Hut旗下的著名低调乐队Auteurs的灵魂及前卫人物Luke Aines与两个毕业于戏剧学院的年轻人Sarah和John组建了这支玩票式乐队：Black Box Recorder。 从Auteurs最近的那张恶毒的专辑“;After Murder Park”;的黑色噪音里挣脱的luke，在音乐表层上不知不觉地陷入一种微妙、细腻、蜜糖般沉着文静的情趣中去，而更多的原因在于"两个临时"演员“;——John唯美而保守的和谐吉他点弦与Sarah沉闷疲倦、冷静得有些骇人并固袭默守的嗓音所赋予的特性，这亦是这张唱片卒听似是源自4AD的原因——标准英式的对于沉着从容而易使人心迷神乱的情节的酿造，厌世并避世的幽雅的童话故事及绝望疯癫的金斯勃格与不安的叶芝的融合体。
唱片所宣扬的情绪是用玫瑰与绸缎装点的炼狱，滴入沥青的咖啡或接近腐烂的艳尸。那是一个无光的，luke乐于勾画的丧心病狂却凄艳绝伦的临界空间：冷淡、单调、凄惨、缺乏生机的音乐语言叙述着感情的迟钝、精神的瓦解、末日的象徽。这是一部献给麻木灵魂的凄美的安魂曲，对被现代物质破坏并扭曲的童真精心布置的一场豪华的守丧。一方面又焚燃了自我精神祭祀的大旗。它有计划地去保持一种对毁灭的感怀，在他的第一首单曲“;child psychology”;这个眩晕的音乐旋涡里，一个患自弊症的6岁小孩刻意游离着父母的关爱，蔑视着烦琐的心理疗程，他随时随地只呆滞地嘟囔着：“;人生黑暗…;…;”;；音乐里它成功地在乐部与文本之间营造出了剑拔弩张的紧张与对立，用一种肯呢感会引发瓦解的简单，将女声破碎的唱腔拼版于稀疏而冗长的间奏与念白里，朴素的节奏与灰黄的音乐框架贴合了音乐意识的核心与本质，它摇晃着诱惑了心灵底层的悸动。此种音乐表白方式同样适用与唱片里的其他曲目。
专辑最为人称道亦有些人云亦云的地方是90年代以来另类音乐一条不成文的惯例：用易碎的少女唱腔渲染灵魂的流放，如low,mazzy star之类，它密谋着最有效地揭示情节细节的方式，寻找着迅速回归精神本原的捷径：年轻、性感、甜腻、美好的声音与阴冷忧郁的思想，悲苦而歇斯底里地抒情。这点上bbr是异常准确而深邃的，并不惜做得过分出位。bbr阐明了你我的处境并提供了选择：在黑暗中腐烂，或在黑暗中化碟。
Black Box Recorder included Auteurs main man Luke Haines, former Jesus and Mary Chain member John Moore, and vocalist Sarah Nixey. Like the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder's songs commented on the state of English affairs, both social and personal, often using character sketches that exposed the less-than-pleasant with sharp frankness and simplicity. Domesticity and childhood themes often ran through their albums. Coming together in 1998 as Haines kept his primary vehicle operable, the trio introduced themselves with their first single ("Child Psychology") being banned from U.K. radio for the line "Life is unfair/Kill yourself or get over it."
The full-length England Made Me followed later in the year, establishing Moore and Haines as a songwriting team that excelled at getting its points across with the least amount of instrumentation necessary. Raw and minimal but still perversely pop, Nixey's detached and fragile-yet-rich voice (usually kept up front in the mix) provided the ideal characteristics for their songs. Imagine a sober, somber, dub-influenced version of the Velvet Underground with an elegantly smooth Nico singing on top.
Jumping ship from Chrysalis to Nude for 2000's The Facts of Life, the first single from the album surprisingly went Top 20, providing Haines with the highest chart position of his career. Despite this, Haines made no bones about his disdain for Nude within a week of the chart placement, feeling that they dropped the ball after being handed it on a silver platter. Artistically, The Facts of Life was a superb follow-up, incorporating electronic elements without sounding anything like a trip-hop or Garbage-style dance-rock group. The Worst of Black Box Recorder, a collection of the trio's B-sides, came the following year.
