Katalog
Suchergebnisse
- 01. Ford Escort
02. Ich bin nicht so wie jeder andere auch
03. Das Feuerwerk ist vorbei
04. Alle lieben dich, Daniela
05. Up All Night!
06. Das waren Mods
07. In der Bibliothek
08. Rette dich vor den einfachen Leuten
09. Ich will heute nicht kämpfen
10. Oh, dieser Sound!
11. Babylon ForeverSUPERPUNK
A Young Person's Guide To Superpunk
- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 18.10.2012
- EAN
- EAN 4047179632010
- 01. Ford Escort
02. Ich bin nicht so wie jeder andere auch
03. Das Feuerwerk ist vorbei
04. Alle lieben dich, Daniela
05. Up All Night!
06. Das waren Mods
07. In der Bibliothek
08. Rette dich vor den einfachen Leuten
09. Ich will heute nicht kämpfen
10. Oh, dieser Sound!
11. Babylon ForeverSUPERPUNK
Die Seele des Menschen unter Superpunk
- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 18.10.2010
- EAN
- EAN 4047179430715
- LP1 A bisserl was geht immer
LP2 Wasser Marsch!
LP3 Einmal Superpunk, bitte!
LP4 Why not!
LP5 Die Seele des Menschen unter Superpunk
LP6 Raritäten
LP7 Nicht böse geboren - Live im Knust 2012 (die letzte Club-Show)SUPERPUNK
Mehr ist mehr (1996 bis 2012)
Als sich Superpunk im Jahr 2012 nach fünf Studioalben, mehr als 1000 Konzerten und unzähligen lustigen Schnacks und Schoten auf den Weg in die ewigen Jagdgründe des Rock’n Roll machten, hinterließen sie der Welt die heilige Dreifaltigkeit einer durstigen Gaststättencombo: „Schrei-schrei, schepper-schepper, schergel-schergel!“ Was fehlte nun 6 Jahre später noch, um 16 Jahre Superpunk-Geschichte abzurunden? Ganz genau: ein streng limitiertes Boxset, mit allem, was unsere wurstigen „Top Old Boys“ doch irgendwie liebenswert machte: den fünf remasterten Studio-LP/CDs die, wer kennt sie nicht, da wären „A bisserl was geht immer“ (1999), dieses anarchisch-blaue Frühwerk der „Top Old Boys. Den scheppernden Hit-Klassiker „Wasser Marsch!“ (2001). Das piekfein-mondäne „Einmal Superpunk, bitte!“ (2004). „Why not!“ (2008), dieses gut abgehangene Monument einer Band, die für einen Augenblick glaubt, alles erreichen zu können. Und last but not least das coole Vermächtnis „Die Seele des Menschen unter Superpunk“ (2010). Einem umfassenden Booklet über die Geschichte der Band, einer prallen „Raritäten-Sammlung“ und der rasanten Live-LP/CD „Nicht böse geboren - Live im Knust 2012“, dem einzigartigen Dokument einer rauschenden Abschiedsfeier, ganz nach dem Gusto der fünf Musiker. Kurz: Der puren Essenz dessen, was sie so perfekt beherrschten, wie keine andere Band, dem Dynamic Sound of Superpunk: Schrei-schrei, schepper-schepper, schergel-schergel!- Format
- LP Box
- Release-Datum
- 05.11.2019
- EAN
- EAN 4015698022339
- 01. Grey Pinstripes
02. Acceptance
03. Different Names
04. Looking Forward
05. Sins
06. County
07. So Tired
08. Chips Cashed In
09. Recession Era
10. You Don't Know Me At All
11. Love Goes Round And Round
