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PREFUSE 73
"Preparations"
"Warp 2007 out in October 23"
"Genre│Electronica"
"Style│Hip-Hop.Downtempo"

Prefuse 73 aka Guillermo Scott Herren has announced an October 23 release for his latest album, Preparations (Warp). The forthcoming LP features guest collaborations with Battles drummer John Stainer for the track "Smoking Red," and School Of Seven Bells on "Class Of 73 Bells." Preparations is the first release under Herren's Prefuse 73 alias since 2006's Security Screenings. ─ CMJ

原名Guillermo Scott Herren的亞特蘭大電音嘻哈製作人Prefuse 73，繼2006年專輯「Security Screenings」後闊別近一年的全新大碟「Preparations」，即將於10月底面世。據聞新專輯將以雙唱片型式發行，碟內除了Prefuse 73個人全新創作之外，亦包括一批與School of Seven Bells樂隊合作的Ensembles作品。School of Seven Bells樂隊包括前Secret Machine成員Benjamin Curtis以及前On!Air!Library姊妹檔Claudia與Alejandra Deheza；同時Claudia日前也參與了Savath & Savalas這個Guillermo Scott Herren的分身Project。Warp同廠新晉搖滾樂隊Battles的鼓手John Stanier也參與了碟內歌曲"Smoking Red"的錄製工作；Prefuse 73自己則表示這將是一張非常特殊的全新作品，一方面持續保持他對嘻哈、電音與搖滾等音樂的熱愛，另一方面則呈現了他心目中所謂的「現代古典音樂」，估計是受到母親的影響。首支單曲「Class of 73 Bells」將於9月中旬於英美兩地面世，裡頭便可以欣賞到Prefuse 73與School of Seven Bells樂隊合作的成果，顯然和「One Word Extinguisher」、「Security Screenings」等作品有些不同，趕快下載聽聽看吧。

APPARAT BEST SELECTION
"Walls"
"Shitkatapult 2007"
"Genre│Electronic"
"Style│Minimal.Downtempo"

Whatever the secret is, Berlin's Sascha Ring, aka Apparat, seems to be aiming for it. The weird thing is, though, that he seems a much more likely candidate when he's not trying. In and around the few dutiful pop tracks on Walls, his third full-length, Ring has made one of the best electronic dream-pop records in a while, somewhere in the tradition of M83, Slowdive, Junior Boys, Schneider TM, and every other act to trip out on dense, blissy echoes and thinky, under-the-covers slowness-- not the kind of album that asks for your attention, but the kind that seduces you into it. ─ Pitchfork

才剛剛結束與才女Ellen Allien別開生面的音樂合作，這回柏林IDM電聲型男Apparat回到了最初與 Marco Haas(T.Raumschmiere)共同經營的電子音樂廠牌Shitkatapult底下，發表近三年來的全新個人大碟「靡牆(Walls)」。一如Apparat自己所言，新唱片並不太算是一部有「概念」作為統整的音樂作品，比較像是積累他過去兩年多已來所製作的歌曲匯集；即使如此，「Walls」仍是一張兼蓄娛樂性與可聽性甚高的電子音樂唱片。Apparat回憶起去年與柏林Techno女伶Ellen Allien愉快的合作經驗，同時也帶給他更多音樂製作上有趣的想法。於是在新專輯裡他試著邀請Josh Eustis(Telefon Tel Aviv)、Maria Hinze、Kathrin Pfander、Klas Yngbon與歌手Raz Ohara等多位圈中好友前來共襄盛舉，專輯從唱片封套設計的斑斕色調再延伸至碟內多面貌的音樂嘗試；Apparat索性脫去昔日IDM健將的形象，為歌迷炮製出一張直追「Orchesta of Bubbles」(w/Ellen Allien)的精彩作品。

Telefon Tel Aviv — the genre-mashing amalgam of Charlie Cooper and Joshua Eustis — formed in 1999 and combined the artists' backgrounds in electronic and instrumental music. Their 2001 release, Fahrenheit Fair Enough, surged with intricate electro-rhythms, shimmering guitars and warm analog instrumentation, and followup Map of What is Effortless (2004) added soulful vocals and a broad orchestral scope. Their diverse influences include soul, IDM, hip hop and harder-edged rock. Cooper's background is punk rock, and Eustis's roots are in Industrial and death metal. We sat with Josh to discuss the duo's techniques onstage and in the studio.─ableton

