The Black Keys

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Крутейшая блюзовая группа, которая состоит всего-лишь из двух людей - Den Auerbach и Patrick Carney, Команда из славного штата Огайо, за свою немногочисленную историю существования уже успела выпустить 5(!!!) студийных альбомов, получить кучу позитивных отзывов от многочисленных изданий и записать несколько OST к различным фильмам.

Биография

The band's name was inspired by an artist friend of the band in Akron with schizophrenia, who used the term "black keys" to describe people who weren't quite right. A double meaning lies in the fact that the black keys of a piano comprise a pentatonic minor scale when starting on E flat, which is often associated with blues and rock music.

Auerbach and Carney both dropped out of college to pursue their musical career together. Before the band began selling, they took odd jobs, often mowing lawns and landscaping around Akron. The original plan for the band was to bring in a bassist and another guitarist, but they never showed up. Auerbach and Carney decided to play without them, and they decided that the two of them was enough.

One of their trademarks is their preference for "medium fidelity" recording techniques such as using tape recorders and analog effects. The band does most of the recording, producing, and mixing themselves. The majority of the album Thickfreakness was recorded in 12 hours during one day. The band often experiments with odd recording and production techniques, such as leaving in background noises.

The band released their first album, The Big Come Up, in 2002, followed by Thickfreakness in 2003, and Rubber Factory in 2004. October 2005 saw the release of the DVD Live, recorded live at The Metro Theatre in Sydney, Australia March 18, 2005. In 2006 they released Magic Potion and the lesser known Chulahoma EP, as well as a single version of Your Touch.

Their fourth album, Magic Potion, was released on September 4, 2006 in the UK and September 12, 2006 in the United States. It was their first recording for Nonesuch Records.

According to an interview in Pitchfork Media, the band was collaborating on an album with Ike Turner, to be produced by Danger Mouse and released in 2007, but the idea was rendered impossible with Turner's death in December 2007.[1] “Some of the stuff we ended up recording sounds like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins,” Carney told Flaunt Magazine, in April 2008. [2]Ultimately Attack & Release, their fifth album, was produced by Danger Mouse and released on April 1st 2008, having leaked onto the internet by March 4th. The first single from the album was "Strange Times," with a supporting video featuring Auerbach and Carney appearing as themselves shooting "real" laser guns at one another during a game of laser tag.

The Black Keys have achieved increasing critical acclaim and recognition since their debut album, which was praised by Rolling Stone magazine[3]. Time magazine named them one of the "10 Best Acts of 2003" [4]. They have supported a number of bands, and toured with Sleater-Kinney in 2003, as well as a short stint opening for Beck, and performing at Lollapalooza 2005 and 2008. They opened for Radiohead on the American leg of their brief 2006 tour. In addition to this, they were supported by the influential British radio DJ John Peel and appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Late Show with David Letterman. They have recorded a cover of Bob Dylan's "The Wicked Messenger" for the I'm Not There soundtrack, and have recorded "If You Ever Slip," a song written by Jesse Harris for The Hottest State soundtrack.

(с) wikipedia

О влияних на звучание банды, говорить особо и не приходиться - это старый добрый блюз рок, прокуренный, пропитый до костного мозга, пришедший к нам прямо из 60-х.

Дискография
2002 - The Big Come Up
2003 - Thickfreakness
2004 - Rubber Factory
2005 - Magic Potion
2008 - Attack & Release

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