Les 4 Guitaristes de l'Apocalypso-Bar
- 风格
- #先锋前卫摇滚 #前卫摇滚 #器乐摇滚
- 地区
- 欧美
艺人介绍
by François CouturePut together by Montreal guitarist André Duchesne, Les 4 Guitaristes de lApocalypso-Bar was a conceptual electric guitar quartet (plus drums), something rarely seen before. His longest-lasting project (four years), it was also the one that got the most international attention, thanks to the presence of ex-Henry Cow drummer Chris Cutler (some say it served as the blueprint for the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet). The group released two LPs on Ambiances Magnétiques in 1987 and 1989, although titles and recording dates are willingly misleading; after all, this was a band from the future. As evidence of this, both albums were reissued in 1995 by ReR Megacorp under the title World Tour 1998.In the early 80s, André Duchesne was writing avant-rock songs, something like This Heat with a Quebec twist (see his LP Le Temps des Bombes, 1984). But by 1986, he was working on a series of contrapuntal pieces for guitar quartet, a cross between Robert Fripps circular motifs and Fred Friths angular playing. He drafted René Lussier and Jean-Pierre Bouchard, colleagues from the late-70s avant-folk collective Conventum, and Roger Boudreault. The Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville expressed interest to premiere the project in October 1986, but Duchesne still needed a drummer. He rang up Chris Cutler, as former Henry Cow members and the Ambiances Magnétiques collective were multiplying collaborations and associations at the time (Lussier and Frith would play as a duo at FIMAV that year, too). Cutlers group Cassiber was already part of the festivals lineup, so arrangements were made and the 4 Guitarists of the Apocalypso-Bar began rehearsals.Duchesne had a concept, inspired by the ghost of Jimi Hendrix himself (or so the tongue-in-cheek liner notes to the first LP stated). This was the resident band at the Apocalypso-Bar, a joint in post-apocalypse Canada. They were sleek, they were hot, they obeyed all the laws of early 20th century dance bands: They wore white suits and tiger ties, sat down to play (the soloing guitarist got to stand up), and bowed down in unison to applause. The studio effort Tournée Mondiale/Été 89 came out in 1987. The group toured Canada, the U.S., and Europe, appearing at, among other places, The Kitchen in New York. A second album was recorded in early 1989 (Fin de Siècle, once more ahead of its time), but by then, Duchesne was already experiencing problems keeping the band together. Claude Fradette replaced Boudreault and young Miriodor drummer Rémi Leclerc filled in whenever Cutler was unavailable. Nevertheless, the concept was wearing thin, so the group split shortly after. Duchesne went on to form Locomotive, bringing along Fradette and Leclerc.
最新简评（共22条）
- @悪即斬(微信联系 Sacred-...)：√
- @小小虾(我还没想好要写什么...)：➕
- @24601(朋友)：好好好
- @Geworfenheit(购买诗集《落日飞奔术》电...)：
- @无妄（BLUE）(无挂碍故，无有恐怖)：
- @未知生物：
- @未知生物：•
- @下线了：~
- @.(我还没想好要写什么...)：
- @ⅣMI(ali 呸)：