Dirty Three

小简介
Dirty Three，一个越来越响亮的名字。这队来自澳大利亚墨尔本的三人组曾在美国举行过五次巡演，其中包括Lollapalooza音乐节。从1992年至今，发行了7张唱片（其中1张为EP）。让我们感兴趣的是，这支队伍并没有主唱，他们是一支由小提琴领衔的纯器乐演奏团。 这支即兴实验演奏团体，演奏的曲目常常缠绵得让人心伤。Warren Ellis往往能用小提琴轻而易举地俘虏你，其伤感的主旋律简直可以让你肝肠寸断，而Mick Turner那轻拨的吉他则适时的插入其中，衬着Jim White粗糙的鼓点，完美地营造出一份幽静、低调、悲伤的氛围来。乐团的曲子大多偏向慢速，这使得他们在演奏过程中能更好的配合，并且可以避免落入一些固有的模式。Dirty Three将自己形容为“背景音乐”乐团，似乎也不无恰当。
Melancholy instrumental trio Dirty Three formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1992, led by classically-trained violinist Warren Ellis, who began writing and performing music for art openings and plays and also tenured in the groups Blackeyed Susans, Paranoid and the Nursing Mothers. After enlisting Blackeyed Susans guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White — veterans of Melbourne bands including the Sick Things, the Moodists, Fungus Brain and Venom P. Stinger — Ellis formed the Dirty Three; at the groups debut performance, he used a rubber band to attach a guitar pickup to his violin, giving the instrument a distorted, feedback-drenched feel far removed from its original sound. Recorded as a demo, the trios debut Sad & Dangerous appeared in 1994; subsequent tours in support of Pavement, Sonic Youth and John Cale helped win the Dirty Three a deal with the Touch & Go label, which issued a 1995 eponymous effort and 1996s acclaimed Horse Stories. In 1998, the Dirty Three resurfaced with Ocean Songs; Whatever You Love, You Are followed two years later. That February, the Dirty Three celebrated their 10th anniversary and headed back into the studio. Initially, the trio had recorded songs for a follow-up to Whatever You Love, You Are in early 2001, however the songs were scrapped. White went on to tour with Smog and Will Oldham. Turner founded his own label, King Crab Records, and worked with Marquis de Tren. Ellis joined his fellow mates Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds for a monumental world tour in spring 2002. Somewhere in there, the Dirty Three reconvened with producer Fabrice Lor. Lor is chief of Prohibited Records and recorded part of the soundtrack to Amelie. Together, he and the Dirty Three arrived with the enigmatic, dark album She Has No Strings Apollo in February 2003. Cinder, which features appearances
by Cat Powers Chan Marshall and Sally Timms from the Mekons, followed two years later.