Beat Assailant
两年前，Beat Assailant发行了他的首张唱片专辑《Hard Twelve》，这张专辑很快就成为了一个被独立音乐崇拜者追捧的典范。从那时起，Beat Assailant开始了不间断地巡回演出，与他的由9个令人钦佩的音乐家组成的乐队一起，参加了超过了140场的演出，这其中包括与Kanye West在《 Nice Jazz Festival》中的录制，与DJ Premier在《 Nordik Impakt 》中的录制，与 Maceo Parker在 "La Defense Jazz Festival"的演出，在布达佩斯Sziget音乐节的演出，在瑞士Paleo的演出，在法国Les Vieilles Charrues与Printemps de Bourges 的演出等等。如今，与他广受尊重的制作人及他的9人音乐小组一同，Beat Assailant发行了他的第二张专辑《Imperial Pressure》。 这张新专辑的创作灵感来源于Beat Assailant的乐队的爆发激情：在尝试性的探索了一段时间后，2007年7月，乐队最终决定把自己锁在录音棚里一个星期用于创作，结果？一张与现场效果几乎相同的唱片诞生了！这张唱片承诺继续通过让都市边界同爵士乐、放克乐、灵歌、摇滚与电子进行融合，来把Hip-Hop的界限不断向前推进。乐队在《Imperial Pressure》中的录制与之前相比呈现出了不同的特点：Danny Wild与Nicolas Guegen 以及 Thibault Renard 一同进行唱片制作，另外乐队所有成员都进行现场录音也成为本专辑的一大特点，这其中包括从C2C乐队新近转来的DJ Pfel，负责打碟处理。第一首单曲《Better Than Us》邀请到了一位特别嘉宾José Reis Fontao——"Stuck in the Sound"乐队的首席歌手进行录制。《Imperial Pressure》创造了一个富有激情与感情且风格多样的音乐氛围，营造出一种令人 为之深深 痴迷的效果。 Biography by Celeste Rhoads The release of Beat Assailant's first album, Hard Twelve, and its accompanying 12 tracks in October of 2005 was an introduction to a new kind of urban artist: one who managed to fuse the styles and rhythms of the South of the United States and the Parisian music scene. The release of Hard Twelve saw the American MC and his team opening for acts such as Kanye West and DJ Premier and soon led to further interesting efforts with other acts. The Miami-born rapper lived in Atlanta, GA, before he traveled to Paris in 2001, where he explored the hip-hop scene across the Atlantic and met fellow musician Danny Wild, who produced Hard Twelve. After several years of touring and a move back to the United States,Beat Assailant reappeared on the hip-hop scene in February of 2008 with his sophomore album, Imperial Pressure, featuring the single "Better Than Us." With his second album, Beat Assailant continued to push the boundaries of hip-hop by stirring together jazz, funk, soul, rock, world, and a little electro along with traditional urban beats. When performing live, the stage is packed with a saxophonist, trumpet player, pianist, and other musicians, along with the MC himself. "Better Than Us," the first single from the Imperial Pressure album, includes guest appearances on vocals by José Reis Fontao, lead singer of Stuck in the Sound, and Mani Hoffman of the Supermen Lovers' global dancefloor anthem "Starlight." It is another track to add to Beat Assailant's long list of collaborations.