当提琴遇到Trip-Hop……
《Monocyte》是芝加哥乐队Saltillo继06年大获肯定的《Ganglion》之后时隔六载的第二张专辑。这是一张概念专辑，同时也是同名漫画Monocyte的原声大碟。

For those of a horizontal nature, Phil Mison needs little introduction. Over the last two decades, the DJ, producer and songwriter has become one of the most celebrated names on the Balearic chill-out scene. Here, he presents his second solo album under the Cantoma moniker 'Out Of Town' Influenced by listening to legendary chill out DJ Jose Padilla, Phil started his DJ career at London's Milk Bar in 1991, playing chilled Balearic warm up sets. A chance meeting there with Jose would lead to a two year residency at Ibiza's Cafe Del Mar, sound tracking a thousand sunsets with his vast collection of sun kissed records. It was his sets there that led him to play at Full Circle, Bugged Out and to become Leftfield's tour DJ. It was this huge knowledge of the chill-out genre that earned Mison a chance to put out his first compilation 'Original Chill Out' in 1995. With its beatless, mood-friendly approach to mixing electronic music, it was something of a groundbreaking collection. Since then he has gone on to release a further 12 compilations (including four volumes of the hugely popular 'Real Ibiza' series), record with friend Pete Herbert under the Reverso 68 guise and in 2004, release his debut artist album under the now familiar Cantoma moniker. Phil has also recently been invited to play at Harvey's 39 Hotel in Hawaii and in the last year played at Horse Meat Disco, Fabric, Secret Sundaze, Disco Bloodbath and APT in New York. 'Out Of Town', his first release for the Leng label, picks up where that acclaimed debut left off. As you'd expect from a man who has devoted his life to showcasing the finest down tempo music from around the world, 'Out Of Town' fuses a wide variety of sounds and styles. The result is a beautiful, otherworldly album that moves effortlessly between blissful flamenco, shimmering, slo-mo nu disco, dubbed-out tango and haunting, ethereal soundscapes. As it unfolds, 'Out Of Town' continues to surprise and delight in equal measure. There are emotion-rich songs ('Suomi, the confident and hooky 'Under the Stars' and the more obviously Balearic 'Only People'), blissful soundscapes ('Out of Town', 'Trees of Highwood') and future chill-out anthems ('Paloma'). Throughout, Mison maintains an air of sun-flecked beauty and, as the myth and majesty envelops you, it's hard not to dream of starry, cloudless Ibizan nights and sweltering, peaceful afternoons by the pool.

Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his sixth album, the masterful, magisterial “Migration” – a record which cements his place in the very highest echelons of electronic music and beyond. By turns lush, manic, beautiful, melancholy, joyful, packed with both emotion and technical skill, this is perhaps his most ambitious attempt yet to capture the very textures of human existence in his work, as Green says of the broad dynamics on the album, "Life has highs, lows, loud and quiet moments, beautiful ones and ugly ones. Music is a reflection of life."
In particular, there is a theme here of migration, eruditely put by Green as “The study of people and spaces,” he expands, “It’s interesting how one person will take an influence from one part of the world and move with that influence and effect another part of the world. Over time, the identities of places evolve.” It is a theme with a personal as well as a sociological aspect to it. Last year, a close family member passed away. “My family and I are all disbanded and spread to far corners of the earth,” explains Green, “In the end we did the funeral in Brighton. My own personal idea of identity, where I am from, and what home is, has played into this record and its migratory themes. Is home where you are or where you are from, when you move around?”
Opener and title track ‘Migration’ sets the tone for the record – a shifting, gradually building combination of complex electronic programming (Green programmed a special algorhythm to create the drum sequencing) and live piano playing, the sense of movement in the music is palpable. ‘Outlier' channels a swinging take on 2-step back into luscious romanticism, before changing direction and finishing hard on the dancefloor (not for nothing has Bonobo talked about the central importance to the overall feel of the album of his all-night Output DJ residencies in NY and his ‘Outlier’ club curation series, where he road-tested tracks). ‘Second Sun’ mixes guitar, feedback and strings in completely unfamiliar ways. ‘Kerala’ takes a RnB vocal sample from a classic Brandy track and uses it more as texture than as voice. This innovation is expanded upon and broadened on ‘Grains’, this time with the voice of folk godfather Pete Seeger.
Beyond this, Green continues his theme of migration, through his guests and also his choice of found sound, which both strengthen and deepen “the transitory nature of the record.” Michael Milosh, from the LA group Rhye, for instance, is originally from Canada and recorded his affecting vocal over the harp and beautiful horn work of ‘Break Apart' in a hotel room in Berlin. Green, meanwhile built the structure of the track during a transatlantic flight (another meaning of “Migration” rests in the fact of making large chunks of the record while out on the road). Nick Murphy (formerly known as Chet Faker), on the other hand, is from Australia, but a shared love of disco brought the pair together for the hugely emotive ‘No Reason’. Nicole Miglis of Hundred Waters, originally from Florida, delivers a superbly understated vocal for the glistening textures of ‘Surface’, while Moroccan band Innov Gnawa, based in New York, make up the last of the vocals, offering real grit and beauty to the housey shuffle of ‘Bambro Koyo Ganda’. Additionally, Green has used a sampler (“but not in a big boomer, wearing a cagoule kind of way.”) and woven found sounds such as an elevator in Hong Kong airport, rain in Seattle, a tumble dryer in Atlanta and a fan boat engine in New Orleans into his intricate sonics. A contemporary of artists of the status of Four Tet, Jon Hopkins and Caribou, Bonobo counts among his famous fans the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Skrillex, Disclosure, Diplo and Warpaint. His 2013 album “The North Borders” went Top 30 in the UK and was number 1 in the electronic charts in both the US and UK. In support of that record, the 12 piece band Green runs played 175 shows worldwide, including two sell outs at the Sydney Opera House, an all-day festival at the Roundhouse and a sold out show at Alexandra Palace plus a number of high profile festival slots. Bonobo has built a large, loyal and engaged global fanbase: over half a million album sales and over one hundred and fifty million streams on Spotify point to the levels of success achieved by this quiet, self-effacing man. It might be difficult to imagine it, but “Migration” will take his beautiful, emotive, intricate music to an even bigger audience. After all, the personal can also be universal.

