Nectar

阿根廷女歌手Natalia Clavier的声音别有一番风味,相信你在听了试听的歌曲后一定会对这位歌坛新秀产生极大的兴趣.在阿根廷出生并成长的Natalia Clavier 是ESL 音像公司最新的签约歌手之一,Nectar是ESL为她量身定做的专辑,也是她的第一张专辑,在ESL音像公司的网站中有对她的简明介绍,里面引用了Natalia Clavier自己的一段话,她说"Music just comes to me. Music always finds me. I've never had to look far for inspiration," 我想这是她对自己最好的介绍. by Jason Birchmeier A year after her angelic voice graced ten of the 13 songs on Federico Aubele's Panamericana (2007), Natalia Clavier made her full-length solo debut with "Néctar," a stylistically similar album of downtempo likewise released by ESL Music, the label of Thievery Corporation. Produced by Aubele and Eric Hilton (the latter of Thievery Corporation), "Néctar" should delight anyone already fond of the bass-heavy and laid-back output of its producers. Clavier makes the album her own, however, regardless of its stylistic similarity to the output of Aubele and Thievery Corporation. She wrote all of the songs herself, except for an exquisite cover of Argentine folk legend Atahualpa Yupanqui's "Tu Que Puedes Vuélvete," and her voice is far and away the main attraction, no matter how intoxicating the underlying productions, which include trip-hop beats as well as traditional acoustic instrumentation such as violin, cello, piano, and Aubele's guitar. Clavier's songwriting takes the album in unique directions, most notably in the direction of tango on "Ay de Mí," "Confusión," and "Mi Mentira" -- songs you wouldn't expect to hear on a typical Thievery Corporation album; songs so stately, perhaps only a native Argentine could write them. Even with the songwriting twists and turns, "Néctar" is a remarkably solid album that plays fluidly from beginning to end. While any number of songs could count as highlights, the opening track, "El Árbol," stands out as perhaps the most pleasantly reminiscent of Thievery Corporation, turntable scratching and all. "Azul," "No Volverá," and "Néctar" also stand out, along with the aforementioned mid-album tangos.