小简介
支已经被人遗忘的乐队,或许在它存在的期间根本没有被多少人知道。为了应和80年代纽约the wave of abrasive guitar dissonance abrasive guitar dissonance的乐风,前乐评人Tim Sommer和演奏家Mimi Goese组成了Hugo Largo,稍后Hahn Rowe和Adam Peacock加入乐队,同时也使乐队形成了不同寻常的乐器组成,两把Bass和一把violin,完全摒弃了guitar和drum的使用,当然还有Mimi Goese独特的嗓音,有人就把她的声音形容为“dive-bomber vocals”。88年在R.E.M.的Michael Stipe帮助下,乐队完成了处女作《Drum》,Michael Stipe也制作了专辑里的4首曲子。89年乐队出版了第二张专辑《Mettle》,乐评普遍认为比前一张专辑的试验色彩稍差。同年乐队解散,Tim Sommer去了Atlantic公司作行政经理,在Hahn Rowe的帮助下Mimi Goese于97年出版其个人专辑。
by Jason Ankeny
In response to the wave of abrasive guitar dissonance then in vogue throughout the downtown New York music scene, ex-music critic Tim Sommer and performance artist Mimi Goese formed the ethereal Hugo Largo in 1984. Later rounded out by Hahn Rowe and Adam Peacock, the quartet turned heads with its unusual instrumental lineup, which bypassed guitars and drums in favor of two basses, a violin, and Goeses unique dive-bomber vocals. In 1988, R.E.M.s Michael Stipe produced Hugo Largos debut EP, Drum; fleshed out with additional new material, it was reissued on Brian Enos fledgling Opal label a year later. After 1989s less experimental Mettle, the group disbanded; Sommer later became an executive at Atlantic Records, and Goeses long-planned solo debut, recorded with assistance from Rowe, was scheduled to appear in 1997.