12. Have A Little FunTALBOT ADAMS
Community Recession Era
Talbot Adams ist ein rastloser Geselle. Geboren wurde der Songwriter in New Orleans, er spielte bei Lo-Fi-Bands wie Darkest Hours oder Black and Whites, arbeitet als Sozialarbeiter und machte sich die Historie von Memphis und Mississippi zu eigen, was ihn 2014 sein charmantes Solodebüt veröffentlichen liess. Die 12 neuen Songs sind in ihrer Naivität und Sympathie einschmeichelnd: alles wurde vom ihm selbst eingespielt und zumeist ist dies nur eine Gitarre und eine eigentümliche Singstimme. Die Songs sind wie Skizzen gestaltet, die von Begegnungen mit Nöten wie Armut und Perspektivlosigkeit berichten und doch Hoffnung machen. Die erste Seite ist komplett akustisch downstripped Folkrock, die 2. bietet elektrifizierte Folk/Powerpop-Workouts, die wie Jonathan Richman meets Billy Bragg daherkommen. Gelungenes Album.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 10.05.2016
- 01. 1986 (Atomic Kids)
02. No Alibi
03. Mad Men In Boxes
04. At The Arcade
05. Isolation Tank
06. 10 Frames Per Second
07. Video Nasties
08. Ragle Gumm
09. Joe & The Button Factory
10. French Movies Are Cinematic Guano
11. Ignatius
12. New Gods, New StigmataTARDIS
Never Grow Up
- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 29.10.2021
TEAM ROBESPIERRE
Everythings perfect
Trotz tiefer Punkwurzeln schaffen es manche Bands trotzdem diesen zu entwachsen und Genreübergreifende Musikeinflüsse auf schwarzes Gold zu bannen. Team Robbespiere machen genau das, sie kommen aus Bands wie Thulsa Doom, Morning Glory und Hipster Bloodbath haben durch die wachsende Plattensammlung neues entdeckt und kombinieren ihre Eindrücke um neues zu schaffen. The Faint trifft dabei auf Deathset und ein Mix aus Punk, Disco und Wave wird zu Gehör gebracht. Meißt im Up-Tempo angesiedelt ist so mancher Tanzdielen-Kracher enthalten! Also ran an die Buletten!- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 10.04.2009
- 01. You Can't Reach What You Hunger
02. Down On Me
03. Hand Full Of Ashes
04. Something In My Brain
05. Handful Of AshesTELESCOPES
As Light Return
[engl] As Light Return – The Telescopes are back with their ninth album.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 03.04.2017
- EAN
- EAN 4015698007756
- 01. All The Way Around (Tout Est Dans Le Moment)
02. Everything Turns Into You
03. You Were Never Here
04. Until The End
05. Don't Place Your Happiness In The Hands Of Another
06. I Know You've Got Something Inside (Driving You Crazy)
07. Nothing Was Held
08. Why Are We Doing This To Each Other?TELESCOPES
Exploding Head Syndrome
[engl] Consisting of eight new songs and incantations that form a series of sonic convulsions stretching the parameters of intuitive composition to the point of auditory illusion.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 03.04.2019