After a lengthy break aided by Nude's downfall, as well as two solo releases from Haines, the group landed on One Little Indian for 2003's Passionoia. WIthout forsaking their knack for subversion, the group returned with their most ornate batch of songs yet, several of which were as poppy as anything recorded by Saint Etienne. Prior to the album's release, Nixey and Moore tied the knot.
唱片所宣扬的情绪是用玫瑰与绸缎装点的炼狱，滴入沥青的咖啡或接近腐烂的艳尸。那是一个无光的，luke乐于勾画的丧心病狂却凄艳绝伦的临界空间：冷淡、单调、凄惨、缺乏生机的音乐语言叙述着感情的迟钝、精神的瓦解、末日的象徽。这是一部献给麻木灵魂的凄美的安魂曲，对被现代物质破坏并扭曲的童真精心布置的一场豪华的守丧。一方面又焚燃了自我精神祭祀的大旗。它有计划地去保持一种对毁灭的感怀，在他的第一首单曲“;child psychology”;这个眩晕的音乐旋涡里，一个患自弊症的6岁小孩刻意游离着父母的关爱，蔑视着烦琐的心理疗程，他随时随地只呆滞地嘟囔着：“;人生黑暗…;…;”;；音乐里它成功地在乐部与文本之间营造出了剑拔弩张的紧张与对立，用一种肯呢感会引发瓦解的简单，将女声破碎的唱腔拼版于稀疏而冗长的间奏与念白里，朴素的节奏与灰黄的音乐框架贴合了音乐意识的核心与本质，它摇晃着诱惑了心灵底层的悸动。此种音乐表白方式同样适用与唱片里的其他曲目。
专辑最为人称道亦有些人云亦云的地方是90年代以来另类音乐一条不成文的惯例：用易碎的少女唱腔渲染灵魂的流放，如low,mazzy star之类，它密谋着最有效地揭示情节细节的方式，寻找着迅速回归精神本原的捷径：年轻、性感、甜腻、美好的声音与阴冷忧郁的思想，悲苦而歇斯底里地抒情。这点上bbr是异常准确而深邃的，并不惜做得过分出位。bbr阐明了你我的处境并提供了选择：在黑暗中腐烂，或在黑暗中化碟。
Black Box Recorder included Auteurs main man Luke Haines, former Jesus and Mary Chain member John Moore, and vocalist Sarah Nixey. Like the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder's songs commented on the state of English affairs, both social and personal, often using character sketches that exposed the less-than-pleasant with sharp frankness and simplicity. Domesticity and childhood themes often ran through their albums. Coming together in 1998 as Haines kept his primary vehicle operable, the trio introduced themselves with their first single ("Child Psychology") being banned from U.K. radio for the line "Life is unfair/Kill yourself or get over it."
The full-length England Made Me followed later in the year, establishing Moore and Haines as a songwriting team that excelled at getting its points across with the least amount of instrumentation necessary. Raw and minimal but still perversely pop, Nixey's detached and fragile-yet-rich voice (usually kept up front in the mix) provided the ideal characteristics for their songs. Imagine a sober, somber, dub-influenced version of the Velvet Underground with an elegantly smooth Nico singing on top.
Jumping ship from Chrysalis to Nude for 2000's The Facts of Life, the first single from the album surprisingly went Top 20, providing Haines with the highest chart position of his career. Despite this, Haines made no bones about his disdain for Nude within a week of the chart placement, feeling that they dropped the ball after being handed it on a silver platter. Artistically, The Facts of Life was a superb follow-up, incorporating electronic elements without sounding anything like a trip-hop or Garbage-style dance-rock group. The Worst of Black Box Recorder, a collection of the trio's B-sides, came the following year.
After a lengthy break aided by Nude's downfall, as well as two solo releases from Haines, the group landed on One Little Indian for 2003's Passionoia. WIthout forsaking their knack for subversion, the group returned with their most ornate batch of songs yet, several of which were as poppy as anything recorded by Saint Etienne. Prior to the album's release, Nixey and Moore tied the knot.
