來自紐約的搖滾樂團DIIV在2011年組團，成員包括Zachary Cole Smith(主唱兼吉他手), Andrew Bailey(吉他手), Devin Ruben Perez(貝斯手), Colin Caulfield(鍵盤與吉他手) 以及 Ben Newman(鼓手)。

        在被Captured Tracks簽下後，第二年便發行第一張專輯’Oshin’的DIIV，他們清新的另類音樂正如同他們團名一樣來自海洋的聲音。

From Brooklyn, New York, DIIV is an American rock band that formed in 2011. The band consists of Zachary Cole Smith(vocals, guitar), Andrew Bailey(guitar), Devin Ruben Perez(bass), Colin Caulfield(keyboards, guitar) and Ben Newman(drums).

In 2012, their first debut album ‘Oshin’ came out, with their fresh band waves, DIIV’s music is surrounded by drum beats from the DIVE.

         
        第一張專輯受到krautrock、樂團C86、Nirvana以及世界音樂的影響，背景樂器比重較大，但這也同時顯現出DIIV特色，在單曲”How Long Have You Known?”中當中只有同一句歌詞“How long have you known? How long has it shown? Forever, if ever, forever.”。

First album was influenced by krautrock, C86 bands, Nirvana and world music. With the music video of single “How Long Have You Known”, same lyrics repeated “How long have you known? How long has it shown? Forever, if ever, forever.”, made this song in bright themed with back ground instrumental.

         今年推出的全新大碟 ‘Is the Is Are’，第一首單曲為”Dopamine”，以下為現場演出的片段：

With their new album ‘Is the Is Are’ arriving 2016, “Dopamine” is a lead single from it. Here’s the live version of “Dopamine”.

目前這張專輯只有在博客來販售實體專輯。

點此前往博客來購買’Is the Is Are’

點此在Apple Music串流播放

點此在iTunes上購買’Is the IsAre’

點此在Spotify上收聽

In Taiwan, ‘Is the Is Are’ physical album only available on Books.com and stream services.

Buy physical album for free shipping onBooks.com

Click here to stream on Apple Music

Click here to buy this album on iTunes

     Majid Jordan為Majid Al Maskati與Jordan Ullman組成的雙人團體，音樂類型以R&B以及電子樂為主，由於身處的唱片公司的老闆是Drake，他們合作的第一首單曲便是Drake Nothing Was the Same中的”Hold On, We’reGoing Home”，這首單曲得到多次白金認證。

     2014年發行第一張EP A Place Like This在Tumblr以及官方的Soundcloud造成轟動，EP中的三首單曲”A Place Like This”, “Her”以及”Forever”皆有釋出音樂錄影帶。

在碧昂絲2013年的同名專輯中，Majid Jordan擔任單曲”Mine”的製作人，這首與Drake合作的單曲在流行藍調音樂榜上最高得到第七名的名次。

在新專輯Majid Jordan(同名專輯)發行前夕，老闆兼合作夥伴Drake在Apple Beat’s Radio 1上提前釋出這首他們再度合作的單曲”My Love”。歌詞中寫道”What makes you so ready right now. After I waited on you for so long”似乎在呼應碧昂絲的”Mine”中的” We're taking this a little too far”。

：以下是這張專輯的評分：

Majid Jodan 歌手：Majid Jordan 類型：電子藍調 發行日期：2016/02/05 發行種類：數位發行 專輯評分：7.9 歌手評分：8.2 推薦單曲：Learn From Each Other

Majid Jordan is a producing and performing duo composed of Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman. Signed to OVO Sound (co-founded by Drake), their first single collaborated with Drake “Hold On, We’re Going home” got Platinum with many Certifications.

Their first debut EP A Place Like This arriving in 2014, and take the Internet by storm on Tumblr and Soundcloud, three tracks from this EP have released along with music videos.

And They produced a single “Mine” from Beyonce’s 2013 self-titled ablum, this single also features Drake.

