Saturday, 28 June 2008
Dirty Three
Artist: Dirty Three
Genre(s):
Easy Listening
Alternative
Indie
Discography:
Cinder
Year: 2005
Tracks: 19
She Has No Strings Apollo
Year: 2003
Tracks: 7
Whatever You Love You Are
Year: 2002
Tracks: 4
Lowlands
Year: 2000
Tracks: 8
Ocean Songs
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
Horse Story
Year: 1996
Tracks: 7
Melancholy instrumental trio Dirty Three formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1992, lED by classically-trained fiddler Warren Ellis, wHO began writing and playing medicine for art openings and plays and also tenured in the groups Blackeyed Susans, Paranoid and the Nursing Mothers. After recruitment 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 group's debut functioning, he exploited a safe band to attach a guitar pickup to his violin, giving the instrument a distorted, feedback-drenched sense far distant from its original sound. Recorded as a demonstration, the trio's debut Sad & Dangerous appeared in 1994; subsequent tours in support of Pavement, Sonic Youth and John Cale helped succeed the Dirty Three a deal with the Touch & Go label, which issued a 1995 eponymous effort and 1996's acclaimed Buck Stories. In 1998, the Dirty Three resurfaced with Ocean Songs; Whatsoever You Love, You Are followed deuce days by and by. That February, the Dirty Three storied their tenth anniversary and headed back into the studio. Initially, the triplet had recorded songs for a follow-up to Whatsoever You Love, You Are in early 2001, nevertheless the songs were scrapped. White went on to tour with Smog and Will Oldham. Turner founded his possess label, King Crab Records, and worked with Marquis de Tren. Ellis linked his dude couple Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds for a monumental public tour in spring 2002. Somewhere in on that point, the Dirty Three reconvened with producer Fabrice Lor. Lor is foreman of Prohibited Records and recorded section of the soundtrack to Amelie. Together, he and the Dirty Three arrived with the enigmatic, grim album She Has No Strings Apollo in February 2003. Cinder, which features appearances
by Cat Power's Chan Marshall and Sally Timms from the Mekons, followed deuce days by and by.