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The Offset: Spectacles LP (2011)

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jacobescobedo Brilliant record. Where has this been hiding? Favorite track: 碰壁 SNAGS.
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Gavin Hellyer I was reading an interview with The Dead C's Bruce Russell and he mentioned an interest in this group which intrigued me so I checked them out. The result is a fantastic punky Velvets vibe from out of Beijing which is no mean feat in itself. And the YouTube video for Downward is well worth checking out. Favorite track: 循環線 THE LOOP SWING.
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F. This is one of the most determined records you'll ever hear. Limitation as Liberation. March on. Favorite track: 死空氣 DEAD AIR.
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izzy Wait till the end. Favorite track: 循環線 THE LOOP SWING.
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*這是二〇一一年推出的原版唱片,二〇二一年的十週年重製版黑膠唱片由芝加哥Trouble in Mind廠牌發行。

*This is the original version of the LP released in 2011. Remastered version is available on vinyl through Trouble in Mind Records, Chicago.

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“叠叠重影的音樂結構, 是節拍強弱倒置, 還是留白略過, 反照了樂隊吸取了及複製出怎麼樣的城市、人物的精神狀態。然而採納「幽靈節奏」(Phantom Rhythm), 不同樂器間音量輕重緩急所交纏出的結果, 已非量化拍子所能形容, 雖然要去數算不是沒有可能, 只是有點本末倒置。究竟是有意圖還是無意圖地完成已不重要, 再者這既不是一項技術、模式, 也不能歸納為任何分類之下, 說是理論也太過膚淺。
這也說明了基進地介入意識, 才是憬觀:像同叠生產的藝術。”

Compressed, self contained, and brazenly unique, each song by the Offset: Spectacles hits like a short, sharp shock. Percussive guitar and organ scrape at the surface of the left eardrum, and the bass hits like a combination of a synthesizer and a bongo. Get ready to be hectored by the ghosts of Cantonese poets and the Kowloon King. Sure as you can draw a straight line from The Offsets’ birthplace in Hong Kong to the site of their self-imposed exile in Beijing, there’s a connection between their music and the Velvet Underground, just somewhere along the 24 hour train ride things got muddled. Oscillator solos are reinterpreted for guitar, Bo Diddley blues get played drum-less, with only phantom rhythm for company. Songs like “Bodies’ Descendents” and “Snags” may bring to mind the endless empty highway, but the only possibility here is a brief sprint on an overpass above the midnight lights of a rotting port. Today, no escape is possible from a(ny) city, so the Offsets simply claim ownership, pushing back against at the neon signs, TV’s, and computers with a seductive spectacle of their own.
by Simon Frank

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released November 11, 2011

All Songs by the Offset: Spectacles

Ou Jian - Bass / Organ
Tom Ng - Vox / Guitar
Vince Li - Guitar / Viola / Organ / Bass

Recorded at Analogue Catalogue, Mossley, UK
Produced and Engineered by Rob Ferrier
Executive Producer: Michael Pettis

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