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Tell us about the process of recording the songs ? A. Writing and recording varies so much. A song can come from a jam with the four of us in a rehearsal space. Or it could come from a single vocal line that Jeannie's had; or it could be one or two of us sitting in the front room with an acoustic guitar and a Farfisa organ. Sometimes we'll have fragments of songs kicking around for months, and we'll have to wait until another fragment comes along that just seems to join up with it naturally. Recording can be difficult. Ideally we'd love to really capture our live sound with clarity and power, but we don't have the resources to spend hundreds of pounds in recording studios, so we try to make sure that the drum sound is as good as it can be in the rehearsal space; that's the foundation, if the drums sound good you're halfway there. We like to mic up the guitars so they've got natural space. The keyboard sounds are usually DI'd or through effects. We just use Logic, laptops and audio interfaces. We're aiming to combine the best of both worlds: the alchemy that seems to come from live performance, and the precision and clarity that comes from digital editing and processing.Q. Which new bands do you recommend? A. Some interesting contemporary albums we've heard recently are by Jane Weaver, Gwenno, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Goat. Bands that we have played with recently and really liked are Wild Birds Of Britain, Dusst, Creatures, Jellyskin, Team Picture and Unstable Journey.Q: Which band would you love to make a cover version of? A. We have such a backlog of original songs we haven't attempted a cover as yet. Some songs that we would like to try are Break On Through, the Doors and Venus In Furs, Velvets.Q: What are your plans for the future? A. We've nearly finished a video for a new song, 'Air Warning', which explores unease about the current state of politics and the renewed fear about nuclear war -That will be up on our YouTube channel very soon. We hope to get a big enough following to put on our own gigs and incorporate original light show/projections/trippy visuals that interact and inspire as we play, making each gig a unique experience/journey.Q: Any parting words? A. Great blog you have here. Thanks for your interest in Dream Demolition Factory. All our best wishes to readers of TBTCI.***Thankshttps://soundcloud.com/dreamdemolitionfactoryhttps://www.facebook.com/dreamdemolitionfactory
Psilocibina em formas sonoras, e assim eu poderia simplesmente resumir de forma sensata e clara o que e o trio pariense Coman Shee.Quilos de psicodelismo frances tambem envolvido a essa viagem, leia-se Serge Gainsbourg aliado a vertentes krautianas e toneladas de psicodelia sessentista e moderna e claro."Paris 1969" e o ultimo trabalho dos caras que flerta em suas tres cancoes com tudo que citei acima de forma intensa e psiquica.Prepare-se para uma grande viagem, cortesia do Coman Shee.***** Interview with Coman Shee *****Q: When did Coman Shee start? Tell us about the history...Coman'Shee was born in 2014 from the split of the band Little Brain Attack. Only Max(bass) and Jb(Guitar/Vocals) still up and connected after the end of the project. It was natural for us to continue playing and never stop creating. That's what keeps us alive. So we hire Guillaume (Jb's brother) as the drummer and started to learn how to play together and immediately to write new songs.Q: Who are your influences? We can spend the whole day listing them... BRMC, QOTSA, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizzard, Spacemen 3, CAN, Black Sabbath, Electric Wizzard, Fuzz, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Bass Drum of Death, Black Angels, Motorhead, APTBS, Tame Impala, Vulfpeck &a bunch more. Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time...Oh man there is more than only 5 so randomly... Deep Purple - The book of Taliesyn, Sweet Smoke - Just a poke, Can - Futur Days, Neu!- Neu!, Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson Q. How do you feel playing live? Every show is a wild connection with the crowd. We like to be emotionally naked on stage. The most beautiful thing is without knowing how, you realize at one point that everybody is in a trance moving their body like one. We're living to free mind travel and if we can share that pure feeling with people we are more than happy. Paris 1969 by Coman'SheeQ. How do you describe Coman Shee sounds?Fuzz sweet Fuuuuuuuuuzzzzzz Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ? Our records are made to reflect the live experience. That's why we always recorded with 4 mics, all in the same room. Only the voices are done in post production. Q. Which new bands do you recommend? French bands are great! You should listen to Kaviar Special, Electric Retro Spectrum, Sound Sweet Sound and Spectral Orgasm. Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of? Probably Thurston Moore of Sonic youth Q: What are your plans for the future? We are finishing our 1st album so we hope to release it September of 2017 and then we plan to tour all over Europe. Q: Any parting words? We are looking for a free house to own in the middle of nowhere. If you guys have any suggestions!***Thankshttps://www.facebook.com/comansheehttps://comanshee.bandcamp.com 3 de Marco de 2017, recebo uma mensagem me alertando sobre um novo disco lancado e um simples e direto aviso: "esperamos que goste". Bem diferente do que usualmente recebo e confesso que fiquei mais do que curioso e
