In 2003 Cold Fairyland performed in the River Bar, run by a band called Wild Child. To mark the occasion, Lindy wrote the song "Seeds on the Ground" to express Cold Fairyland’s affection and respect for Wild Child. The song was premiered at this performance.  A few years later Wild Child’s lead singer, Xiao Suo, unexpectedly died of cancer. This made the members of Cold Fairyland deeply sorry and upset. So, to commemorate him, the title track "Seeds on the Ground" is dedicated to Xiao Suo.

Lindy created "Five Travelers" as purely instrumental music, and the quintet forged a new style, prominently featuring the cello and pipa. Uncommon instruments in the band’s former style, their use is unprecedented here. Folk and Classical, improvisation and polyphony, the complex yet smooth sound can not simply be defined as “New Folk” or “New Age”.

The album’s three vocal works span four years. "Seeds on the Ground" was written in 2003, Cold Fairyland premiered "Ghost Town Nightmare" live in Shanghai  in 2005, after extensive refinement, the song proved to softly subtle for a tumultuous live environment. Though no longer performed live, it is included in the album. "The Moon at the Fortified Pass" was written in the winter of 2006. It features lyrics by Tang Dynasty poet, Li Bai.

In fact, Five Travelers" was recorded at same time as  the album “Kingdom of Benevolent Strangers”, But the cut was "frozen", unmixed.  A span of more than three years passed until the Instrumental was finally completed for the album.

On the album, "Kingdom of Benevolent Strangers", the cello played only a small role. With the completion of the new album and the maturation of the new style, all five players are fully involved. This was Lindy’s intention. In rehearsal now, we have really learned how to rely on each other.

After three years, the new album is like the birth of the child.  Lindy and Cold Fairyland  explore a different musical language, a wondrous thing, This musical world is full of boundless imagination and countless possibilities.

And now, we will follow Cold Fairyland on a journey through nature, rivers, forests, wilderness, and into your heart. Think - outside the sky, how blue, how wide.

1：Seeds on the Ground

2：Shadow Play

3：Five Travelers

4：Puzzle

5：Solemn, Silent Circle

6：The Moon at the Fortified Pass

7：Reawakening

8：Cloud Riding

9：Forest Dance

10：Ice Castle

11：Ghost Town Nightmare

Seeds on the Ground

(This song dedicated to the late lead singer Xiao Suo of Wild Child)

Seeds on the ground, spread over the city in gusts of wind,

come to life in isolated flower-pots.

Although they’ve got no way to love and eventually die away,

Yet a sky filled to the brim with stars radiates in trembling brightness.

Seeds on the ground, where to take root.

Traveling through forests, scattered in torrents.

Although they’ve once loved and eventually die away,
Yet in the sunlight they’ve left their marks.

One day you will come out in vast blue fields,
To see that beyond dark clouds is an immaculate world.
You’ll crack a smile and the earth extends limitlessly.
This is a prophecy that realizes itself on my body.

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Jeroen,Craig

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