Thanks God For Mental Illness with The Orange Drop - An Interview

Simplesmente assim, fãs confessos de Piper Gates of Down, da família Spacemen 3 e suas variáveis e principalmente de Anton Newcombe e os primórdios do BJM, assim é o Orange Drop.

Tal qual como eu e você, os Orange Drop´s são perigosos, lisérgicos, sonhadores e tudo isso aí que veio na tua cabeca, porque não importa lá muita coisa o que vale é o que esta dentro de nós mesmos, e como a majestosa Get into Heaven sugere, melhor não perder lá muito tempo não, vamos adentrar em comunhão ao mundo do Orange Drop e tocar o paraíso.

E rápido.....

***** Interview with The Orange Drop *****

When did Orange Drop starts, tell us about the history.. .
Marc : I formed the Orange Drop around 2007. The band has gone through several lineups – we have had close to 30 members in the band since the start. Around 2010 Blaze and Matt joined up as lead guitar and bass and have been in the band since. The 3 of us met in College, but didn’t really play music together until after we graduated. We initially were based out of Jersey but have slowly all migrated to Philadelphia. We found Anthony last year and he has quickly become an integral part of the band (and the first drummer I know that actually shows up on time, what a strange concept!?!)

Anthony not only can play the drums but is also a great percussionist and sings backup vocals so he has really helped us fill out the sound. We released our first full length in 2011 and an EP in January of this year. We are currently working with Jeff Zeigler to release another EP, hopefully sometime in the Fall.

Q: Who are your influences?
Marc : Live at Pompeii-era Floyd, Spacemen 3/Spiritualized when I feel like spacing out. Brian Jonestown Massacre, early Stones, Velvet Underground when it’s time to rock.

Blaze: My biggest influences are guitar greats like David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler and a whole lot of classic rock like CCR, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, and so on. I try to bring in the slightly more down-to-earth sound to balance out Marc's more psychedelic style. I'm a huge fan of more modern psychedelic bands such as Tame Impala, Radiohead, Tool, Portishead, Massive Attack, and of course Brian Jonestown Massacre

Anthony: I’m totally influenced by 60s and 70s classic rock, but more specifically, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Of course I also draw from all genres of music from all different eras and my biggest drum influences are John Bonham, Nick Mason, Bill Ward, and Bill Bruford…just to name a few

Q. Made a list of 5 albums of all time…
Anthony : The Beatles - Abbey Road Black Sabbath (1st album) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Marc: We’ll just go with Anthony’s list, it’s solid though I might have picked a Spacemen 3 album instead of Spiritualized but I’d just be nit-picking.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
Matt: Playing live is a huge rush. I am a huge fan of our music, and I get really into the songs when we play live. Our fans are amazing and they can get really into the music at our shows as well. When I was a kid I always would dream about playing for a big crowd when I would go out to see shows, and to be playing live and look up and realize that people are rocking out as hard (if not harder) than I am while we are playing is really special.

Q. How do you describe Orange Drop´s sounds?
Blaze: Psychedelic garage rock Anthony: it definitely has a late 60’s psych rock vibe to it….

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Matt: We are all about original music, and when we are working on new material we always record our practices and listen back for things that worked and things that did not. Once we have a basic riff or idea to build a song around, we will continue to play it at practice and jam on it until the composition starts to come together. It's an organic process, and once we are happy with the composition we will record it.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Blaze: War on Drugs, Temples, Tame Impala, DIIV, Wild Nothing, Warpaint

Marc: The Dead Skeletons, Elephant Stone, Temples, The Red Plastic Buddha

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
Marc : We are working on a cover of A Saucerful of Secrets by Pink Floyd at our next show. We haven’t really spent very much time working on covers but it’s definitely something we would like to do a little more of. I would love covering some Jacques Dutronc also.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
Blaze: We are currently recording an EP which will feature four of our favorite tracks with our current lineup. For live shows, we are very aggressively booking as many shows as possible for this Fall and starting to branch out outside of Philly. This summer, we all about just having fun and putting on a lot of free basement shows with some other local Philly psych scene bands like St. James and the Apostles, Drone Ranger, Harsh Vibes, and the Writhing Squares. We love the basement show format because it gives us great freedom about when to play and we don't have to charge out friends a cover... as long as they bring some beer for the bands!

