Re: Les Rallizes Denudes

看板PostRock作者glare (RUN RUN RUN)時間21年前 (2004/03/06 10:37)推噓2(2推 0噓 0→)

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聽了幾首，忍不住先跳上來說幾句。在網上看了幾篇介紹，每篇都不能免的提到 Velvet Underground，大致上是指此團地位有如日本的 Velvet Underground，同時音樂亦根源於 VU。但實際聽來，Les Rallizes的音樂風格與 VU相差甚遠。歌曲動輒長達十分鐘以上，曲曲皆是段迷幻旅程。尖銳刺耳的吉他噪音漫天蓋地而來，吵雜地嘶吼著、扯著聽者的耳膜。主唱輕輕地唱著，聽似漫不經心，營造出一個迷離的空間，喃喃地唱些什麼已不是重點。在幾首曲子中由於吉他去旋律化，節奏組的貝斯反升為要角，靠著簡單重複的旋律支撐曲子進行。(順帶一提，好樣的貝斯手後來參加赤軍連，參與了當時轟動國際的北韓劫機事件) 錄音極差，原本就已開足 feedback的吉他與主唱的回音甚大，但效果卻出奇的好，各種聲音交織一片，為整體迷離夢幻的空間再塗上一層霧樣的色彩。雖不懂歌詞在描繪什麼，但由這個團進步的意識型態看來，那或許是個掙脫一切枷鎖的美麗世界。簡單幾言，說不盡這個團傳奇的歷史，也說不清他們傳奇的聲音。最好的辦法，還是去找來一聽吧！以下轉貼 AMG對此團的介紹 Though Les Rallizes Denudes, also known as Hadaka no Rallizes, were one of the earliest and most revolutionary Japanese psychedelic rock bands, and have existed off and on through four decades, they are also one of the most obscure, barely known even in their native country. This cult of noise-terrorists shrouded themselves in mystery, seldom touring and releasing very few records, usually with no discernible label. Their sound presages the later psychedelic experimental noise of Fushitsusha, High Rise and others in the current crop more than any other Japanese psychedelic group from the late '60s. Revolving around guitarist and vocalist Mizutani Takashi, Les Rallizes Denudes formed in November of 1967 at Kyoto University, inspired by Exploding Plastic Inevitable-era Velvet Underground as well as the over-amplified rock of lue Cheer. By 1968 they were gigging live and even began a regular collaborated with an avant-garde theater troupe, which ended the next year because of Les Rallizes's penchant for extreme volumes of sound. Not only did they use massive amounts of feedback at loud volumes, their stage shows used strobe lights, mirror balls and other effects for a live experience that was a total sensory assault. The group also aligned themselves with radical left-wing politics, performing at the front lines of student demonstrations against Vietnam and even the student occupation of Kyoto University in April of 1969. One original member, Wakabayashi, was involved in the Japanese Red Army hijacking of a flight to North Korean, known as the Yodo-go incident, and because of Mizutani's own connections with the Red Army, the group's gigs became more infrequent and clandestine. The band didn't record much in the studio, and the only music of theirs to come out on vinyl at this time was one side of the double LP compilation Oz Days Live released by Oz Discs in 1973. In fact Les Rallizes kept going throughout the '70s and '80s without releasing a thing, and then suddenly they put out three CDs of archival recordings in 1991, and a video the next year. Of these, the double CD/LP '77 Live highlights them at the top of their form, with 10- to 20-minute tracks of intense guitar feedbacks and drones over repetitive rhythms and heavily distorted vocals. Les Rallizes played their final gig in October of 1996, nearly thirty years after their inception. All their albums were released in very limited quantities, and are extremely difficult to find with collectors grabbing them up immediately when they show up in stores and catalogs. Because of the group's reputation for secrecy and violence, as well as the difficulty in tracking down their recordings, Les Rallizes Denudes has taken on an almost mythic status. ※ 編輯: glare 來自: 140.119.203.86 (03/06 03:36)