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dimanche 5 janvier 2014

Album de la Semaine : Haggard - Various Stages of Ice

Haggard

Various Stages of Ice



Review de l'album, par Bad Ass de Rock Station

Ce premier EP du trio Américain de rock psychédélique est vraiment impressionnant. Il faut dire que la voix extraordinaire de Kerrin Pantelakis, la chanteuse, y contribue largement.
Le groupe originaire de Philadelphie est donc bien parti pour durer, vu la qualité présente sur cet opus de 30 minutes à peine. Mais ces 30 minutes là valent bien le détour, et Haggard nous offre quelques moments de bravoure comme avec "Willow willow", "Various stages of ice", "O my death/Wooden nickel", "Loner", "Dead woman", "Our world" et le superbe "Make it rain".
Certes, il y a la superbe voix de Kerrin Pantelakis, mais il ne faut pas oublier Anthony Naccarato à la guitare et David Ulrich à la batterie. En tout cas, Haggard est un groupe à suivre et je suis persuadé qu'on les retrouvera très bientôt tout en haut de l'affiche.
Ma note : 8,5/10

Line-Up :
Kerrin Pantelakis on vocals and rhythm guitar
Anthony Naccarato on lead guitar
David Ulrich on drums

Tracklist :
01 – Willow Willow
02 – Loner
03 – Shock of Noise
04 – Various Stages of Ice
05 – O My Death Wooden Nickel
06 – The Long Rain
07 – Dead Woman
08 – Our World
09 – Make It Rain




dimanche 29 décembre 2013

TOP 2013 selon Rico

L'exercice aussi fastidieux que plaisamment inutile est de retour avec la régularité des loupiotes kitsch qui illumine les devantures des magasins.

On s'y colle à nouveau chez les canards, avec toujours autant de subjectivité que de réalisme - compte-tenu de ce que l'on a écouté le plus cette année, machinalement, en sourdine ou par plaisir.

1. The Enchanted Wood - Monster Parade (Steelwork Maschines)


Un album délicieusement malicieux, rêche et poignant. Les scories déposées ça et là comme des copeaux rappellent l'entreprise artisanale de l'oeuvre. On plonge par habitude de ce petit Très Grand Disque.

2. Chapi Chapo et les petites musiques de pluie - Robotank Z (Les Disques Normal)


Techniquement et matériellement, une des plus belles réalisations de cette année. Les jouets bien sûr, et les mélodies ciselées... du pur travail d'orfèvre et de passion à l'état pur.

3. Jessica 93 - Who Cares (Teenage Menopause Rds)


Le mec -de ce One-Man Noise band - s'excuserait presque de l'avoir cet album... d'une efficacité redoutable, Who Cares renvois à tous les canons du genre et joue la carte de la proximité... merde, il est déjà dans ton salon, il a vidé ton frigo, envisage de se taper ta meuf... et toi tu lui souris bêtement !

4. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin (Les Disques Pointus)


Critiqué à foison, cette album renferme des perles de mélodies, des bombinettes de groove à mèche... so so Hype et pourtant à la cinquième écoute, tu la prends en pleine gueule leur musique, ... elle te lâche plus.

5. Polkadot Cadaver - Last Call in Jonestown (RazorToWrist rds)


Machine à riffs, humour, et coup de boules ... l'album que Tarantino aimerait faire en cinéma !
ça part dans tout l'essence... give me fire !

6. OMD - English Electric (100% rds)


L'un des albums les plus aboutis pour les faux-frères de mélodies des Pet Shop Boys. L'album creuse et cherche dans les filtres, les sons ... creuse et cherche Telex sur son propre terrain. Étonnant retour.

7. Ending Satellites - And so sing the black birds  (selfprof)



Projet multimédia de Damien Dufour, riche en émotions et dans sa création. Ending Satellites prend le parti de revisiter les ambiances post-rock à chaque sortie. à voir et à écouter.

8. Sieur et Dame - Amour et Papouasie (Kythibong)


Un disque libre... ce n'est pas tous les jours. Sieur et Dame parviennent a donné de la couleur et de la chaleur humaine dans une démarche résolument expérimentale. Autistes et frileux, passez votre chemin.