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对于许多人来说，“Techno”是一种遥远、艰深而略显生硬的西方文化。马海 平 (MHP) 的作品却绝不如此。受到 Techno 发源地底特律特别青睐、有着“上海 Techno 之子”美誉的马海平所创作的，是一种融合了力量感和优美细腻情感的电子音乐，像是一个个科技感十足、 五光十色的壮丽梦境。2016年4月13日，马海平将于北京独立厂牌大福唱片发行全新唱片《折叠痕迹 Folding Traces》。除了《黄昏之光》这样有口皆碑的作品，唱片还收入了多首全新曲目。
《折叠痕迹》是一张关于都市与未来的专辑。从《速度之城》到《梅雨之城》，再到《墨尔本日光》..... 快速的机械律动和闪光的合成音，构建出一座未来都市的宏伟场景：流动、演进、复杂、无穷无尽，充满希望与活力。而《未来主义宣言》中宛若著名大师 Vangelis 配乐般大气壮美的氛围，则将科幻和现实结合在了一起。马海平特别邀请了科幻文学主播杨校军，朗诵菲利波·托马索·马利内特百年前撰写的同名诗篇，以略带戏谑的方式点明唱片的精神主题。
《折叠痕迹》是一张关于光线的专辑。马海平有多年美术专业的背景，“折叠痕迹”这个名称，亦取义于光线折射后产生的斑斓印记，以及未来主义/立体主义的视角折叠技巧。即便是在 Techno 这种重视节拍和韵律的音乐类型里，马海平也用优美的旋律和精妙的音色，营造出超凡的画面感和空间感。尤其是《黄昏之光》和《暮色余晖》这前后呼应的两首曲目，仿佛能够从音乐中听出光影的交错和色彩的流转。
《折叠痕迹》也是一张关于情感和回忆的专辑。“折叠”致敬了著名科幻电影《银翼杀手》的剧情：电影中的折纸动物其实是对人性的隐晦象征。整张唱片所选择的音色，让人想起八九十年代的科幻电影：在广阔深邃的同时带着复古怀旧的气息。但和大多数 Techno 专辑“一电到底”的纯粹科技之声不同的是，《折叠痕迹》里还有点睛的原声乐器演奏：开篇曲目《情感入口》中夏豹和李浩然的管乐演奏，结尾曲目《墨尔本日光》里曾和Gorillaz乐队合作的王萌的古筝拨弄，都为音乐增加了听觉的维度和别样的温度。
《折叠痕迹》是马海平在国内发行的首张全长唱片。在此之前，他曾在底特律厂牌 Cratesavers International 与荷兰厂牌 Nightvision Records发行过多张黑胶作品；近年来，他也在不断尝试和不同领域艺术家展开跨界合作，在剧场、美术馆等空间中进行实验即兴演出。这些与众不同的经历，也都折射进这张专辑的作品中，构成马海平独特魅力的一部分。《折叠痕迹》新专辑小型全国巡演也将于今年夏季开始。

Caribou, aka Dan Snaith, has announced the follow up LP to 2010's Swim. It's called Our Love, and it's out October 7 via Merge. It features collaborations with Jessy Lanza and Owen Pallett, the latter of whom Snaith recently collaborated with under his Daphni moniker.

