Fantasy Black Channel

***Fantasy Black Channel*** Shine kundin studio na halarta na farko ta ƙungiyar rawa-punk ta Burtaniya Late of the Pier . A sake shi a ranar 30 ga watan Yuli, shekarara ta 2008 a Japan ta hanyar Toshiba EMI kuma a ran 4ga watan Agusta shekarara ta 2008 a cikin Tsibirin Biritaniya akan Parlophone, alamar farko ta ƙungiyar. An riga an fitar da waƙoƙi biyar a matsayin marasa aure a Ƙasar Ingila: "Bathroom Gurgle", "The Bears Are Coming", " Space and the Woods " da " Focker " a matsayin biyu A-gefe, da kuma " Zuciyar zuciya ". Rikodin ya kai kololuwa a lamba 28 akan Chart Albums na Burtaniya, amma ya kasa yin zane a Amurka.

An yi rikodin kundi ɗin a cikin ɗakin kwana mai suna Sam Eastgate a Castle Donington, Ingila, da kuma a wurare da yawa a London. Ya tafi ta hanyar ƙerarriyar tsari wanda ya wuce fiye da shekaru biyu. Eastgate da DJ Erol Alkan ne suka samar da shi tsakanin shekarar 2007 da shekarara ta 2008. *Fantasy Black Channel* ba ya ƙunshe da jigon kiɗa ko kaɗe-kaɗe; a maimakon haka, haɗin gwiwa ne na duk ra'ayoyi, nau'ikan, da tasirin studio wanda ya burge membobin ƙungiyar da Alkan, musamman yayin zaman rikodi kai tsaye. An karɓo rikodin sosai daga masu suka. Yawancin lokaci ana bi da shi azaman ɗayan mafi kyawun kundi na Biritaniya na shekarar 2008 saboda haɓakarsa da ruhin ƙirƙira. Late of the Pier bai yi rikodin wani ƙarin kundi ba biyo bayan mutuwar ɗan wasan bugu Ross Dawson a shekarar 2015.

## Asalin da rikodi
Bayan kafa ƙungiya a hukumance a ƙarƙashin sunan Late of the Pier a cikin shekarar 2004,  abokai na yara Sam Eastgate, Andrew Faley, Sam Potter, da marigayi Ross Dawson sun fara haɓaka sautin kundi na farko ta hanyar sauraron madadin kiɗan rawa na. Ƙungiyar Burtaniya The Prodigy da kiɗan grunge na ƙungiyar Amurka Nirvana .   Ba da daɗewa ba suka shiga cikin sauraron nau'o'i daban-daban daga shekaru 40 na ƙarshe na kiɗa, ciki har da Motown da rai .   Potter ya yi la'akari da tunaninsu na *Fantasy Black Channel* a matsayin martani ga "matsakaicin maƙasudin indie -schmindie waɗanda suka sami sauti kuma suka manne da shi; waɗanda waƙoƙin su suna sauti iri ɗaya",  yayin da marubucin marubuci kuma marubuci Eastgate ya nuna. cewa suna so su "daukar da mutane wuce iyakokinsu". Matakan naɗaɗɗen rikodi sun faru ne a ɗakin kwana na Eastgate, inda aka yi sa hannun sa hannu na lokacin da ba na al'ada ba da kuma waƙoƙin gwaji saboda, a lokacin, babu wani ɗan ƙungiyar da zai iya kunna kayan aiki yadda ya kamata. 

Late of the Pier ya fara amfani da lakabin aikin album mai *ban sha'awa Adventure* a cikin shekarar 2006 bayan sun yi aiki a ɗakin kwana na Eastgate na kusan shekara guda kuma sun samfoti sabon kayansu a Club Liars a Nottingham.  Bayan kuma karɓar tayin kwangila daga Parlophone da Atlantic Records, 'yan ƙungiyar sun sanya hannu zuwa Parlophone saboda lakabin ya ba su cikakken ikon cin gashin kai a kan tsarin rikodi ba tare da matsawa su zama nasara a kasuwanci nan da nan ba.  Yarjejeniyar rikodin ta biyo bayan rikodin wani EP mai suna *Zarcorp Demo*, daga wanda aka saki demo guda, "Space and the Woods", a cikin watan Maris na shekarar 2007.  Eastgate ya yi iƙirarin cewa kiɗan na shekarun 1980 ya rinjayi membobin ƙungiyar a lokacin waɗannan matakan haɓaka na *Fantasy Black Channel* duk da cewa babu ɗayansu da aka haifa kafin shekarar 1986. 