- EAN
- EAN 4015698016239
- 01. Butterfly
02. Everything Belongs
03. Where Do We Begin?
04. Only Lovers Know
05. (The Other Side)
06. Under Starlight
07. Down By The SeaTELESCOPES
Of Tomorrow
[engl] The Telescopes were initially signed to Cheree Records then moved on to What Goes On Records where they became regulars at the top of the indie charts before gaining more mainstream success on signing to Creation Records. The Telescopes are now with Tapete Records. The previous album for the label – Songs Of Love And Revolution saw a return to the indie charts in 2021, including a Dinked edition with remixes by Anton Newcombe, Lloyd Cole and Third Eye Foundation. The Telescopes music has constantly pushed at it’s own boundaries, it overlaps many genres following its own course, inspiration led. Time has shown The Telescopes music not only withstands repeated listening but also reveals something new with each listen, it has been described by the British music press as 'more a revolution of the psyche than a revolution of the sidewalk'; a thread consistent throughout a highly influential body of work spanning over 30 years. The Telescopes have been cited as an influence on many artists across genres, around the world. The first five albums have all been re-issued by renowned labels such as Cherry Red, Bomp! Rev-Ola, Space Age Records, Weisskalt, Glass Modern, Fuzz Club and many more. Of Tomorrow is the 15th album from The Telescopes, the fifth for Tapete. The album was created entirely by Lawrie at his studio in Shropshire, it is a departure from what the press often refer to as a ’wall of throb’ when describing the dense merge of noise and sound synonymous with most of The Telescopes output. Of Tomorrow marks a complete change in dynamics. Here we have the poetry of motion, solid grooves to the fore, leaving crystallised trails across a fluttering undercurrent of uplifting rhythm and hooks. Lawrie’s voice, usually treated as an instrument equal to the rest of the sound now takes the reins, engaging the listener in a melodic swirl of radiant harmony that speaks, sometimes in a whisper, of love as revolution. Every song on the album stands it’s ground, each one unique. Everything from the composition to the performance, arrangements and production are leaps beyond previous offerings. This is an album to get lost in on the dance floor or headphones in equal measures.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 19.05.2023
- 01. This Is Not A Dream
02. Strange Waves
03. Mesmerised
04. Come Bring Your Love
05. This Train
06. Songs Of Love And Revolution
07. You're Never Alone With Despair
08. We See Magic And We Are Neutral, Unnecessary
09. Haul Away The AnchorTELESCOPES
Songs Of Love And Revolution
[engl] Songs Of Love And Revolution is a solar burst of trance inducing rhythms gripped at the helm by a wall of throbbing bass held in place by a swarm of encircling guitars. Lashed to the mast of this whirling dervish, incantations abound to dispel what is bound. This is the 12th album by The Telescopes, music for a four-piece ensemble that will never sound the same twice in any given environment or to any set of ears.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 05.02.2021
- EAN
- EAN 4015698358216
- 01. Nightcall/A Real Hero
02. Nightcall feat. MonsterheartTHE HAPPY SUN / BLACK PALMS ORCHESTRA
Split
"I'm gonna tell you something you don't want to hear!" Die neue Single von The Happy Sun ist definitiv etwas, das Sie hören wollen. Immer und immer wieder. Diese Neuinterpretation des Kavinski-Klassikers "Nightcall" aus dem Film "Drive" hat es in sich. Den "Drive", den es braucht, um sich ins Gehirn zu brennen. Ein großartiges Stück Elektropop. Ein weiterer Meilenstein in der Geschichte von The Happy Sun.- Format
- 7''
- Release-Datum
- 29.10.2021
- 01. Involved
02. I Lost My Faith In You
03. Apotropaic
04 The Touch
05. My Darkest Friend
06. The Change
07. When The Light Fades
08. Fall From GraceTHE NEW MOURNING
When The Light Fades