fui ouvir como nos velhos tempos, sem referencias, sem interferencias, opinioes ou direcionamentos, apenas conhecer o desconhecido.Quando inicie o play em "Encounters" debute dos russos do Life on Venus, tudo soou deveras peculiar, a sensacao de que eu ja os conhecia ficou evidente, mas nao, mas essa sinergia veio pelos sons sonhadores, pelas vocais celestiais, pelas guitarras encharcadas por efeitos e soterradas equilibradamente entre peso, distorcoes e candura.Claro, shoegaze, nu e cru, como deve ser. E pra que eu precisaria de mais alguma coisa? Escute alto em seus headphones e celebre consigo mesmo.***** Interview with Life on Venus *****Q. When did Life on Venus start? Tell us about the history... The whole kind of "band story" started when we got to know each other (thanks to the miracle of the social networking) and became close friends in real life. We used to gather in those quiet places like small rehearsal studios and soviet-style dorm rooms where we had this never-ending stream of fun spending time together. The special vibes of those places have influenced our music a lot - maybe because it somehow reminded us of the late 80s and the 90s, when shoegaze came to life. There's five of us now, Dima, Marat, Gulya, Sergey and Aline, we know each other quite well and we really enjoy making music together. Q: Who are your influences? That's a tricky one, as there's quite a big pattern of influences that has somehow affected our sound. But these are mostly the so-called shoegaze classics, such as Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Swervedriver and so on.Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time... Those were the ones we could think of: 1) Slowdive - Souvlaki2) Astrobrite - Deluxer3) Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me4) Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me5) Faunts - M4Q. How do you feel playing live? It's incredible. Unique. Even though there's always a chance to screw up that 'magic' feel that everyone expects to go through while hearing us play, - the moment we get on stage and get lost in the music, we're just stunned by this very intimate emotional contact we're having with the audience. It's the sacred moment of telling a secret to a group of people that happened to come on that particular evening.Q. How do you describe Life on Venus sounds? Wed say our music blends fuzzy psychedelic sounds alongside with the mellow dreamy vibes, but we let our songs do the talking. It's all a matter of personal taste, the response that our music evokes.Encounters by Life on VenusQ: Tell us about the process of recording the songs? We had fun time recording the album at the local cultural center in Sherbinka, a town near Moscow. The atmosphere of this massive, theater-like building inspired us a lot. A fellow sound engineer, Mikhail, was in charge of the recording process, we managed to record everything really quick and the results were awesome. Then there were series of sleepless nights spent on mixing the songs, but it was all worth it.Q. Which new bands
do you recommend? We'd name just a few: Blankenberge, Gnoomes (these the bands we used to play with, by the way), Pia Fraus, Vivenne Eastwood and Miniatures.Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of? Though we almost never play covers now, we would really love to play Slowdive's 'Souvlaki Space Station' once. Q: What are your plans for the future? We're currently looking for a label to help us take our self-released LP to the next level. We're also busy writing new songs, so there's a chance we'll end up in another album by the end of the year. We're also looking forward to the concert coming in April, as we're going to play on an opening ceremony of an observatory in Moscow.***Thankshttps://www.facebook.com/lovenusbandhttps://lifeonvenus.bandcamp.com/