A ƙarshen shekarar 2007, Late of the Pier a hukumance ya sadu da sanannen DJ Erol Alkan bayan ya gan shi yana buga saiti a Club Liars.  Alkan ya kira su "Mafi kyawun kiɗa a kusa" kuma ya ba wa membobin ƙungiyar taimako a cikin tsarin rikodin *Fantasy Black Channel* .   Sun karbe shi kuma suka sanya shi furodusa na albam din saboda yadda aka samu daidaito a tsakanin bangarorin biyu.  Dawson ya bayyana zabin furodusa ta hanyar ba da shawarar cewa Alkan ya shahara wajen buga nau'ikan kiɗan kiɗa da yawa kuma yana fahimtar kaddarorin da ketare raye-raye da kiɗa guitar.  Alkan ya rungumi ra'ayoyin membobin kungiyar kuma nan da nan ya fahimci abin da suke ƙoƙarin cimma. ☃☃ "Bathroom Gurgle" an rubuta ta sabon haɗin gwiwar kuma a sake shi azaman ƙayyadadden bugu ɗaya a cikinatan  wSatumbshekarar a 2007. 

Tsarin samarwa don *Fantasy Black Channel* ya taru a kusa da watan Disamba shekarar 2007.  Later of the Pier yawanci yakan ci gaba ta hanyar ɗaukar rikodin ɗakin kwana a cikin ɗakin studio, inda Alkan ya tace su cikin "kunshin da ya fi dacewa".  Sun gwada dabarun da ba na al'ada ba a cikin salon furodusan avant-garde Joe Meek a yayin da ake yin rikodi na studio kai tsaye, gami da yin tambari a cikin wanka da sake kunna gita ta hanyar iska.  Lokacin da aka haɗu da waƙoƙi bayan an yi rikodin, membobin ƙungiyar, Alkan, da injiniya Jimmy Robertson sun yi aiki tare kuma suka yanke shawara gaba ɗaya lokacin da waƙa ta gama aiwatar da aikin tasirin studio.   Babu waƙoƙin da suka canza bayan wannan batu, ko da lokacin da ɗaya daga cikin jam'iyyun ya sami ƙarin ra'ayi.  A lokacin, a cikin wata hira da kungiyar, Stuart Turnbull na BBC Collective ya nuna cewa Alkan ya gudanar da "tashar Late of the Pier's sonic attack a cikin wani abu da ya fi mayar da hankali duk da haka har yanzu babu shakka daban-daban". 

## Ci gaba da fitarwa

An kusa kammala rikodin a ƙarshen watan Janairu shekarar 2008.  Marigayi Pier ya dakatar da yin rikodi don fara balaguron balaguro na Burtaniya a cikin watan Fabrairu, wanda a cikinsa suka duba sabbin abubuwa. "The Bears Are Coming" an sake shi azaman vinyl guda a cikin Maris 2008.  Ƙungiyar ta zagaya har zuwa ƙarshen Afrilu 2008 don haɓaka wani guda-gefen A-biyu wanda ke ɗauke da "Space and the Woods" da aka sake yin aiki da "Focker" - daga *Fantasy Black Channel* wanda ba a sake shi ba tukuna.  Aikin Studio tare da Alkan ya sake farawa a watan Mayu 2008 don sanya abubuwan ƙarewa akan kundin; sigar karshe an yi baftisma a matsayin "harbin hits" da "anti-pop pop ". An yi rikodin kundi na tsawon watanni shida a cikin ɗakunan karatu daban-daban kuma membobin ƙungiyar sun yarda cewa nau'ikan wuraren da ke cikin wani yanki na bayyana dalilin da yasa yake sautin rarrabuwa. Tunanin samun waƙa guda ɗaya na minti 45 maimakon jerin waƙoƙin an yi ta ne a ƙarshen Mayu 2008, amma ba a bi ta ba. 

