Jim White

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美國民謠唱作人Jim White就像個(gè)行為古怪的紳士，將近40歲才發(fā)表第一張唱片《Wrong-Eyed Jesus》（1997年）。它像是很傳統(tǒng)的民謠歌曲集，明媚的吉他、曼陀林搖搖晃晃地閃亮著，然而又像是添加了一種特別的藥劑，流露出難以捉摸的、透明的迷幻感，用一個(gè)樂評(píng)人的話形容：“就像是巷子里一只剛偷吃了小雞的貓?jiān)谏⒉健?。而且，他音樂中繼承了某種Tom Waits式的散漫和怪異，讓人感到既親切又沉迷。
自1992年成立，樂團(tuán)經(jīng)常在墨爾本的酒吧演出。成員來自解散的眾多樂隊(duì)：Busload Of Faith,Moodists, Fungus Brains, Venom P. Stinger和the Blackeyed Susan。隨后，他們與Pavement、Jon Spencer Blues Explosion的演出引起了廣泛的關(guān)注。1994年，他們?cè)诓ㄊ款D的小廠牌Poon Village發(fā)行了首張唱片《Sad and Dangerous》。本質(zhì)上說，這是他們自制磁帶Damo的再包裝。1995年，他們出版了同名唱片《The Dirty Three》，從墨爾本的酒吧來到了英國的國家電影劇院，與Nick Cave一道為20年代Carl Dreyer的無聲電影《Passion Of Joan Of Arc》作現(xiàn)場背景配樂。后來與Nick Cave合作出現(xiàn)在紀(jì)念《X檔案》的唱片《Songs In The Key Of X》當(dāng)中。1996年冬，他們赴維也納為多倫多作家與詩人Michael Ondaatje的劇本《The Collected Works Of Billy The Kid》（由德國導(dǎo)演Werner Herzog指導(dǎo)拍攝）演奏配樂。同年，樂團(tuán)與Will Oldham合作發(fā)表他們的第三張專輯《Horse Stories》。在Warren Ellis組隊(duì)之前，他練習(xí)古典小提琴，曾經(jīng)為劇院的樂團(tuán)寫過樂曲，Ellis經(jīng)常參觀畫廊，并用小提琴將對(duì)畫作的理解和內(nèi)心的感受表達(dá)出來。
Southern Gothic singer/songwriter Jim White grew up in Pensacola, Florida, enamored with the sounds of the white gospel music he heard on the Gospel Jubilee television series. After spending his formative years on the outskirts of a deeply Pentecostal community, he entertained a career as a professional surfer, followed by a stint in Milan as a fashion model. A band-saw accident which resulted in a maimed left hand seemed to end Whites hopes as a musician, but after writing a collection of simple songs on his guitar, a friend convinced him to record a demo which ultimately made its way to the offices of David Byrnes Luaka Bop label. After re-recording the songs, White issued his debut Wrong-Eyed Jesus! — a collection of atmospheric, oddly spiritual country-folk performances — in 1997. No Such Place was issued in early 2001. In 2004 White released Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See, again on Luaka Bop, which featured such eccentric guests as the Barenaked Ladies, Aimee Mann, and Bill Frisell. 2005 saw the release of Jim White Presents Music from Searching for a Wrong-Eyed Jesus, a soundtrack to the surrealist road film by director Andrew Douglas that featured material by White, the Handsome Family, 6 Horsepower and others.