Hybrid - Disappear Here

今天是個驚喜日，第一驚是朋友傳來一則訊息，是關於Jimi Hendrix在他駕崩了幾十年之後推出了新專輯Valleys Of Neptune，第二驚就是銷聲匿跡好一陣子的Hybrid也推出了新專輯Disappear Here！

如果你仍然期望聽到的是I Choose Noise之中鏗鏘有力的碎拍和流暢的Progressive，你恐怕會對這張專輯有些失望，新專輯之中的音樂架構已跳脫電子舞曲的思惟，可以感受到Hybrid更著力於概念的詮釋以及整體氛圍的營造，卻也因此而讓音樂變得沈重，他們現在更像一個獨立樂隊拼貼著自己嶄新的面貌，不再只是那個王牌電音組合。

Artist: Hybrid
Album: Disappear Here
Label: Distinct'ive Records
Catalog#: DISN192
Format: 12 x File, MP3, Album
Country: UK
Released: 29 Mar 2010
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House, Breaks, Downtempo, Progressive Trance, Ambient
Official Website
Myspace

Tracklist:
01. Empire (6:00)
02. Can You Hear Me (6:26)
03. Green Shell Suit (5:18)
04. Disappear Here (5:56)
05. Every Word (4:54)
06. Formula Of Fear (7:31)
07. City Siren (Reprise) (1:11)
08. Salt (6:22)
09. Original Sin (6:58)
10. Take A Fall (5:14)
11. Break My Soul (7:48)
12. Numb (6:37)

The Timewriter - Tiefenschön (2010)

Artist: The Timewriter
Title: Tiefenschon
Label: Plastic City
Catalog#: PLAC 072-2
Release Date: 24.03.2010
Country: Germany
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deep House, Tech House
Myspace

Tracklist:
01. Einatmen 2:25
02. Broken Spell feat. Theresa Baltimore 6:59
03. High On 24 7:27
04. Ten Strut feat. Ven Lizard 6:47
05. Back In School 6:31
06. Pasodoble 6:18
07. Superschall 7:34
08. Atemzug 2:40
09. Creatures Of The Night 6:50
10. Kesselhaus Days 6:54
11. Retime 7:20
12. Ausatmen 4:47

Ent - Welcome Stranger

Ent is the solo musical project of Atsuhi Horie who hails from Nagasaki in the south of Japan. Horie's main gig is of frontman of the BritPop influenced band STRAIGHTENER (EMI) which has a devoted and somewhat large following in their native Japan. However, Atsushi became attracted to Leftfield electronics and Post-rock which led him to start writing a solo album in 2006 that infused more of those genres' elements in an effort to make something more personal and deeply sentimental. Three years in the making this first album "Welcome Stranger" is a lush album of wide eyed and unapologetic left of center pop somewhere between The Album Leaf and The Postal Service. Atsushi has succeeded in crafting an album that utilizes his newer influences with the more traditional style of song-craft his band STRAIGHTENER is known for. “Welcome Stranger” also features remixes from Kettel (Sending Orbs), Near The Parenthesis (n5MD) and Helios (Type).

Artist: Ent
Album: Welcome Stranger
Label: Horie
Catalog# : MD172
Release Date: 02.02.2010
Format : CD / Digital
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: IDM, Indie Rock, Post Rock
Myspace

Tracklist:
01. No Tone
02. Sleeping Ghosts
03. Will
04. Do Not Adjust Your Set
05. Girl
06. Silver Moment
07. Farewell Dear Stranger
08. Silver Moment (Kettel Sitcom Remix)
09. No Tone (Near The Parenthesis Remix)
10. Farewell Dear Stranger (Helios Remix)

Moonbeam - Around The World

Artist:Moonbeam
Title: Around The World
Label: Black Hole Recordings
Cat #: BHCD65
Release Date: 22.03.2010
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive Trance / Progressive House
Myspace

Tracklisting:
01. Moonbeam with J-Soul - Life Tree (Original Mix)
02. Moonbeam feat. Blackfeel Wite - Song For A Girl (Original Mix)
03. Moonbeam - Through A Fog (Original Mix)
04. Moonbeam feat. Daniel Mimra - Look Around (Original Mix)
05. Moonbeam - Breathless (Original Mix)
06. Moonbeam feat. Ali.Bi - Evelyn (Original Mix)
07. Moonbeam with Mars Needs Lovers - Save The World (Original Mix)
08. Moonbeam with Akshai feat. Avis Vox - Elephant Ride (Original Mix)
09. Moonbeam - Closer To Me (Original Mix)
10. Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - The Lilt (Original Mix)
11. Moonbeam - Forever Sun (Original Mix)
12. Moonbeam - Falling Stars (Original Mix)


一起回味一下Moonbeam的經典歌曲 - Cocoon！

We Were Promised Jetpacks – The Last Place You’ll Look (EP)

Artist: We Were Promised Jetpacks
Album: The Last Place You'll Look (EP)
Label: Fat Cat Records
Release Date: 09.03.2010
Country: UK
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock, Post Rock
Official Website
Myspace
唱片介紹與試聽

Tracklist:
1. A Far Cry
2. Short Bursts (Alternate Version)
3. The Walls Are Wearing Thin
4. With The Benefit Of Hindsight
5. This Is My House, This Is My Home (Alternate Version)

ICR - Restored

很厲害的一個Drum and Bass DJ，優雅的間奏和鋪陳讓他的音樂層次感豐富，時而加入Downtempo時而加入Liquidfunk，也有不落俗套的Hip Hop穿插其中，節拍的變換多變有趣，和微妙的背景音樂巧妙融合，ICR的DnB聽起來不僅舒服，也讓人容易進入歌曲的情境之中。Myspace播放的舊作更是首首精彩！首首好聽！ICR vs Keane Try Again這首歌簡直正翻了！

