Ayo

她的音樂(lè)簡(jiǎn)單自然，她的聲音乾凈質(zhì)樸，就像帶著一把吉他浪跡天涯的吉普賽女郎，散發(fā)神秘的迷人氣質(zhì)。聲音表情似乎無(wú)需太多樂(lè)器潤(rùn)飾，就能傳遞一場(chǎng)感動(dòng)人心的真誠(chéng)演出，為歌曲注入更多生命力，雖然有著不起眼的外型，但是帶著憂鬱氣質(zhì)的Ayo，在90年代美國(guó)本土燒起一波Neo-Soul風(fēng)潮下，添入鎖定眾人目光的外籍兵團(tuán)，體會(huì)來(lái)自德國(guó)的暖色系音頻，調(diào)融Folk、Jazz、Soul、Reggae等聲韻，捕捉歐式浪漫，為男女情愛世界找尋可以暫時(shí)休憩的溫柔空間?！? 現(xiàn)居法國(guó)的德國(guó)籍創(chuàng)作女歌手Ayo，原名為Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin，父親是到德國(guó)唸書的奈及利亞人，母親則是成長(zhǎng)於吉普賽群體的羅馬尼亞人，因?yàn)榧彝キh(huán)境影響，Ayo從小不但沉浸在父親蒐藏的唱片堆中，更嚮往波希米亞人那種游牧的生活方式，四處為家，居無(wú)定所。當(dāng)她六歲時(shí)母親染上毒癮，自此不得不跟隨父親同住，也開始學(xué)習(xí)樂(lè)器演奏，從小提琴到鋼琴再至吉他，深愛音樂(lè)的Ayo，希望能多接觸各項(xiàng)樂(lè)器，更嚐試從中創(chuàng)作屬於自己的主題曲。隨著歲數(shù)增長(zhǎng)，她決定離開家鄉(xiāng)，藉著旅游吸收各國(guó)音樂(lè)文化，從英國(guó)至美國(guó)再到巴黎，每一次的停留都讓Ayo獲益良多，也成為歌曲中的點(diǎn)滴記印?！? Folk-soul chanteuse Ayo emerged as one of Europe's biggest new pop stars of 2006 with her breakthrough debut LP, Joyful. Born to a Nigerian father and gypsy mother in Cologne, West Germany, on September 14, 1980, as a child Ayo absorbed the musical traditions of her parentage as well as influences including American soul, reggae, and Afrobeat, all staples of her father's extensive record collection. Ayo first studied violin before moving to piano and guitar. At 21 she relocated to London, later dividing her time between Paris and New York City and earning attention while opening for neo-soul kindred spirits including Omar and Cody Chestnutt. After recording a five-song demo reel, Ayo briefly receded from the live circuit in late 2005 to give birth to her first child. Early the following year she signed to Polydor, and with producer Jay Newland completed Joyful (the English translation of her Yoruba name) in just five days. Buoyed by the lead single "Down on My Knees," the album fell just shy of the German Top Ten. 更多>>