Jerin waƙoƙin *Fantasy Black Channel* da kwanan watan fitar CD na UK na 11 ga Agusta 2008 an tabbatar da su akan 11 ga Yuni.  Faley ya yi iƙirarin cewa "albam ɗin ya faɗo a wurin da kansa, kamar yadda waƙoƙin suka faɗa mana inda suke son shiga cikin kundin".  Late of the Pier ya ɗauki sunan rikodin a bazuwar bayan fara tunanin yin amfani da *Peggy Patch da Tufafin Sa.*  Abokin ƙungiyar daga Brighton, Jon Bergman ne ya tsara zanen murfin .   EP na ƙarshe wanda ya ƙunshi kayan da aka riga aka saki a cikin 2007 da 2008, *Echoclistel Lambietroy*, an sake shi a cikin Yuli 2008 a matsayin wani ɓangare na tallan tallace-tallace don kundi mai zuwa.  Potter ya taƙaita ra'ayin rikodin ta hanyar kammalawa, "Ina tsammanin a cikin shekaru uku don gina kundin, ba mu taɓa tunanin jerin waƙoƙi ba, kuma ba mu taɓa yin la'akari da gaskiyar cewa ya kamata ya yi kama da kundin ba. Ina tsammanin mun nadi duk waƙoƙin sannan kuma suna can kuma ya kasance kamar, 'Oh, dole ne mu sanya wannan tare kuma mu sanya shi kamar guda ɗaya'" 

## Abun ciki

### Waƙoƙi
Tsarin rubuce-rubuce na *Fantasy Black Channel* ba shi da shiri sosai. Ayoyin "Broken" an haife su a cikin dare da dare kuma suna yin wahayi zuwa ga rashin barci . Ya ɗauki Eastgate dogon lokaci don kwatanta yadda yake ji "ta hanyar da ta dace" don irin wannan jigon gama gari a cikin kiɗan pop. Waƙoƙin da ke cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa kusan lokaci ne na farko da Late of the Pier ya tafi Landan kuma ya ɓace. "Space and the Woods" yayi ƙoƙarin auna abin da ya fi mahimmanci: mutum ko abu marar rai, ko rashin wani abu,  yayin da "The Bears Are Coming" ya shafi "barazanar shiru".  Tunanin waƙar "Ƙaƙwalwar zuciya, flicker, layi" a cikin "Heartbeat" ya zo Eastgate yayin da ake rikodin waƙar da jin sa hannun sa a koyaushe yana canzawa. 

Mawaƙin ba zai iya tuna rubuta "Farin Maciji" ba kuma bai san akwai ƙungiyar suna iri ɗaya ba. "Focker" ya samo asali ne daga demo, wanda ake kira "6/8 Focker", Eastgate ya rera ta cikin na'urar gita tare da waƙoƙin da ba za a iya fahimtar su da farko ba. "Maƙiyi Ne Gaba" ya samo sunansa daga jumla a cikin takardar talla don ƙungiyar indie rock band The Enemy. Eastgate ya bayyana cewa ga "Mad Dogs da Ingilishi" ba da gangan "ya yi kururuwa da gajerun jimloli" sannan ya yi ƙoƙarin fahimtar abin da ya faɗa. Tsarin ya haifar da ingantattun layukan kamar "Faɗuwar jiragen sama da son zama maras kyau". 

