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Lamb is an English electronic music duo from Manchester, whose music is influenced by trip hop, drum and bass and jazz. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes. They achieved commercial success with two hit singles "Górecki" and "Gabriel". ==Biography== Lamb's core members are Andy Barlow and Lou Rhodes. They released their first album, the self-titled ''Lamb'' in September 1996, and followed this up with another three albums and a cache of singles over the next eight years, culminating in the release of a greatest hits album, ''Best Kept Secrets'', in June 2004. While they seemed destined for stardom, it seemed to evade them and during the early 2000s they lost momentum and played live only sporadically. Still, a 2004 tour produced memorable shows. Lamb performed what was billed as their final live appearance at the Paradiso in Amsterdam in September 2004〔This performance was filmed for the DVD 'Live at the Paradiso' released in 2011.〕 and after their 2003 album ''Between Darkness and Wonder'' both went solo. Rhodes left the music world briefly for a commune, and in 2006 released her first solo album. Although getting their start in Manchester, Lamb are more commonly associated with the Bristol-based trip hop sound that was popular during the 1990s. Aside from trip hop, their musical style is a distinctive mixture of jazz, dub, breaks and drum and bass, with a strong vocal element and, in their later works especially, some acoustic influences. While they were a hit phenomenon in the UK, they found limited success in other parts of the world, despite securing distribution. Portugal was an exception, however; the band achieved crossover success there, including one major number one hit with "Gabriel," the lead single from 2001's ''What Sound''. The band produces experimental work with a distinctive production style, which includes passionate lyrical delivery. Their artistic videos draw on influences ranging from Cyberpunk through George Lucas' ''THX 1138'' to Zen Buddhism. By far their best-known track to date is "Górecki", from their eponymous debut album. The song is inspired by Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony, the ''Symphony of Sorrowful Songs''. Part of the lyrics to "Górecki" were used by Baz Luhrmann for some of Satine's lines in ''Moulin Rouge!''. The song was used in an advertisement for Guinness and an advertisement for the ''Tomb Raider: Underworld'' video game. It was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 Hollywood film "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". The 2004 DVD ''The Fall & Rise of the Fools Ark'', a roadmovie by Dutch duo Dadara and Jesse for which Lamb provided the music, is an animated roadmovie in the style of Monty Python and ''Yellow Submarine''. Bassist Jon Thorne is a regular player with the duo on their live shows but Lamb's earlier tours frequently featured a range of guest musicians including Icelandic guitarist Oddur Mar Runnarson, Danish drummer Nikolaj Bjerre, string trio Chi 2 Strings and trumpet player Kevin Davy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lamb (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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