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"At times the record approaches pop bliss (albeit Sigur Rós style, not Beach Boys), or cinematic soundtrack vibes, but the album also has fully-conceived orchestral underpinnings with recurring themes running throughout. Brimming with pastoral beauty, Float proves 21-year-old Broderick to be one of the most promising modern classical composers on the scene, his emotive soundscapes comparable to the works of Michael Nyman, Max Richter, and Harold Budd. Esteemed company for sure, but he is that good." -- Other Music

Home is a collection of folk songs recorded at the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. In late 2007, Peter Broderick toured all around Europe with the Danish ensemble Efterklang, playing violin and opening the shows as a solo act. His recorded work up to this time had been primarily instrumental, but as he began to play live shows, he discovered that he also had a passion for singing. And so, when he had a break from touring at the end of the year, he set out to make an album that was the opposite of his previous piano and string-based recordings.

綜合奧黛麗赫本與奧黛莉朵杜般、兼具高貴典雅和古靈精怪的美麗外表，美麗的歌聲，美麗的情緒。Russian Red 讓人有一種「終於等到了！」的驚豔感覺。



美麗的女生，美麗的歌聲，美麗的歌曲，美麗的情緒。聽遍無數女性音樂創作者的專輯，Russian Red 讓人有一種「終於等到了！」的驚豔感覺。


乍看這張《 I Love Your Glasses 》的封面，會誤以為這是張走高貴路線的流行玉女偶像的作品，但事實上，來自西班牙馬德里、原名 Lourdes Hernandez的 Russian Red，是個不折不扣的獨立音樂工作者；擁有宛如綜合奧黛麗赫本與奧黛莉朵杜般、兼具高貴典雅和古靈精怪的美麗外表的她，絕不只是個普通正妹；她那高亢轉圜自如、情感豐沛的清新美好嗓音，與耀眼又自然流露的音樂創作才華，更是相得益彰。


聆聽《 I Love Your Glasses 》的情緒，就在這樣的驚喜之中展開；在清澈剔透的空心吉他之中，傾洩而出的首曲 "Cigarettes"，便充分讓人感受到她嗓音的無比魅力；青春甜美中洋溢著熱情、感性與個性，在流暢的旋律中彷彿拉開了青春與生命的序曲；接下來的 " No Past Land" 中，空心吉他變得更為溫柔，Lourdes 的嗓音亦然，娓娓述說著夢想與回憶的感性故事，美好而自然的轉音、真情流露的唱腔，叫人怎能不動容？！"They Don’t Believe" 帶點詼諧的風格，展現了她俏皮可愛的一面，這樣的情緒在隨後的 "Gone, Play On" 卻又迅速急轉直下，低調感傷的旋律，幾許悠遠的滄桑，吉他撥動著易感的心思，但歌曲尾聲卻又流露出些許「繼續下去」的正面信念。


"Hold It Inside" 是一首充滿神秘感、讓人回想起 Velvet Undergroumd 某些陰暗氛圍的歌曲；Lourdes 的嗓音彷彿化為一種樂器，和整體詭譎迷離的氣氛唱合著，也證實她對音樂的企圖心，絕不僅是提供通俗易聽的流暢旋律而已。曼陀林琴音綿延的 "Nice Thick Feathers" 則又把聽者的情緒拉回纖細而感性、如夢境般的世界中，Lourdes 的嗓音如 Kate Bush 般穿天入地、幻化出多變的炫迷色彩。帶有些許爵士風味的 "Kiss My Elbow"、"Take Me Home" 則以優雅的緩板旋律，展現出一種毫無壓力、卻又感性直入人心的美麗風情，讓人忍不住想斟一杯紅酒、沈醉其中。"Walls Are Tired" 則又展現出她暈染著淡淡蔚藍的情緒，以及引人共鳴的都會落寞感。接下來，"Timing Is Crucial" 的溫柔感懷，與 "Just Like A Wall" 彷如催眠曲般的絕美低吟，也讓人有著想親吻愛人的衝動；最後一曲 "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" 則是翻唱自流行天后 Cyndi Lauper 的原作，清新悠緩的空心吉他和略帶無奈、低密私語的唱腔，和原唱大相逕庭，卻也充分顯示出 Russian Red 這奇妙又迷人的女孩，想要的是什麼樣的一種與眾不同的樂趣。


《 I Love Your Glasses 》有著毫不流俗、卻又十分可親的音樂風貌，古典與叛逆、華麗與質樸、前衛與親和……種種衝突的元素，都在 Russian Red 那甜美的笑容中，充分融合成一杯帶著高雅甜味的絕美佳釀，啜飲一口，嘴角的微笑弧度，絕對能讓人墜入其中、沈醉不已。


RUSSIAN RED Cigarettes @ La Casa Encendida 24 May ´08

經過兩年前在專輯《No promises》嘗試利用19到20世紀的英語詩句入樂，從名模到創作歌手再成為法國第一夫人的Carla Bruni，這次最新專輯《假如一切未曾發生》（Comme Si De Rien N’Etait）回歸創作路線，14首絕大部分是Bruni的原創歌曲，相對以往較簡約的民謠編曲，新專輯呈現更為豐富的樂器編制，並嘗試涉獵當代流行、藍草(blue grass)、爵士以至佛朗明高等多元樂風，Bruni得天獨厚的魅力讓一眾頂尖音樂人樂於助陣，包括Benedicte Schmitt、Dominique Blanc Francard、Louis Bertignac、Benjamin Biolay與Julien Clerc等，為整張專輯的音樂性提供高品味的保證。其實相對於作曲，Bruni大膽直率的歌詞更引人注意與好奇，像一首《你是我的毒品》："我吸你，呼你，直到暈厥；你已經注進我的血脈，就已經夠讓人想入非非了，再加上你是我的毒品，比哥倫比亞的白粉更危險。”，引起哥倫比亞人的強烈抗議也就不意外了。另外"我是個孩子，雖然40歲了，雖然擁有過30個情人，但仍是個孩子……"也讓他的現任丈夫薩科奇頗為受傷。


