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“Darker and bleaker lyrically than their previous work, Third is a sort of re-debut-- the band's sound after it has excised every possible remnant of trip-hop from it. Instead, Third is a psychedelic rock album, with an abrasive and jittery electro-industrial number, analog freakouts, free jazz horns, droning, rhythmically dense garage-kraut, and other sonic detours.”

試聽：http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=11133

Fuck Buttons was conceived by Andrew Hung & Benjamin John Power in the winter of 2004.

Initially the group was born as an outlet for their nihilistic-noise tendencies but quickly, the two Fuck Buttons realised they could harness the use of noise as a tool to immerse and evoke. No longer afraid of melody or rhythm, the group started fusing all these elements to the point when drone becomes melody becomes rhythm.

With their electric live performances sealing the notion that the two Fuck Buttons are attempting some kind of transcendence between the listener and the Universe itself, one could easily envisage one psyches being shaken by the very rumbles of the earth motions.

Tribal beats and subtle beautiful melodies weave amongst contorting Technicolor drone-scapes while preaching distorted-vocals scream for dear hope herself?

This seventh album from the cult Nottingham indie chamber pop act is their first since 2003's 'Waiting For The Moon' and sees them reduced to a trio after the departure of severalfounder members. Relocating to a long-dreamt-of studio space in rural France, the band recruited new backing players and quickly laid down these tunes, whose new and stripped-downversion of their trademark sound has already been hailed byfans and critics alike. Includes the title-track single.

Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw Introduction

「當我們第一次聽到他的樣本唱片，我們都被他的音樂散發出的魅力吸引著，他把我們多年傾聽的經典電音作品都幻化成音調優美及宏亮的旋律。」 - 著名音樂廠牌 F Communications 之創辦人Laurent Garnier 及Eric Morand

有態度的純音樂改編計劃, 以鋼琴旋律向電子音樂致敬

近年世界樂壇興起一遍翻唱熱潮 -- 曾來港演出的Nouvelle Vague以Bossa Nova 的音樂翻唱了一系列80年代New Wave 及 Post Punk的另類經典；德國的Acoustica 以鄉謠搖滾的方式重新演繹流行曲至電子音樂之極端表表者Aphex Twins的名作等 -- 全部都把原曲演化成獨特的作品。

法國五月今年為大家帶來另一位風度翩翩的改編能手 -- Maxence Cyrin。俊秀的Maxence來自法國東部瑞市邊景比桑松市（Besançon），小時候學習與鋼琴為伍，學習古典音樂，繼而進入音樂學院進修，因而造就出其完美的音樂背景。

過去2年Maxence在techno 和 house 的音樂薰陶下，不單沒有放下其精湛的鋼琴技巧，反之更把他喜愛的synth 和 electronic 音樂幻化成現代狂想曲！！！完美的鋼琴演奏使Maxence聲名大噪，曾於多個著名場地表演，包括巴黎龐比度中心、Tapis Rouge及日本Sonar Festival等。2005年，Maxence的作品更第一次被錄在著名合輯Megasoft Office 2005內, 重新演繹電子界傳奇大師Laurent Garnier 的 “Acid Eiffel”。 這張現代狂想曲可以說他音樂想法的集大成！（Maxence Cyrin將在5/9晚上八點在香港上環文娛中心劇院演出一場）

被美譽為新生代Radiohead，Q音樂雜誌推選為「曼徹斯特版Coldplay」的五人樂團
長達近三年等待，由鍵盤手Craig Potter肩負起製作大任

請到於90年代紅極一時、身兼Longpigs樂團吉他手與製作人/歌手/詞曲編寫等職務的Richard Hawley前來助陣

來自英國的搖滾聖地曼徹斯特，結合Prog-Rock / Sad-Core / Lo-Fi等風格，迷人柔調中不時穿插剽悍霸氣，被美譽為新生代Radiohead，受Q音樂雜誌推選為「曼徹斯特版Coldplay」的五人樂團Elbow，陸續在英國重要的「水星音樂」與「全英音樂」兩大獎項中獲得青睞而入圍。成軍十餘年，靠著實力、毅力、膽識一路艱辛走來，曾兩度遭到主流大廠放棄，卻仍站上國際舞臺，享受來自四面八方的掌聲與讚揚。

90年代初期，由主唱Guy Garvey、吉他手Mark Potter、貝斯手Pete Turner、鍵盤手Craig Potter與鼓手Richard Jupp等五人所組成的Elbow，坐過多年的冷板凳，卻自始至終仍彼此緊緊相繫。直到2001年花落英國獨立大廠V2旗下，問世首張正式專輯『Asleep In The Back』，NME給予九分極高評價，入選水晶音樂獎候選名單。2003年的『Cast Of Thousands』，直接衝進英國流行金榜Top7位置，讓那些曾經不看好他們的國際公司見識到Elbow的真本領。2005年第三張大碟『Leaders Of The Free World』，NME再度九分推薦，並標示「歷久彌堅的傑作！」同時入登BBC 4/5、The Guardian與Standard四顆星、The Times五顆星滿分推薦！

An amazing second full length set from Quasimode -- easily one of the most soulful combos working in the current club jazz underground! Quasimode cover some of the same territory as their Japanese contemporaries Sleepwalker -- an older style of soul jazz -- played live, mostly with acoustic instrumentation -- in ways the hearken back to the best older work on labels like Impulse, Strata East, and Black Jazz. They've got a great sense of focus and drive -- really pushing their tunes with a sense of energy that most regular jazzmen these days can hardly touch -- yet also doing so in a way that always swings strongly, with the kind of jazz dance rhythms that first sent international collectors digging for soul jazz sides a few decades back! This time around, they've got some wonderful help from Carmen Lundy on two tracks -- bringing in vocals that recall the best work on her own albums from a decade or two ago -- and other guests on the album include Mika Arisaka on vocals and Masato Nakamura from Sleepwalker on tenor sax. Titles include "Raw Cotton Field", "Over The Horizon", "Dark Beauty", "Percussion Revolver", "Last Nine Days", "For Self Defense", "Time Is Love", "The Man From Nagpur", and "Object In The Mirror".