經常有人問自己為什麼那麼喜愛電子音樂(Electronica)，我都會回答去聽聽Telefon Tel Aviv；這並非是一句表面的玩笑話，而是發自內心對於Telefon Tel Aviv音樂的熱衷。隨著上世紀九Ｏ年代初期Acid House等電子與舞曲音樂不斷地帶給自己，一趟又一趟的聽覺刺激，都比不上三年前首次聽見Telefon Tel Aviv時那般令自己震驚。別誤會本文的目的在於吹捧Telefon Tel Aviv他們是一支多麼出色與無懈可擊的電子音樂組合，但至少在「Map Of What Is Effortless」滿載聲譽的第二張專輯裡，一曲"When It Happens It Moves All By Itself"再交由Damon Aaron以Soulful歌唱重新演繹的"At The Edge Of The World You Will Still Float"，早已深深地迷住自己。姑且不論他們的音樂是IDM、Abstract、Breakbeat或是Post-Rock、Leftfield Hip-Hop，至少在若干年後將其兩張專輯「Fahrenheit Fair Enough」、「Map Of What Is Effortless」拿出來重聽，仍覺得十分過癮；自己經常認為他們是Indie Electronica的最高標準，即使是睽違三年所帶來的混音集錦「Remixes Compiled」仍值得一聽。基於一名死忠樂迷的心態，曾經透過Myspace向兩位成員求證Telefon Tel Aviv團名的來由，卻只得到一句「沒什麼特別意思，只是覺得這個名字很酷。」這樣的答案；可以想見的，Charles Cooper與Joshua Eustis這對相處近十年的音樂夥伴，對音樂的態度是那麼樣的率性與信手拈來。從首張專輯「Fahrenheit Fair Enough」那挾帶Post-Rock、Electronica以及Jazz、IDM等等音樂肌里，再至三年前脫胎換骨的Leftfield Hip-Hop之作「Map Of What Is Effortless」，Telefon Tel Aviv既追求電子聲響上的完美雕塑，也同樣在意其作品所呈現的高度旋律性。當下自然可以明白，為什麼The Album Leaf會特別找來Joshua Eustis為其專輯「Into the Blue Again」跨刀伴奏；為什麼Bebel Gilberto、American Analog Set、Midwest Product...等藝人爭相邀請他們為歌曲量身混音。Telefon Tel Aviv自紐奧良輾轉前往芝加哥發展，隨後並成為Hefty Records當家台柱；全新唱片作品「Remixes Compiled」彷彿為樂隊的上半場遞交出完美的Ending，留下更多的問號與期待來等候這隊芝加哥Laptop電音傳奇的下一步發展。
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The Black Devil Disco Club's In Dub is apparently a record of "dub" remixes of last year's mystery-shrouded and acclaimed 28 Later. That record and its three-decade-old predecessor, Black Devil's Disco Club, were stunning examples of European electro-disco. The uncertain genesis of the music and the identity of its creator didn't hurt the allure.─Dusted Reviews

30年前的迪斯可經典「Disco Club」被法國人Bernard Fevre化名為Black Devil Disco Club拿來重新詮釋，以此為概念推出雙張一套的「Black Devil In Dub」專輯，出來的效果竟是如此的Acid、Deep，也有一點點Leftfield。早在Rephlex廠牌時期，Black Devil就是一支非常折衷性的迪斯可、電音組合；如果說「Disco Club」是一張劃時代的迪斯可典範，亦或是叫Bernard Fevre揚名立萬的重要音樂指標，那麼去年轉投Lo Recordings廠牌的專輯「28 After」，再次讓喜愛那種軟綿綿迪斯可(Disco)的樂迷，猶如乘坐時光機器地回到了八Ｏ年代。此次將Black Devil加上Disco Club就變成了Black Devil Disco Club，然而新專輯名稱喚作「Black Devil In Dub」，其實主要取材自「28 After」裡頭的作品加以改編，收錄了En Français、Slide Inside...等6個混音版本，感覺上其實並不特別dub，反倒有Luke Vibert以及Rephlex早期的音樂風格，聽聽看吧。
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