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【Jacob Collier 作品序言】
2013年，我有幸在伦敦现场见证了Oakwood大学Aeolians合唱团的震撼演出，这场表演彻底改变了我的人生轨迹。演出结束后，我见到了他们的指挥杰森·马克斯·费迪南德，当时便立下誓言，终有一天要为他们量身创作一首合唱作品。杰森一直记着我的这个承诺……转眼五年过去，我着手筹备《Djesse》专辑系列，觉得时机已然成熟，这首作品该应运而生了。
我在纳什维尔的Ocean Way Studios预约了和杰森以及合唱团的录制档期，在从伦敦飞往录音室与他们碰面的前一天，我完成了《世界》的创作。随后开启的这场长达12小时的录制，永远成为我人生中极具里程碑意义的音乐时刻。我们录制了这首作品，还完成了其他一些曲目，走出录音室的那一刻，我已然脱胎换骨。那一天，也是我人生中第一次指挥合唱团，而从那之后，我便常常站上指挥台了！
Back in 2013, I had the privilege of witnessing the magic of The Aeolians of Oakwood University performing live in London. It was a performance that changed the course of my life forever. After the concert, I met Jason Max Ferdinand, their conductor, and vowed to one day write a piece for them to sing. Jason held me to that promise… And, fast-forward 5 years, I was beginning work on my Djesse album series, and felt this was the moment for such a piece to spring to life. I booked a recording session with Jason and the choir at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, and composed ‘World O World’ the day before I flew from London to the studio to meet them. The 12 hour session that commenced will forever be one of my life’s defining musical moments. We recorded this piece, among some other things - and I left a different person from when I walked in. That day was also the first time I’d ever conducted a group of singers, which is something I’ve gone on to do a great deal of since :-)