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回到2002年，當(dāng)大家聽(tīng)過(guò)德國(guó)樂(lè)手Michael Luckner化身而成的Guitar，在電音廠牌Morr Music發(fā)表的Sunkissed專(zhuān)輯時(shí)，都不禁大呼：「好My Bloody Valentine呀！」，聽(tīng)得各位Shoegazer信徒感動(dòng)流涕。若然你因此而把Guitar奠定為一個(gè)Shoegazer單位的話，那么你便太低估Michael兄了。
Michael Luckner是一位猶如火麒麟般的樂(lè)手，除了Guitar外，他還有Digital Jockey、Computerjockeys、Music For Moving Pictures等Project。Guitar是一個(gè)他向結(jié)他聲音致敬的Project，處男作Sunkissed開(kāi)宗明義是取材自MBV的Loveless專(zhuān)輯，有如一種追祟之意義。然而跟著在2004年他只於日本方面發(fā)行的Honeysky專(zhuān)輯，卻竟然帶著濃濃的Country音樂(lè)薰陶而來(lái)。這還不算出人意表了，因?yàn)橛指魞赡旰螅珿uitar在另一德國(guó)獨(dú)立廠牌Onitor旗下出版的Tokyo專(zhuān)輯，他更玩起箏琴和琵琶來(lái)，而且還玩得有板有眼。
Guitar is the pseudonym adopted by musician Michael Lückner, who fuses organic and electronic sounds into music that embraces his wide range of influences, from cool-era Miles Davis to the shoegazing chaos of My Bloody Valentine. Lückner was born and raised in Germany, and picked up his first guitar when he was 14, after seeing a performance by John Martyn. Lückner already had a tape machine, and began lo-fi experiments in recording his music. In his early twenties, Lückner started playing guitar with a jazz ensemble while studying philosophy, psychology, and media in college. While Lückner continued to perform, his music took a dramatic new turn in 1995 when he bought sampling software and began using electronics as a medium for composing songs and constructing arrangements. Later that year, Lückner formed the duo Computerjockeys with Wolfgang Hagedorn, in which they used their computers to create sample-based music in real time on-stage. In 2000, Lückner began releasing solo studio recordings under the name Digital Jockey, and in 2002 adopted another moniker, Guitar. The first release from Guitar, Sunkissed, featured regular collaborator Ayako Akashiba on vocals, and Lückner would further explore his interest in Japanese music and art with Guitar's second international release, 2006's Tokyo, which included four vocal performances from Akashiba as well as several instrumental tracks employing traditional Japanese instruments. (A revised version of the album was released in Japan under the title Saltykisses; in 2004, Lückner recorded an album exclusively for release in Japan, Honeysky.) In May 2007, Lückner released a new Guitar album, Dealing with Signal and Noise, which included an unusual cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain's "Just Like Honey," while a compilation bringing together highlights from Guitar's Japanese releases, Salt & Honey, was scheduled for release in the fall of 2007.