9. Crime and the City Solution - American Twilight (Mute)


Mazette ! Tu parles d'un retour et d'un casting !
 D'Einstürzende Neubauten à  Prong, en passant par Woven Hand ; Simon Bonney réactive à nouveau son abcès et son urée pour un des albums prestigieux de cette année 2013.

10. Lonely Walk - V.I.H.S (Satanic Royalty)


Déjà, ils ont la pochette de l'année... et toutes les références qui vont avec le titre de leur album (titre de l'année aussi). Première sortie pour le label de Lelo J Batista ... critiqueur bavard chez Noise, Vice et J'irais cracher du Nuoc-Mam sur tes tripes. Un rien moins hype que supposé, plus sombre et  tout aussi efficace. J'ai 40 piges, tu penses, si ce disque me parle !

Top 2013 selon Mot'

Top 2013 selon Mot'


1. Disappears - Era





2. The Enchanted Wood - Monster Parade






3. Sigur Ros - Kveikur





4. The ZZZ's - Prescription/Magnetica






5. Future of The Left - How To Stop Your Brain In an Accident





6. Comanechi - You Owe Me Nothing But Love





7. Savages - Silence Yourself





8. Vista Chino - Peace






9. Pagoda - Rebirth






10. Tropic of Cancer - Restless Idylls














dimanche 15 décembre 2013

Album de la Semaine : The ZZZ's - Prescription/Magnetica

The ZZZ'sPrescription/Magnetica



Interview de The ZZZ's, par Kyoob TV

THE TRIPLE Z ENCOUNTER! WHAT ON EARTH DOES ZZZ'S STAND FOR? I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT INITIALS ONLY.


"Z" is the existing last alphabet letter and it looks like a sign. It
is our favorite one.

"ZZZ's" also means "sleep". On the other hand, "sleep" means "death" from the reality world. Don't you think it resembles our music?

HOW DID YOU FORM THIS BAND?

We leave this up to your imagination. We were there. Some gears were
there. Sessions were there. That's all.

YOUR SONGS ARE VERY CINEMATIC - CONSISTING OF SOUNDS ENGAGED IN VISUAL AESTHETICS.
ARE YOU ALSO AIMING ON A NICHE IN THE FIELD OF STORY TELLING?


When we give a sound and make music, at first we always talk about a scene and the atmosphere; which is the psychological condition that music creates. That is what will also make a sound cinematic.
We guess so. Everybody can create their own world from what they hear.

WHICH MEMBER OF THE BAND ESCALATES INSPIRATION INTO YOUR SONG WRITINGS? COM' ON YOU GOT TO HAVE ONE MEMBER THAT IS THE PRESSURE POINT.

Each song is different. That's Yukary or Youkaku.
But you know we like talking about each philosophy.
Our song writing is always inspired by our sounds and our philosophy.


Photo by Adrian Buckmaster, Styling by Dorothy Darker
Photo by Adrian Buckmaster, Styling by Dorothy Darker

JAPAN IS A COUNTRY OF VAST RITUALS. DO YOU INCORPORATE ANY SHINTO RITUALS IN YOUR LIFE?

Talking of religion, is a taboo in Japan. Young people never talk about
that. Don't you think that's boring?

SOME WOULD SEE YOU AS A RELATIVELY YOUNG GROUP FOR HAVING A SUSTAINABLE RAPID SUCCESS. WHAT METHODS ARE EVOLVED IN ACHIEVING THIS?

Believing our senses and continuing from there. If we do this, we
obtain the next small key there- by all different means. It's
repetition. It's important to reach out one after the other with our
real hands.

PURELY A LIVE INSTRUMENTAL GROUP. ANY LIMITATIONS ON ELECTRONIC SOUNDING PRODUCTIONS?

No limitation and we don't hope to use yet. Our instruments are VERY
normal like the ones used by many Rock bands. We keep trying to make abnormal sounds by normal gears. This always makes us so excited. We guess the laptop is still ill-matched on our stage. Just wanna know the limit of normal instruments. That's also our challenge.

SEEMS YOU GOT LUCKY RUNNING INTO THURSTON MOORE. WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE MEETING WITH THE LEGENDARY SONIC YOUTH GUITARIST?