Before their self-titled album coming out, Drake shared the lead single “My Love”on Apple Beat’s Radio 1. Writing ”What makes you so ready right now. After I waited on you for so long” reflects ” We're taking this a little too far” from “Mine”.

       多倫多出生的Francesco Yates，在16歲便被現在的唱片公司Atlantic簽下，19歲自己寫出Sugar這首單曲、自行錄音，在2015年被收錄在DJ出身的Robin Schulz的同名專輯”Sugar”中，這首單曲目前已得到多次黃金認證。

Toronto born Canadian singer, Francesco Yates, signed to Atlantic Records when he was 16. In his 19, he recorded his single “Sugar” by himself, and it was remix and produced by Robin Schulz. “Sugar” is certificated as Gold by ARIA, BMVI, and RMNZ.

       而在2015年，他也發行了同名EP，請來製作人Robin Hannibal與歌手Pharrell Williams，首支單曲Call在2014年便已釋出。

He released his first same-titled EP in 2015, and produced by Robin Hannibal and Pharrel Williams, and the lead single “Call” released in July, 2014.

        可惜的是Francesco的聲音非常的好，但跟主流行音樂旋律不搭，也許出不插電專輯會讓更多人專注在他的演唱能力上，雖然被Robin Schulz混音得很好，畢竟只是單曲，以後要出專輯，唱片定位必須要分得較清。

It’s a shame that Francesco owns a good vocal but doesn’t fit enough in Pop music, his acoustic live performance is better than produced version. “Sugar” is just a successful single remix by Robin Schulz, but the label should pick right producers for this new Good artist.

        前身來自於蘇格蘭搖滾名謠樂團Kassidy的Nightmare Boy，本名Barrie-James O’ Neill，Barrie常上新聞版面的原因，是因為他是復古女伶Lana Del Rey的前男友，以前所屬的樂團曾在2013為Lana的天堂巡迴演唱會(Paradise Tour)擔任開場嘉賓，兩人因而結識，兩人的音樂風格相近，在同年巡演合作結束Lana在個人Youtube頁面上傳翻唱Nancy Sinatra的經典曲 “Summer Wine”。

Lana left a comment under "Mary".

He is a stranger to pop music fans, but his name is known for his work to Björk and fka Twigs. In other hand, Arca is familiar to electronic music fans. At first he uploaded his music on Soundcloud and gained his reputation immediately.

      在2012年他分別在唱片公司下發行了他的三張EP “Barón Libre”, “Stretch 1” 和“Stretch 2”，以下為他的首張EP “Barón Libre”。

Earlier in 2012, he released three Eps of him under the label The UNO NYC, including “Barón Libre”, “Stretch 1” and “Stretch 2”.

Stretch 1 (EP) Release Date : 2012/04/19 Rating 評分: 8.5 Genres 類型 : Electronic Recommend Single 推薦單曲: Focus (Explicit)

Stretch 2 (EP) Release Date : 2012/08/06 Rating 評分: 8.9 Genres 類型 : Electronic Recommend Single 推薦單曲: 2 Blunted

Xen (album) Release Date : 2014.11.03 Rating 評分: 9.0 Genres 類型 : Electronic Recommend Single 推薦單曲: Sad Bitch

(Arca with Björk)

        在2014年底  Arca表示他與冰島精靈碧玉籌備她的第九張錄音室專輯，並在2015年初發行 ”必癒療程”，Arca同時為作曲人以及專輯製作人(七首歌曲)。

In 2014, this talented producer said that he’ been work with Björk, and in 2015, the Iceland born singer released her ninth studio album “Vulnicura”, Arca was also as composer and producer of 7 songs from it.

在今年11月27號，Arca發行他的第二張電子專輯 ”Mutant”，臺灣由Love Da Music發行，實體專輯在各大通路皆可接受訂單制購買，而線上服務iTunes尚未發行，但在Spotify上已上架。

November 27, Arca released his second album “Mutant”.