1996
希莉娜依
Douban
希莉娜依
genre:
Pop
release date 1996-04-01
publisher:
中国唱片广州公司
1996年4月,发表首张个人专辑“希莉娜依”希莉娜依进入歌坛,完全是她生命中的一个偶然。而对于“红星生产社”来说,与一个非专业歌手签约并筹划推出专辑,更是一种大胆的尝试。希莉娜依美丽的面孔,修长的身材以及精彩的履历似乎很容易被塑造为一个偶像式的歌手,但是我们听到的却不是包装热潮里随波逐流的肥皂泡。“红星”经过精心筹划请来了北京年轻的音乐人张亚东为希莉娜依进行音乐规划,并担任音乐制作人和主要作曲。张亚东有着前卫的音乐理念和丰富的制作经验,他为希莉娜依度身订作的歌曲充分地展示了她与生俱来的唯美气质,更将希莉娜依轻柔美妙的嗓音体现得空灵飘逸,悠婉动人。希莉娜依虽然当过舞蹈演员,广告模特和节目主持人,却没有受过任何的志乐训练,不过亚东发掘了她在声音上的潜力和个性魅力。经过启发和引导,希莉娜依很快进入了状态,并且将歌曲演绎得异采纷呈,还自己担任了专辑中高难度的和声演唱。而为保证专辑的高品质,亚东更是倾注了大量的心血,不仅作曲、编配、录制,而且还亲自进棚为她做伴奏乐手。此间甘苦,只有他们自己体会最深。
听希莉娜依的歌,会被那清幽淡雅的意境所感动,沉淀在生活里的纯美也随着起伏的乐韵和飘乎不定的嗓音重现在我们的心中。她的专辑从某种意义上说应该算是一张非商业性的实验音乐专辑,因为在优美质朴的旋律当中没有任何迎合潮流的造作,而是充斥着大量的主观意象和偶然性音乐原素,细细听来,会在音符飘落的缝隙里捕捉到很多新鲜的感受。亚东试图用音乐将希莉娜依的声音形象塑造为一个降临凡尘的仙子,那浮在空中的人声在简单而清晰流畅的配器的映衬下显得格外俊逸。这张专辑的音乐风格比较模糊,很难用一个现成的词来定义,象“新音乐”或是“另类”这样时髦的词在这里不免有些磨棱两可,不过不容忽视的是希莉娜依的这张的确为国内流行乐做出了新的探索和尝试。
这是一张与众不同的专辑,但又是一张绝对平易近人的专辑。创作者没有故弄玄虚地制造诲涩的来刻意“前卫”,而是巧妙地运用新颖的音乐思维来解释生活,提炼生活中的美,并毫无保留地传达给听众。这张专辑上市之后会有怎样的销量,很难预测,好在这不重要,真正重要的是希莉娜依将用她的歌喉为你开启一扇通往唯美世界的天窗,欢迎你随着那浮动的仙乐,倘佯在“秋天”,“白夜”,或是跟着“幻觉”“梦游”,“远去”的“景象”中“解脱”尘世里的优伤,透过一片荡漾的“烟尘”寻回你在不经意间遗失在回忆里的“丁香”。
LONG SEASON
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Fishmans
release date 1996-10-25
publisher:
© 1996 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
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℗ 1996 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
空中キャンプ = Ku-Chu Camp = Something In The Air
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Fishmans
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フィッシュマンズ
genre:
Pop
release date 1996-02-01
publisher:
Polydor Records
ダブ、ヒップホップ、レゲエなどを取り込みつつ、前作『ORANGE』で強めたメロディの立った歌もの路線への傾倒を強めるのかと思いきや、先行シングル(5)のディープな世界にビックリ。そしてこの5作目。フワフワと漂うようなトリップ感覚を味わえる。
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
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Tortoise
genre:
Rock
release date 1996-01-01
publisher:
Thrill Jockey
Millions Now Living Will Never Die was the second album by the Chicago-based band, Tortoise. Released in 1996 by Thrill Jockey Records, Millions...' is widely renowned as a groundbreaking album for post-rock: an uncredited review from Outersound.com declares that not long after the album's release, the group was "hailed as godfathers of the American 'post-rock' movement".