Matt: We are booked for a lot of shows in the upcoming months, and we have a new EP coming out soon and we are going to be promoting that. We are also working on a bunch of new material for our next album/tour, and it's really exciting. I think people are going to be blown away when they hear some of the new tracks.

Q: Any parting words?
Matt: We are super grateful to all our fans; our fans are amazing, and we couldn't have gotten to where we are now without you guys.

Blaze: Definitely be on the lookout for our new EP expected to land sometime in this Fall. In the meantime our doors are open and everyone is invited to come enjoy some great live psychedelic music at our basement shows.

Anthony: yes..a huge thank you to everyone that supports The Orange Drop…!!! Marc: Thanks for interviewing us!
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https://www.facebook.com/OrangeDrop
http://www.theorangedrop.com/

Me And The Devil Blues with Dead Meadow - An Interview

Grande momento agora no TBTCI, verdadeiro patrimônio da cena psych/stoner classifique-a como achar melhor, estou falando do grande, do maravilhoso, soberbo Dead Meadow. 

Fundado em 1998, o Dead Meadow é uma das mais respeitadas e cultuadas bandas do submundo da psicodelia, tanto que gente como Anton Newcombe já produziu um album dos caras Got To Live If You Want It, uma pancada na orelha, já gravaram pela Matador, Committee To Keep Music Evil só pra sacar o tamanho da brincadeira.

O debut do Dead Meadow é absurdamente monstruoso, caos sonoro em forma de jam sessions pesada, repetitivas que fazem o Tame Impala soar como o primeiro album dos Beatles, o segundo Feathers saiu pela Matador e é tão intenso quanto o debut.

Em entrevista com o mestre Jason Simon, ele conta tudo sobre o Dead Meadow e o que vem pela frente, incluindo o debute de sua nova banda Old Testament que sai mês que vem, vai vendo o tamanho da responsa.

Srs, Dead Meadow no TBTCI....peace love and PSYCH....

***** Interview with Dead Meadow *****

Q. When did Dead Meadow starts, tell us about the history...
1. Dead Meadow started in 1998 in Washington DC. Steve Kille and I had been playing together in the DC punk scene various bands. We grew up listening to great bands like Fugazi, the Nation of Ulysses, and Circus Lupus but by 1998 we felt we wanted to do something entirely different than what was going on in the city at that time. We wanted to reach back to the music that first got us excited about playing and creating, bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix. We were fortunate to meet Mark and he was a great drummer into all those same bands and he had also grown up in the Punk tradition. Dead Meadow was born. We all wanted to do something to freak people out and at that time playing stoned out jams with long meandering guitar solos seemed like the way to go…it still feels that way...

Q: Who are your influences?
2. King Tubby, Lee Perry, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Ali Akbar Khan, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Syd Barret, Augustus Pablo, Burning Spear, the 13th Floor Elevators, Neil Young, Sly and the Family Stone, John Coltrane, Yabby You

Q. Made a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3.Easter Everywhere by the 13th floor elevators,
Revolver by the Beatles,
East of the River Nile by Augustus Pablo,
Killers by Iron Maiden,

The entire early catalog of Bob Marley and the Wailers (Pre "Catch a Fire") There's a riot goin' on by Sly and the Family Stone

Q. How do you fell playing alive?
4. I feel good playing live. We find it fun. It is the greatest of feelings to lose yourself in something bigger than yourself and that is what we strive for in making music. Our hope is that if we can do this the audience can break away and find themselves lost in the sound as well.

