Holy Pictures

1969年的情人节,「爱尔兰DJ传奇」David Holmes/大卫霍姆斯的诞生昭示了新世纪的到来,电子音乐与古典音乐之间的界线将因他而逐渐模糊…。 15岁开始学习DJ混音、20岁之前是个发型设计师,只有这样生活,才可以让他跟朋友们一直听音乐下去。 ’95年的大卫仅以一只在英国发行的《Let’s Slash The Seats..This Film’s Crap》惊艳四座、并被美国影坛大老丹尼狄维托钦点,请他为所属之Jersey电影公司’97年发表的年度大戏「战略高手/Out Of Sight(乔治克隆尼、珍妮佛洛佩兹主演)」之主题曲献艺,＜Let’s Get Killed＞单曲将全戏气氛营造与感觉氛围加分,首度于美国发行之同名专辑亦获娱乐周刊A-佳评并选为同年「年度十大最佳专辑之一」,足见传媒对他的看好与推荐。 大卫所做的音乐深具电影感,除拿手的Ambient、Drum’N’Bass、Trip-hop外,爵士、放克、英式节奏蓝调、拉丁、古典、摇摆(swing)、甚至庞克都是他把玩掌间的音乐元素,Trip-hop堕落天使Tricky’95年首辑《Maxinquaye》中缥缈细致令人魂萦梦牵的优声女伶Martina此番亦为＜Outrun＞、＜Zero Tolerance＞献声。仿若音乐版的「厄夜丛林」- ＜Bad Thing＞则有90年代初Matador厂牌旗下实验团体The Blues Explosion吉他手兼主唱Jon Spencer助阵：间歇浮现的低沉男声与挑逗性的女声背后似乎隐含了莫名的不安鬼祟与诡谲、＜Sick City＞中Drum’N’Bass与Bobby Gillespie歇斯底里的嗓音交揉,都市丛林的速度疾驰拉锯战迅速开展！ 'The Holy Pictures' is an album whose incubation has lasted almost the entire length of Holmes' career. To cut straight to Holmes own words, The story of this album really began on the 4th of August 1996, when my mother, Sarah Holmes, passed away. I had always wanted to make a record about my life in Belfast and all the things attached to that family, friends, loss, love and starting a family of my own. All the stuff that shapes the person you become. Personal themes as a basis for creative work proved to be challenging though, hence The Holy Pictures brewing for a period of over a decade while Holmes carried on with his eclectic and productive career to date. In terms of its musical direction, The Holy Pictures shares with Holmes other work a rich and idiosyncratic fusion of influences. The first single, I Heard Wonders, (which will be released with a remix by Andrew Weatherall amongst others) calls to mind The Velvet Underground, Blondie and La Düsseldorf. David teamed up with Martin Rev from Suicide to write the lyrics for this track. Threaded through the rest of the album are myriad other influences from the Jesus and Mary Chain on Story of the Ink, through the Soft Machine and the Beach Boys on Melanie and Hey Maggy, to Daniel Johnson and early Eno and Lanois on the beautifully haunting track The Ballad of Sarah and Jack. As well as Rev, The Holy Pictures features collaborations with Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins. The album was recorded in Belfast, which, given its themes, seems only fitting. Universal.