Garageira da pesada, pos punk doentio e freak entre experimentacoes esporrentas, essa e a pegada do trio Problematic Jam.Os caras sao algo como um entrocamento deturpado entre The Fall, Pixies e P.I.L. com altos aditivos psiquicos, criando todo tipo de nonsene sonoro possivel, experimente a impagavel, "James Bond is a Porno Star", ou e EP de 2016 "Mass-Turbation".Escute alto e saia chutando tudo pela frente, ou como dizem os caras em sua unica regra: 1 take = 1 cancao.***** Interview with Problematic Jam *****Q. When did Problematic Jam start? Tell us about the history...David Haircut : It's a long story. Dim Shot C., Fortune Theiler and I met 20 years ago. We formed our first band Problematic Haircuts at that time. At the beginning, we covered songs from the Pixies and then we began to write our own songs. The band broke up in 2007. Three years later, we got together again and we had the idea of a new concept: Problematic Jam. We were tired of all the time rehearsing the same songs to give concerts. So we decided to do more jams and no longer give concerts. This idea was to record everything we play during 4 hours and build songs with what we've recorded. At the beginning, we shared our jams on SoundCloud without producing them (4 albums between 2010 and 2014). From Problematic Cuts, Vol. 1 (2014), we began to rework the jams in post-production and give titles to these sessions: James Bond Is a Porn Star (2014) / Stoned Astronomy (2015) / Problematic Mass-Turbation EP (2015). Before the end of the year, we will release our fourth album Stereonucleose. For the first time, we will work with a label (Grabbing Clouds Records and Tapes) to release it in cassette and digital format.Q: Who are your influences?David Haircut : I think all the bands you've listened to in your life end up influencing the music you do. I've been really impressed by Devo, Pixies, Ramones, Blur, The Fall, The Beatles, Oasis, Green Day, Roxette, a-ha, Nirvana, Metallica, Guns N 'Roses, Weezer, The Hives, Sonic Youth, The Strokes, Faith No More, The White Stripes, Pavement, Gang of Four and Joy Division. You can find references to these bands in Problematic Jam.Fortune Theiler : My influences are alternative french rock from the 90's (Les Satellites, Les Wampas...), French Hip Hop from the 90's (MC Solaar, Soon E MC...), International Jazz (Fitzgerald, Monk, Baker, Brubeck...), Led Zeppelin and Radiohead.Dim Shot C. : I would say The Cure, Cocteau Twins, The Stranglers, Pixies, Pale Saints, MBV, Smashing Pumpkins and so on... James, Lush, the unique album of the nerdys La's, Inspiral Carpets , Interpol, Happy Mondays, Elliott Smith, The Boo Radleys, Blonde Redhead, Alice In Chains, Ride, Stone Temple Pilots, Sugar, Talking Heads, The Sundays and eventually Weezer.Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time...David Haircut: At the top of the list, I would put Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Devo) for its mechanical and repetitive side played by outstanding musicians. In second position, I would
put Surfer Rosa (Pixies) because without them the indie rock US of the 90's would not have been the same. Black Francis chord chains are atypical and surprising. In third position, I would put Ramones (Ramones) because they play simple and efficient songs and they don't care about production. In fourth position, I would put the Beatles' white album because it sums up all the pop and rock music of our time. And finally, in fifth position, I would put Hunting High and Low (a-ha) for purely personal, nostalgic and sentimental reasons... Damn, I got no place for Nevermind (Nirvana)...Fortune Theiler : Friday Night in San Francisco (Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola), Buena Vista Social Club (Buena Vista Social Club), Blood Sugar Sex Magic (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Head Hunters (Herbie Hancock), Histoire de Melody Nelson (Serge Gainsbourg).Dim Shot C. : 1. Loveless (MBV) / 2. Stone Roses (Stone Roses) / 3. Heaven or Las Vegas (Cocteau Twins) 4. Relationship of command (At the Drive-in) / 5. Doolittle (Pixies). In my opinion, there is no use in trying to explain why Loveless is the greatest album of all time. Released in 1991, it is the only album that still amazes me today regarding to the production, the songs, the guitars, the hidden-voices while the guitars bleed, the melt between hot and cold, the fire and the water, heaven and hell etc... As far as back as i can remenber, i've never had such a physical and emotional shock since. Soft as snow but warm inside just like they said. A special Big up to my ethereal love story with the Cocteau Twins Heaven Or Las Vegas, the best band ever to me.Problematic Mass-Turbation by Problematic JamQ. How do you feel playing live?David Haircut: It's funny that you ask us this because the songs of Problematic Jam are not meant to be played live. With Problematic Haircuts, we gave many concerts in bars or small venues. We realized that it ruined our creativity. We spent too much time rehearsing the same songs and finally played them in front of a score of people without being paid for that. Today, with Problematic Jam, we