我隐秘的世界 - 莎拉厂牌的故事（2014）

音乐行业已彻底改变
You now had the web you have
有了互联网
all the available outlets available there
和各种途径
for getting people to hear your music
让人听到你的音乐
Why would you need
为什么还需要
a record label basically?
一个厂牌呢？
Unless they are going to put thousands
除非愿意花许多钱
of pounds behind your marketing
帮你做推广
You are much better off just doing it
完全可以自己做
by yourselves and clearly lots of people
许多人也证明了
proved that you can become quite successful
靠自己
just by doing it by yourselves so
也能相当成功
Certainly I enjoyed Sarah
比起Shinkansen
more than Shinkansen
我当然更喜欢Sarah
Shinkansen felt more like this is what
Shinkansen感觉
I do as a job rather than something really
只是一份工作
positive and worthwhile which is
而不是非常积极有价值
making the world a better place
会让世界更美好的事
which is what Sarah
正如以前Sarah
was always supposed to be
一直致力于的
Sarah were the record label who made you
Sarah让你相信
think that you could do it yourself
你也能做自己的厂牌
They just put out some incredible
他们推出了一些
incredible, incredible records
非常不可思议的唱片
The legacy of Sarah Records in Spain
Sarah在西班牙
has been huge
影响深远
There are people in America
在美国许多人
who are completely obsessed with Sarah Records you know
十分迷恋Sarah Records
I'm one of them
我就是其中之一
Who would have thought that a small label
谁会想到在英格兰
out of England called Sarah Records
一个名叫Sarah的小厂牌
would make records and recordings
发行了一些唱片
that could touch a person such as myself
却能穿过半个世界
half way across the world over in
深深打动
the middle of the United States?
我这样一个美国中部的人
I'm Kady and I'm 18 years old
我是Kady 今年18岁
which means that when Sarah Records ended
Sarah Records关门的时候
I was a small child
我还只是个小孩
My name is Gene, I am 16 years old
我是Gene 今年16岁
All over the world you hear people
你在全世界都能听到
talking about Sarah Records
人们谈论Sarah Records
in Japan and in Jakarta
在日本 在雅加达
You know kids talking about Sarah Records
那里的青少年也在谈论Sarah Records
and it's kind of become an institution
差不多成了不成文的惯例
Anyone that is looking for sincere
任何人想在任何风格中
real music, of any genre
寻找真实又纯粹的音乐
Seek out Sarah Records
听听Sarah Records吧
It also blows me away that these recordings
我很震惊 这些唱片
are 20 years old now
都问世20年了
That was 20 years ago
竟是20年前的音乐
Wow
It is surprising the affection
这种钟爱和兴趣
and the interest in the label
令我非常惊讶
because
因为
it is 25 years ago since we started it
距离厂牌成立已经25年了
so 17 since we stopped it
结束厂牌也是17年前的事了
We certainly never dreamt that people
我们当然从未指望
would still be talking about it
人们25年后
in 25 years time and probably
还会谈论它
talking about it more now than they ever were
甚至比以前谈得更多
When you actually set something up that
当你建立起一个东西
that really plants a flag
它成了一个标志
then you'll find that that's something
渐渐你会发现
that will resonate beyond it's initial life
它产生的共鸣超越了自身
So I mean even after the label
甚至在关门以后
closed it's doors and even now
甚至是现在
there's an incredible connection to Sarah that goes on
Sarah引发的共鸣和联♥系♥仍在持续
One of the most extraordinary things in recent years
近年来最不可思议的是
has been with the whole digital downloads side of things
数字音乐下载所引发的影响
That suddenly, records that we thought
突然之间 那些我们以为
were forgotten about and lost
被遗忘和遗失的唱片
have suddenly reappeared because
一下又重新出现了
people can now download them
如今都能下载到
And I think that is an element to which
我想那就是为什么Sarah
Sarah is now bigger than it ever was at the time
比当时更受欢迎的原因之一
Creation Records
If you think about Creation Records
or Factory Records or ZTT
或Factory Records、ZTT
or Sarah Records or Sub Pop Records
还有Sarah Records、Sub Pop Records
something they've all got in common is that
他们的一个共同点就是
they are all really good at generating
都善于形成一种
a kind of overall aesthetic around themselves
围绕自身的整体的审美观
And all of these labels
所有这些厂牌
they are all still really highly regarded
如今依然有很高威望
The whole label was very hand made
整个厂牌都是Matt和Clare两人
by Matt and Clare
亲力亲为
Every band was chosen by them
亲自挑选每支乐队
Every band was helped along by them
竭力帮助他们
Every record was basically put together
每张唱片都是他们在自家客厅
in their living room by them
亲手组装的
Matt and Clare just said
Matt和Clare只是说
we'd like you to record an album
我们想让你们录张唱片
That was the brief, that was it
这就是厂牌的要求 就这些
So you just went and kind of did what you wanted
你可以放手去做
So I think because you got given
因为乐队被给予了
that responsibility
那份责任
the bands probably cared more
所以也许
than if there was a huge, great big budget
相比一份巨额预算
and you were told what to do
被指手画脚 他们会更用心
The end result is that you've got something
结果就是 你做出来的东西
that's a bit more honest
会更加诚实
and a bit more
更多一点
you know a bit more personal
更个人化一些
And people can always relate to
人们总是对
something that's personal
个人化的东西产生感情
We were so naive, we knew nothing
我们曾那么天真 一无所知
You know I kind of think that in a way
我觉得 某种程度上
embodied everything that in my head
是Sarah Records
that was what Sarah Records
使我表达出了内心的东西
sort of stood for right at the start
那就是它的初心
You know, in you go the studio
你进到录音棚时
and you have no idea quite
都不知道
what you are doing
自己在做些什么
but out of it comes something that's special
但一种特殊的东西就此孕育而生
The whole philosophy I think that they ran
这背后的哲学就是
that feeling of you know
他们给人一种
us against the world
与世界抗衡的感觉
It was like the label
就好像厂牌
was as important as the bands
与乐队同等重要
Even when Sarah was going it was like
即使Sarah还活跃时
a little bit of people's secret
也像是人们心中的秘密
and it was like
就好比
Oh you like Sarah Records too!
原来你也喜欢Sarah
It was just it's own
那是属于
It's own secret world
它自己的秘密世界
I think when we finished we thought
结束厂牌时
that we had really achieved something there
我们认为我们实现了一些东西
What we'd set out to do
原先的目标吗？
Yes I really think
是的 我是认为
We did and
我们做到了 而且
if we were still doing it now
如果我们还在做的话
we'd probably just go
可能会变成