The tour to Miami that met him was the tour that was the most intense from our many tours. That was too hard- both mentally and physically.
He showed us however, that the hard experience has brought us a miracle. We were able to find a meaning of standing up to a difficult situation after we met him.
That was the biggest happening for us in 2012.

TIMES HAVE CHANGED. MUSIC GENRES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING "INVENTED". YOUR MUSIC IS CLEARLY A BREED OF POST PUNK, BUT YOU HAVE INDUCED A SOUND OF NEW MADNESS! "DICK DALE" ON VARIOUS DRUGS AND "RAMONES" ON E. DO YOU INHALE ANY NOT SO LEGAL "PRESCRIPTIONS" INTO YOUR MUSIC?

Our prescriptions are for you guys not for us.

HARD ROCK CAFE LAS VEGAS - OK YOU HAD TO THINK - WE MADE IT! LEGENDARY BANDS HAVE PERFORMED LIVE THERE. THE LIST IS HUGE TO MENTION ALL OF THEM. WAS YOUR BLOOD PUMPING BEFORE GOING ON STAGE? DESCRIBE TO ME WHAT THOUGHTS RAN INTO YOUR MIND?

Yes. But our stage was ours.
It was not another band's.
ZZZ's on stage.
So, our mind wasn't different from our other shows.
That's "Let us kill brains by burst of noise."

WHY BROOKLYN?

Brooklyn is cool. That's all.

YOUR FIRST EP AND SPECIFICALLY DYSTOPIA'S INTRO HAS A JAPANESE "SHAMISEN INFLUENCE" IN A WEIRD WAY I THINK ALTERNATIVE NOT KAITO. DO YOU ALSO GET INSPIRED BY TAIKO?

Umnnnn...Actually old Japanese traditional music is beautiful.
Some of them are religious and traditional. We are always interested in
racial music of the world as well as Japan. They bring about a new sense and idea to us.

WIDOWS OR BLACK DRESS CODE FOR FASHION?

We like black. It shows our will. The black can never be dyed by other colors.
In addition, black has many meanings, and the element of CULT lasts, as well.
Black is the best color for us.

HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN?

We're deep in meditation.

I ALWAYS ASK THIS QUESTION: NAME ME A FILM YOU'D WISH YOUR LIFE WAS BASED UPON AND WHY.

That would be "The void".
The life of all people begins in the void and returns to the void again.
We live to look for something insufficient. Something is never enough
in us- at all times- and it will continue this way forever.

There is a meaning to live.

THINGS YOU DISLIKE AND WHAT ANNOYS YOU THE MOST?

We guess that's about the money. Money is terrible. Money is essential
to live and it drives people crazy.

ANY EMPHATIC DREAMS?

 Domination of the world by ZZZ's.

ART DESIGNING IN SELF PROMOTION IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHO'S BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT AESTHETICS?

Art designing is discussed by us all the time. YOUKAKU is in charge of the work to express all of our art works.

80 PERFORMANCES IN HALF A YEAR! THE MOST DISTURBING SITUATION YOU'VE ENCOUNTER?

No gear.

WHAT COLLIDES IN YOUR LOVE LIFE?

We never talk about our love life.
 ZZZ's doesn't need love. Then again, we never sing love songs.

ZZZ'S FUTURE?

 Nobody knows.

WHAT COUNTRIES ARE YOU DYING TO VISIT?

 Germany!!

Line Up :
GUITAR&VOICE/YOUKAKU
BASS&VOICE/YUKARY
DRUMS/LYN

Tracklist :
Prescription
  • 1Dystopia
  • 2G's
  • 3Suicide
  • 4Cut It Out
  • 5Red Light

Magnetica
  • 1.DNA
  • 2.busy bee
  • 3.(A man Looks Into) the Hole
  • 4.drippin'




dimanche 24 novembre 2013

Spécial Sonic City Festival

Sonic City Festival

Sonic City

CURATED BY BEAK>

30 NOV/1 DEC 2013

BEAK>

Sunday

© Pitchfork Media
This trio features Portishead producer/multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow, bassist Billy Fuller and Matt Williams on the keys. Beak> headlined the '12 Sonic City edition curated by SUUNS and is curating this year's music fest. Beak> combines Krautrock and dub with sound effects and produces an original lo-fi sound that will blow your socks off once again. Band members Fuller and Williams are also part of Fuzz Against Junk and Team Brick, two bands that are signed to Barrow's Invada Records.

