Agent 5.1是来自比利时的一支Trip-Hop风格新晋乐队，乐队主要由负责作曲和鼓机程序编排的Cedric G，主唱兼歌词创作的Johanne Lovera这两位成员组成。乐队中的两位成员都是从朋克乐转型而来.
沉缓低回的贝司声，奔放但不激烈的鼓击，变化多端的神秘女声，“Cake Song"也许听起来更象是一首Trip-Hop节拍打底的Indie Pop式幽雅作品，如同标题所想暗示的那样，也许你现在应该放松一下四肢，坐到靠阳台的桌上，把刚烤好的蛋糕拿出来，切一小块，放在精致的小盘里，然后端出刚泡好的咖啡。吃着蛋糕，喝着咖啡，听着Agent 5.1的《Con Furore》唱片，感觉怎么样？管它什么小资不小资，让我们开始在Agent 5.1的音乐世界里神游。
“呼噜，呼噜~”她睡得好甜啊，看到那个小猫了吗？正趴在对面窗台上孵着太阳的那个，咻咻，睡饱咯！舒服地叫一声：“喵--”伸个懒腰，撒开小腿奔吧！轻松脆甜的Downtempo节拍也涌了进来，但奇怪的是作品的名字却是“ Robert ”（警察），不管这些了，有趣的是作品中还有一段纯粹的Instrumental Hip Hop节拍，只那么一小段，却足已让人听得大呼过瘾！这感觉就象是打开盒子后突然发现在鲜奶蛋糕上有一棵娇艳的樱桃般奇妙。
在让人精神为之一振的碎拍中，"Bronchio Experience"开始了，在其中你可以听到一个男子在不停地重复着念着什么，感觉既象是一种绕口令又象是一种神秘的咒语，这时照例又听到了弦乐，飘啊飘的女声，不一而足，如果你以为这只是一首Cinematic作品，那你就错咯。在作品的后半段，有肃穆的钟声，浅浅的Instrumental Hip Hop节拍缠绵的交错，最后杀出的是一句电影对白采样，男人沉稳的脚步声，轿车开过的声音，手法是老套了，但中间的过渡以及采样的搭配上都拿捏的恰到火候。
刚一开始那由远而近的声效就让人感到一阵晕眩，但你别急着晕啊，继续听下去。连绵的镲音、忧郁的贝司声铺垫之后，Trip-Hop节拍摇曳着“Charming”迷人的身姿这才终于走了出来，Johanne的声音处理上比之前面几首，更高，更飘，更飞了一些，好了，这时你再晕也不迟了。出彩的地方留在了后半部分，抽去了“煽情的弦乐”（老实说，听了太多类似的弦乐+电子的东西后感动得神经早已麻木了）和人声，只有一段纯粹的碎碎节拍，而在之上缠绕着的是更慢更粘的节拍，突然一个类似以前经常玩的一个街机游戏“侍魂”开打的声音效果响起，只不过这里是换成了一个女子娇叱了一声，随后先前的节拍，人声，合声，弦乐再重新回来，着实好玩。
在一段有点俗套的“Heaven Voices"风格的"Orch"（请允许俺也俗套地用一次这个形容词吧！）之后，迎来的是一对男女的对白，声音模糊不清，只听那女子一声粘粘的“Movie Kisser”之后，先前早已按耐不住的Industrial Beats凶猛地扑了过来，在甜甜Downtempo节拍调整过后，随后工业碎拍再继续霸气十足地横行，就象是实力再强的拳击手也需要在一个回合之后休息一下，这次的调整换成了喘着粗气的Instrumental Hip Hop节拍，更慢，更拖，偶尔还有那重复着Kisser、Kisser的幽幽女声采样回荡，突然地，一切都归于寂静，只有“嗡嗡嗡”的电子杂音。结束了吗？不！Industrial Beats猛然间再次响了起来！末了的声音效果象是电没了，高潮才终于得以完结。
在细细碎碎的Drum&Bass作品“Next Millenium”过后，Agent 5.1为我们带来了Reggae风格的Afro，注意听最后结尾部分的一段对白，那种发音方式和强调非常可爱有趣。
对了，你小时候玩过“小蜜蜂”吗？后来又出了“大蜜蜂”，就是红白机上的插卡的，呼呼，想起来了吧？“di,di！jiu,jiu！wu~”哈哈，Agent 5.1竟然在“Poulet”的开头采样把这款经典游戏的游戏声效也搬到了开头！仔细听，你还能听到按键的声音哦！数数看，在整个作品里，其中主角一共出动了了几次，又死了几次？配合着这个好玩的采样，照例是松脆的节拍，不过这次还用到了一些类似IDM色彩的效果，最后的一个爆炸声宣告了游戏结束。
其实，在如今什么都可以拿来做采样的时代来说，采样游戏中的声效已经是不太稀奇了，而且早有人这么做过，并且采样的同样是这款游戏，如莫文蔚的《一朵金花》中第一首作品《散光》。或许因为这是最早在八位机上出现的游戏之一，而且老少皆宜、风靡一时的缘故吧。 在"Poulet"带给你不同于以往听觉经验的鼓机节拍之后，有着浓郁的阴暗氛围的“Chanson Cach”悄然登场，苍白的提琴声、雄壮的鼓声、神秘的对白、冰冷的回声，就连之前惯有的Trip-Hop节拍都淡出。一切就此结束了？不！你注意到了吗？这首曲子长度是20:06！在曲子的末尾其实还留有一个神秘的答案，只有听完全部才能知道。
--转自trip hop 中文主题网站

