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器乐后摇滚

 Billy Mahonie formed in in London near the end of 1997 to play instrumental rock music. The original line up consisted of Gavin Baker (guitar), Howard Monk (drums), Hywell Dinsdale (bass and guitar) and Kevin Penney (bass). The first incarnation of BM released two albums: The Big Dig (Too Pure, 1999) and What Becomes Before (Southern, 2001) and quite a number of singles, EPs and compilation appearances. They have toured Europe and UK and have enjoyed numerous radio sessions.

At the start of 2002 the band decided to take a few months off. This period eventually saw both original bass players leave, but by the end of 2002 Howard and Gavin had recruited Duncan Brown (ex-Stereolab) on bass and Anthony Barratt (guitar). Howard and Duncan had previously played together in Bows, with acclaimed novelist-musician Luke Sutherland. The new line-up of Billy Mahonie made its debut in December 2002 and immediately appeared on a John Peel session featuring bands from the Two Minute Men releases on Jonson Family Records.

It’s an unlikely mix of musics, perhaps, where hardcore metallics speak in krautrock accents about the possible redeeming features of progressive rock. There are also strong electric folk melodies, and a nod and a wink at jazz rock. For all these disparate influences, Mahonie’s reputation continues to be forged in their intense and engaging live sets. A new band and yet a continuation, BM set about their own trademarks of taut, yet expansive instrumental music that is by turns muscular, pumped-up and cathartic, then fragile, intricate and introspective.

2003 has largely been a period for writing new material. Another new album is set to follow on the heels of No Blood For Dust in the New Year. The band have also been putting together a remix record. Nightmare City, featuring reworked versions of this derailed, runaway train of a track. A version of Nightmare City is to feature on the soundtrack for Dias de Carton, a harrowing documentary film from Argentina about the extremes of poverty since the recent economic collapse in that country. Mahonie also feature on a forthcoming compilation from Sink and Stove Records and a compilation of early　and rare BM singles and EPs is also in the pipeline.

Following a short Spring tour and a number of gigs throughout the year, BM is now set to tour in support of No Blood for Dust, to be released on Tritone Records. No Blood For Dust features five new tracks. The brooding, slow fused crescendo of We Totally Almost Died, the Glitsch　Folk of Semapho, the off-kilter boogie of Red Crow, and the extended, exploratory mood　swings of (No Blood For) Dust and Lullaby.

Billy Mahonie 于1997年末的伦敦，开始了他们的器乐摇滚生涯。乐团最初的阵容是：Gavin Baker - 吉他，Howard Monk - 鼓，Hywell Dinsdale - 贝斯和吉他，Kevin Penney - 贝斯。早期的BM发行了两张专辑The Big Dig (Too Pure, 1999) 和What Becomes Before (Southern, 2001) ，以及一系列单曲，EP，合辑之类的东西。他们曾在欧洲和英国巡回演奏，并做过许多电台的session。
02年初乐队决定休息几个月。乐队的两位贝斯手在这一时期离队。但是在02年末，又加入了新的贝斯手Duncan Brown（原Stereolab成员）和吉他手Anthony Barratt。Howard 和 Duncan曾在Bows乐队里合作过，平曾得到过小说家／音乐家Luke Sutherland的称赞．重组后的BM很快就在02年12月完成了他们的处女作，并立即作为Jonson Family Records厂牌的Two Minute Men系列合辑中的乐队出现在John Peel session的电台节目中．
　BM在他们的音乐中对各种风格进行了的不可思议的融合（这不就是后摇的一大特征吗,笔者注）.在他们的音乐里我们可以听到融合了krautrock和硬核金属的前卫摇滚,还有强烈的electric folk调调,甚至还有那么一点小小的爵士摇滚味道.正是这么多风格的奇异融合,使他们的名气在他们一次次的激烈而又迷人的现场演奏中不断提升.BM的风格也趋于成熟，逐渐形成了他们那紧张而又爽快,强健而又煽情,通畅而又清脆,错综复杂而又内省的(吐血，形容词好多哇)招牌器乐风格.
　乐队花了2003年整一年的时间创作他们的新东西．另一张新专辑No Blood For Dust 在04年发行．乐队还完成了另一张混音作品Nightmare City，包括his derailed和 runaway train of a track的新版本，Nightmare City是一个反映阿根廷经济危机以后的极度贫困的悲惨的纪录片≤Dias de Carton≥的配乐．BM还将在Sink and Stove Records旗下的一张合辑有所表现，而他们的一些早期和稀有的单曲也正在发行过程中．
　04年上半年的一些列巡演辗转之后，BM又开始为了他们的在Tritone Records厂牌出的新专辑No Blood for Dust进行巡演．新专辑有５首歌，沉思，慢热的We Totally Almost Died，Glitsch　Folk（小电风格）的Semapho，off-kilter boogie（这是啥风格？）的Red Crow，以及比较有探索性的(No Blood For) Dust和Lullaby．

- Jerom 译

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