ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Imogen Heap - Musician
Imogen Heap's aching voice and surprising electronics infuse countless videos and iPods with bone-chilling atmospherics.

Why you should listen

Classically trained composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Imogen Heap finds her muse in unlikely places. She's mined sonic mystery from sources ranging from cardboard tubes to cheap samplers to the data gloves--not to mention her own vocal cords.

A relentless experimenter, Heap's latest song cycle is built around some 900 fan-submitted "sound seeds," or samples of everyday sounds. The first six of these "Heapsongs" have been released via her website, and include the lovely "Propeller Seeds," inspired by a chance meeting at a past TEDGlobal. During 2012's TEDGlobal she recorded a song in various locations around Edinburgh, "anywhere that has a piano and they let me turn up with a microphone." She has also composed the orchestral score for the crowdsourced nature film "Love the Earth."

Heap's last album Ellipse earned her a Grammy and Ivor Novello award. This summer marks the release of Sparks, her fifth and most ambitious album to date. Sparks' songs have taken Imogen all over the world from her North East London home studio to the Himalayas via China. This year Imogen is the guest artist-curator for the iconic London Roundhouse venue’s new music festival, Reverb. The eagerly awaited Sparks world tour will begin at Reverb in August 2014. Meanwhile, Imogen will be celebrating her tenth TED anniversary this year.

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TEDGlobal 2009

Imogen Heap: "Wait It Out"

伊莫金希普演唱“等待”

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伊莫金希普震撼现场版“等待”,来自新专辑《椭圆》
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♫ Where do we go from here? ♫
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我们要前往何方
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♫ How do we carry携带 on? ♫
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我们要怎样继续
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♫ I can't get beyond the questions问题
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我看不到答案
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Clambering攀爬 for the scraps下脚料
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为了一些琐碎而攀登
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♫ in the shatter打碎 of us, collapsed倒塌
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我们崩塌在碎片中
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♫ It cuts削减 me with every一切 could have been ♫
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每一块曾经的回忆
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Pain疼痛 on pain疼痛 on play, repeating重复
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痛苦反复演奏
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♫ With the backup备用, makeshift凑合的 life in waiting等候
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在只剩下等待的日子里
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Everybody每个人 says
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每个人都说
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♫ time heals愈合 everything ♫
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时间治愈一切
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♫ What of the wretched可怜 hollow空洞? ♫
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但是心中这痛苦的空虚怎么办?
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♫ The endless无穷 in between之间? ♫
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这漫长的旅途要怎么走?
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♫ Are we just going to wait it out? ♫
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我们只能等待了吗?
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♫ There is nothing to see here now ♫
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前方什么也看不到
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Turning车削 the sign标志 around ♫
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翻开标志
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♫ We're closed关闭 to the Earth地球 'til“直到 further进一步 notice注意
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不经意间就靠近了大地
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♫ A crumbling摇摇欲坠 cliche陈词滥调 case案件
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破碎的陈词滥调
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crumpled皱巴巴 and puffy蓬松 faced面对
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浮肿的脸庞
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caught抓住 dead in the stare of a thousand miles英里
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无助地望着远方
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♫ All I want, only one street level水平 miracle奇迹
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我只希望有一个小小的奇迹
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♫ I'll be an out and out born天生 again ♫
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我会再一次变笨
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♫ from none没有 more cynical愤世嫉俗的
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并且更加愤世嫉俗
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Everybody每个人 says
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每个人都说
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♫ that time heals愈合 everything ♫
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时间治愈一切
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♫ But what of the wretched可怜 hollow空洞? ♫
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但是心中这痛苦的空虚怎么办?
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♫ The endless无穷 in between之间? ♫
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这漫长的旅途要怎么走?
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♫ Are we just going to wait it out? ♫
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我们只能等待了吗
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♫ And sit here cold? ♫
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坐在寒冷之中?
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♫ We will be long gone走了 by then ♫
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在那之前我们将会消失吧
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♫ In lackluster乏善可陈
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在沉闷之中
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♫ In dust灰尘 we lay铺设 around old magazines杂志
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在灰尘中我们翻开老杂志
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Fluorescent lighting灯光 sets the scene现场
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华丽的灯光打开
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♫ for all we could and should be being存在
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为了能做的和应做的
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♫ in the one life that we've我们已经 got ♫
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在这仅有的一生中
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Everybody每个人 says
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每个人都说
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♫ time heals愈合 everything ♫
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时间治愈一切
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♫ And what of the wretched可怜 hollow空洞? ♫
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但是心中这痛苦的空虚怎么办?
03:12
♫ The endless无穷 in between之间? ♫
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这漫长的旅途要怎么走?
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♫ Are we just going to wait it out? ♫
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我们只能等待了吗?
03:22
♫ Just going to sweat it out? ♫
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只能苦苦煎熬了吗?
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♫ Just going to sweat it out? ♫
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只能苦苦煎熬了吗?
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♫ Wait it out ♫
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等待
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by Kankang Zhu
Reviewed by Wang Qian

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Imogen Heap - Musician
Imogen Heap's aching voice and surprising electronics infuse countless videos and iPods with bone-chilling atmospherics.

Why you should listen

Classically trained composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Imogen Heap finds her muse in unlikely places. She's mined sonic mystery from sources ranging from cardboard tubes to cheap samplers to the data gloves--not to mention her own vocal cords.

A relentless experimenter, Heap's latest song cycle is built around some 900 fan-submitted "sound seeds," or samples of everyday sounds. The first six of these "Heapsongs" have been released via her website, and include the lovely "Propeller Seeds," inspired by a chance meeting at a past TEDGlobal. During 2012's TEDGlobal she recorded a song in various locations around Edinburgh, "anywhere that has a piano and they let me turn up with a microphone." She has also composed the orchestral score for the crowdsourced nature film "Love the Earth."

Heap's last album Ellipse earned her a Grammy and Ivor Novello award. This summer marks the release of Sparks, her fifth and most ambitious album to date. Sparks' songs have taken Imogen all over the world from her North East London home studio to the Himalayas via China. This year Imogen is the guest artist-curator for the iconic London Roundhouse venue’s new music festival, Reverb. The eagerly awaited Sparks world tour will begin at Reverb in August 2014. Meanwhile, Imogen will be celebrating her tenth TED anniversary this year.

More profile about the speaker
Imogen Heap | Speaker | TED.com