等待7年
华语说唱指标人物Lu1 联手 上海地下说唱传奇Cee
横跨Hip-hop、爵士、Future Beats、流行之全新合作专辑
《午夜列车上的告别 / Farewell on a Midnight Train》
氛围化的概念制作，以情绪为起点，去往回忆探索热情。
关于回忆与热情的全新合作专辑
《午夜列车上的告别 / Farewell on a Midnight Train》
回忆满满，给你一整夜的感动。

等待7年，
中文嘻哈黄金名盘终于祭出
蛋堡 x 14? x 白天不亮x Ceezy x Harikiri
SoundzImage x Octave 20 x Posheric
PeteNut x Eddie Beats x Snarelop
肥宝 x FatKit x Illmo x Manhand
超梦幻阵容一次到站。

2009年
从美国返回上海探亲的Lu1遇见了上海地下说唱传奇”竹游人””不可抗力”的灵魂人物Cee，
一见如故的两人，在录音棚里无拘无束地发挥着天马行空的创意，
一起录制了不少精彩的合作曲目。
彼时以“狠”著称的Cee早已凭借所在的“竹游人”团队以及其领导的“不可抗力”成为整个中文地下嘻哈圈的重要人物，
而Lu1也凭借言之有物的歌词与清爽迷人的爵士嘻哈曲风在StreetVoice与豆瓣上积攒了大量人气。
年中，两人公布了合作专辑的计划，14？、白天不亮、蛋堡、Ceezy等中文嘻哈圈的大名字确定会出现在专辑中。
在网络上接连放出《不能带你去》《自己做决定》等优质单曲，在没有宣传的情况下便获得超过百万的试听，备受乐迷喜爱。

2010年
从UCLA毕业后的Lu1进入世界四大会计师事务所之一，进行咨询工作。
Cee则成为日本著名家居公司的设计师，闲暇为不少知名艺人与知名品牌操刀音乐制作。
就在乐迷翘首以盼这张专辑的发行时，两人不约而同的在网络上慢慢消失了。
时间来到2014年
明堂唱片通过制作人14？和Lu1展开接触，Lu1首张专辑《男孩》与这张尘封多年的合作专辑同步展开了企划与重新制作的工作。
2015年夏天，
Lu1发行首张专辑《男孩》，大获成功，成为当年最受瞩目的超级新人。
2016年初，
在一次又一次的讨论、修改、推翻与重来后，专辑进入制作尾声。
专辑定名为《Farewell on a Midnight Train》，
Lu1和Cee他们说这是一张关于回忆的专辑：
关于2016年对2008年的回忆，
关于2008年对2008年以前的回忆。

这也是一列载满回忆的列车，穿梭在LA与上海两个时空，
记录了两个热爱生活、热爱hip-hop的男孩各自经历的7年心路，
在他们褪去青涩后，闪烁着金色光芒的初心任然清晰可见。

回忆，让热情用不到站。

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CRADLE is a groundbreaking Japanese unit specializing and leading a beautiful revolution in mellow and jazzy Hip Hop track making.
Through their stunning first release “MAKE IT LAST (feat. Aloe Blacc (Emanon)” in 2005 CRADLE were immediately propelled into the spotlight through outstanding success in Japan. MAKE IT LAST was later released in the USA, Europe and Australia.
Their long-awaited debut album “ATTITUDE” streeted in June, 2006 and the albums immense popularity elevated CRADLE in the top tier of Japanese mellow Hip Hop artists, alongside the internationally acclaimed NUJABES and NOMAK at the forefront of the genre in Japan.
As DJs CRADLE play with some of the biggest major and underground Hip Hop artists in Japan including NUJABES, DJ KRUSH, YASUHARU KONISHI (Pizzicato Five), SHUYA OKINO (Kyoto Jazz Massive, DJ KIYO, DJ JIN (Rhymester), DJ MILES (Breakestra), STARVING ARTIST CREW, DJ MITSU , THE BEATS (Gagle), DJ RYOW etc etc.
Pursuing their dream sound (and also partly due to the risks and limitations using sampling) CRADLE (aka CRADLE ORCHESTRA) commenced working hard on creating their own unique “LIVE SOUND”, an exciting, new sound that they have always wanted to create.
By collaborating directly with some amazingly skilled and high profile musicians in Japan CRADLE now incorporate live violin, flute, piano, saxophone, bass, and many more instruments into their track making. This collaboration has resulted in the creation of amazingly beautiful and unique melodies with an incredibly original orchestra type sound……the CRADLE ORCHESTRA sound!
To test the new sound out on the public CRADLE remixed a track by New York’s THE GOOD PEOPLE that was released by the then emerging Japanese label GOON TRAX. When the vinyl release featuring CRADLE’s remix sold out in one day they knew that the Japanese music fans were ready for more of their exciting new sound.
To further hone their skills and define the new sound CRADLE produced an album for internationally acclaimed Japanese pianist HIROKI MIZUKAMI in 2007, by successfully complementing Hiroki’s amazing piano skills with their own orchestra sound the collaboration hit a sweet spot on the Japanese music fans radar and the release was a great hit in Japan.
In 2008 CRADLE has made several remixes (NIEVE , THE ANITIDOTES, INCISE etc) including a remix of New York identity SAINT’s song titled CANT RELATE which appeared as the lead track on the hit Various Artist compilation titled “IN YA MELLOW TONE” released by GOON TRAX by now the new emerging powerhouse label in the Japanese mellow Hip Hop scene.
IN YA MELLOW TONE captured the imagination of fans in Japan and is the biggest selling mellow Hip Hop compilation released in Japan to date and is continuing to sell strongly and introduce thousands of new fans to the genre. The amazing remix by CRADLE played a big role in the success of the release.
CRADLE has continued to work hard on their masterpiece, a new album “VELVET BALLADS” due for release in January 2009 on GOON TRAX and featuring some of the biggest international names in scene, the CRADLE revolution is coming. please stay tuned.