The album's title comes from a phrase used in the Jehovah's Witness faith in the early 1900s;
Tidal
Douban Discogs
Fiona Apple
genre:
Pop
release date 1996-07-23
publisher:
Sony/BMG
Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and poet. An eight-time Grammy Award nominee and one-time winner, her albums have reached the top five on the U.S. chart in four consecutive decades.
Beats, Rhymes and Life
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A Tribe Called Quest
genre:
Hip Hop
release date 1996-07-30
publisher:
Jive
Beats, Rhymes and Life is the fourth album of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Released in 1996, it followed three years after the highly regarded and successful Midnight Marauders. This album is a departure from the joyful, positive vibe of the earlier albums and is regarded as the group's darkest album in content. It reached number-one on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B Albums charts.
One in a Million
Douban
Aaliyah
genre:
放克/灵歌/R&B
release date 1996-08-27
publisher:
Atlantic/Q Records
One In A Million was Aaliyah's second album that saw her sound develop with a new maturity, partly through her collaborations with producers like Timbaland. Includes the singles 'One In A Million', 'If Your Girl Only Knew', 'Got To Give It Up' and '4 Page Letter'. Long out-of-print in the US. Features the same 17 tracks that graced the original pressing. Snapper. 2006.
Placebo
Douban Discogs
Placebo
genre:
Rock
release date 1996-06-17
publisher:
Elevator Music
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Virgin
Credits: Acoustic Guitar, Guitar - Brian Molko , Stefan Olsdal
Drums, Percussion, Didgeridoo - Robert Schultzberg
Engineer - Ed Kenehan
Photography - Saul Fletcher
Photography [Band Photo] - Mary Scanlon
Producer - Brad Wood
Synthesizer [Keytar], Bass, Vocals - Brian Molko
Synthesizer [Moog], Piano [Baby Grand, Rhodes] - Stefan Olsdal
Written-By - Placebo
Notes: Recorded at Westland Studios, Dublin, in the spring 1996.
Made In China
Douban
Tien Square
genre:
Jazz
release date 1996-01-01
publisher:
China Town Music Company
专辑介绍:
人来人往的街道,自行车的铃声,小巷里传来隐若的笛声。。。这些都是中国给一班人的传统概念上的感觉。假如有一天听到中国的传统曲调混合了西方的音乐风格,那将会使怎么样的一回事哪?答案可以在“Tien Square天场” 的 Made in China 专辑中找到。
“Tien Square天场” 乐队由五位成员组成。他们5人均从国内数一数二的音乐学院毕业,主修中国古典乐器。开始的时候,“Tien Square天场” 乐队只是抱着尝试的心情在北京表演。由于他们的音乐是另类音乐,所以观众的反应非常热烈。从此,“Tien Square天场” 亦断定了他们在中国乐坛的地位。
Made in China 是 “Tien Square天场” 乐队的首张音乐创作专辑。由美国著名爵士乐手Dan Siegel 监制。他们的音乐特别之处在于将中国曲调配上西方编曲,再以爵士风格演绎,达到了中西融会的效果,“Tien Square天场” 的音乐可以说是将中国的音乐带到了一个新的领域。 Tien Square天场 的《中国制造Made in China》,由Interstar洲际星 音乐制作有限公司出品。
“Tien Square天场” 乐队由五位成员组成。他们5人均从国内数一数二的音乐学院毕业,主修中国古典乐器。音乐宗旨是创作具有中国特色的纯音乐,把爵士乐与中国的音乐融会贯通,将中国的爵士音乐推至新的境界。主要创作由乐队的钢琴手孔宏伟(金佛)来担任。
成员:
孔宏伟(Piano&Key)
张岭(BASS)
三儿(Dr)
刘林(G)
金浩(Sax)
“Tien Square天场” 乐队的首张音乐创作专辑Made in China 是由美国著名爵士乐手Dan Siegel 监制。他们的音乐特别之处在于将中国曲调配上西方编曲,再以爵士风格演绎,
达到了中西融会的效果,“Tien Square天场” 的音乐可以说是将中国的音乐带到了一个新的领域。
1996年1月Made in China专辑在亚洲发行,就引起了媒体的关注,在香港爵士音乐排行榜荣登榜首。为配合发行去澳大利亚做巡回演出,同年5月,参加香港音乐节,接受CNN专访。11月参加北京爵士音乐节,被媒体称为最好的最具有创造力的乐队。
2000年8月,受中央电视台邀请,参加在英国举办的[为中国喝彩]大型晚会。
假如有一天听到中国的传统曲调混合了西方的音乐风格,那将会使怎么样的一回事哪?