SAVAGES

Sunday

This all-female post-punk band has a blistering sound and noisy guitars. The London-based four-piece was formed in 2011 and consists of guitarist Gemma Thompson, singer Camille Berthomier (known as Jehny Beth), Ayse Hassan and Fay Milton on the drums. Soon after their formation they were picked up by Sigur Rós manager John Best, which rapidly resulted in the release of their double A-side single 'Flying to Berlin/Husbands' on the Pop Noir label. If you're into PJ Harvey & Siouxsie and the Banshees, you will sure love Savages.

THE BLACK ANGELS

Saturday

The Black Angels are a psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. Their neo-psychedelic sound came together in 2004. Stephanie Balley (drums), Christian Bland (guitar), Alex Maas (vocals), Jennifer Raines (organ) and Nathan Ryan (bass) took their band name from the Velvet Underground classic ''The Black Angel's Death Song.'' The Black Angels are the undisputed avatars of contemporary psychedelic rock.

ADULT.

Saturday

ADULT. is an American band from Detroit, Michigan. Integrating (female) vocals with drum machines, analog synths and punk elements. This husband-and-wife team Adam Lee Millerand and Nicola Kuperus became a trio when guitarist Samuel Consiglio joined forces for a short while. In 2006 Consiglio left the band again and ADULT. continued as a duo, gaining popularity in the USA and Europe after touring with Trans Am. Their last album 'The Way Things Fall' is already one of De Kreun's list of most played office tunes.

JAMES HOLDEN (live)

Saturday

© Border Community
'British techno sorcerer and psychedelic shaman James Holden is a man of many talents: zeitgeist-defining label boss, trend-setting producer, hugely in-demand monster remixer, and last but by no means least, he can count himself amongst that very modern breed of dj's with a special knack for layering seemingly divergent records with an unparalleled musical ear. Founded in 2003 as a restriction-free outlet for his own music and launch pad for the production careers of his band of talented friends, James Holden's Border Community label is now firmly established as one of the foremost breeding grounds for fresh young electronic talent.'
© 2013 Resident Advisor Ltd.

DIRTY BEACHES

Sunday

Dirty Beaches is the project of Taiwan-born Canadian sound-smith Alex Zhang Hungtai. Dirty Beaches produces low-slung, lo-fi, post-rockabilly and released a number of EP's on cassette-only labels, before releasing 'Badlands' in 2011. Dirty Beaches started as a one-man band using sampling and has grown rapidly because of Zhang's long-time traveling. Having lived in Tapei, Queens, Etobicoke, Honolulu, San Francisco, Shanghai, Vancouver, Montreal and Berlin, we could say Dirty Beaches had a variety of influences, which brings about a sound that sounds both familiar and surreal.

OM

Saturday

© Jeroen Vranken
OM is an experimental drone/metal band from San Francisco, California. Formed as a duo in 2003 by the rhythm section of the stoner doom band Sleep, OM has now developed into a trio. The band has a strong live reputation (a 2007 concert in Israel lasted about 5 hours) and consists of Al Cisneros, Emil Amos and Robert Lowe. Prepare for some serious chanting.

FOREST SWORDS

Saturday

Forest Swords is English producer and artist Matthew Barnes. On debut EP 'Dagger Paths' Barnes combines dub, psychedelics, dance and drone which resulted in being FACT Magazine's #1 album and 'Best New Music' on influential music website Pitchfork. Forest Swords' Debut album 'Engravings' was released by Tri Angle Records in August '13. Barnes produces sturdy loops, beats and guitar lines and fits them nicely into accumulating layers.
© Tri Angle Records

THE HAXAN CLOAK

Saturday


The Haxan Cloak is the project of London-based avantgarde musician Bobby Krlic. Signed on Tri Angle Records, The Haxan Cloak produces pure black magic. Fans of hybrid heroes Demdike Stare (played at Sonic City '12) will sure like the taste of this drone-influenced sound.