Q. How do you describe Dead Meadow sounds?
5. A thriving temperate sea, a clearing in a thick and tangled forest, a darker spot on a dark shadow

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6. Recording varies from song to song. It usually starts with my bringing in a song for the band to mess around with. Once it develops and feels right we record it live at our studio. Then we add whatever else we feel it needs. We do a lot of it to tape as it always sounds better. We are not purists though and we will run things to the computer when needed as well. Whatever works for the song.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
7. Well I don't really know many new bands so I'm just going to tell you somethings I'm digging right now. I'm into this African musician Frances Bebey. He makes some far out sounds and is definitely worth checking out. I love old and spooky Appalachian Banjo players like Dock Boggs and Clarence Ashley. In a recording sense I've been spending a lot of time with some late period Lee Perry Black Ark productions like THe Congos' "Heart of the Congos" and Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves". His production is so unique and masterful.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
8. Covers are difficult. So many great songs but often I feel a song is almost too special to be covered or that there would be no point in covering it because I don't know what a Dead Meadow version would add to it, ya know what I mean? Who needs to hear another version of let say anything by Zeppelin for example. I have no need to hear another band play Whole lotta love, or black dog… That being said covering anything by the 13th floor elevators is always a blast for me and we did mess around with covering some Burning Spear tunes at one point. There's a song by Amanaz called Khala my Friend that we've worked on covering as well.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
9. My plans for the future in regard to Dead Meadow and beyond are to keep creating and playing music, both in the studio and live. I have a band called Old Testament that grew out of solo stuff I was doing and the Old Testament record comes out next month. I've been recording a whole grip of far out songs at my house the last few months that will be another record. With everything we do I feel we achieve and break some new ground but each record seems to point the way to making that one great and ever elusive perfect album so the only choice is to keep on creating and pushing forward.

www.oldtestamentmusic.com
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https://www.facebook.com/DeadMeadowOfficial

http://www.deadmeadow.com/

Damaged Goods with Plankton Dada Wave

Da Itália vem uma das maiores esquisitices musicais da atualidade, freak total, dadaísmo nonsense esquizofrênico musical com os dois pés fincados em gente como DEVO, Residents, Gang of Four, daí já dá pra se ligar que a pegada é pós punk new wave torto, mas bem torto mesmo,

Certamente será indigesto pra muita gente por aí, mas por aqui no TBTCI os caras agradaram de cada com seu epzinho Haus of Dada lancado pela Ghosto Records.

Ao vivo os caras demonstram estar mais afim de se divertirem do que qualquer coisa, visual kitsch e outros apetrechos e maluquices nonsense e a parada vem dando altamente certo.

Certamente David Thomas se ouvir abrira um sorriso de ponta a ponta, acreditem.

***** Interview with Plankton Dada Wave *****

Q. When did Plankton Dada Wave start, tell us about the history...
Like many other groups, we started as a cover band, we played covers of Weezer, Joe Jackson and Ramones but we weren't very good so we started writing songs we could play without making mistakes, then we changed name and now we're here with two quirky eps and something that looks like a real rock band.

Q: Who are your influences?
We take massive inspiration from odd and crazy new-wave, no-wave, post-punk groups from late 70's/early 80's like Devo, B-52's, Talking Heads, XTC, M, Buggles, Jo Squillo, Righeira, Psychedelic Furs, The Fibonaccis, Glenn Branca, Butthole Surfers, Television Personalities, DNA, Confusional Quartet, Geza X, Residents, Roxy Music, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, Duran Duran. We like also other and more actual groups, but the core of our music comes from those great days. Oh, and we freakin' love the songs from The Simpsons and Family Guy.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
So hard!

Devo - Q: Are We not man? A: We are DEVO
Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbooty
Shitdisco – Kingdom of Fear
Gong – Flying Teapot
Duran Duran - Rio

Q. How do you feel playing live?
We don't know why people like our shows, we just try the best we can not to show we can't play any instrument: we wear kitsch shirts and eyeblowing sunglasses, throw bananas to the public, use plastic legs to play guitar and classy stuff like that.

Q. How do you describe plankton Dada Wave sounds?
We often say that we are the happy version of Joy Division, we play post-punk in the happiest way possible and we put some dada-nonsense on it.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
Just watch this.