答案可以在“Tien Square天场” 的 Made in China 专辑中找到。
Odelay
Douban Discogs
Beck
genre:
Rock
release date 1996-06-18
publisher:
Geffen Records
Beck's debut, Mellow Gold, was a glorious sampler of different musical styles, careening from lo-fi hip-hop to folk, moving back through garage rock and arty noise. It was an impressive album, but the parts didn't necessarily stick together. The two albums that followed within months of Mellow Gold — Stereopathetic Soul Manure and One Foot in the Grave — were specialist releases that disproved the idea that Beck was simply a one-hit wonder. But Odelay, the much-delayed proper follow-up to Mellow Gold, proves the depth and scope of his talents. Odelay fuses the disparate strands of Beck's music — folk, country, hip-hop, rock & roll, blues, jazz, easy listening, rap, pop — into one dense sonic collage. Songs frequently morph from one genre to another, seemingly unrelated genre — bursts of noise give way to country songs with hip-hop beats, easy listening melodies transform into a weird fusion of pop, jazz, and cinematic strings; it's genre-defying music that refuses to see boundaries. All of the songs on Odelay are rooted in simple forms — whether it's blues ("Devil's Haircut"), country ("Lord Only Knows," "Sissyneck"), soul ("Hotwax"), folk ("Ramshackle"), or rap ("High 5 (Rock the Catskills)," "Where It's At") — but they twist the conventions of the genre. "Where It's At" is peppered with soul, jazz, funk, and rap references, while "Novacane" slams from indie rock to funk and back to white noise. With the aid of the Dust Brothers, Beck has created a dense, endlessly intriguing album overflowing with ideas. Furthermore, it's an album that completely ignores the static, nihilistic trends of the American alternative/independent underground, creating a fluid, creative, and startlingly original work.
President Yo La Tengo/New Wave Hot Dogs
Douban
Yo La Tengo
genre:
Rock
release date 1996-01-01
publisher:
Matador Records
將1987年的New Wave Hot Dog和1989年的President Yo La Tengo結集。中早期的YLT也有憤怒很Rock的時刻!
追月
Douban
艾敬
genre:
Pop
release date 1996-01-01
publisher:
上海声像出版社
真正的歌唱总是关照生命的。
艳粉街、沈阳、北京、上海、广洲、香港、东京、大坂、伦敦、纽约、意大利……始终在路上的艾敬将经历和思考融入了她的生命,就这两张唱片整体而言,艾敬在音乐上的个人化风格越来越明显,无一事一物不可用音乐来表达,卸去了传统的因袭,同时也放逐了社会责任感的沉重,普通日常生活的简单事物被提升为一种诗意。若说中国真有YUPPIES,艾敬便是当然的一个,摆脱了那些身外之物的羁绊和桎梏是前提,物质和精神上双重富足的人更有一种超脱犀利的眼光。
一直试图理性地从总体上来看艾敬而不是由单个的作品来解析她,但是在这里还是忍不住要单独提到这首《东京餐馆里的 China Girl》,我甚至一度认为它可能是艾敬的最高代表作。
关山万里一曲慰乡愁!很惊讶于艾敬的文字能力,不著一字,尽得风流!不仅如此,过多叙事口白化的创作及演唱而忽视了旋律曾是我们对艾敬的最大的担心,这一次《东京餐馆里的 China Girl》充分证明了这样的担心是非常多余的。当艾敬清亮却有些许纤弱的嗓音唱到高潮时,那种无可名状的属于游子的思念和寄居他乡的孤独就不可遏止的在空中慢慢升腾,慌张、迷惘、寂寞一起涌向我们早已在都市中磨砺得空洞麻木的脆弱心灵,一如我们当初离开时在雾里的挥手别离。