Hot Chip

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风格: #另类舞曲　#独立电子乐　#合成器流行　#电音流行
地区: United Kingdom 英国

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惊爆英国乐坛伦敦五人新乐队Hot Chip、以宛如英国版LCD Soundsystem之姿，得到DFA幕后加持顺利转进EMI。Time Out (London) ★★★★★ 五星、BBC Collective、Uncut、Observer ★★★★ 四星、NME如此下注︰「might be the UK's best new electronic band coming of age」给予8分高评.

江山代有才人出，随之同时制造新名词。后者被发明创造的速度显然已经快过乐坛改朝换代的节奏，以致每一辈新进场的乐迷总要困惑于那些乍看不知所以然的分类卷标。关于Hot Chip，这2004年方获BBC Collective选为年度新秀(New Talent)的伦敦混种折衷派新乐队，目前已有多事的传媒将他们划归Poptronica。从字面上不难明白它乃是Pop与Electronica的复合体，但对进一步了解以创作核心Joe Goddard及Alexis Taylor为首这帮人的音乐格局似乎无济于事，毕竟流行混电音实在不是什么新鲜玩意，若把Hot Chip当作Pet Shop Boys那可真是误会大了。若要更精准描述，得先明白他们心中的创作目标其实是FUNK。

by Karen E. Graves

Hailing from London, Hot Chip entered the picture with the release of their 2000 debut, Mexico. The EP was released by Victory Garden Records, a label owned and operated by members of London's resident lo-fi psychedelic rock institution, Southall Riot. The Mexico EP was a hypnotic wash of subtle -- nearly subliminal -- pulse-like techno beats, acoustic guitars, and plinky pianos, but the vocals were the true star of the show (no small feat in a musical climate overrun with disaffected Lou Reed-esque mumblers and bland Eddie Vedder impersonators). The voices of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard are a fine study in contrast. Taylor offers dreamy, effortless falsettos that cut to the heart of the beauty of performers like Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake (minus any of the pretentiousness of Radiohead or even Coldplay or the bland vocal acrobatics of Remy Zero). Meanwhile, scattered throughout the record (and in the occasional duet), Goddard offers a tone that sounds a bit more world-weary and at times almost gruff in comparison to Taylor, calling to mind Damon Albarn's cool monotone tendencies. 2002's self-released Sanfrandisco E-Pee showed the band dabbling in more playful sounds, from the beatbox dubbing of the title track to the closing notes of "Fanta," in which Taylor pleads with the listener to "make sounds of the summer." There are moments of gorgeous melancholy as well, but on the whole the album feels a bit more hopeful than Mexico had. The group signed to revered N.Y.C. record label DFA in 2005 and released the Over and Over EP, as well as the excellent 2006 release The Warning. Hot Chip kept busy in 2007 by supporting The Warning with singles and consistent touring, and released a DJ Kicks mix album. Late that year, the single Ready for the Floor heralded the arrival of Made in the Dark, which featured some of the band's most focused grooves and poppiest melodies to date.

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