The New Mourning geht es um das Spannungsfeld zwischen selbstauferlegten Einschränkungen (wenige Akkorde, puristischer Sound, wenige Worte,...) und der Freiheit aus Mustern und Strukturen auszubrechen. Die von Pronai entworfenen Songgerüste werden von seinen musikalischen Mitstreitern bis zur Explosion gesteigert, in sich selbst aufgelöst oder auch minutenlang mantra-artig repetiert. Dazwischen verstecken sich Popsongs, die den Anspruch haben Welthits zu sein - in einer Welt vor Youtube, Spotify und Showcase Festivals.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 13.05.2022
- EAN
- EAN 9120083371208
- 01. The Big One
02. Make It Big
03. Big Money
04. Secret De Femme
05. Hand It Over
06. On Sight
07. Aquaworld
08. What Friends?THE WORLD
nights
[engl] Long before Trump was president, he was a real estate tycoon. The Reagan years were good to him. His locks of hair floating through Manhattan skyscrapers: Power, money, women…World markets opened up and the greedy would get even more voracious. The World is the soundtrack to this golden era of success. The whole World or nothing. The motto here is: More (« Big Money » and « Make It Big »). But sometimes you need to soften that iron fist and talk about love (« The Big One » and « Secrets de Femme ») or taking over the family business (« Hand It Over »), expanding (« On Sight ») sharing (« What Friends? »). And of course leisure («Aquaworld »). The business world had their own newspapers and channels and now they have their music: electric and synthetic textures, sharp perfect primes, very ambitious money making melodies that work better, faster, stronger. Continuously raising the bar when all the others fail. After their self titled debut album released in 2015, « Nights » is a sleepless album, briefcase in hand, living on the edge where one can win or lose everything in a split second. The World is too big for music, their influences are more easily found in movies, whether it’s the cynics Oliver Stone or DePalma, the candid John Hughes and John Landis or the eccentrics John Carpenter and Cronenberg. The World is a strange feeling, a powerful and naive enthusiasm overtaking everything even the future of mankind. Going down with style.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 16.10.2018
- EAN
- EAN 3521381550481
- Format
- CD
- Release-Datum
- 26.04.2019
- EAN
- EAN 3521383450475
- 01. Melodram
02. Bieder
03. Sonnenstich
04. Und da die Traurigkeit
05. Wundersam
06. Schlendrian
07. So schön allein
08. Die MannigfaltigkeitTIMBEAU
Wundersam
[engl] Wundersam, limited Maxi Single 12 Inch, 200 copies - four dongs from the debut album of TIMBEAU- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 26.11.2020
- 01. Arrivee?
02. Arles
03. Lucidite?
04. Espace Gestuel 05. Tournesol
06. Irise?TIN MAN
Arles
[engl] Renowned acid cosmologist Johannes Auvinen, best known by his alias Tin Man, leaves the club floor behind for a full-length kosmische excursion on Bureau B. Since his first Tin Man records nearly 20 years ago, Auvinen has impelled acid—in the grand tradition of Phuture and co.—into shapes and forms heretofore uncharted. He does it again on his latest, "Arles," exploring a new realm of impressionistic beauty where pristine, heartfelt melodies dance delicately atop austere motorik rhythms. It's a trip you'll want to take again and again. "Cosmic," as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, means "of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness," or "relating to abstract spiritual or metaphysical ideas." In that light, the first record by Tin Man, aka Johannes Auvinen, on Bureau B is cosmic indeed— kosmische, if you will. Auvinen is best known for his manifold expressions of acid, in the house and techno sense, that pull your heartstrings as they move your feet. But on "Arles," he leaves his dance floor bonafides behind for an album-length journey through inner and outer space. Although "Arles" isn't built for the club, it's unmistakably a Tin Man record, through and through. (Fret not: adventurous DJs will find much to work with here, naturally.) Auvinen's tender melodies, coaxed from an array of gear including his signature Roland TB-303, dance delicately atop minimal, propulsive rhythms. The form is different, but the fundament remains the same. In the manner of its namesake city, "Arles" is a portrait of impressionistic beauty. One might call it a turning point for Auvinen, a new direction, but like Auvinen's best work elsewhere, "Arles" is disarming in its unveiled simplicity. There is no artifice here; this album has nothing to prove, no need to convince the listener of anything. Its elegance is accessible immediately, its grace given freely. And after the record's done, chances are you'll find yourself dropping the needle right back at the beginning. Each listen reveals a new tenor—each track becomes a new favorite. It's a trip you'll want to take again and again.