ZERO CULT is the project of Emil Ilyayev from Israel, who has been producing electronic music for well over a decade. The project was born in 2003 after discovering the new sound of downtempo and chillout music in the underground scene.

Hot Toddy – Late Night Boogie
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迪斯可放克够骚、够三八不足为奇，还要骚得有质感，骚得有品味！2009年获DJ Mag最佳现场演出提名的英伦放克浩室劲旅Crazy P，便是以此“高质感骚劲”闻名；而乐队灵魂人物Chris Todd于1998年开始化名Hot Toddy发表的作品，亦延续Crazy P那股灵骚味十足的迪斯可放克热力，并试图朝更舞池化的领域迈进，带来一连串精采E.P.及单曲作品后，于2001年推出首张专辑《Super Magic》。
近年〈Slave To You〉和〈I Need Love〉两支大热单曲，无疑透露了Hot Toddy朝Deep House疆域探索的野心，尤其与Ron Basejam合作的后者，弥漫着Downtempo舒缓气息的深沉撩人浩室旋律，更将Hot Toddy个人事业推至巅峰！而这张由美国浩室名厂OM旗下Smoke N'Mirrors所献上的全新作品《Late Night Boogie》，便是Hot Toddy此等探索的完美延展，较过去相形“内敛”的曲式，并发出更加迷人的舞曲层次。
Jennifer Rhonwen献声的首发单曲〈Down To Love〉，踩着醇美的Nu- Jazz情调而来，与放克吉他、柔媚人声搅和出令人无法抗拒的浪漫舞韵；Crazy P成员Danielle Moore情义助阵的〈Freekend〉和〈Won't Let Go〉，前着散发80年代神采飞扬的放克骚劲，有着一丝Basement Jaxx风采，而后者流丽通透的Bassline闪烁Synth底蕴，亦深邃唯美着实令人绝倒！至于安插于两曲之间的〈On The 1AM〉，则以弹跳放克吉他为主轴，与迷离合声效推演出一片优雅景致！加上2CD台湾特别盘独家超值网罗由Fred Everything、Shiny Objekts跨刀打造的六首混音版，以兼融Disco Funk、Downtempo、Deep House以至Nu-Jazz的折衷神采，掀起今秋最火热的舞夜狂欢！

Must is Spanish Producer Pablo Bolivar's third album and is a showcase of his dubby warm house sounds. There are hints of varying styles across the album's 55-minutes but there is also a consistent atmosphere of lush laid back Spanish vibes and very few vocals.
The album opens with the slow moving 'Rise You Demons', a track full of stumbling, echoing drum beats and gentle electronic melodies that captures the feel of a Mediterranean sunset. 'Eleven Years' is the logical next step, a slight shift in gear as the lights come on - a more measured rhythm carrying a similarly contemplative tune.
Must - Pablo Bolivar
With the help of Fabel, Bolivar delivers a sun kissed jazzy piece in 'Off Soft', complete with gorgeously soft percussive remedies and a gently played melodic hook. The jazz influence is retained for the vibe and composition of the slightly moody 'Diamonds', the track here that Pablo sounds most at home on - it's carefully crafted, tight and atmospheric.
Mantra provides the only vocal on 'New Order' - a track similar in feel to 'Diamonds' but the vocal adds little and if anything the track is symptomatic of Must's primary flaw - for all the attempt to vary styles and a measured length it still feels at times like it runs out of places to go. 'Keep Moving' manages to do little more than it's title suggests, a looped groove that pushes some unconstrained rhythms but little else.
But most moments here shine in their own, subtly refined way. Either side of 'Keep Moving' are 'Don't Hold' and 'Heat' - the former using progressive synths and a stomping beat to build an uplifting, funky piece of electronic music. Album closer 'Heat' is a slow ambient track assembled around the sounds of nature, insect noise and bird calls providing the foreground to a subtly emotional conclusion, and again, it's Bolivar at his best.

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.

A sublime collection of music, the 2003 CD by Richard Dorfmeister & Rupert Huber is full of uptempo beats with a downtempo feeling, grooves in soft satin, spliff tunes with lyrical extravagance, & piano-pieces in a dub style. There's musical diversity galore on Dehli 9, CD 1 contains the classical Tosca sound infused with lush instrumentation, & CD2 features twelve dubwise piano compositions. Deluxe digipak. G Stone.

Austrian downtempo duo Tosca — Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber — will present their latest album on October 6. Set for release on !K7, Outta Here includes contributions from vocalists Earl Zinger and Cath Coffey.
Obligatory press release gush from Rupert Huber: “The title stands for change, a change to the concept we’ve had so far. It refers to a change in energy and dynamic. We’ve been known for an almost ambient sound. The new songs are much more beat-oriented and direct. Basically, it’s just a lot more energetic.”