书目

Facing the Other Way The Story of 4ad

内容简介

Thefirstofficialaccountoftheiconicrecordlabel.AnNMEBookoftheYear2013*ARoughTradeBookoftheYear2013*ATimesLiterarySupplementBookoftheYear2013ThisMortalCoil，BirthdayParty，Bauhaus，CocteauTwins，Pixies，ThrowingMuses，Breeders，DeadCanDance，LisaGermano，KristinHersh，Belly，RedHousePainters.Justahandfulofthebandsandartistswhostartedoutrecordingfor4AD，arecordlabelfoundedbyIvoWatts-RussellandPeterKentin1979，alabelwhichwentontobeoneofthemostinfluentialofthemodernera.CombiningtheuniquetastesofWatts-RussellandthestrikingdesignaestheticofVaughanOliver，4ADrecordswererecognisablebytheirlookasmuchtheirsound.Inthiscomprehensiveaccountconcentratingonthelabel'sfirsttwodecades(uptothepointthatWatts-Russellleft)，musicjournalistMartinAstonexploresthefascinatingstorywithuniqueaccesstoallthekeyplayersandprettymucheveryartistwhoreleasedarecordon4ADduringthattime，andtoitsnotoriouslyreclusivefounder.WithacoverdesignedbyVaughanOliverthisisanessentialbookforall4ADfansandanyonewholovedthemusicofthattime.

作者简介

MartinAstonhasbeenwritingaboutandreviewingmusicsince1984.Hehasaparticularlydeepappreciationfortheindependentmusicscene.Heistheauthoroftwopreviousbooks:Pulp(MacMillan,1995)andBjorkgraphy(Simon&Schuster,1996).'I'veuntilnowavoidedwritingmorebooksasIenjoyoccasionallyleavingthehouse,'hesays.'WritingFacingtheOtherWay:TheStoryOf4ADhasremindedmeofthisluxury.Butit'sbeenascompellingasit'sbeenoverwhelming,documentingnotjustavisionaryrecordlabel,butanentireera,onethatcanneverbeseenagain.'MartinhasalsowrittenforavarietyofpublicationsincludingMOJO,Q,Guardian,TheTimes,Attitude,RadioTimesandBBCMusicOnline.,,

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