Mick Harvey

Mick Harvey是个极度低调的名字，然而却包含着炫目非常，甚至可谓人尽皆知的成就。生于澳洲墨尔本的Mick Harvey，很早就认识Nick Cave，并携手展开一段峰回路转的音乐旅程。从最早的Boys Next Door,The Birthday Party，到The Bad Seeds的黄金阵容，Mick Harvey与Nick Cave共同完成的经典作品不计其数。Mick Harvey的音乐才华，也深受圈内其它乐手仰慕，除了应Simon Bonney之邀，成为Crime And The City Solution的班底外，他还分别为PJ Harvey与Anita Lane两位女性歌手，监制过数张叫好又叫座的专辑。由他操刀完成的电影/纪录片原声带更是不胜枚举，其中2002年的《Australian Rules》，更一举夺下澳洲录音工业协会(ARIAS)年度「最佳电影原声乐」大奖。 Multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey is best known for his deep roots in the tangled family tree of singer Nick Cave. Playing a pivotal role in the Cave-fronted Boys Next Door (1977-1980), Birthday Party (1980-1983), and Bad Seeds (1984 on), Harvey added intricate detail and anonymous atmospherics that gave life to the singer's ominous narratives. On-stage, in a wardrobe of dark suits, the Bad Seeds flanked Cave, responding to the singer with a choir of baritones. Their collective sound elevated his musical assaults and mournful ballads to points of breathtaking drama. On his own, Harvey made numerous contributions to the Bad Seeds' side projects and composed music for a number of independent films. He came closest to emerging out of Cave's shadow with his two tributes to French singer/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg: Intoxicated Man (1995) and Pink Elephants (1997). Enthralled by the newly emerging punk rock, Harvey and Cave co-founded the Boys Next Door (with Tracy Pew on bass, Phill Calvert on drums, Rowland Howard on guitar, and Harvey in various roles) in 1977. They made their recorded debut in 1978 (a cover of "These Boots Are Made for Walking") and released one full-length album (1979's Door, Door) before relocating to England in 1980. In their new home as the Birthday Party, the group landed themselves a spot on 4AD Records. The black sheep on a roster of atmospheric dream pop acts, the Birthday Party was an assault on the senses of an entirely different sort. Dark and guttural, their sound was defined by heavy bass, searing guitars, and Cave's terrifying wail. Conflicts grew between songwriters Cave and Howard, and after three years the Birthday Party was put to rest. Needing an outlet for his growing ambitions as a writer, Cave assembled the Bad Seeds (with Blixa Bargeld and Hugo Race on guitar and Barry Adamson on bass) in 1983. Harvey began on drums. A talented performer and arranger, Harvey continually rose to the level of Cave's improved writing over the years. The group's 1983 debut, From Her to Eternity, was a turning point. While the title track and "Cabin Fever" used the Birthday Party template, lengthy narratives like "Saint Huck" and "A Box for Black Paul" signaled the changes ahead. Harvey joined Australia's Crime & the City Solution in 1985 for The Dangling Man EP. He would contribute to five albums under singer Simon Bonney over six years, culminating in 1990's Paradise Discotheque. By the time the Bad Seeds reconvened for Your Funeral...My Trial in 1986, all of the elements were in place. Cave turned out one of his best collection