Artist: ICR
Title: Restored
Label: Not on label (free album)
Country: Hungary
Release Date: Feb 2010
Genre: Electronic
Style: Drum and Bass
Format: MP3, 320 kbps
Size: 160 mb
Myspace
Free Download

Tracklist:
01. ICR - Painful Every Day
02. ICR - Hailstones From Heaven
03. ICR - Hungry Man (remix)
04. ICR - Nevermore (remix)
05. ICR - Remember
06. ICR - You Don't Have To Know The Title
07. ICR - Downhill
08. ICR - Heavy Water
09. Robot Death Squad - Tokyo Burner (ICR remix)
10. Rufige Cru - Krisp Biscuit (ICR remix)
11. ICR - Less Than Three (DJ Trax remix feat. Assorted Anonymous)
12. ICR - How The Glitch Stole Christmas

Annie Mac Presents

Artist: VA (Mixed by Annie Mac)
Album: Annie Mac Presents
Label: Island Records
Release Date: 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, House, Tech House, Synth-pop
Time: 02:08:41 min
Wikipedia
www.anniemacpresents.com
Myspace

Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Dizzee Rascal – Butterfly (Annie Mac V.I.P)
02. Major Lazer – Mary Jane
03. Boy 8-Bit – Baltic Pine
04. Fake Blood – Fix Your Accent
05. Louis La Roche – Sunshine Hotel
06. The Juan MacLean – One Day (Surkin Remix)
07. Duck Sauce – aNYway
08. MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker feat. John Legend
09. Steve Angello And Laidback Luke – Show Me Love (Geeneus Remix)
10. Twizzle – Skydiving (Greenmoney Remix)
11. Renaissance Man – Spraycan
12. La Roux – Bulletproof (Zinc Remix)
13. Boys Noize – Jeffer
14. Dance Area – AA 24/7
15. Hey Today! – If I Was Wonderman (Bobmo Remix)
16. Rusko – How Lo Can You Go
17. Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix)
18. Deadmau5 – I Remember (Caspa Remix)

CD2:
01. Miike Snow – Animal (Crookers Remix)
02. Florence & The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Leo Zero Remix)
03. Fenech-Soler – The Cult Of Romance (Alan Braxe Remix)
04. Wave Machines – Keep The Lights On
05. Subscape – Nothing’s Wrong
06. The Streets – Blinded By The Lights (Nero Remix)
07. Bat For Lashes – Daniel (Duke Dumont Remix)
08. Martyn Feat. dBridge – These Words
09. Caspa – Victoria’s Secret Feat. D1
10. Major Lazer – Can’t Stop Now
11. 2000F & J Kamata – You Don’t Know What Love Is
12. Crystal Fighters – Xtatic Truth (Magistrates Remix)
13. Junior Boys – Dull To Pause
14. CFCF – You Hear Colours
15. Cooly G – Love Dub

甜梅號 - 腦海群島

對於甜梅號，我一直保有一份特殊的情感，除了支持台灣本土樂團的原因之外，它也是我的後搖滾啟蒙；還記得數年前Ozzy初次將"是不是少了什麼？"拿給我聽時，那種驚為天人、讚嘆連連的感覺記憶猶新，自此開始，我的聆聽生涯又多出一條綺麗的音樂路線。甜梅號的後搖滾很醇厚、很有台灣味，沒有大陣仗的排場、沒有驚世駭俗的大動作、也不走高深莫測的心靈層面，你可以輕易的感受到音樂中傳遞出來的暖意，純粹而富有濃郁的情感，內斂壓抑卻不悶絕，這些東西就是甜梅號的特色，那些後搖天團的磅礡氣勢、假鬼假怪或許讓人驚喜不斷，但是，樸實、有人味的音樂彷彿更能貼近我們真實的生活。

Artist: Sugar Plum Ferry
Album: Islands on the ocean of the mind
Label: Avant Garden Records
Catalog#: AG1098
Release Date: February 13, 2010
Genre: Rock
Style: Post Rock, Shoegaze
Wikipedia
Myspace
博客來音樂館的介紹與試聽

Tracklist:
01. 清醒夢 / False Awakening (07:50)
02. 黃昏鹿場 / Deerfield At Dusk (06:01)
03. 站在太陽上 / Feet On The Sun (07:54)
04. 人兒呀 / People, People (08:16)
05. 夜星子 / Night Clestials (06:23)
06. 敲響的鐘 / The Tolling Bell (07:14)


這首歌真是好聽至極！回味無窮！

Toshinobu Kubota – Timeless Fly

Artist: Toshinobu Kubota 久保田利伸
Album: Timeless Fly
Label: SME Records
Release Date: February 24, 2010
Country: Japan
Genre: Pop, R&B
Style: J-Pop, R&B, Jazz Funk
久保田利伸的介紹

Tracklist:
01. Timeless Affection～Foreplay～
02. Keep it Rock(feat.WISE,Tarantula from Spontania)
03. Soul Mate～君がいるから～
04. FLYING EASY LOVING CRAZY
05. 24/7～NITE AND DAY～
06. STAR LIGHT
07. Is it over?
08. Tomorrow Waltz
09. Timeless Affection～The play～
10. M☆A☆G☆I☆C
11. The Other Half
12. 僕じゃない
13. Life-long High-way
14. Nyte Flyte
15. Moondust(poetry reading by Kyoko Koizumi)