### Abun ciki
*Fantasy Black Channel* an gina shi ne akan gwaje-gwajen sonic da kuma amfani da fasahar studio da na kwamfuta. Waƙar buɗewa, "Hot Tent Blues", gajeriyar kayan aiki ce wacce ke ƙunshe da yadudduka na guitar lantarki guda bakwai waɗanda ke gudana ta hanyar bugun gitar bass na Zoom 506. An yi tunanin "Broken" a yayin taron jam'i tsakanin gitar Eastgate da na Dawson, yayin da aka sake yin aikin demo na "Space and the Woods" mai kama da waƙar Nirvana " All Apologies " kuma an sake yin shi a cikin ɗakin studio. Eastgate ya yaba da Storm Mortimer, wanda ya saba tuƙi Late of the Pier a kusa da London, a matsayin gidan kayan tarihi na "The Bears Are Coming". Sau da yawa tana rera waƙa ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba kuma ɗan wasan gaba a ƙarshe ya ari shafi na waƙoƙin ta kuma ya ƙara waƙar afrobeat a ciki. Eastgate da Dawson suna so su ƙirƙiri waƙa da ta haifar da ra'ayin "fitowa daga cikin daji" da kuma kida iri-iri na kida kamar Slagsmålsklubben, Prince, The Beatles, Mr Flash, FrYars, da Lutricia McNeal a matsayin wahayi. 
 

"Random Firl" yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da Alkan ya fi so kuma ya lallashe Late of the Pier don sake yin rikodin ta kamar yanki na kiɗa na gargajiya maimakon hanyar da ta dace da dutse. An ƙara jituwar murya a ƙarshen waƙar a lokacin ɗaya daga cikin kwanakin ƙarshe na rikodin lokacin da matsi don kammala kundin ya yi yawa. "Heartbeat" ya dogara ne akan tsohuwar waƙar demo na gidan acid wanda Eastgate ya ƙirƙira a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa ta amfani da na'urar lantarki ta Roland TB-303 - sequencer . Waƙar tana da haɗaɗɗun ci gaban sa hannu na lokaci da solo na guitar da Potter ya buga akan samfurin a ƙarshen. "Whitesnake" an yi wahayi zuwa ga kiɗa na Devo, Roxy Music, da Dandi Wind, yayin da "VW" ya dogara ne akan demo na 2001 da aka yi rikodin a ɗakin ɗakin Eastgate. A cikin ɗakin studio, Late of the Pier ya ɗauki 'yan wasan tagulla don yin sassan ƙaho da ƙirƙirar sabbin ma'auni . Da zarar an yi rikodin kayan aikin, membobin ƙungiyar da gangan sun yanke shawarar haɗa nasu wasan ƙasa a wasu sassan waƙar don masu sauraro su ji ƙaho a sarari.

An halicci "Focker" ta amfani da madauki daga "6/8 Focker". Daga nan Eastgate ya dauki cikin solo na ganga kuma ya sake hade tare da sake tsarawa dakika ashirin na karshe na wakar. "Maƙiyi Ne Gaba" an ƙirƙira shi ne a yayin taron jam'iyyar hungover, inda duk membobin ƙungiyar suka yi wasa daban-daban ba tare da tandem ba. Dawson ya yi kusan bugu 40 daban-daban daya bayan daya duk a lokuta daban-daban. An yi rikodin zaman ta amfani da na'urar kaset kuma an ƙera waƙa a cikin ɗakin studio. An rubuta ƙare daban-daban guda huɗu kuma an raba uku tare a ƙarshen. "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", wanda riff ɗinsu ya dogara ne akan tsohuwar waƙar samba ta Faransa, an samo asali ne daga wasan kwaikwayo tsakanin Eastgate akan guitar da Faley a kan bass. Waƙa ta ƙarshe akan kundi mai suna "Bathroom Gurgle", ta haɗa da "ƙaƙƙarfan niƙa na riff" wanda aka gina don masu sauraron ƙungiyar maƙaryata a lokacin wasan farko na ƙungiyar. Eastgate ya yi bayani, "Ina da waɗannan jigogi guda biyu, waɗanda suka zagaye juna waɗanda na raira waƙa a cikin salon salon salon Annie Lennox ." Saurin lokacin rabin farkon waƙar an haɗa shi da wani sashe na "sannun wasan kwaikwayo". 

