失去的地平線

你可以想象得到一個著名平面設計師和一個辛勤的園丁的合作所產生什麼化學作用呢？Lost Horizons就是他們的產品，大量的Beats、Loops、Sample的和諧相處，製作了02年最奇妙的Downtempo之旅。專輯的開首曲Elements已經是一手集鏗鏘吉他、輕柔和唱、溫暖口琴的窩心之作；Spacewalk通過如音樂盒般的鋼琴給我們帶來無重狀態的太空感受；Return to Patagonia以緊湊的Jazz鼓擊與色士風的配搭，為我們帶來絲絲入扣的翱翔感覺；而Experiment Number Six的出色小號演出所帶來的則是神秘的另類Jazz意境。沉醉在Lemon Jelly的音樂當中，望著Lost Horizons的唱片封面，我放下了手上的所有工作，閉上眼睛，懷著豁然的心情，走上了秋季旅行之路。

Amazon. com Review:

As anyone who's heard their exuberant first album will tell you, Lemon Jelly are no ordinary chill-out act. Here, the eccentric duo present their second full-length outing, Lost Horizons, and it's every bit as good as their acclaimed debut, Lemonjelly. ky. Inhabiting a world of almost limitless playfulness, Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin make the sort of brassy, beautiful downtempo music that leaves the listener desperately trying to suppress a goofy grin. You see, Lost Horizons is that rarest of things: a focused, humorous, and exciting chill-out album that stands up to repeat listening. Often, this kind of tongue-in-cheek chillage can sound dull and contrived (or, worse, sickly and overbearing), but Lost Horizons is anything but tedious. It bristles with shimmering, sunny instrumentation (jaunty acoustic guitars, skippy beats, tinkling pianos, oh-so-English brass band fanfares--even the odd harp), while quirky, oddball samples lurk 'round every turn ("Nice Weather for Ducks," for example, is a country-funk shakedown based on a sample from a nursery rhyme). From the percussive space jazz of "Return to Patagonia" to the seductive, sleepy closer, "Curse of Ka'zar," Lost Horizons doesn't so much glimmer as positively shine. Is it 2002's best downtempo album? Almost certainly. --Matt Anniss

Following their last amazing journey, this 2002 release on XL Recordings goes around the world in 80 ways. Dive in and lose yourself. Unique & colorful gatefold miniature LP style packaging.

1. Elements

2. Spacewalk

3. Ramblin' Man

4. Return To Patagonia

5. Nice Weather For Ducks

6. Experiment No. 6

7. Closer

8. The Curse Of Ka'zar