Q. Which new bands do you recommend?
Let's see: God Loves Fags, Ought, Johann Sebastian Punk, Soviet Malpensa, Archery Guild, There Will Be Blood, Follakzoid, Harry's Dead, Melt Yourself Down.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
On our rawest gigs we play this, we love mashups!

Q: What are your plans for the future?
We're trying to play live as much and as far as possible and we're writing our first lp that will be the noisiest and silliest album ever.

Q: Any parting words?
Join the d.a.d.a. Facebook.com/planktondadawave
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https://soundcloud.com/planktondadawave
http://ghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/haus-of-dada
https://www.facebook.com/planktondadawave

Just For A Day with Last Leaf Down - An Interview

Shoegazer diretamente da Suíca, seguindo a trilha dos sonhos e do desespero aberta pelo Slowdive e copiada a exaustão, o Last Leaf Down ainda sem nenhum lancamento oficial, seduz, sim seduz, mesmo sem soar inovador, muito longe disso, o que o Last Leaf Down tem a seu favor é exatamente o lado denso do Slowdive, tal qual o Air Formation tinha, e isso vale muito, por vezes eles caminham mais soturnamente certamente pois foram deveras influenciados pelo Desintegration do Cure, o que dá o toque caprichoso nas construcões sonoras e tristes da música do Last Leaf Down.

Shoegazer at the top.

***** Interview with Last Leaf Down *****




Q. When did Last Leaf Down starts, tell us about the history...
A. Danny and Sascha founded the Band in 2003 as some sort of doom-gothic band. In 2007, two members left the band , Benjamin and Patrick joined. From this point we moved on to a more ethereal sound.

Q: Who are your influences?
Anathema, Katatonia, Slowdive and many other Bands...

Q. Made a list of 5 albums of all time…
A. - a natural disaster (anathema) - just for a day (slowdive) - comfort in sound (feeder) - last fair deal done down (katatonia) - the second you sleep (saybia)

Q. How do you fell playing live?
A. It's great to see that people like our work. We’re really enjoying playing live. But right now we rarely do gigs, because we are still very busy with the finishing of our debut album.

Q. How do you describe Last Leaf Down sounds?
A. A dark coloured, dreamy shoegaze with some slices of post punk and ambient – like heavy stones floating in a widened world. Shoegaze from the woods :)

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs?
A. Every song starts with a demo. Sascha or Benjamin produce a complete demo, talk to the band and make some changes. In a second step, we‘re working on the guitar sound and the details. This can take much time to find the sound that we have in our heads.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
A. Hmm, they are not really new, but... Olafur Arnalds, my useless life, Petter Carlsen, Daughter...

Q. Which bands you love to made a cover version?
A. If we hear a really good song from another genre it would be a challenge to record it in our way and taste.

Q: What´s the plans for future...
A. First of all, we’re going to release our debut album and working on producing a video for one of these songs. At the moment, many things are happening in the background.

Q: Any parting words?
A. I hope you all have patience, our album will come. Thank you very much for all the support.
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http://www.lastleafdown.ch/
https://www.facebook.com/lastleafdown

Message In The Sky with The Planets Collide - An Interview

Stephen Dunham é o Planets Collide que diga-se de passagem esta prestes a lancar seu debut, isso mesmo, prestes a lancar, ou seja cheira o frescor a magia e as viagens de algo absolutamente novo, mas cuidado, o novo pode te pegar de tal jeito e fazer você viciar ao extremo,

Message in the Sky é a música que esta no soundcloud e no bandcamp da banda e puta que pariu, não dá pra ouvir uma vez só, você escuta e coloca de novo e de novo e de novo e comeca a voar literalmente de acordo com a letra da música.

Ecos de Chapterhouse, madchester, ou tudo junto e misturadíssimo.

Me arrisco a dizer que se alguém descobrir isso, vai virar o hit do verão nas terras da rainha, e vejam o Planets Collide é da Austrália, a água daquele lugar esta infestada de ácido eu acho viu.....