play live in the studio and we invent 15 new songs in 4 hours. It is much more motivating for us. If we wanted to play our songs live, we would have to learn how to play them because it's pure improvisation. It would be too much work. Maybe, one day, we will stream a jam session live on the internet. That could be our first (virtual) gig as Problematic Jam...Fortune Theiler : when I play live, sometimes, I don't want to stop playing, sometimes, I want to have a beer and forget what happened.Dim Shot C. : shoegazing because i feel so shyQ. How do you describe Problematic Jam sounds?David Haircut: Our style is Post Psych Punk. It means that we mix post-punk and psychedelia. But what we love the most is having tons of reverb, distortion and bizarre arrangements. By the way, all our
songs are produced by our drummer Fortune Theiler. He's a master.Fortune Theiler : Thank you. To me, Problematic Jam sounds like a Mister Freeze (that's a water based popsicle)for a blind man : you never know what you gonna get.Dim Shot C. : A freeride among different styles of post punk sound era. Sometimes messy, sometimes lo-fi but always authentic. We try very hard... to be.Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?David Haircut: It's very simple. We go to our studio. Fortune Theiler installs the equipment to record: a computer, microphones, cables and a mixer. Meanwhile, Dim Shot C. and I drink beers, chat about philosophy and politics. Then, we jam for 4 to 5 hours while taking a few breaks to oxygenate our brains. We invent 12 to 15 songs with the rule of making only one take each time. Dim Shot C. : Easy. 1 take, 1 song LOL !David Haircut : Everything is improvised: vocals, lyrics, bass, guitar and drums. The entire session is recorded. Then, Fortune Theiler and I cut the songs, mix and add effects. This is what takes the most time. For fun, we write the lyrics trying to understand what I've sung in the studio. What you hear in the end is live improvisations with no overdubs.Fortune Theiler : To sum up. 8 tracks, 1 studio, 4 hours et too much mix.Q. Which new bands do you recommend?David Haircut: Personally, I like King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Useless Eaters, Meatbodies and Les Tigres du Futur. I really enjoy the californian garage rock scene.Fortune Theiler : I recommend The Voidz, Snarky Puppy, Fat Supper and Camille.Dim Shot C. : I'm not that much in new bands lately but i surely would recommend Temples, fresh 60 revivalist. And more...Q: Which band would you love to made a cover version of?Dim Shot C. : More a song than a band but, let's say Metallica for the fun. I am a real amateur of the shoegazing/britpop/grunge sound of the early 90 but to be honest i would have to confess a strange attraction or secret admiration for the metal genre. Not only for the power of the guitars generally speaking, but mainly for the "way of life" of metalheadz, so self assumed about their deviants ways.Fortune Theiler : I would say Cypress Hill...David Haircut : Actually none. Because we've already made a lot of covers back in the 90's. This not fun anymore. I prefer to play stuff that have never been played before.Q: What are your plans for the future?David Haircut : Before the end of the year, we will release our new album Stereonucleose via Grabbing Clouds Records and Tapes. We will work on new videos and new artworks. We will certainly go to our studio to record a new jam session before the end of the year. We already have the title of our next album, maybe a double album : Azertism / Qwertism...Fortune Theiler : Yes, but the plan is not to have a plan or play naked on stage
in front of an audience totally disguised... or the reverse.Dim Shot C. : Standing still, which is not so bad after all.Q: Any parting words?Dim Shot C. : I've just bought a folk Takamine guitar quite cheap. So happy about it ! A little advice to our gamers fans (there are millions of them), play to the Last Guardian if you didn't already. Cheers and so long.David Haircut : Our rule is 1 take = 1 song . We don't sell music, we PLAY music. You can download almost everything for free on our SoundCloud and our Bandcamp. The art has nothing to do with money. It's like the air that we breathe. But we accept donation, of course. Last parting words : how did you find us ? why did you contact us ? What do you like in our music ? Obrigado por seu apoio :)***Thankshttps://soundcloud.com/problematicjam}https://problematicjam.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://www.facebook.com/pg/problematicjam