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 28.04.2023
- 01. He‘s comin‘ back
02. Tina has never had a teddybearTINA HAS NEVER HAD A TEDDYBEAR
he´s comin´ back
Endlich gibt’s diesen Late-GDR-Beat-Punk-Knüller auf Vinyl. Gegründet 1988 in Ostberlin als Nebenprojekt von Die drei von der Tankstelle, (Der Bandname ist inspiriert, durch das S.W.A.T. Mädchen des Texteinlegers der ersten Dead Kennedys LP). Legendär, ihr wilder Auftritt im Palast der Republik. ("Euphorisierte Fans wollten die Bühne stürmen und Pogo tanzen. Dies veranlasste die Veranstalter, das Konzert abzubrechen.") "He's comin' back" war ihr größter und bekanntester Hit. Schaffte es sogar bis ins DDR-Radioprogramm. Hier in der Version vom Tape, die um einiges rauer daher kommt, als die Radioproduktion von DT 64. Auf der Flipside, eine neu eingespielte Version, des "Tina has never..."Songs.- Format
- 7''
- Release-Datum
- 01.06.2022
TINY GHOSTS
...everytime we write a lovesong
Die ersten 2-3 Durchläufe lie?en mir die Kinnlade schon gewaltig ins Bodenlose fallen, ist man doch einen solchen Sound in der Qualität aus heimischen Gefilden alles andere als gewohnt. Gro?artiger PostPunk mit einer herrlichen GitarrenIndieRock Kante und jeder Menge Hitpotential...da schlägt das Herz am rechten Fleck. Leicht rauer, rauchiger Gesang trifft auf breitflächigen Gitarrensound mit Mut zur Melodie. Keine Frage das einem sofort Namen wie Hüsker Dü, Guided By Voices oder auch Wipers in den Kopf schie?en. Sicherlich wird hier das Rad nicht zum zweiten mal erfunden, aber wer schafft das heute schon noch? Sicherlich ist das Album eine kleine Huldigung an einen Teil der musikalischen ?berzeugungstäter die uns alle über die letzten 10, 15...Jahre begleitet haben, aber was spricht dagegen wenn es so gut gemacht ist. Mit der Tonmeisterei in Oldenburg, sicherlich schon ein Begriff in der heimischen Szene der für Qualität steht, wurde auch ein Studio gefunden das den Sound hätte nicht besser umsetzen können. Insgesamt ein Album wie ein guter Freund dem man schon ewig zu kennen glaubt.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 14.05.2008
TINY GHOSTS
Another poison wine
Schon ein Blick in das Cover zum 2007er Release "Everytime We Write A Lovesong" beweist: Hier herrscht die Liebe zum Detail. Und diese Liebe wird auch auf "Another Poison Wine" wieder mehr als deutlich. Eine Liebe zur Musik von den Wipers. Eine Liebe zu den Tönen von Hüsker Dü - um nur zwei maßgebliche Einflüsse zu nennen. Dennoch haben die Tiny Ghosts in diesem großen Postpunkkosmos ihre eigene Nische gefunden. Das nicht zuletzt wegen der markanten Stimme, die sich irgendwo zwischen Eddie Vedder und Bob Mould bewegt. Und selbst wenn sie sich “winzige Geister³ nennen, so sind es doch Mitt- bzw. Enddreißiger, die hier auch ihre Vorliebe für Spät-80er-Indierock ausleben. Und als solche bringen sie das kleine Säckchen Lebenserfahrung mit, dass nötig ist, um Musik und Text zu einer bemerkenswerten Mischung werden zu lassen, die auch etwas zu erzählen hat. Der Weg zur neuen Platte war nicht immer einfach. Da gab es etliche Besetzungswechsel und Namensänderungen, die eine Entwicklung der Band schwierig machten. Doch seit vergangenem Jahr kann man den Zustand des Bandgerüsts der Herren allerdings als stabil bezeichnen. Und so ist es nur folgerichtig, dass "Another Poison Wine" im März in die Läden kommt. Aufgenommen wurden die neun Stücke in der Tonmeisterei zu Oldenburg - ein Ort, der mittlerweile zu einer festen Adresse für Bands aus Punk, HC und Post-Was- auch-immer geworden ist. Und genau in dieser Ecke haben auch Tiny Ghosts einen Platz gefunden: Nicht Punk, nicht Hardcore, nicht PostRock, und trotzdem muss man auf nichts davon verzichten.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 20.04.2010