Não percam tempo, viciem-se com o Planets Collide

***** Interview with Tha Planets Collide *****

Q. When did Planets Collide start, tell us about the history...
A: The Planets Collide is a sound that I started developing about a year or 2 ago. The previous band I played in was sort of a mixture of Shoegaze and Psychedelic music. I've always, as a musician been into the idea of experimentation as an art form, making music that sounds strange or unfamiliar but can also capture a listener's ear. I'd previously wrote most of the music I was doing on guitar, however one day I was walking down my street and saw a nice early 70s organ on the side of the road with a sign on it saying 'Free', I picked it up and ever since I've started to write a lot of material on organ instead of guitar and after many night's of staying up until 4 or 5 in the morning recording and experimenting with different sounds I started to develop the sound of The Planets Collide.

Q: Who are your influences?
A: I like a lot of different music, all the way from 60s Psychedelia to 90s Noise rock/Shogaze, Dance and Gansta rap. Stuff like Primal Scream and Spacemen 3 are hugely Influential on my sound, however I think you can hear a lot of different influences in it.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
A: Such a hard question! as I said before I like lots different music, it will be hard to pin point down my top 5 and I'll probably end up thinking I missed something out so I'll just mention 5 albums that I can think of from the top of my head, not in any particular order:

'Screamadelica by Primal Scream' (1991)
I remember when I first heard 'Higher than the Sun" off this album and as soon as the breakdown came in around the 2 minute mark I was hooked! This album is one big party from start to finish, filled with youthful energy. Whenever I put it on, I always feel like getting up and moving or attempting to create something as good as it, maybe one day!

Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3 (1989)
This band has inspired me a great amount, I'm huge fan of drone music and these guys no doubt took it to a whole other level with there repetitive 2 note drones and feed back, but there was something else to Spacemen 3 other than just the noise, they also had the ability to write great songs. It took me a while to pin-point down my favourite Spacemen 3 album and I came to the conclusion I dont have a favourite! However I decided that I'd talk about "Playing With Fire" as I think that all round, this is there essential album. It has everything from intense noise/feedback jams to soft acoustic songs such as 'So Hot (Wash Away All Of My Tears)'. For me the highlight of this album is easily 'Suicide'.

White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground (1968)
Another situation where its very hard to pick! The Velvet Underground are easily one of my favourite bands. They have influenced me greatly and as much as I love The Velvet Underground and Nico and their self titled album, I decided to go with White Light/White Heat. This album was far before its time, it is filled with chaos, noise and beauty. It changed music in many ways and was one of the first punk records ever. For me the stand out track would have to be the self titled opener. Whenever "White Light/White Heat" comes on blasting, I get excited.

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd (1967)
I think in terms of sheer Psychedelia this and the next album I'm going to talk about are it for me. I remember the first time I heard Matilda Mother off Pipers, I was going through Youtube videos and some how came across it, my music taste were quite different at that period of time, it was also the first time I'd heard anything from Pink Floyd pre Dark Side Of The Moon. I remember it sounded foreign to me but I was very intrigued. Then it became all I listened to, I remember going to school the next day and telling a friend how id found the kind of psychedelic music i was searching for! putting me on a path of discovering more great psychedelic music like The Grateful Dead, The 13th Floor Elevators and so much more.

The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators by The 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
From the reverbed out rockabilly guitar to the electric jug and Roky Erickson's incredible voice this is one great album! The 13th Floor Elevators style of psychedelia was quite unlike anyone else at the time. At times dark and unnerving but always with a light at the end of the psychedelic tunnel. Not only is it filled with great tunes but great lyrics as well! Their jug player Tommy Hall wrote most of the lyrics it seems. I can't think of a stand out track for this one; every tune is as good as the last.

Q. How do you feel playing live?
A: At this time since I'm recording this material by myself I am not playing it live, however I have a couple of close friends who are happy to help me play it live, so I guess it's just a matter of rehearsing and figuring out how I'll go about it. Im sure it will happen eventually.