Carla Bruni has always had a certain poetry. A definite je ne sai quoi. The grace, style & beauty of this Italian-born, France-raised thirty-something is legendary; her intellect & vitality striking, even formidable. 'Comme Si De Rien N'Etait' is the third album by former model and France's First Lady Carla Bruni. Already attracting more attention than 2007's 'No Promises', this album is more personal than it's predecessor, focusing more on love, happiness and relationships. It's also marks a slight departure from the folk-influenced sound from her previous records to amore cinematic feel.


Now as the first lady of France, Carla Bruni is one of the most photographed women of the world but she doesn't want this to affect people's perception of her or her music. She wants the music to speak for itself and here it does.

試聽﹕http://www.myspace.com/aimeemann


"Smilers is a masterpiece from a songwriter who's quietly chronicling the blanched last days of a sunshine empire." (mojo)

Aimee's seventh solo album is a return to form after the artistic detours of 2005's concept album The Forgotten Arm and 2006's Christmas CD One More Drifter in the Snow. Featuring thirteen new original songs, producer Paul Bryan describes the record as "deceptively powerful...very rich and grand-sounding." The songs range from the stripped-down-to-basics of "Columbus Avenue," to the almost Cars-esque synth-pop of "Freeway," alongside the classic Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell-era "Phoenix,". The final song "Ballantines" is a duet with Sean Hayes complete with barroom piano and trombone section. All songs were penned by Mann with the exception of "True Believer" which was co-written with fellow singer-songwriter Grant Lee Phillips.

延伸閱讀﹕
http://www.mcb.com.hk/online2/article/article.php?did=2&aid=276
http://www.lovedark.com/Hot/article.asp?id=259

試聽: http://www.myspace.com/phoebekilldeer


Phoebe Killdeer was once a member of Nouvelle Vague. She’s belting out bluesy gothic numbers like the Duke Spirit, with hints of early Nick Cave or PJ Harvey about her. It's a stompy American rock thing going on, with a passion that recalls the Noisettes.  A track is called 'I Like You Very Much' - it's hard to disagree. And her backing band ain't half bad either - being able to pull off the white-boy afro and shiny silver trainers combo is a sign of excellence from their guitarist. They would be perfect for a Tarantino soundtrack, their retro sleaze sound off-set with the ability to craft poppy little gems with hints of surf punk.

艾美懷絲、喬絲史東、蒂朵後，您最不容錯過的靈魂女聲
Observer Music Monthly★★★★★、The Sun★★★★☆（四顆半星）滿分推薦
全英音樂獎「Critics Choice」潛力新人得主，BBC「Sound Of 2008」名單榜首
收錄英國單曲榜亞軍、英國iTunes Store冠軍曲〈Chasing Pavements〉


當艾美懷絲脫序演出鬧得滿城風雨，一個年僅19歲的靈魂女聲Adele悄悄竄起，在MySpace社群凝聚了超高人氣，隨後於Jamie T.的音樂廠牌Pacemaker Recordings發行首張單曲〈Hometown Glory〉，並接連在BBC當家音樂節目《Later With Jools Holland》、《Friday Night With Jonathan Ross》與披頭四成員保羅麥卡尼、碧玉同台演出，短短兩個月間，Adele靈騷味十足的爆發力超齡嗓音，被英國傳媒冠上了「新艾美懷絲」封號，在2007年全英音樂獎摘下由150多個媒體工作者票選出的最具潛力新人獎「Critics Choice」，並站上BBC「Sound Of 2008」名單榜首（米卡、基音樂團皆為過去名單贏家），成為全英國最受矚目的超級新秀。 


2008年一開始，人氣持續攀升的Adele以第二支單曲〈Chasing Pavements〉，壓倒布蘭妮、蕾哈娜等天后，躍上英國單曲榜亞軍、英國iTunes Store冠軍位置，並獻上搶先獲得OMM★★★★★滿分評價的首張專輯《19》。這張由Jim Abbiss（北極潑猴、百憂解）和Eg White（凱莉米洛、娜塔莉）等名將共同打造的處女作，Adele拾起了最扣人心弦的元素：愛情，用綜合艾美懷絲率性不羈和喬絲史東感性細緻特質的魅力嗓音，訴說著一段段令人心碎的故事，伴隨空心吉他傾吐情殤往事的〈Daydreamer〉，音樂盒般精靈Keyboard音色繚繞的〈First Love〉，寂寥鋼琴敲擊出漩渦般感染力的〈Hometown Glory〉，和煦傷感直襲心靈深處的〈Chasing Pavements〉，翻玩巴布狄倫名曲〈Make You Feel My Love〉，以至邀來Mark Ronson（莉莉艾倫、艾美懷絲）助陣的華麗放克舞曲〈Cold Shoulder〉，夾帶輕盈感傷的迷濛復古氣息間，Adele性格鮮明的真摯嗓音，一次又一次融化寂寞的心靈…在這個嘻哈／節奏藍調橫行的時代裡，如果您仍在尋找一個如Dido、Joss Stone、KT Tunstall或Kate Nash般貼近靈魂的聲音，請在此駐足，因為Adele將讓您無法自拔地深陷！