Artist：Air
Album ：Love 2
Date ：2009.10.06
Label ：EMI
Style ：Downtempo、Trip hop、Electronic、Experimental
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法国著名电音组合Air于10月6日发行了他们的第五张录音室专辑《Love 2》，该碟也是在巴黎的新录音室Atlas Studio录制的第一张唱片。
在这张《Love 2》中，乐迷们可以期待听到一些风格更为广泛的声音和不同的编配。其中的《Love》和《Tropical Disease》更具jazzy groove曲风，而纯演奏曲目《Be A Bee》和《Eat My Beat》则更具一种温暖的质感。对于Air来说，每张专辑中也都会有个别法国式的流行曲目，这张专辑中的《Heaven's Light》、《Sing Sang Sung》和《You Can Tell It To Everybody》就继承了这一“传统”。

Zero 7由Henry Binns及Sam Hardaker两位在伦敦当地录音室工作的伙伴一起组合而成，九零年代初期他们潜伏于录音室中，锻炼各种音乐制作上的技巧，并逐步发表他们改造别人歌曲的混音作品，其人以为英国摇滚名团Radiohead的”Climbing up the walls”以及Terry Callier的”Love Theme from Spartacus”最引人注目，展露精湛的制作功力，并与Pet Shop Boys及Robert Plant等巨星合作，在首张专辑《Simple Things》出版之前他们发表了两张少量生产的EP，造成了一股抢购搜集的热潮。
《Simple Things》一张集合各式轻松电乐感觉的作品，混融爵士、灵魂、放克等元素在柔缓的chill-out电音情调中，辑内的演唱歌声部份特别找到了 Mozez,Sia Furler以及曾在Groove Armada、 Grooverider专辑中献声的Sophie Barker跨刀。音乐杂志形容他们是”英国的Air”，也有很多人喜欢把他们拿来和Morcheeba, Rae & Christian, Nightmares on Wax及早期的Massive Attack等乐团做比较，不过这些都不能确切地表达出Zero 7在此辑中的完美演出，不刻意地加入歌剧中受灵魂乐影响的女伶歌声，古典音乐的编曲风格以及带有迷幻气息的电子音墙，实在令人不得不赞叹这两位制作高手的深厚功夫。
NME音乐周报－８分，All Music Guide音乐网站－四颗半星，都给予此辑近满分的超高评价，而Zero7也以这张作品分别荣膺英国两大指针性音乐奖：水星音乐奖(Mercury Music Prize) “年度专辑”及全英音乐奖(Brit Award) “最佳新进团体”等提名。喜欢轻淡舒缓的如Air、 Groove Armada、 Bent这些人的电音作品的话，千万别错过Zero 7这张专辑，光是”In the Waiting Line”一曲中的曼妙曲调就足以让人流连忘返。

成立于1994年来自伦敦的三人组合，尽管乐队取名Smoke City(雾都)，但乐队音乐取向并不如一些英国组合的沉郁和凄美。
成员有Chris Franck，Nina Miranda，Mark Brown。Smoke City由两个帅哥和一个美女组成，分别是：短发的Mark Brown，有着一头金黄色卷发的Chris Franck 和一个漂亮的混血儿Nina Miranda组成，加上他们喜欢把各种民族音乐融合在自己作品中，所以Smoke City不仅得到了许多Trip-Hop乐迷的青睐，还十分受POP和New Age乐迷的欢迎。
1997年首张专辑《*OKE CITY FLYING AWAY》，初听感觉好像把TRIP-HOP音乐幽了一默，歌曲中主音Nina加入各种古怪的人声音效和轻爵士、BOSSA 等原素，配着TRIP-HOP等节奏，一派的夏日清新、甜腻，让人会心微笑。整张唱片的配乐也很花心思和注重细节，偶尔几下的健盘弹奏、大提琴和弦或几声的吉它和声平添音乐的跳跃感。今天听来还是依然鲜活、可爱。乐队代表曲目“Under Water Love”曾经一直占据着欧洲各国主流音乐排行榜前十名位置。

Tosca's second album 'Suzuki' (Studio K7) takes a lighter, airier approach to the trip-hop terrain that Opera explored. The spare, shimmering title track's delicate synth textures, minimal beats, mellow rhythms, and breathy vocal samples set the tone for the rest of the album's laid-back tracks. Though 'Orozco', 'Bass on the Boat,' and 'Ocean Beat' are more immediate variations on Tosca's relaxed sound, for the most part, 'Suzuki' offers a locked groove of hypnotic, deeply chilled-out epics. This CD has 12 tracks and is packaged in a digipak.

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Released in Gatefold Cardsleeve with 12 pages booklet.

