N.E.R.D 2009-present: Nothing and No One Ever Really Dies What is Nothing? In 2010, N.E.R.D announced the release of their fourth studio album entitled Nothing, Who is NERD? Pharrell What is a song off of Nothing? The first single from the album, "Hot-n-Fun" featuring Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado, Did the song chart? I don't know.
What is the music style of the album?
What is the music style of the album Nothing by N.E.R.D?
In 2010, N.E.R.D announced the release of their fourth studio album entitled Nothing, which had a scheduled release date for September 7, 2010, but was pushed back to November 2, 2010. The first single from the album, "Hot-n-Fun" featuring Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado, was released on May 18, 2010 on iTunes. It was released in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2010.  On August 20, 2010, a track titled "Party People" leaked onto the internet. It was rumored to be the second single from the album. On September 28, 2010, they premiered another track from the album titled "Hypnotize U" on Late Show with David Letterman, produced by electronic music duo Daft Punk. On September 30, 2010, in an interview with Mark Hoppus on A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus, Pharrell explained the album cover as "a mix of so many things. The feathers represent the peace, and the helmet represents the war. It's like where we are right now. There's a lot of war, that people can't necessarily explain. The economy sucks, girls are still beautiful. We wanted to make music that reflected that. So people can look back twenty years from now, and say 'this is what was going on'". They then announced in the interview that the next two singles would be "I've Seen the Light" and "Hypnotize U". Pharrell described "Hypnotize U" as being "so different from the rest of the album", stating he was "very pleased because it serves a different purpose" in the album.  On October 17, 2010, the standard edition and the deluxe edition of the album became available for pre-order on iTunes. It was later announced that they would support Gorillaz on the North American leg of their 2010 'Escape to Plastic Beach' world tour. In 2013, Pharrell confirmed a N.E.R.D album was in progress, but also mentioned that the album would not be released that year due to the projects he was working on with other artists. He has also said the album will be "nature-based". The group reunited on December 26, 2014, to release the songs "Squeeze Me," "Patrick Star," and "Sandy Squirrel" for the film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.  N.E.R.D's fifth album, No One Ever Really Dies, was released on December 15, 2017 through i am OTHER and Columbia Records. It features guest appearances from Andre 3000, M.I.A., Gucci Mane, Wale, and Ed Sheeran among others. It was preceded by three singles; "Lemon" with Rihanna (on November 1), "1000" with Future (on November 29), and "Don't Don't Do It!" with Kendrick Lamar (on December 13). CANNOTANSWER
produced by electronic music duo Daft Punk.
Iamus is a computer cluster (a half-cabinet encased in a custom shell) located at Universidad de Málaga. Powered by Melomics' technology, the composing module of Iamus takes 8 minutes to create a full composition in different musical formats, although the native representation can be obtained by the whole system in less than a second (on average). Iamus only composes full pieces of contemporary classical music.

Iamus' Opus one, created on October 15, 2010 is the first fragment of professional contemporary classical music ever composed by a computer in its own style (rather than attempting to emulate the style of existing composers as was previously done by David Cope). Iamus's first full composition, Hello World!, premiered exactly one year after the creation of Opus one, on October 15, 2011. Four of Iamus's works premiered on July 2, 2012, and were broadcast live from the School of Computer Science at Universidad de Málaga as part of the events included in the Alan Turing year. The compositions performed at this event were later recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, creating the album Iamus, which New Scientist reported as the "first complete album to be composed solely by a computer and recorded by human musicians."

Commenting on the authenticity of the music, Stephen Smoliar, critic of classical music at The San Francisco Examiner, commented "What is primary is the act of making the music itself engaged by the performers and how the listener responds to what those performers do... what is most interesting about the documents generated by Iamus is their capacity to challenge the creative talents of performing musicians".

References

External links
 Melomics home page
 Melomics page at University of Malaga (Spain)
 Iamus' Nasciturus, performed by Gustavo Diaz-Jerez and Sviatoslav Belonogov
 London Symphony Orchestra records Transitos II for Iamus self-titled album
 30 Minute Concert of Iamus' work, in four parts
 BBC 'Click' coverage on Iamus' Composing Style
 Time Magazine "Finally, a computer which writes classical music without human help"
 Melomics Records Youtube Channel

Cluster computing
Music technology
One-of-a-kind computers
Spanish Supercomputing Network Yellow Fever! is a 2006 tribute album by Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto (Uwe Schmidt). It is an album of covers done in a Latin American style.

It is a tribute album dedicated to the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and is similar to his earlier Kraftwerk tribute album released in 2000. The three original members of the Yellow Magic Orchestra (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, and Yukihiro Takahashi) appear on this album as well as Towa Tei and Mouse on Mars.

Between each cover song, there are small original interludes by Senor Coconut.

Track listing
 "My Name Is Coco (Introduction)" – 0:20 
 "Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)" [Rumba]
 "Coco Agogo" – 0:36 
 "Limbo" [Mambo] – 3:21 
 "What Is a Coconut? (Interlude)"
 "Behind the Mask" – 3:22 
 "El Coco Rallado (Retro Interlude)" – 0:25 
 "Pure Jam" [Mambo]
 "Mambo Numerique"
 "Simoon" [Bolero] – 6:48
 "El Coco Loco" – 0:18
 "The Madmen" [Mambo] – 3:51
 "What Is Coconut? (Interlude)" – 0:32
 "Music Plans" – 4:36
 "Breaking Music (Interlude)"
 "Rydeen" [Merengue] – 4:26 
 "El Coco Roto (Interlude "Cabezón" Style)" – 0:19  
 "Ongaku" – 3:19
 "What Is Coconut?" – 0:33
 "Firecracker" [Merengue] – 5:32
 "Señor Coconut And His Orchestra" – 0:06

References

2006 albums
Covers albums
Uwe Schmidt albums Flight Tribe () is Taiwanese Mandopop band F.I.R.'s third Mandarin studio album. It was released on 28 July 2006 by Warner Music Taiwan. It features a collaboration with the American country music singer and Grammy Award winner, LeAnn Rimes. The fourth track "天天夜夜" (Every Day And Night), is a cover version of "How Do I Live", with Rimes singing in the opening and bridge of the track.

The track "飛行部落" (Flight Tribe) was nominated for Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2006.

Album
 According to track 13 "What's Next?" from Unlimited, the main origin of this album should be Jazz in American style. 
 The melody of the track "待續" (To be Continued...) from F.I.R.-Fairyland in Reality became the introductory melody of track "無限" (Unlimited) from Unlimited. But this album did not use the melody of "What's next?" from Unlimited.
 The song that "What's next?" announced is the song of track 8 "1234567".
 The piano version of "Every Day And Night (天天夜夜)" is at hidden track of Track 11.

Track listing
 "Intro" - 1'26"
 "Get High" - 3'47"
 "雨櫻花" (Rain Cherry Blossom) - 4'39"
 "天天夜夜"  (Every Day And Night/ How Do I Live) (sampling & featuring LeAnn Rimes) - 4'53"
 "飛行部落" (Flight Tribe) - 4'28"
 "北極圈" (Arctic Circle) - 4'34"
 "你很愛他" (You Really Love Him) - 4'47"
 "1234567" - 3'35"
 "眷戀" (Attachment) - 4'10"
 "I Don't Care" - 4'03"
 "我最愛的人" (The Person I Love Most) - 4'20"
 (Hidden Track, at Track 11) - (7'25", Hidden track included)

Chart

References

External links
 Official announcement of new album Flight Tribe

F.I.R. albums
2006 albums
Warner Music Taiwan albums