## Mahimman lit afternoon
Martan watsa labarai ga *Fantasy Black Channel* ya kasance mai fa'ida sosai; Haɗin gidan yanar gizon Metacritic yana ba da rahoton daidaitaccen ƙima na 81% dangane da bita mai mahimmanci 18.  AllMusic 's K. Ross Hoffman ya bayyana kundin a matsayin "mai ɗaukaka kuma mai ban sha'awa" kuma ya lakafta shi "wani ƙaƙƙarfan gine-gine da ke cike da daɗaɗɗen lokuta masu gamsarwa nan da nan wanda yana ɗaukar saurare da yawa don fitar da su duka".  John Burgess na *The Guardian* ya bayyana cewa za a iya samun sabuwar waƙar da aka fi so, riff, ko lokacin rashin hankali a duk lokacin da aka saurari kundin.  Tim Chester na *NME* ya kammala, "Yana da wani nau'i na tunani don yin wannan. Yayin da wasu ke kokawa game da rayuwa da mutuwa a cikin garuruwan cul-de-sac da ke daure da tunanin cul-de-sac, hangen nesa na LOTP yana kan aikin samar da tsibiri na Dubai ." 

Wasu masu bita sun rarraba *Fantasy Black Channel* cikin sabon nau'in rave na Biritaniya da yanayin kida.   Wasu sun yi iƙirarin cewa za su iya jin ra'ayoyin ɗan wasan gaba na Roxy Music Bryan Ferry da mawaƙa Gary Numan a cikin faifan.   Pitchfork 's Adam Moerder yayi sharhi cewa yana ƙunshe da sabbin abubuwan ƙirƙira da yawa waɗanda ke da kyan gani.  Chris Baynes na PopMatters ya yi iƙirarin cewa membobin ƙungiyar "suna sanya tasirin su sosai a hannun hannayensu", amma sun kammala cewa kundin yana da ban sha'awa kuma yana da daɗi daidai gwargwado.  A cewar Late of the Pier, kwatancen Klaxons da sabon rave sakamakon aikin jarida ne na kasala, musamman ga wurin da ƙungiyar ba ta taɓa shiga ba.  Eastgate ya yi bayanin cewa tasirin kiɗan sau da yawa ba su da hankali, kodayake membobin ƙungiyar sun yi ƙoƙarin kada su saurari komai sai nasu aikin yayin yin rikodin kundin.  Nick Mitchell na *The Skinny* ya yi nuni da cewa rikodin "wani tsari ne wanda ba a iyakance shi ba, wanda ba za a iya rarraba shi ba, ba zato ba tsammani ya sami nasara ta hanyar tasiri da nau'ikan nau'ikan, daga dutsen 70s na Sarauniya da Bowie zuwa na'urorin lantarki na farko na Gary Numan, tare da amsawar wasannin kwamfuta na 90s da kuma kwace gidan zamani". 

*Fantasy Black Channel* an ƙididdige shi a cikin wallafe-wallafe da yawa 'karshen shekara mafi kyawun jerin kundi na 2008, musamman, a lamba uku ta *Clash*,  a lamba biyar ta ,  kuma a lamba 18 ta *NME* .  An jera shi a lamba 16 a cikin Zaɓen Zaɓe na HMV na 2008, wanda ya tattara ƙuri'un fitattun masu sukar Birtaniyya don yanke shawarar Kundin Na Shekarar ƙungiyar kasuwanci.  Tun da farko a cikin 2008, Rory Carroll na *Artrocker* ya yi iƙirarin cewa rikodin zai kasance marigayi mai shiga don Kyautar Kiɗa na Mercury, kuma tabbas zai sami lambar yabo, idan an gabatar da zaɓe a watan Agusta maimakon Yuli 2008.  Saboda aikin da suka yi a kan kundin, Late of the Pier ya sami lambar yabo don Best New Band a 2009  Awards . An kuma zaɓi waƙoƙi biyu: "Bathroom Gurgle" da "Heartbeat", a cikin Mafi kyawun Filler na Dancefloor da Mafi kyawun nau'ikan Bidiyo bi da bi.  A cikin 2009, *Clash* ya sanya *Fantasy Black Channel* a lamba 40 a cikin jerin 50 Mafi Girma Albums, 2004–2009,  yayin da *GASKIYA* ta haɗa shi a lamba 99 a cikin jerin ma'aikatan edita na 100 Mafi kyawun: Albums na Decade. 