Britol Trip Hop三巨頭之Portishead大成功專輯，連Levi's都徵用廣告歌。

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Atmospheric & Chill Hip Hop vibes inspired by the ocean is the theme for Deeb's first full release on Chillhop Records. Deeb is a master at creating deep and warm atmospheres, and Slowmocean captures the awesome power of the tides that served as his inspiration for this EP.

Mastering: Birocratic ( soundcloud.com/birocratic )
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The debut by this Paris based trio is a relaxed blend of tango dance rhythms and Argentinean instrumentation. The group was brought together by their passion to combine sound with image and to marry electronic and acoustic music. They built on their house, dub, and hip-hop influenced productions by adding two of Argentina's finest tango musicians, the musical result being supremely distinctive, incorporating bandonion (a form of accordion), violin, and vocals. This release includes 2000's most memorable jazz-house hit, "Triptico", which has already sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. The US version features the original ten tracks from the European release, along with a special bonus disc of the "Santa Maria" video plus four audio tracks.

‘The Outsider’ is a record that will confound those who believed they had DJ Shadow pigeonholed. Working with several vocalists in styles spanning everything from hyphy – the Bay Area's newest hip-hop hybrid – to folk, from aggressive hardcore rock to left-field alternative dance, the album promises to be a wide-ranging affair.

“There's been a lot of speculation as to the vibe of the new album,” says Shadow. “It’s very diverse, and reflects the fact that I don't fit comfortably in any one genre. My critics see that as a problem, but I don't. I've never really fit into any one clique. That's why the album is called ‘The Outsider’.”

Long-term fans will see Shadow’s fingerprints all over the album with his trademark collage samples, voices and fragments of long-forgotten recorded dialogue front and centre. But there’s also something new in the mix.

“In some ways it's a risky record,” says Shadow. “It's going to turn some people off. And I think I'll lose some fans. On the other hand, I know I'll gain some new ones. That's a fair trade in my mind. Besides I can't see playing it safe at this point in my life".

‘The Outsider’ was put together over nearly three years and features collaborations with Q-Tip, Keak Da Sneak, Turf Talk, Kasabian, Chris James from Stateless, and David Banner. Expect many of these folk to accompany Shadow on his world tour, which has already passed through Asia and is now heading towards Europe and North America.

And it promises to be a real feast for the eyes as well as the ears. The RA review of his Melbourne date last month says the show boasts “some of the most amazing visuals ever seen at a gig in this country”.

Endtroducing..... is the debut album by American music producer DJ Shadow, released on September 16, 1996 by Mo' Wax. It is composed almost entirely of samples, mostly from vinyl records, and features moody, slow tracks and upbeat jams reminiscent of Shadow's early hip hop influences.

On this release he teams up with Black Thought & ?uestlove, from The Roots. Additional artists include Zap Mama and N'Dea Davenport. 13 tracks including, 'Danger Of Love', 'Duck Chase', 'Vision Of Art', 'With Grace' and the bonus track 'Final Home' (Remix By Mista Sinista). 2001 Red Ink release.

三月的时候，DJ Shadow从前的首张专辑Entroducing被再版，这实在是碎拍电子乐迷的福音，上月(五月)，这位革新派抽象Hip-Hop开山祖师还为自己的新专辑THE PRIVATE PRESS展开了英国巡演。假如DJ Shadow新专辑像六年前的Entroducing一样再版自己招牌式的缥缈Hip-Hop，他难免会被"固步自封"“新意欠奉”之类的评论所诟病。那么继续潜行于采样音乐的前端呢？又难免会开罪原有的大批乐迷。DJ Shadow由此选择了一条折中路线，提前发行的单曲'You Can't Go Home Again'便可见一斑。专辑中曲目之间并不像以前那样具有细致入微的精巧衔接，更像是艰涩的新奇试探，一丝不苟但却充满不确定感，'You Can't Go Home Again'便是一曲ska风格的电音摇滚曲目，'Monosyllabik'则大胆不羁的融合了简约主义和碎拍电子。另一方面，DJ Shadow依然用他的迷幻Hip-Hop制造了'Giving Up The Ghost", 'Mongrel. . . Meets His Maker'这样具有流行讨巧性的时尚作品。
DJ Shadow在2002年正式推出了这张The Private Press,在这张专辑的发行时DJ Shadow同时在英国举行了为期三日的巡演,在那里人们一睹了DJ Shadow运用4台Turntables加现场鼓手合奏的精彩表演.此作中的Six Days取样自60年代老团Procol Harum的作品,此曲后由拍玉兰油广告的新加坡广告女明星和张震在王家卫的导演下拍成MTV曾在Channel [V]上播过.