- EAN
- EAN 4260016929740
- Format
- CD
- Release-Datum
- 20.04.2010
- EAN
- EAN 4260016929757
- 01. Intro
02. Thomson Colour
03. Tour De Repechage
04. Glück
05. This Sandy Piece
06. Prado
07. A little Asphalt Here And There
08. Rocket Fuel
09. Telema
10. Esther
11. GlasTO ROCOCO ROT
The John Peel Sessions
[engl] Without a doubt, To Rococo Rot are an exception within the German music landscape. From 1995 until they broke up in 2014, the group around Robert Lippok, Ronald Lippok and Stefan Schneider researched a unique sound between electronic music, ambient, post-melancholy and the further development of a new, free music like krautrock. Pitchfork described their sound as "unmistakably digital, yet 100% human". With releases on labels such as Kitty-Yo, City Slang and Mute Records as well as concerts worldwide, the band has built a remarkable reputation. The trio was invited three times by John Peel to record radio sessions in the BBC studios. Bureau B is pleased to make the recordings from these three sessions from the years 1997 and 1999 available on record for the first time, which, in addition to the live versions of selected album tracks, also contains exclusive, unreleased songs.- Format
- LP orange
- Release-Datum
- 04.11.2022
- EAN
- EAN 4015698204063
- 01. Dareka No Entertainer
02. Mach Song
03. Hashire, Bokujyo O
04. Yubi De Kiss Shiyo
05. True! True! True!
06. Caramel
07. 30 No Beat
08. 16 No Beat
09. F.L.O.
10. Ie Ie Ie
11. Tenohira
12. J-Pop Te SutekineTOKYO KARAN KORON
Go Nin No Entertainers
[engl] TOKYO KARANKORON could be the best band coming out of Japan right now. To be quite honest, their blend of pop, rock, new wave, prog and everything in between is driving us crazy.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 01.02.2015
- 01. Let Go
02. Bullseye
03. Rollercoast The Holocaust
04. Dying To Live
05. Landmine
06. How To Fall In Love
07. The Race
08. Smile
09. Vice
10. This Might Be The Last Time You'll Ever Hear From MeTWIN PRICKS
This Might Be The Last Time You'll Ever Hear From Me
[engl] For those about to rock, the Metz-based quartet TWIN PRICKS (featuring former DEAD FOR A MINUTE and HYACINTH members) unleashes an indie rock bomb as well as a love declaration to the music made in Washington DC during the 80’s and 90’s. ?Stick together. Like glue. They met in high school, when they were young pricks. Eventhough they’re older now, they still are. Pricks. That’s what define them. Two talented wankers not giving a shit about what people think of them or their music. That’s what it ever was, that’s what it’ll always be. Their personal take on pop and indie music doesn’t need to be branded. It is as DC-esque (ie RITES OF SPRING meets RETISONIC) as it is midwestern emoish (the Caulfield scene with a GET UP KIDS twist). And it feels like they’re ready to push the boundaries of their very own defined universe, now expanding and exploring new territories, going from a wild afro beat to an icy r’n’b melody, all at the same time.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 21.11.2013
- 01. pigs & their farms
02. mushrooms & broccolli
03. castle of air
04. go again
05. sweeter than sugar
06. take me higher
07. magic carpet
08. break the silence
09. still out there
10. after the rain comes the sun
11. pigs & their farms (archive remix)UNISEX
White days
Mehr Indie als Powerpop hat dieser 5er aus Schweden gehört, der einigen von euch mit seinem Opener ''Pigs & their Farms'' bekannt sein dürfte. Flog er doch durch britische Chartsgefilde.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 06.03.2006
USE
CHIEN D’LA CASSE
