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Singer Hannah Reid and guitarist Dan Rothman met in the dorms of Nottingham University where they began writing music together in 2009. They later added multi-instrumentalist Dot Major to complete the London Grammar line-up. Their popularity rose with the 2012 release of "Hey Now" which they uploaded to the internet and instantly found an online cult following. Their self-released 2013 debut EP "Metal & Dust" reached the Top 5 of the iTunes chart. The same year they signed to Ministry of Sound and the single "Wasting My Young Years" appeared as the first release on the label. 2013 also saw...

There is more than one artist called London Underground 1.A side project of STANDARTE's drummer/vocalist Daniele Caputo, this fairly recent Italian trio took their name from the very style of music that was played in the London underground during the late 60's. Caputo is joined by bassist Marco Piaggesi and keyboard player Gianluca Gerlini. Bassist Stefano Gabbani eventually replaced Piagesi and then guitarist Gianni Vergelli also joined in. Their style is similar to STANDARTE albeit much less heavy, and the guitars are used sparingly, leaving room for Gerlini to shine on the Hammond organ, Mellotron and Moog. Their albums feature...

　Julie London（9.26.1926--10.18.2000），原名Julie Peck。16岁那年，她被星探发掘，易名为Julie London，银幕生涯亦由此起。1947年，她嫁给了同为演员的Jack Webb。据说他们的婚姻不太如意，但他们两人都有一个共同的爱好-—JAZZ。两人的婚姻在7年后走到了尽头，Julie的心情也陷入了低潮，但她对爵士的兴趣却没有减退。而真正让她生命大放光彩的人，她的第二任丈夫Bobby Troup，也是Julie在一个jazz吧里面认识的。Bobby Troup是一个爵士音乐的作曲家，他在追求Julie的时候发现她唱的歌殷哑诱人，一听难忘，便积极地鼓励她开创歌艺事业。在一番考虑之后，Julie开始在881 Club献唱，观众的反应也很热烈。 　　尽管在夜总会的演唱反映热烈，Bobby却在为她拉唱片合约时吃了不少公司的闭门羹。最后，Liberty唱片公司签下了Julie。Julie的处女专辑《Julie Is Her Name》，伴奏方式和她在夜总会用是一样的，只有简简单单的吉它和贝斯。如此淡寂的专辑，真让人担心它一推出就会被摇滚的大浪所淹没。出乎意料之外，专辑的第一支单曲《Cry Me A River》一发行，就广为传唱。《Julie Is Her Name》，Julie在30岁发行的首张专辑，也成为经典的浪漫情歌集。接下来的专辑，反响也不俗。 　　一鸣惊人的Julie成为50、60年代最受欢迎的jazz女歌手之一，《Cry Me A River》也顺理成章地成为她的首本名曲。50年代未到60年代初，Julie还在巴西和日本开过巡回演唱会。但到了1968年，Liberty唱片公司倒闭之后Julie基本上就没有再录音了。 　　Julie London的演唱风格有被定义为为：温和而成熟的、忧郁的而性感的、亲密的而诱惑的。1957年在接受杂志采访时，她谈到自己的声音：“我的声音柔柔细细的，录音的时候总要紧贴着麦克风才行。但我的声音有一种被烟熏过的味道，一种令听众自然而然地感到亲密的味道。” 　　诚然，作为一个半路出家的歌手，单论演唱技巧，Juile London是远不及Ella Fitzgerald、Sarah Vaughan、Peggy Lee等爵士歌后的。但技巧上的限制反而令她更能充分地利用自己的特质，制造出一种略带呼吸声的耳语效果。Juile唱腔最大的特点就是每三五个字就稍微顿一下，一两个字就作为一个换气单元也很常见。她还有一个习惯，就是每到一个乐句的结尾，声调就会自然地滑落那么一点，一种温柔而亲密的感觉就会油然而生。虽说她的这些特点，都是中气不足造成的，但换一个角度来说，Julie 能够把声音上的缺点高明地转化为自己的特色，使之成为一个愉悦而无人能比的卖点，的确令人佩服。 　　1972-1977年，Julie参加了当时红极一时的电视连续剧《Emergency》的演出，饰演护士Dixie McCall，迎来了她演艺生涯的高峰。之后没多久，Julie就正式退出银幕了，用Bobby的话来说，“Julie其实是一个非常内向害羞的人，总想离人群远远的，大场面让她感到非常厌倦。” .

The London Funk Allstars were Jason Carter aka Mad Doctor X, Stefan Turner William George and F J Carter, who produced their own style of dance music of which primarily combined foundational elements of funk and trip-hop. Along with the label collaboration of Ninja Tune they would build up their discography by starting with the full-length and appropriately titled London Funk Volume 1 in 1995. The Knee Deep in Beats EP and their second album Flesh Eating Disco Zombies vs. The Bionic Hookers From Mars followed in 1996 along with the Sure Shot EP in 1998. .

When speaking of electronic or hip hop producers who have made innovative contributions to their genre, females are rarely mentioned. Whether hard to find or never exposed, Pursuit Grooves is making it her business to deliver an important message to the world...WE DO EXIST! Originally from the Washington DC area, Pursuit Grooves (born Vanese Smith) started producing music as a teenager to accompany the lyrics she was writing. She's been obsessed with sound ever since. Pursuit Grooves has released albums on Tectonic and Deepblak Recordings (as 91 Fellows) labels as well as being featured on projects on Rush Hour, Brownswood,...