詹姆斯布雷克 - 同名專輯
★以音樂巧妙呈現畫作裡獨具意涵的留白空間，延伸成無限放大的想像視野★
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看到名字James Blake，不要以為是同名同姓的美網名將撈過界，他是來自英國倫敦的James Blake，率先入選BBC「Sound Of 2011」第二位，並入列全英音樂獎「樂評票選最具潛力新人」提名名單，他也是曾和情歌王子Leo Sayer、已故藍調傳奇人物John Baldry、英倫Progressive Jazz-Rock先鋒部隊Colosseum合作過，走過樂壇超過40年歲月的吉他大師/演唱James Litherland之子。
09年大學即將畢業前，開始正視日後出社會的音樂之路，同時積極著手創作，於獨立廠牌發行12吋黑膠唱片『Air & Lack Thereof』，獲得BBC Radio 1高收聽率節目主持人、全球夜店爭相邀請的紅牌DJ、電音廠牌Talkin’ Loud執行長Gilles Peterson的喜愛，不僅大力推崇播歌，更邀約James在表演秀上出席助陣，穿針引線的於Dominic Maker和Kai Campos二人所組成之Mount Kimbie作品中先行曝光。
不到兩年時間快速竄紅的James Blake，端出同名見面大禮【James Blake】，空降英國金榜第9名，攫取先前發行的三張EP『The Bells Sketch』、『CMYK』和『Klavierwerke』中的精髓，由James親自包辦製作大任並決定樂風走向，Pitchfork雜誌讚譽：「不可思議！在如此短的時間內，研發如此豐富的元素並巧妙融合，但首張專輯裡頭，卻又併出更多新穎素材。」大力推廣2000年興盛的Dubstep實驗風格，不時植入Ambient頻率，破碎飄渺的開場“Unluck”，適度運用變聲效果，營造獨特的空間感；靜謐緩拍的“The Wilhelm Scream”，伴隨哀戚顫聲，有種跟隨旋律沉淪的邪魅氣息；翻唱加拿大朱諾獎「最佳新人」、「最佳另類專輯」加冕的才女Feist作品“Limit To Your Love”，以鋼琴為導航，品嚐冷調孤寂的電氣迴盪，拿下英國金榜NO.39；末曲“Measurements”，穿上一層薄薄Soul外衣，閃爍晶亮色澤的透明感，頗值得玩味。
Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li just a little over a week away from releasing her sophomore album "Wounded Rhymes" set to be released on March 1st (US)!
Label Atlantic
Release Date Mar 01, 2011
Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li hast just put up her entire sophomore album "Wounded Rhymes" up for streaming. The new album will be released in the UK on February 28th and March 1st in the U.S! I've been enjoying the album for a few weeks now and it truly is amazing. Lykke has really grown up since she released her 2008 debut, "Youth Novels." For the new LP she has almost abandoned her light and sweet sound for something a little more powerful. It's all a bit darker and in your face; empowering even. Perfection, if I'm being honest. A quick favorite for me so be sure to check it out, Enjoy!
1 Youth Knows No Pain
2 I Follow Rivers
3 Love Out of Lust
4 Unrequited Love
5 Get Some
6 Rich Kids Blues
7 Sadness is a Blessing
8 I Know Places
9 Jerome
10 Silent My Song
Lykke Li - Swedish alt-pop songstress returns with her second album...more confident, sexually alluring and oddball than ever //
Release: Wounded Rhymes (February 28, Atlantic) //
Sounds like: Phil Spector and the Ronettes reworked on a bold, impressionist canvas of reverb, jagged instrumentation and Lykke Li's girlish, pouty and strangely enthralling vocals...Producer Bjorn Yttling (of Peter, Bjorn and John) keeps things cool and sleek with spare production that nonetheless feels filled to the brim //
Quote: "a weird pop gem -- torchy love songs that nod to sixties hits but are stretched into all kinds of shapes" -- Rolling Stone //
What we like: the off-kilter rhythms and dreamy atmosphere of "I Follow Rivers"...the sweet melody hiding right below the surface of the swirling, percussive "Love Out of"...how something this eccentric can manage to sound so accessible...Videos after the jump...
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