Heligoland is the fifth regular studio album from the collaborative British music production duo Massive Attack, entitled after the German archipelago of the same name. It had been officially released everywhere except North America by 8 February 2010 (US and Canada on 9 February 2010) – seven years after the release of their previous non-soundtrack, standalone studio album, 100th Window.

Mezzanine is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Massive Attack, released on 20 April 1998 by Circa and Virgin Records. Produced by Massive Attack and Neil Davidge, it saw the duo expanding their trip hop sound to electronica stylings,[1] with diverse influences from new wave,[2] rock, hip hop, and dub music.[3]
Mezzanine topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, becoming the group's most commercially successful album to date. It spawned four singles: "Risingson", "Teardrop", "Angel", and "Inertia Creeps".

‘How To Be A Human Being’ is a scrapbook of the bands time spent on the road, gathering memories and perceptions of different types of people from all around the world.
Unveiled in mid May as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record, ‘Life Itself’, the first single from the album, has already elevated the band’s sonorous buzz to a whole new level. The track is an immersive, exotic and characteristically off-kilter earworm, reintroducing the band in the wake of their sensational ascent into a force to be reckoned with.
Glass Animals’ debut ‘Zaba’, released on Paul Epworth’s label Wolf Tone, has so far sold nearly half a million copies worldwide and amassed a staggering 200 million Spotify streams, obliterating all expectations simply by word of mouth. Their anomalous rise has gained the Oxford four-piece a legion of fans all over the world, including festival appearances at the likes of Falls in Australia, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury and has resulted in the band playing 2 sold out headline shows at LA’s 2000-capacity Wiltern and NYC’s 3000-capacity Terminal 5.
To those expecting another album like Zaba, this album may end up as a disappointment. Glass Animals found success on a rather unique and creative sound and continued to expand their inner-weirdness and creativity by not playing it safe, instead opting for more ambition. This approach has paid off admirably as How to Be a Human Being is more than just a collection of stories told through characters like the ones on the album’s art, but is also a showcase of the band’s talent. Taking this talent, expending as much creative energy and ridiculousness as possible while deviating from their beloved sound, the result is an album that one would be hard pressed to find a comparable output to; and that’s a fantastic dilemma.

The amazing story is well known, but bears repeating: Miss Li debuted in November 2006 and within one year released three blockbuster albums and a Best of -compilation including 8 unique tracks. In the same period, she recorded an immortal duet with Lars Winnerbäck. Then followed intense and successful touring in 14 countries, including an appearance on "Allsång på Skansen", until it was time for album number four - "Dancing The whole way home" which was released 1:st of April 2009 and was an additional boost. Containing four Major Track Hits, and songs placed in TV-series such as Weeds, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives and priority releases in Germany, Japan, France, Benelux, South Korea. On March 16:th, it is time for the sequel, album numer five entitled "Beats & Bruises", a tremendous album written and produced by Miss Li together with the squire Sonny Boy Gustafsson and who will undoubtedly cement Miss Li's place among the largest and most interesting Swedish artists. The first single "I can't get you off my mind" is already a big hit, just as it should. An extensive tour in Sweden will start in Miss Li's hometown Borlänge, on March 31:st, and after that festivals and releases in the rest of the world will follow.