Labradford

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Labardford是由Carter Brown,Mark Nelson和Robert Donne于1992年在美國的維琴尼亞州組建,他們的音樂非常注重嚴謹?shù)臉菲骶幣?同時使用了大量的滯緩的吉他回音等來營造出細致無比的音樂空間,間或還會插入Nelson的細語呢喃,他們的音樂猶如精功細雕的藝術品,他們音樂里的每一個音符都是那么動人,盡管很多人會認為Labardford似乎張張唱片都差不多,變化不大,其實不然,Labardford一直Experimental Ambient里尋找實驗的可行性,在樂隊的過往音樂歷程,他們不斷加入了弦樂和一些頗有質(zhì)感和光怪陸的Minimal Techno效果,使他們的音樂層次感更強和盡現(xiàn)低調(diào)唯美。
by Sean Cooper
Consisting of bassist Robert Donne, guitarist/vocalist Mark Nelson, and Carter Brown on keyboards, Labradford are an experimental ambient/post-rock group from Richmond, Virginia. Incorporating electronics as well as non-traditional arrangement and production techniques, the groups soundtrack-y, effects-heavy sonic landscapes operate in a vein closely allied with groups such as Experimental Audio Research, Flying Saucer Attack, and Gastr del Sol, and have earned the group high praise among a diverse variety of different audiences. The trio have released material through American indies Merge and Kranky, as well as the Kiwi rock label Flying Nun and Stereolabs Duophonic imprint. Though occasionally incorporating vocal and rhythmic elements, the group rely most often on the drone aesthetic, mixing looping guitar effects and long keyboard passages with snippets of barely-audible voice and assorted found objects on records like 1994s Prazision, 1995s Stable Reference, 1996s self-titled effort and 1997s Mi Media Naranja. 1999 brought the release of a new album, E Luxo So, as well as a tour with Godspeed You Black Emperor! and their Festival Of Drifting series, which also featured appearances from Pole, Matmos and Papa M. The ultra-minimal Fixed::Context followed two years later.