Mannheim Steamroller
- 风格
- #成人另类 #前卫电子 #新世纪音乐
- 地区
- 欧美
艺人介绍
by Jason AnkenyThe alias of composer Chip Davis, Mannheim Steamroller was among the pioneers of neo-classical electronic music, emerging as one of the driving forces behind the New Age phenomenon. Born in Sylvania, Ohio, Davis' father was a high school music teacher, while his mother was a trombonist with Phil Spitalny's All Girl Orchestra. His grandmother was his first music teacher, giving the child his initial piano lessons at the age of four; two years later, Davis composed his first piece, a four-part chorale written in honor of his dog. He later joined a boys' choir as well, and while attending the University of Michigan played bassoon in the school's concert band. Upon graduating in 1969, Davis was tapped to tour with the Norman Luboff Choir; after five years with the group, performing everything from pop to classical, he returned to Sylvania to teach music at the local junior high school, often adapting classical standards to contemporary harmonies and rhythms for student consumption.
Davis later left teaching, arranging and conducting an Omaha, Nebraska production of Hair before accepting a job writing advertising jingles. With co-worker Bill Fries, he created the enormously popular C.W. McCall character, later the figure behind the chart-topping hit "Convoy; " as the McCall craze went into high gear, however, Davis returned to the classical adaptations he'd first composed while a teacher, and soon entered the studio to begin recording what he dubbed "18th century classical rock" -- classical music performed on electric bass and synthesizers. He titled the resulting album Fresh Aire, and when no label would touch it, he founded his own company, American Gramaphone, in 1974, creating a fictitious band named Mannheim Steamroller to better promote the project. Davis initially marketed Fresh Aire to stereo showrooms, where his state-of-the-art sound proved ideal for demonstrating home stereo equipment; the LP became a smash hit among audiophiles, and a series of popular Fresh Aire sequels followed in the years to come.
In 1984, Davis issued Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, which shocked onlookers by selling over five million copies on the strength of a Top 40 Adult Contemporary rendition of "Deck the Halls." It was followed four years later by A Fresh Aire Christmas, another unqualified hit. The environment informed 1986's Saving the Wildlife, the soundtrack to a PBS special, and was followed three years later by Yellowstone: The Music of Nature, which raised over half a million dollars for the National Parks Service. Although in the early 1990s Davis began recording under his own name for the first time, he also maintained the Mannheim Steamroller guise for a series of seasonal recordings, among them 1995's Christmas in the Aire, 1997's Christmas Live and 1998's Christmas Angel: A Family Story. 1999's two-disc 25 Years celebrated Mannheim Steamroller's silver anniversary. Continuing with their Fresh Aire series, volume eight was released in mid-2000. The albums Romantic Melodies and American Spirit came in 2003.
热门评论
- @湖苇：曼罕城蒸氣壓路機，是在音樂歷史上的一個時期代表。約在18 世紀在德國的曼罕城，城主非常喜歡音樂。那時的音樂形式也正在成型中。這時音樂家，流行在樂曲裡加上很多漸強漸弱的演奏。音量忽大忽小，如同當時大型的壓平馬路的蒸氣壓路機，從遠處哄吼而來，又漸漸遠離。原來，Mannheim Steamroller是從古典音樂來的。這個樂團的創始人Chip David，也非常喜歡這個18世紀的曲式，稱這是18世紀的搖滾樂。所以他的樂團便取名：Mannheim Steamroller。創新樂風，融合古典與現代的樂器與演奏，所以他的音樂被列在 New Age的型態裡，也列在Neo Class 的音樂型態裡。David Chip 在他自己的網頁提到，他自己發現了所謂 "18th Century classical rock” 十八世紀的古典搖滾，也說自己不相信純樂器或純電子合成樂，純數位或純類比。 音響迷應該知道的是American Gramaphone這個公司。這個公司由Chip David所創立，因為當初他不知如何賣他的音樂。所以就成立了American Gramaphone。乾脆把一些音樂，推銷給音響供應商作為測試音響之用。沒想到竟然大賣。因為它的CD 錄音好，也具有主題。Fresh Aire 便是他最有名的系列專輯Fresh Aire 已經出到第八集，其中涵蓋自然，科技，神話的主題。
最新简评（共24条）
- @无本(以乐会友)：20200523.24
- @大喵(不要自我设限.....)：♓️♓️♓️
- @Shiremin Ho：好听好听
- @邱比 CHOVBE(邱比官方虾米)：Get
- @诗人与我(爱听轻音乐)：不错
- @Never Look B(虾友们W98357917...)：
- @记忆中的勿忘我：
- @寻鸡皮疙瘩(乐海无涯，寻，乐此不彼…...)：谢谢虾米把她推荐与我！谢谢！由衷的！♥
- @至尊宝：真是好听。就是曲子不是那么优秀.
- @白色郁金香：跟詹姆斯拉斯特乐队很相似，还有保罗莫利亚