## Waƙa da jeri
Duk waƙoƙin da Sam Eastgate ya rubuta kuma suka shirya, sai dai in an faɗi.
 

* Waƙar ɓoye, "Babu Lokaci", yana farawa a 4:50 na "Gurgle Bathroom".

### Waƙoƙin Bonus

* "Kashi A" - 1:47 - waƙa 13 akan sigar iTunes
* "Very Wav" - 4:44 - waƙa ta 13 akan bugu na Jafananci da na Amurka
* "Focker (Rolmops Remix )" - 3:15 - waƙa ta 14 akan bugun Jafananci
* "The Bears Are Coming (Emperor Machine Remix)" - 9:22 - waƙa ta 14 akan bugu na Amurka da waƙa ta 15 akan bugu na Japan

### Vinyl
Sigar LP ta Burtaniya ta 2008 ta *Fantasy Black Channel ta* ƙunshi daidaitaccen kwafin vinyl baƙar fata a cikin hannun rigar hoto. An sake shi mako guda kafin sigar CD ɗin kuma yana da canje-canjen waƙa masu zuwa: 

* "Space da Woods ( Cenzo Townshend Mix)" maimakon "Space da Woods"
* "The Bears Suna Zuwa (Original Version)" maimakon "Bears Suna Zuwa"
* "Heartbeat (Sigar Cenzo Townsend)" maimakon "Heartbeat"

An fitar da sigar LP ta US ta 2009 a lokaci guda tare da sigar CD. 

## Ma'aikata

;Band
* Sam Eastgate – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drum sequencing, synthesiser
* Andrew Faley – bass guitar, backing vocals, bass synthesiser
* Sam Potter – sampler, synthesiser, backing vocals
* Ross Dawson – drums

;Additional musicians
* Giselle Kennedy – backing vocals (track 2)
* Erol Alkan – backing vocals (track 5)
* Nik Carter – tenor vocals, baritone vocals (track 8)
* Jack Birchwood – trumpet, flugelhorn (track 8)

;Production
* Erol Alkan – producer; mixing (except tracks 1, 2, 3)
* Sam Eastgate – producer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 12); arrangements
* Jimmy Robertson – engineering; mixing (except tracks 1, 2, 3)
* Mark Alloway – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11)
* Al Lawson – assistant engineer (track 1)
* Ben Jackson – assistant engineer (track 7)
* Oli Wright – assistant engineer (track 12)
* Cenzo Townshend – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 3)
* Neil Comber – assistant mixer (track 1, 2, 3)
* Darren Simpson – assistant mixer (track 4)
* Daniel Rejmer – assistant mixer (tracks 5, 11)
* Lee Slaney – assistant mixer (tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
* Mike Marsh – mastering (except track 4)
* Nilesh Patel – mastering (track 4)

;Artwork
* Jon Bergman – cover art
* Late of the Pier – design
* Traffic – design

## Rikodi da bayanan saki
An yi rikodin *Fantasy Black Channel* tsakanin 2006 zuwa 2008 a cikin ɗakin kwana na Sam Eastgate a cikin Castle Donington da kuma a cikin ɗakunan studio masu zuwa a London. 

Tarihin sakin albam din shine kamar haka:

## Matsayin jadawalin

**Album**

**Singles**

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

## Nassoshi


## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* ''Fantasy Black Channel'' music player a Late of the Pier official site
* ''Fantasy Black Channel'' lyrics a Late of the Pier official site
* ''Fantasy Black Channel'' nazari mai mahimmanci  a Metacritic