[engl] While some are still milking the garage rock for all its cool like it will never dry out, the sleaziest alley cats are gone drinking somewhere else. Sitting on a cinderblock in the darkness of a cave in the suburbs, drinking out of a warm beer, they’d rather witness the convulsions of a degenerating French song. Crafted with some second-hand gear and crumbs of poetry, this lament from the slums has Noir Boy George as its flag bearer, and Jessica93 as companion of misfortune. You will hear it filling the air of tiny and barely sound-proofed venues, to the greatest and perverse delight of all those that the prevailing festivism has made wary, and not quite convinced that we live in the best of times. When you’ve learnt music by fiddling with cheap kids’ instruments from the shopping mall, you end up with a tinkered tune that doesn’t rely on virtuosity, but hijacks anything it gets its hands on, and offers you the result in the shape of a wrecked toy imbued of magic. Nicolas Belvalette, known as Usé, doesn’t really play the guitar, and that is barely a guitar anyway. He hits on it, strikes the same chord ad nauseam, sticks a zinc cymbal on the neck, plays six instruments all at once. With Headwar, that includes three members equally versed in the mysteries of rhythm and multitasking, he atomizes the labels of “noise”, “rock” and “techno” that help us taming noise. He brings us back to the core foundations of sound, those primitive pulsations pre-existing language or melody, when the beating of our heart was all there was to our sound universe, at the bottom of our amniotic condition. For a while Nico managed a concert venue in Amiens, l’Accueil Froid : when the place closed down, he ran in some local election under the label of a fanciful party, le Parti Sans Cible, and got 2,17% of the votes. Right after that, the readers of local newspaper Courrier Picard elected him their personality of the year. L’Accueil Froid reopened, somewhere else. Just another line in a life that already resembles a novel. With a delicate health, subject to the most surreal accidents (during a festival, he got ran over by a car while he was sleeping in his tent), Nico never seemed to have a career plan, and spends half of his life on the road. He juggles with numerous projects (Headwear, Les Morts Vont Bien, Roberto Succo, Yvette Corner But, Sultan Solitude, and many others), he ekes out in this musical interzone that is the great tribe of the DIY, where the release of a cassette or a bandcamp EP are family events. “Usé”, his solo project since 2011, releases today an album on Born Bad, Chien de la casse. On the cover, a dusty van stands in the half-light of an abandoned barn, with a pack of dogs hastily gathered : nothing here is made-up. Yet, the colors are warm, the mood is relaxed. No pity party here. We almost envy the guy at the centre of the picture, who is lucky enough to spend his days indulging in the child-like pleasure of hitting anything the hardest you can, in a pristine environment solely surrounded by animals. Usé’s music is like that free party that we’ve looked for in this pitch-dark night, in the heart of the forest, led by the thumping noise coming from the ground : wild and aggressive, yet welcoming and touching in its bareness. You surrender to the mighty power of the trance, embrace the regressive pleasure of the drums wreaking havoc, the flimsy jingles, the texts rhythmic as a Dada poem. The heck with tomorrow, when the day will rise, because right now everything shivers with a frenzy that feels like life itself, and you won’t find this anywhere else. There are seven tracks on Chien de la casse, duly introduced by the spiteful grunts of a pissed-off mongrel, most likely a Cerberus guarding the trailer of a meth dealer in Indiana. Over the course of six tracks, Usé sounds as though he is writing an ode to break-ins in garbage dumps with the sole purpose of banging on rusty cans until they burst. Only “Sous mes draps” echoes like a sad nursery rhyme, but leaves the realm of social realism to wander on the foggy heights of a fairground horror flick. “C’est si lisse” concludes the album with a fire alarm and some human barking, in an atmosphere of a black mass saturated with backward tapes : the dream ends up in chaos, it’s almost day. Actual violence begins. I’ll see you next week at the squat.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 19.04.2016
- EAN
- EAN 3521381536409
- Format
- CD
- Release-Datum
- 19.04.2016
- EAN
- EAN 3521383436417