Rw%KEUDm fXj 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
?^p8]Va% 歌手姓名:Ayo
$Yc9><i 唱片公司:Universal
qo|iw+0Y 发行日期:2008年10月6日
#YdU,y=B 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
Op~+yMef 推荐指数:4星
,Fiiw OwUbm0)h^V 专辑介绍:
w ?aLWySYT wl9icrR> At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
M$9h)3(B time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
`SrVMb( to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
H;ib3? first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
:f:C*mYvu her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
hI0l2OE taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
K6oLSr+EAK vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
39#>C~BOl Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
_L>n!"E/ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
*uR'eXW in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
L zC~> Uj drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
V-0Y~T Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
KivzgNz her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
AaVlNjB Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
O8%/Id Polydor Records.
KW\`&ki Jjv&@a} Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
ML-g"wv her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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Dlp::U*N' days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
M*%Z5,Tc organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
Vv]mME@ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
wW~2]*n 2007 in the United States and Japan.
~7g6o^A> SrIynO At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
F44")fY Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
\&fK 8H1 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
&/p9+gd 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
PR0]:t)E and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
/<~IKVz\& Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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2008 the singer started her second tour through the
qI9 BAs1~} United States and Canada.
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XOMWqQr| On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
:M16ijkx album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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"PPwJ/L( is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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u}$3.]-.?T (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
O#g31?TO (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
lCXo+|$?s Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
3c)xNXq m composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
?uQpt( will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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-)aGL ~7|z 2L 1. I Am Not Afraid
^<c?I re 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
H`sV\'`!} 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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4. Love And Hate
%y'#@%kO:S 5. Get Out Of My Way
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ET4YoH> 7. Change
L,$9)`j 8. Piece Of Joy
hz!.|U@,{< 9. Lonely
{dDU^7O 10. Sometimes
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11. What's This All About ?
1QThAFN 12. Mother
:|bPr_&U$ 13. Thank You