Deux Filles是一對虛構的法國女子二人組,由Claudine Coule與Gemini Forque兩名年輕女性在80年代所結成,在青少年時期相識的兩人,因同樣的喪親經歷與悲淒的邊緣性格惺惺相惜,迅速地成為了閨蜜並開始一同創作,將這些悲傷的情緒能量與少女細膩的心思轉化為音符,在錄製了兩張廣受好評的專輯與成功的歐美巡演後,兩人卻在前往阿爾及爾的旅途中消失得無影無蹤,這些神秘的經歷養出了一批狂熱信徒,樂此不疲的在兩人的音樂與經歷中挖掘著蛛絲馬跡。
誰都沒有想到,Claudine與Gemini 的故事,其實都是兩個來自南倫敦的小伙子Simon Fisher Turner與Colin Lloyd Tucker的精心設定,作為中之人的他們非常稱職的扮演著這一對可人的少女,事實上封面這兩位女性形象就是他們本尊,甚至在一些現場演出中也無露出破綻,據Turner表示,雙女的想法來自於他所做的夢,並在兩人於4AD旗下的後龐克樂隊The The中的初次合作後,將這想法以音樂組合的方式實現,他們在整個樂隊生涯中都嚴謹的把控這些設定,著實是40年前的虛擬偶像企劃成功案例。
Deux Filles 通過 Turner 和 Tucker 的廠牌Papier Maché自主發行了兩張專輯,分別是 1982 年的《Silence & Wisdom》和 1983 年的《Double Happiness》,兩張專輯都融合了似水的琴鍵與精緻的吉他音色加上最低限度的打擊樂、偶爾幽靈般的法語人聲呢喃與貫穿始終的合成器聲響。他們的音樂跨越實驗與流行的界線,有著Dream-Pop原型與後Eno環境音樂的質地,猶如一部未實現的藝術電影配樂,而事實上Turner也在之後成為了英國先鋒派酷兒導演德瑞克・賈曼(Derek Jarman)的配樂製作人,包含賈曼的最後一部作品《藍》(Blue,1993)的配樂都是出自他之手,在極簡的藍色屏幕之中伴隨著賈曼的口白妝點著頌缽般空靈的環境聲響,像是越過耳廓直接在顱內傾訴與播送,看過一個對於這部片的評論我覺得非常逗趣到位,ASMR before ASMR。
40年過去了,如今Deux Filles的第首張專輯《Silence & Wisdom》通過德國廠牌Our Swimmer獲得了重新發行的機會,消失在阿爾及爾的兩位少女那些年的音樂與故事,或許依舊常存在死忠樂迷的心中,就像2022年的現在,數位訊號中的少女形象所給予的心靈撫慰,也是如假包換的真實一般。
(text by Spazz Society)
Deux Filles was not, in fact, two girls despite what the group name and its elaborate hoax of a backstory suggest. No, they were not Gemini Forque and Claudine Coule, French women who met as teenagers under tragic circumstances and became fast friends, recording two albums together before disappearing into the ether. In reality, Deux Filles was Simon Fisher Turner and Colin Lloyd Tucker, a UK duo who first worked together in an early incarnation of The The.
Straddling the line between experimental and pop, Turner was an actor and teen singing star who later composed soundtracks for the iconic queer filmmaker Derek Jarman while Tucker’s career began as an engineer for the famed UK library music studio, De Wolfe, before forming experimental wave group The Gadgets. In Deux Filles, the duo found an outlet for their least commercial tendencies, combining lo-fi protodream-pop instrumentals with samples, tape experiments, ambient textures, and drum machines. Even in the vibrant, seemingly endless well of UK DIY, Deux Filles stand out.
Silence & Wisdom – the duo’s 1982 debut – is a series of musical vignettes, like the score of an unrealized arthouse film. Blending processed guitars, sheets of synthesizers, echoey pianos, and washed-out vocal snippets to surprisingly varied effect, the album is recommended for fans of Durutti Column and Virginia Astley’s From Gardens Where We Feel Secure.
― description from the publisher
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曲目
A1. The Letter
A2. L’intrigué
A3. Drinking At A Stream
A4. Oakwood Green
A5. Children Of Clay
A6. Sur La Plage
A7.Her Masters Voice
B1. The Draw in Room
B2. She Slides
B3. Fleurs Dolls
B4. Mortuary
B5. The City Sleeps
B6. Birds
B7. Silence & Wisdom
B8. Festival
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