Frou Frou_音乐专辑
Frou Frou
表演者: Berthe Sylva
专辑类型: Import
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2006-04-18
唱片数: 1
出版者: Membran/Intense
条形码: 4011222226457
专辑简介
Frou Frou 这个词出自波德莱尔的一首诗，意指年轻佻丽的女性舞动中裙子发出的声音。当作曲家，作词家，音乐制作人Guy Sigsworth和歌星 Imogen Heap 组成Frou Frou这个英国组合的时候，他们无疑要表达的是女性的声音。Guy Sigsworth回忆道：“一位法国诗人曾经说过，人的一生之中必须到红磨坊里看那些美丽的舞女，而裙摆飞旋时发出的摩擦声便称做‘FROU FROU’。当我第一次听到Imogen Heap的歌声时，‘FROU FROU’这个词便飘入我的脑海。” 我绝对同意Guy Sigsworth的话，Imogen Heap的声音是最近几年给我印象比较深刻的女声，难得一见的气音音质，不痛苦不做作，无时无刻渗透着丝丝阳光的味道。
by Vincent Jeffries
A collaboration between musician/vocalist Imogen Heap and producer/arranger/songwriter/musician Guy Sigsworth, Frou Frou manufactured an impressive brand of vocal-driven, electronic pop formerly the exclusive territory of Bj?rk. The British duo had been collaborating for years without a record deal, and after what must have been countless hours matching Sigsworth's studio finesse and trickery with Heap's breathy yodel, the group's debut, Details, was completed for American release on MCA Records in 2002. Heap and Sigsworth first worked together on "Getting Scared" from Heap's 1998 solo record iMEGAPHONE. After completing the promotion for that splendid debut, Heap was ready to begin work on a new project and the two hooked up again as Sigsworth had privately been compiling music specifically for Heap while producing other projects. The first track conceived by the new, more formal (but as yet unnamed) pairing eventually turned into "Flicks" from Details, perhaps Frou Frou's most Bj?rk-reminiscent number. Sigsworth -- who had in fact worked with Bj?rk (Homogenic, Vespertine) and Madonna ("What It Feels Like for a Girl") among many other significant '90s pop and electronic artists -- grew up listening to eclectic female artists like Kate Bush, and along with Heap, developed an appreciation for classical music. Far from being the kind of campy moniker one might expect from a more sugary pop outfit, the name Frou Frou was decided upon when Francophile Sigsworth noticed the phrase in a Baudelaire poem. Apparently, when uttered in French, the phrase is meant to approximate the swishing of skirts as they swirl about the legs of comely dancing women, as in a burlesque performance. Born composers, multi-instrumentalist Heap and studio/sound/ producer/musician Sigsworth are credited with many side appearances in support of other artists, especially Sigsworth, who was often used as a bit of a song-fixer. While those aren't bad jobs to have, artists of Frou Frou's caliber need to step out on their own, and while Heap worked as a solo artist for a majority of her career, Sigsworth had never been so strongly identified with any previous project. Instead of relegating the male producer/writer to a barely credited back seat, as often happens with a female-fronted team effort (for example, Glen Ballard's participation on Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill), Frou Frou was conceived and honestly portrayed as a true collaboration, making it significant for its marketing truthfulness if nothing else. Details has some relatively conventional pop moments like "It's Good to Be in Love," but more experimental cuts like "Only Got One" display a more definitive quality. The true accomplishment of Frou Frou -- which is in evidence on just about every track the "band" created -- is their uncanny ability to infuse highly manipulated, digitally crafted music with a warmth quite rare in pop and almost unheard of in music so technologically progressive. In the studio, Frou Frou achieved unique sounding beds for Heap's luscious voice via more-than-would-be-expected acoustic and natural instruments. These actual instrumental performances were recorded first, then heavily manipulated in an editing stage, giving the duo their own process and thus, their own sound. This approach made their music lush, dynamic, and more earthy when compared to typical electronic/dance and canned pop.
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