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延伸閱讀: 文 / Pulp

Beirut這位來自美國新墨西哥州 Santa Fe 市的小號唱作人，16歲時輟學跟哥哥遠赴歐洲闖盪數個月，期間接觸到令他大開眼界的巴爾幹半島音樂及一些東歐民歌，從而令他寫出這張一鳴驚人的“Gulag Orkestar“。Beirut的音樂令我第一時間想起Acoustic, Neo-Psychedelia經典樂隊Neutral Milk Hotel，除了Beirut的主音Zach Condon聲音跟N.M.H等主唱相似外，這張專輯亦有是迷幻民謠樂隊Neutral Milk Hotel的成員- Jeremy Barnes參與製作。Beirut都是用簡單、紥實的樂器，造出特殊、豐富的感覺。他以銅管樂、手風琴、班卓琴等樂器作主導的音樂，無疑令人耳目一新，當中滲進東歐風味的節拍和旋律，所以Gulag Orkestar一點也不老套，感覺就像一班人在開營火會，十分熱鬧。

試聽: http://www.myspace.com/beruit
官方網站: http://www.beirutband.com/

Beirut - Brandenberg

‧AMG、Guardian 四顆星、PopMatters 9分、Pitchfork 7.5 分高評價
‧『這是一張具一貫性，才氣十足且大膽的唱片，值得一聽』…Amazon網站

這位出生於莫斯科但成長紐約布朗克斯的創作女聲Regina Spektor，在主流唱片重新發行「Soviet Kitsch」專輯後，獲得傳媒包括滾石、浮華世界、紐約時報一致推薦。聽過她的聲音後，想必你會馬上被她那神似Tori Amos、Fiona Apple與Bjork式，但卻更溫暖、天真與純粹，不受約束的自信嗓音所吸引。最新專輯「Begin to Hope」更是充滿驚奇，不似「Soviet Kitsch」只有鋼琴伴奏，這次更加進吉他與輕快的絃樂編曲等元素。如同開場曲”Fidelity”，如天使的歌聲，加上大膽而奇異的歌詞馬上勾住聽者的耳朵，這股魔力，一直持續至“Better”、“On The Radio” 等歌曲。除了這些天馬行空的創作外，還有如“Samson”、“Field Below”的抒情作品和“Hotel Song”等流行佳作。值得你一聽再聽。

Myspace：http://www.myspace.com/reginaspektor

FORMER Belle & Sebastian vocalist Isobel Campbell is on a formidable roll. Her second album of the year was recorded in the gaps between making her Mercury Music Prize-nominated Ballad of the Broken Seas album with Mark Lanegan, and indulges her recently ignited love for female folk singers. Campbell's tremulous, spectral, girly voice may be too breathy for some, but there is a dark, focused intensity to these trad tales of beguiling young women, and to her increasingly febrile rendition of Willow's Song from The Wicker Man soundtrack. Her own compositions are infused with the spirit of Anne Briggs and Shirley Collins as much as Ballad of the Broken Seas channelled Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra.

延伸閱讀: 文/袁智聰

Lisa Germano, a great lyricist and singer but also an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist ,her songs are impossibly poignant and often heartbreakingly beautiful.  

She plays violin, piano/keyboards and guitar with equal authority, as well as producing her own records with great imaginative effect - the result is seductive and truly magical. No one sounds like her. You get the feeling you're walking through her dreams as you listen. The intensity of feeling in her singing is a little frightening sometimes - it's like she's singing very close to your ear, leading you through her ultra emotional world. It's a place I very much enjoy visiting, and I hope you will too.  

Juana Molina來自阿根廷，從當初在南美廣為人知的喜劇女主角，到現在搖身變成另類電音民謠的曯目女唱作人，在這次第四張個人西班牙語專輯《Son》當中有更揮灑自如的表現，融合了原音吉他、傳統打擊與電子質感，Juana Molina喃喃自語的歌聲有著親密的感染力，而帶有迷幻色彩的簡約電子風格與新鮮清脆的木吉他、美妙的和聲一起編織出色彩斑駁的異國情調，讓人沉醉。

http://www.juanamolina.com/

時尚秀場配樂人衷心推薦 收錄法國品牌Dior、Lacoste欽點指名廣告曲

MIXMAG雜誌奉上5/5滿分評價 並譽為「必定收藏之作」

AMG給予4星半近滿分高評 

PopMatters網站8/10分：最完美的流行音樂 

是誰的音樂如此魔力，讓法國兩大時尚服裝品牌不約而同、聯名指定作廣告曲？本名Leslie Feist的她，首張主流專輯【Let It Die】就破天荒讓Dior與Lacoste分別指定作最新一季的形象廣告曲："Mushaboom"的甜美活潑搭配年輕化的休閒老牌Lacoste，時裝品牌Dior則選用"Gatekeeper"配合成熟風情的莎朗史東作最新廣告代言：Feist的音樂版圖即從時尚lounge圈漸漸向外拓展。

這位出生加拿大的才女，最初藉由挪威清新民謠組Kings Of Covenience/好自在樂團的封面入鏡及客席演唱與樂迷見面。殊不知高中時期的Feist，組的可是龐克樂團Placebo(不是那組被稱為「奇異妖艷Nirvana」的英倫搖滾團)，因為參加比賽獲勝，而獲他們的偶像龐克搖滾大團The Ramones邀約，成為加拿大巡演之暖場團！正當她的音樂之途即將開展，她的嗓子卻因使用過度無法再演唱；歷經6個月的治療休養，Feist一個人在地下室用一把吉他代替她的歌聲，漸漸摸索出個人風格十足卻簡約清新的民謠流行樂。’99年推出獨立製作的首張專輯『Monarch (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head)』，但直到她加入獨立樂界近年好評不斷的Broken Social Scence擔任vocal並隨之獲得該年朱諾獎肯定後，才真正打開知名度！

at last a new solo album by the queen of fragile and poetic electro-pop - now introducing the piano. it's three years since barbara morgenstern’s acclaimed album nichts muss and as the grass is always greener goes to show, she has come a long way. her goethe institut sponsored world tour and many recent collaborations with, among others, robert lippok and bill wells have cleary been an inspiration for this album. morgenstern’s music has gained a bold maturity. her unmistakeable voice and warm piano style make for an unique sound. this album is the perfection of minimal elegance. the album was produced by herself and mixed together with bernd jestram from tarwater.

Barbara Morgenstern 暌違三年之久的個人新專輯「The Grass is Always Greener」，以全球化年代通訊科技與國外旅遊等個人體驗為主題，從1996年至今，「Fjorden」(2000)、「Nichts Muss」(2003)等專輯已是Monika Enterprise 廠電子民謠女聲的代表，她與Stefan Betke(aka Pole) 、Ellen Allien、Tarwater、 Schlammpeitziger等德國電子/後搖滾音樂圈往來密切， 去年與To Rococo Rot的Robert Lippok合作的專輯「Tesri」也獲得好評， 我認為Barbara Morgenstern的音樂有三個特色: 1.揮灑自如的唱腔、2.溫暖令人難忘的鋼琴演奏、3.纖細而靈動的電子音色。幾年下來，她已將這些特色逐步發展成熟。by galeer  (繼續閱讀)

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