanied by my father Martin, the fantastic American singer Stephanie and some of Guangzhou’s finest jazz musicians – Bruce, Hugo and Carry. That it was recorded live with a wonderful audience at Guangzhou’s JZ Club makes it that much sweeter. Missing that evening, unfortunately, was my younger brother Richie, a talented musician who has shared the stage with me many times. I want to thank my mother Yingchun, JZ Music, Danny and everyone else who was involved in the organization of the concert and the release of this live album. To the listeners: I hope you will enjoy playing this album as much as we did making it. Thank you for your support.


—— 龚凯（Kai Gong）