Desde que o TBTCI e o quarteto do Brooklyn, Sooner comecaram seu flerte ha pouco mais de um mes, foi como se ambos ja se conhecessem.Desde entao tenho sido seduzido a cada audicao do debute deles, o EP homonimo veio ao mundo hoje em sua totalidade, quatro preciosidades melancolicas e sonhadoras conduzidas por cristalinas guitarras e principalmente pela apaixonante voz de Federica.A musica do Sooner e um medicamente poderoso e essencial para noites escuras onde somente as estrelas e a musica podem te guiar para a luz.Beleza resume.***** Interview with Sooner *****Q. When did Sooner start? Tell us about the history...John: I moved from SF to Brooklyn in Spring 2015 and started writing songs on guitar without a band, but I lived with Tom (drums), who would hear the songs from my room. When we decided to finally "jam" almost a year later, Tom knew the songs already it clicked right away. We slowly searched for others and finally got our friend Ehren on bass, but eventually we had to post a Wanted Ad on Craigslist for a singer. Federica responded and was the only one we had to "try out" because she was far better than anyone I could have imagined. Ehren & Fede learned the songs and wrote their parts super quick, so we had about 10 songs within a couple months and played our first show in December.Q: Who are your influences? John: Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, Can, Godspeed, Terry Riley, ShellacFede: Red House Painters, Bedhead, Mazzy Star, Bjork, Nirvana, Bark PsychosisEhren: Hawkwind, Johann Sebastian Bach, Black Sabbath, Arvo PartTom: Siouxsie & The Banshees (esp. Budgie), Keith Moon, The Sundays, The CureQ. Make a list of 5 albuns of all time...John: Sunroof - Rainbow Electric Sabbath, Sonic Youth - Goo, MBV - Loveless, La Monte Young - The Well Tuned Piano, Steve Reich - Music for 18 MusiciansFede: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation/Goo, Cocteau Twins - Treasure, The Smiths - The Queen is Dead, The Knife - Deep CutsEhren: Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat, Can - Tago Mago, MBV - Loveless, Wilhelm Furtwangler and the BPOs 1954 recording of Beethovens 5th, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf singing Richard Strausss Vier Letzte LiederTom: Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju, Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic, The Who - The Who Sell Out, Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted, Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As OneQ. How do you feel playing live?Tom: a weird mix of "shit, shit, don't fuck this next part up or you'll ruin everything" and total elation and gratitude just to have an opportunity to perform. We also have great friends who have come to our few shows to support us, which is huge.John: Sometimes I dread it because I get nervous, but theres also a lot of excitement and adrenaline too. Ultimately I love it and always want more there's nothing better than when you get past the nerves and reach a spot of total non-thinking immersion, and all the normal nagging anxiety in your brain dissolves.Q. How do you describe Sooner sounds?John:
The hardest question trying to avoid genre terms, I find it somewhere in the realm of pretty/kinda sad/kind of hopeful/some bursts of fuzzy aggression.EP by SoonerQ. Tell us about the process of recording the songs?John: I wanted to do it in a real studio since I never got great quality in my attempts at home recording, and our friend Damon at Rad Studio gave us a really good deal for one full-day session. We argued for a week about which of our songs to record, practiced a bunch, and then woke up to a cancelled session because the studio flooded that night.A month later we came back and tracked everything in a day playing together but isolated. Then we did a couple more short sessions to layer and mix/master. Damon was super patient, and made so many tweaks with our annoying feedback I think it turned out great.Q. Which new bands do you recommend?What counts as new? Let's say formed within 5 yrs and still active today...Kikagaku Moyo, Pure X, PILL, Baby Acid, Wildhoney, Drab Majesty, Shadow Band, Cherry CoalsQ. Which band would you love to made a cover version of?Ehren: I would love to do a Strawberry Switchblade cover sooooo soooo bad, more than any other band, Strawberry Switchblade for a cover.Tom: Personally I'd love to start a Grateful Dead cover band but that obviously has nothing to do with Sooner. I don't really see Sooner playing covers, but if we did I'm sure it would be something like a Cocteau Twins song or something equally classic from the dream pop arena.John: I never think about doing covers, but if we did Id probably want it to be a really different interpretation of the original. Actually itd be sick to do something like a classical impressionist piece - DeBussy or Satie probably.Federica: Ohohoh I forgot The Smiths, I wouldnt mind covering them!Q. What are your plans for the future?Really simple play more shows, record more of our songs, keep writing new ones.Q. Any parting words?SERENITY NOW***Thankshttps://www.facebook.com/Soonersounds/https://soonermusic.bandcamp.com