Broadway Project

小簡介
Broadway Project是英國制作人Dan Berridge的個人Project,這個個人Project做的音樂很難用現(xiàn)成的類型來指認(rèn),這里有現(xiàn)代Jazz樂團(tuán)的演奏配置,但他們不只是演奏演唱當(dāng)代Jazz;這里還有電子器材的大量運(yùn)用,鼓機(jī)肯定少不了,采樣更是他的拿手好戲;優(yōu)雅的旋律絕對不缺,但只是一些點(diǎn)到為止的片斷,不會爛俗到讓你想起好萊塢抒情;節(jié)奏和音色的試驗還是有,但絕對不會是讓一般樂迷難以忍受的超前衛(wèi).
這樣說吧,如果你喜歡Trio-hop的影像感,Towntempo的緩拍,Fusion Jazz/Avant-Garde的樂器演奏,一些先鋒的電子意識,那你會喜歡Broadway Project的唱片,當(dāng)然Broadway Project的音樂不是這些原素的大拼湊,Dan Berridge的三張唱片完全屬于他個人的風(fēng)格,一種音樂品味和制作技術(shù)高度融合而產(chǎn)生的極具電影戲劇感的聽覺體驗
A chronic bout of myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, was the catalyst for Dan Berridge's Broadway Project. An illness without cure that strikes sufferers down with a combination of fatigue and poor concentration often resulting in a subsequent depression, Berridge left his home in London for his parent's house in Sussex to recuperate. With many sufferers advised to take on something creative, Berridge bought a sampler and, drawing on influences ranging from Tom Waits and Miles Davis through to 1970s jazz-funk, was quick to find his own take on melancholic, instrumental hip-hop for the Memphis Industries label. His combination of DJ Shadow's cut and paste approach with the '60s film aesthetic of Portishead and the optimism of Saint Etienne saw Berridge conjuring beauty from his overworked Akai sampler, whose bank of stolen sounds blended modern classical, rock solos, and obtuse vocals into a wide-eyed future sound reminiscent of Aphex Twin or Future Sound of London. A handful of hard to find extended players laid out his musical agenda before the Compassion album filled in the full cinematic majesty of the project.