PHARMAKON

Sunday

Pharmakon is the power electronics / death industrial project of Margaret Chardiet, which has been operating out of the Red Light District in New York since 2007. Margaret Chardiet is also a member of the project 'Throat'. Pharmakon has released a self-titled EP out on Bloodlust! in 2008 and the full-length 'Abandon' on Sacred Bones Records in 2013. Pitchfork gave Pharmakon an 8.0 for the latest Sacred Bones-release, read it yourself and be convinced.

CONNAN MOCKASIN

Sunday


The soft-psych project of Connan Hosford might be New-Zealand's most popular export product. Connan Mockasin has been touring in support of Radiohead and will release a new album in november. Perfect timing for a taste of this new dreamy material at Sonic City Festival.

THOUGHT FORMS

Sunday

Thought Forms is Charlie Romijn (vocals/guitar), Deej Dhariwai (vocals/guitar) and Guy Metcalfe (drums). Their second album 'Ghost Mountain' just hit the stores in '13. Thought Forms has toured with Portishead and is signed on Geoff Barrow's Invada Records. And as the Drowned in Sound-blog puts it: ''Volcanic sacrifice? Beachside offering? Spiritual ascendance? It could be anything. Coming back to labels: no-wave, drone, shoegaze, lo-fi, post-metal. This something-for-everyone 'Ghost Mountain' is hard not to like.''
© William Van der Voort

VEX RUFFIN

Sunday


Vex Ruffin is yet another Stones Throw roster. Although it may not seem like it upon first listen, Vex's music is rooted in sampling and hip hop beat-making culture. Vex Ruffin is the first artist signed to Stones Throw Records on the strenght of an unsolicited demo sent through mail. Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wold recalls: ''It was kind of a fluke that I listened. I just liked the drawing on the cover so I decided to check it out. I called the phone number on the CD and Vex though I was a friend playing a practical joke.'' Vex Ruffin makes lo-fi punk with witch house influences. After playing SXSW and Coachella, Vex Ruffin will conquer the Sonic City audience in no time.

CAMERA

Sunday

This Berlin-based band played at De Kreun before (support Dinosaur Jr.) and now these boys are coming back for more. Having played with Krautrock legends Michael Rother (NEU!, Harmonia) and Dieter Moebius, a lot has been going on with this trio. Camera sure is a force to be reckoned with, as one of their specialities is to sneak their way into highly official after show parties (German Film Prize, Echo Awrds...), arrange their portable equipment in a matter of minutes and play for as long it takes for the security to realize they are not part of the official program. That's just the way we like 'em!
© Alisa Resnik

ZZZ's

Sunday


ZZZ's is a Japanese no-wave/experimental/post-punk trio, formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2012. Currently unsigned, ZZZ's claim they're influenced by bands as Liars and Einstürzende Neubauten. Perfect Sonic City material, a band to discover, as they produce a crazy / intelligent experimental vibe that will sure catch your attention.

FATHER MURPHY

Saturday

Father Murphy is a couple, a trio, a no-band. During live shows Chiara Lee, Vittorio and Freddie work together to play toy instruments, or to play instruments as toys. While Vittorio plays a kid-drumset and his old violin, Chiara puts together different sounds taken from any kind of old Chinese toy and Italian keyboards. And Freddie? Freddie is actually a reverend who sings a songs from this world and the other one. This trio moves around between New York, Berlin and Italy and will make a stop in Kortrijk for Sonic City Festival.

MXLX

Saturday


MXLX is Matt Loveridge. Living in Bristol, he has a swinging sack of projects on the stove at any one time. One of these projects is Team Brick, and has been going on for nearly a decade. You might also know Matt as a group member of Beak>, the 2013 Sonic City curators.

TOURETTE

Saturday

Tourette is a French noise project by Benjamin Clement who mostly uses pedals to make harsh, 'atmospheric' noise. He has albums out on Harshnoise and Audiobot including Un Vent Glacé & Une Ombre Étrange Dancé Dans Tes Yeux.
© CuttingEdge