歐陸夏日電子 [濫聽]

少了鼓手的 Placebo 在官網說會繼續作曲與録音，貝斯手 Stefan Olsdal 轉頭卻與其 side project Hotel Persona 推出大碟 In the Clouds， 套 Stefan 本人的話是:

Hey,

Stefan here saying hi to everyone. Just want to say I've got an album coming out in June with my side project Hotel Persona. This is something I've been doing in my free time from Placebo over the past couple of years with some friends in London. It's basically a collection of tracks we wrote for fun to play at parties, nothing to take too seriously! It's pop music with a dancefloor beat, and lyrics sometimes bordering on comedy. Kind of exploring the entertainment value of music and making something a little more light hearted than what I am used to, something people with a couple of drinks in them could understand and sing along to! Some of the tracks are a little more serious and some quite intimate and fragile, and we've also got a couple of guests to bring some flavour.

Placebo is currently writing the next record and will record it this year, so Placebo fans shouldn't be worried that this project is taking away from that.

Hope you can have some fun with it like we did!!

Stefan

Hotel Persona 感覺夏日的電子舞曲與 Placebo 的沉溺與黑暗截然不同，不論音樂氛圍或節拍都像夏末的黃昏在西班牙沙灘露天茶座會聽的調子，大伙就庸懶地喝東西說話偶爾隨音樂點頭聳膊。沒有硬淨如 Daft Punk 的電子也沒有過份吵耳如由 R&B 而來的 dance remix，輕鬆諧和極適合 house party 私密的氣氛。


Brian Molko 客串唱了當中的 Modern Kids (很入腦又很難不反覆聽十萬次的一首):


Modern Kids (feat Brian Molko) - Hotel Persona


就是詞也很有意思 (extracts):

Modern kids future freaks
Following media beats
Everything is on the screen
Can't find a space
The computer erased your heart

We are modern kids
Living through a screen

Grabbing today because tomorrow is too far away
and you are alone
Go ahead let your sun shine
You've got to do it your own way
Run away don't hesitate Run away go run away

聽 Hotel Persona 也令我聯想起久違了的 Fischerspooner:

此外也推介 In the Clouds 大碟裡的 Addicted 跟 Lullaby for Evan.