2009-10-31

【簇擁】Brittany Bosco - Spectrum 2.0

 
01 Rogiérs - Come When You Call
  (from Life & Music: All of It.)
02 Nuwamba - Savior
  (from Above the Water)
03 Geno Young - Honeydew
  (from Ghetto Symphony)
04 Coultrain - Lillac Tree
  (from The Adventures Of Seymour Liberty)
05 Heston - Distant Lover
  (from StoryTeller)
06 Kevin Chandler Band - The Art Of Dreaming
  (from Psoul Psychadelica)
07 PJ Morton - Jiborish (Blah, Blah, Blah)
  (from Emotions)
08 Jesse Boykins III - Tabloids
  (from Dopamine: My Life On My Back)
09 Bilal Salaam - NooHustle
  (from Blah Time Between Asleep & Awake)
10 Olivierdaysoul - Anytime
  (from Kilowatt)
11 14KT ft. AB - Less Than Enough
  (from The Golden Hour (Soundtrack))
12 The Luv Bugz - Guadalupe
  (from The Luv Bugz)
13 Brittany Bosco - Glitch
  (from Spectrum)
14 Janelle Monáe - Star
  (from The Audition)
15 Mike Slott ft. Muhsina - Deux Three
  (from Flunky / Deux Three 7")
16 Rhian Benson - Sing to the Child
  (from Gold Coast)
17 YahZarah - Love Is You
  (from Hear Me (or Blackstar))
18 Sonny-Boy - Josephine Brown
  (from Psycho-Delic-Ghetto-Vibe)
19 Bonus - Coultrain - Playin' Catch Up
  (from The Adventures Of Seymour Liberty)

 以上是2008年在ptt的RnB_Soul板聚時所放的歌單,後半部分是女聲以及一些預測的未來趨勢。第13首是由Brittany Bosco所演唱的〈Glitch〉,這首歌收錄於《Spectrum》專輯。
 
 如果有注意這位優遊於多種黑人音樂領域的女歌手,近期她將一些未正式發表的歌曲,集結成《Spectrum 2.0》(加減了一些歌曲的重新再發行),(事實上2008年她出版了自己的1st baby《City of Nowhere》)。
 
 這張免費的專輯所顧及的面向滿多的,如我剛才所述,「積極嘗試」與「保守傳承」兩者兼具。
   
 各位可以從這裡下載,裡頭還有Brittany的完整介紹:
 http://brittanybosco.bandcamp.com/
 or
 http://www.brittanybosco.com/
 
 雖然好多歌曲是之前陸續聽過的,但文藝氣息頗重的Brittany仍舊將她認為陳述性質較高的兩首歌曲合拍成一支MV,也就是〈Blues for Blue〉和〈Black and White〉:
 

 
 Almost without warning unheard and unseen, Brittany Bosco has created a growing revolution amongst her peers and her contemporaries in Atlanta’s growing, cultural music scene. The Savannah native took the reigns of the pulse coursing through the veins of underground music with her release of the The Spectrum EP in 2008, and has continued to ride this pulse, making it’svibrations and sound audible to those in the mainstream industry. The recent release of her debut video, “Blues for Blue/Black & White” , as well as a string of performances on both coasts, displays Bosco’s ability to captivate audiences and break boundaries of age, genre, sex, and race. California to Chicago, New York to North Carolina, Bosco’s ability to bend genres and captivate the hearts and imagination of her multitude of supporters is evident. Within a years time, Bosco has received major media recognition, and her fan base has grown exponentially. She has no plan to stop anytime soon.
 
 There are few things more exciting, moving, thrilling, and mind-altering than witnessing the vocal talents and showmanship displayed at a Brittany Bosco performance. The professionally trained songstress, and self-proclaimed “actress” combines these unique gifts and truly exhibits traits of the greatest entertainers of our time. Bosco’s well-rounded taste in music,which includes contemporary alternative artists as well as legends of sound from the 1930’s, 40’s, and 50’s, combined with her love for true showmanship has made her an unstoppable force, oozing with raw talent and charming personality.
 
 Now, with the release of her next compilation, "The Spectrum Re-Release", followed by BLACK in the fall of 2009 Bosco and The Big Up! creative collective continue to develop the Bosco brand through innovations in bothmusic and design. Brittany Bosco is genre-bending, thought - provoking, inspiring, quirky, passionate, and honest. A diamond in the rough, a truly authentic artist creating her own waves within a sea of mediocrity. Take a look. Take a listen. Bosco.
 

2009-10-12

【甜靛】Indigo Brown

 
 
 當Floetry的焦點逐漸移轉到主唱Masha Ambrosis身上的同時,這對同樣來自英國的雙人團體Indigo Brown(主唱是Soul、二分之一是Nayla),藉由前輩鋪就之路,把立基於男性音樂世界「一點點獨立、一點點柔情、一點點受拘束」的女性生命體現,自年輕的聲音裡綻放出來,如Floetry的二分之一Natalie Stewart對她們的讚美:
 
What you girls are doing is amazing and
I want you know I'm 100% behind you.
 
 Indigo Brown目前沒有完整的音樂作品,以所能聽見的歌曲來說,如果不仔細分辨,確實與Floetry如出一轍,這裡舉出兩部分(四首)為代表:
 
〔一〕
 
 開拔到美國費城的〈Hey Lover〉
 
 神氣自若的〈Dear Diary〉

   〈Hey Lover〉+〈Dear Diary〉=〈This Is London〉
 
〔二〕
 
  新曲〈No More〉
 
 我最喜歡的〈Still Fly〉(附歌詞)
 

2009-10-05

【變通】Kameron Corvet

 
 
初聽Kameron Corvet的音樂,讓我想聯想起好多人:Maxwell的聲音,Martin Luther的樸直,並兼具Lenny Kravitz的爆發力。
 
如同他的自陳:音樂本來就是很簡單的事,把隱藏情感之間的訊息顯露出來。
  
搖滾與靈魂樂(Rock & Soul)是他的音樂主軸,聽似簡單的音樂內容,其實包含了他所謂的「人性情感底下的那個東西」──不能明說的,就交由音符來「擰」出來吧!
 
恢宏的〈Invisible〉
 
耐人尋味的〈Kiss and Makeup〉
 
如果你喜歡,他出版了兩張專輯: