Wu-Tang Clan 即将发布仅限量一张的神秘专辑《Once Upon A Time in Shaolin》

随著数字音乐的不断发展，实体唱片领域受到了不小的冲击，如何制作出一张能够吸引消费者购买的专辑，成为各大厂牌必须仔细考虑的问题。日前美国传奇 Hip Hop 团体 Wu-Tang Clan 便作出创新，宣布推出仅仅制作了一张的神秘专辑。这张名为《The Wu – Once Upon a Time in Shaolin》的 LP 中，一共收录了 31 首歌曲，并设有一个珍贵的银质包装盒。这个盒子由英国雕刻家 Yahya 花费 3 个月时间手工打造而成，上面刻有 Wu-Tang Clan 的经典标志，以及充满东方神秘美感的花纹。对于这项最早滋生于 1997 年概念企划，团队成员 RZA 认为这已经成为一种当代艺术，并对《Forbes》杂志表示：

 ”We’re about to sell an album like nobody else sold it before, We’re about to put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of [modern] music.  We’re making a single-sale collector’s item. This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king. The idea that music is art has been something we advocated for years … And yet its doesn’t receive the same treatment as art in the sense of the value of what it is, especially nowadays when it’s been devalued and diminished to almost the point that it has to be given away for free.”

《Once Upon A Time in Shaolin》将于近期在各大博物馆，画廊和艺术节上进行展出，然后在进行出售，感兴趣的朋友不妨关注我们的后续报道。