DJ Vadim

如果你聽過過去15年的音樂，你一定知道有三個dj是其中最出色的，dj shadow, dj krush 和 dj vadim。在他們之中，dj vadim扮演著一個調(diào)動情緒，掌控全球性音樂的技巧大師的角色，就像一個執(zhí)行任務(wù)的音樂先鋒。愛和事業(yè)伙伴， Yarah Bravo，換句話說就是他的街頭智慧mc女神，音樂系統(tǒng)和華麗呼吸中的靈魂之心。作為個人，他們都是重要的人物，但是數(shù)學對他們更有用，他們決定一加上一成為一個組合，為了是你們在那個晚上的全新派對上盡情狂歡…
史上最忙碌的俄羅斯籍DJ/製作人DJ Vadim在萬眾矚目之下推出新專輯。DJ Vadim (aka VadiDJ Vadimm Peare)本名Andrey Gurov，人稱hip hop界的John Coltrane，1992年被Ninja Tune簽下，1995年創(chuàng)立自己的廠牌Jazz Fudge。他不僅多產(chǎn)，除了DJ/製作人之外還身兼多樣職務(wù)，合作過的對象更是不計其數(shù)，而且都大有來頭。像是日本抽象hip hop大師DJ Krush、紐約underground hip hop名團Company Flow、來自費城的jazz hip hop巨星The Roots、LA的The Pharcyde與Dilated People、美國東岸hardcore/political rap沙場老將Public Enemy、由一群菲律賓裔的美國DJ組成的Beat Junkies等。他的才華不只在hip hop圈中受重視，包括drum n' bass名製作人Ed Rush、德國電子音樂先驅(qū)Kraftwerk、英國trip hop團Morcheeba、英國搖滾大團Super Furry Animal以及The Jam與The Style Council首腦Paul Weller等，都曾經(jīng)合作過，可見DJ Vadim的才華洋溢。
除了以DJ Vadim的名字發(fā)行專輯之外，有時也會用本名或是藝名Little Aida發(fā)表作品。DJ Vadim在99年發(fā)行專輯USSR: Life from the Other Side不只卡司堅強 (Scratch Perverts、Blade、Dilated People的Iriscience等)。他還特別組了個團The Russian Percussions巡迴演出，陣容也是不能小看，包括Scratch Perverts的Mr. Thing (唱盤)、Killa Kela (beatbox)、Blue Rum 13 (MC)以及John Ellis (keyboard)。這個團總共巡迴了200場，足跡遍佈歐州各國與美國，真嚇人。他同時也是西班牙一個hip hop團7 Notas 7 Colores的DJ/製作人，參加過一個許多藝術(shù)家組成的團隊The Isolationist。2005-2006年間則忙著與老婆MC Yarah Bravo組的One Self，另一個團員是MC Blue Rum 13。One Self的首張專輯Children of Possibility在2005年9月發(fā)行。
這樣的經(jīng)歷夠豐富了吧，他會這么忙碌也不是沒有原因的，他的取樣技巧可是首屈一指的。他的音樂結(jié)合了hip hop與電子，還加入了許多元素，像是reggae/soul/R&B/disco/dub等，還有世界音樂。作品中有純音樂的抽象hip hop，也有饒舌，所以他的作品可想而知的具有多樣的面貌。在這張新專輯The Soundcatcher就可以見識到他的真功夫，距離上一張個人專輯USSR:The Art of Listening已經(jīng)有5年的時間了。新專輯中，抽象hip hop的部份減少了，簡單來說是以歌曲/饒舌為走向，跟以往的作品比起來較為商業(yè)，但卻又不失個人風格。soul的部份相對增多，也讓這張專輯更增添旋律性，在一些歌曲中加入了dub的delay技巧，讓歌曲充滿空間感。另外他還玩了當今英國相當走紅的grime，專輯中有幾首充滿雷鬼味的歌曲，可見 reggae/dub/dancehall對他的影響之深。找來跨刀的MC也都是狠角色，有英國當紅的Skinnyman、來自美國西岸的Abtract Rude等。聽完之后發(fā)現(xiàn)，DJ Vadim還真不是省油的燈，個人對這張專輯的評價很高，每首歌的製作水準都非常的高，尤其把他擅長的取樣發(fā)揮到淋漓盡致，每首歌的感覺也相當?shù)牡轿?。這張專輯肯定會成為今年音樂圈的一個大事件，真的有這么棒嗎？有待聽眾自己發(fā)覺吧！
Hip-hops influence spread far and wide during the 80s, as witnessed by the growth of the international scene during the following decade. Standing beside brilliant DJs from Japan (Krush) and France (Cam), Russias DJ Vadim has proved to be the most popular advocate of hip-hop to come out of the former Soviet bloc, triggered mostly by the fact that he moved to Britain early in life. Upon arrival, he set up his own Jazz Fudge Records later that year to issue a demo he called Derelicts of Conformity (by Son of Seth). He finally released the recordings early in 1995, as DJ Vadims Abstract Hallucinating Gasses EP.
Britains top hip-hop and acid jazz DJs began playing the record and, after being scouted by several labels, Vadim signed a contract with Ninja Tune. Several EPs released during 1995-1996 showed him to be quite an experimentalist, working heavily with static and noise, never content to let his ideas meander past the two- or three-minute point. His first LP, U.S.S.R. Repertoire (The Theory of Verticality), was released in late 1996. The following year, Vadim began working on acts for Jazz Fudge; he issued the compilation Sculpture & Broken Sound, then debuted his own Andre Gurov project with the album A New Rap Language. His next project, the highly touted remix album U.S.S.R. Reconstruction, appeared in 1998, and was followed a year later by U.S.S.R.: Life from the Other Side. His third U.S.S.R. record, The Art of Listening, dropped in 2002. Relatively quiet during the early 2000s — his only full-length release was a mix album, Stereo Pictures, Vol. 3 — Vadim nevertheless reappeared in 2007 on BBE, with a production album titled The Soundcatcher. Vadim has also worked as the Bug, with Kevin Martin, Dave Cochran, and Alex Buess.