[27/8/2008]【酸爵士】Barry Adamson贝瑞·亚当森2008年专辑《Back To The
【酸爵士】Barry Adamson贝瑞·亚当森2008年专辑《Back To The Cat》 (MP3 320K)
Audio CD (April 22, 2008) Original Release Date: April 22, 2008 Label: Central Control
Product Description
"A chaotic jazz-funk shuffle ... brass-backed, Sixties-style soul ... breezy country-and-western ... swampy Southern States blues--[Adamson's] new songs shone brightest." -- The Times
"All over the place, swinging through dark pop, atmospheric instrumentals, and demented circus music ... unique with great personality." -- Pitchfork
Back to the Cat is the work of one of the most original, inventive, distinctive voices in British contemporary music at the height of his considerable powers. With a full consignment of brass and strings and a wealth of musicology behind him, Barry Adamson is about to take you on an epic adventure in sound.
Adamson's eighth album is where it all comes together: a life's passions poured into ten tracks that at once sound strangely familiar and dazzlingly new. A musical odyssey through noir jazz, sun-drenched pop ballads, fractious urban funk, devilish gospel, heavenly blues, and subversive soul ... not to mention a Hammond organ salute to the late, great Jimmy Smith.
As befits the man who invented the idea of the imaginary soundtrack album with his 1988 solo debut Moss Side Story, every song is rendered in vivid widescreen, with a narrative as compulsive as an Alfred Hitchcock chiller. With a wicked sense of humor and a beady eye for detail, Adamson charts the complexity and duplicity of human nature, often deliberately contrasting stories with sounds.
From a late-sixties Bacharach swinger and a mournful steel guitar breathing a country sigh to a heady gospel lament from an incarcerated Prince of Darkness, Back to the Cat takes you places you never expected.
Barry Adamson一出手就让人见识了“老炮”的威力与气派,这位The Bad Seeds前创始成员 /贝司手、Nick Cave的旧搭档在1980年代开始单干之后,就一直醉心于游走在电影音乐、摇 滚与爵士乐之间,创造了一种几乎可以称为Barry Adamson式的独特之声,每次都是出手不 凡。如今这第8张录音室专辑再次炉火纯青地演示了Barry Adamson之声的老谋深算与老奸巨 滑,John Barry式电影配乐+爵士感十足的器乐演绎+老派节奏蓝调摇滚,炮制了一张荡气回 肠、柳暗花明、欲说还休的专辑,Barry Adamson那种几乎难以察觉的采样制作技巧与越老 越醇的旧派摇滚情怀,简直就像是给越来越多同样沉迷于电影音乐与爵士乐的年轻一辈制作 人上的一堂示范课。
贝瑞亚当森Barry Adamson
〈Mitch And Andy〉、〈Walk The Last Mile〉、〈Saturn In The Summertime〉三首过 去未曝光新曲一般乐迷朋友往往都要倚赖国外排行榜,认识来自世界各地的杰出音乐人, 这些年来另类与主流的分野日渐模糊,许多原本只靠口耳相传的小众乐手也跃上国际舞台。 然而却难免出现让人久仰大名,却未能获得国内唱片公司青睐进口的遗珠之憾,英国晦暗 阴郁乐派的首席代表Barry Adamson即为一例。虽然唱片公司后来曾经发行他2002年的优秀 专辑《幻境之王—The King Of Nothing Hill》,他早期几张经典专辑却是,台湾乐迷始 终难以入手的梦幻逸品。Barry Adamson对于热爱另类音乐的朋友肯定不陌生,他是经典乐 队Magazine的创团贝斯手,也曾经是Nick Cave & Bad Seeds的一员。1989年他首度以个人 名义发表第一张个人专辑《Moss Side Story》,这才让人正视Barry Adamson折衷多元的 音乐才华,揉和Jazz、Funk、Soul、Hip Hop、Rock甚至是电子音乐,Barry Adamson陆续 以多张专辑打造出他风格独具的黑暗王国。
01 The Beaten Side Of Town (04:49) 02 Straight 'Til Sunrise (04:58) 03 Spend A Little Time (04:28) 04 Shadow Of Death Hotel (04:21) 05 I Could Love You (03:32) 06 Walk On Fire (04:32) 07 Flight (04:53) 08 Civilization (04:18) 09 People (03:23) 10 Psycho Sexual (05:52)