Attrition

小简介
MARTIN BOWES早在1981年就组建了ATTRITION.这个组合曾是工业实验音乐的开山功臣之一,在乐坛地位与SPK,TEST DEPT ,COIL CLOCK DVA等不相伯仲.其早期作品一直在欧洲的THIRD MIND ANTLER厂牌下发表。89年SAM的PROJEKT在北美发行了ATTRITION的RECOLLECTION84-89回顾专辑,MARTIN BOWES的作品第一次传遍了北美.MARTIN总是与同伴们一起在欧洲四处巡演.当91年他们回到了英国的老家后,在自己的录音棚中创作了A TRICKY BUSINESS.意大利的CONTEMPO发行了这张口碑十分好的作品.其中"A GIRL CALLED HARMONY"更是成立地下party上的热门金曲.94年PROJEKT与乐队签订了在ARCHIVE分部再发行ATTRITION早期全部作品的协议.一些年后MARTIN离开了HYPERIUM转投到PROJEKT旗下,并于当年就发表了ARMS AND DEAD CERT.那年夏天,ATTRITION参加了PROJEKT音乐节的演出.97年MARTIN在巴黎歌剧院成员FRANK的帮助下,创作了ETADE专辑.成功的在原有EBM风格中混入了新古典气质.99年,ATTRITION发表了THE JEOPARDY MAZE,将电气化与古典与超现实主义的歌词相融合.但就我个人而言,这种尝试并没有真正起到应有的作用,它们像是停留在了80年代的时光里,与世界脱节,那种陈旧的早期电子表现手法简直令人不能忍受,我想这组合已经失去它存在的意义了,因为它将自己封存在了过去....
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.