Attrition

小簡介
MARTIN BOWES早在1981年就組建了ATTRITION.這個組合曾是工業(yè)實驗音樂的開山功臣之一,在樂壇地位與SPK,TEST DEPT ,COIL CLOCK DVA等不相伯仲.其早期作品一直在歐洲的THIRD MIND ANTLER廠牌下發(fā)表。89年SAM的PROJEKT在北美發(fā)行了ATTRITION的RECOLLECTION84-89回顧專輯,MARTIN BOWES的作品第一次傳遍了北美.MARTIN總是與同伴們一起在歐洲四處巡演.當91年他們回到了英國的老家后,在自己的錄音棚中創(chuàng)作了A TRICKY BUSINESS.意大利的CONTEMPO發(fā)行了這張口碑十分好的作品.其中"A GIRL CALLED HARMONY"更是成立地下party上的熱門金曲.94年P(guān)ROJEKT與樂隊簽訂了在ARCHIVE分部再發(fā)行ATTRITION早期全部作品的協(xié)議.一些年后MARTIN離開了HYPERIUM轉(zhuǎn)投到PROJEKT旗下,并于當年就發(fā)表了ARMS AND DEAD CERT.那年夏天,ATTRITION參加了PROJEKT音樂節(jié)的演出.97年MARTIN在巴黎歌劇院成員FRANK的幫助下,創(chuàng)作了ETADE專輯.成功的在原有EBM風格中混入了新古典氣質(zhì).99年,ATTRITION發(fā)表了THE JEOPARDY MAZE,將電氣化與古典與超現(xiàn)實主義的歌詞相融合.但就我個人而言,這種嘗試并沒有真正起到應有的作用,它們像是停留在了80年代的時光里,與世界脫節(jié),那種陳舊的早期電子表現(xiàn)手法簡直令人不能忍受,我想這組合已經(jīng)失去它存在的意義了,因為它將自己封存在了過去....
Martin Bowes founded the darkwave/industrial ambience of Attrition in his native England during the early 80s, well before the ethereal mystery of fellow goth rock artists such as Lycia, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, and Covenant. Theyve released over ten albums independently, but formed a relationship with Projekt in 1989 when the label released the retrospective Recollection 84-89 and introduced Attrition to the States for the first time. Five years later, Projekt founder and Black Tape for a Blue Girl frontman Sam Rosenthal and Bowes reissued Attritions back catalog as well. In 1997, the band hooked up with opera singer Frank Dematteis to compose an album of classical imagery entitled Etude. Tours of the U.S. followed, and in 1999, Attrition returned to its electro-industrial roots to release The Jeopardy Maze.