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This Mortal Coil, "It'll End in Tears" (1984) |
Vaughan Oliver va morir el passat 29 de desembre als 62 anys. De vegades cal que arribi la mort per posar nom a un artista que ens ha anat acompanyant tota la vida sense que ens molestéssim mai a descobrir qui era. Oliver va participar des del seu inici en el disseny dels discos de l'exquisida companyia independent 4AD i fou l'imprescindible responsable de dotar-la d'una estètica inconfusible, onírica i nostàlgica amb un punt inquietant, com el contingut d'una Wunderkammer o unes golfes per explorar. Imatges borroses i falsament abstractes, sovint en blancs i negres o sèpies, quan convingué també va emprar el color de forma quasi agressiva.
Personalment l'associaré sempre a grups favorits meus com Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Mojave 3, Red House Painters o el malaguanyat Jóhan Jóhannsson, tot i que la simbiosi més duradora la va establir amb Pixies de qui va fer pràcticament totes les caràtules. També dissenyà esporàdicament per noms llegendaris com Scott Walker, David Sylvian i Robert Fripp, o David Lynch.
Independentment de raons sentimentals, trobo que totes aquestes obres són d'una altíssima qualitat que ultrapassa la seva funcionalitat. Una pena que Oliver desaparegui encara jove i amb la creativitat intacta.
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Cocteau Twins, "Treasure" (1984) |
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Cocteau Twins, "Head over Heels" (1983) |
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This Mortal Coil, "Filigree and Shadow" (1986) |
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Cocteau Twins, "Victorialand" (1986) |
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Pixies, "Surfer Rosa" (1988) |
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Pixies, "Doolittle" (1989) |
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Pixies, "Bossanova" (1990) |
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Pale Saints, "The Comforts of Madness (1990) |
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The Breeders, "Pod" (1990) |
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Red House Painters, "Down Colorful Hill" (1992) |
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Mojave 3, "Ask me tomorrow" (1995) |
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Jóhann Jóhannsson, "Fordlandia" (2007) |
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Cocteau Twins, "Heaven or Las Vegas" (1990) |
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