Q. How do you describe Planets Collide sounds?
A: A mixture of Old School Dance, Space Rock, Noise and Psychedelia with a modern edge.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
A: I have a bit of recording gear at home, so usaully it will start from coming up with a riff or a melody, then I'll record that down and work from there. I rarely start off a song with lyrics already written down but it does happen occasionally. I recorded this EP with my good friend Ben Simms from Violet Swells down in his studio in Hobart. We have known each other and played music together for nearly 10 years, so he has a pretty good knowledge of what im going for as a musician and i knew that going down to record with him would be a good move. He took on the role of engineer and also ended up taking on a bit of a producer roll as well. The original plan was to just go down and record a single over the weekend, but about 4 days beforehand Ben pitched the idea of recording a full EP instead since I had more material. The work was cut out for us since we only had 2 days to get down the whole EP but it ended up being very cruisey. We looped a lot of the drums and stuff to speed up the recording process which I think added to the sound of the EP more than anything else.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
A: Arrrrh, there is so much good music and plenty of talented musicians making waves out there in this day and age! I'm sure there is plenty of great artist who haven't been discovered yet to. I guess I'd recommend Jacco Gardner and his 2013 release 'Cabinet Of Curiosities'

Q. Which bands you love to made a cover version?
A: There is plenty of bands I'd love to record a cover of! I have plans to record a couple of Spacemen 3 covers, but I'd love to do a cover of something that wouldn't really fit my music. I 'd try to make it completely different to the original so it would work. Something vintage like "I Only Have Eyes for You," by The Flamingos would be great to do that kind of thing with!

Q. Whats the plans for the future..
Well the my first plan is to get this EP released! At this time its still being mixed and ready for mastering, but it should be released within a months time. Future plans are to write and record another EP/Album by the end of the year, I'd also like to get a band rolling so I can play live and save up a bit of money so I can buy some more recording gear, among other things.

Q. Any parting words?
A: First off thanks for taking the time to read this interview. This is all new to me so I'm very appreciative of the support I'm receiving. I thought I'd leave you with a quote I like from Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3 "Basically, one chords best, two chords cool, three chords ok, four chords average". Thanks for reading.
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Planets-Collide
https://soundcloud.com/the-planets-collide
http://theplanetscollide.bandcamp.com/releases

Medicine with The Sundowners - An Interview

Melhor definicão do que a data pela banda pra se descrever impossível, imagine uma jam entre Black Keys e Melody Echo´s Chamber, só que com um apelo pop absurdamente pegajoso.

Assim é o epzinho de estréia do Sundowners, intitulado Medicine, as vozes de Fiona e Niamh grudam na mente e enfeiticam totalmente.

O efeito é o mesmo de quando ouvi o Curve ou o Lush pela primeira vez, fiquei apaixonado de cara.

Dito e feito, mente enfeiticada pelos Sundowners e pelas vozes das garotas ai ai ai .....

***** Interview with The Sundowners *****

Q. When did Sundowners starts, tell us about the history...
The band started with Fiona and Niamh becoming friends in there early teens and bonding over a mutual love of psychedelics and west coast harmonies, listening to the likes of The Byrds, Townes Van Zant, Love and Fairport Convention. While i was touring and working with band’s like The Coral, Arctic Monkeys, and Oasis. Surrounded by some of Britain’s best songwriters & musicians from the age of 16, i was like a sponge taking everything in, It was really infectious and once i got confident i wanted to start my own band, In-between tours me Niamh and Fiona started writing and gigging then Tim joined on bass and was quickly followed by Jim on Drums.

Q: Who are your influences?
It changes all the time ha but at the moment I'd have to say i've gone back to listening to Scott Walker alot and Air, Serge Gainsbourg, DJ Krush, War on drugs, Suicide, Goat, Can, Timber Timbre. I heard a track by Dory Previn called lady with the braid and the lyrics blew me away.

Q. Made a list of 5 albums of all time…
Tough, these would be the bands 5 favourites:
The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes
The Coral - Invisible Invasion
Crosby Stills and Nash - Deja Vu Townes
Van Zandt - Our Mother The Mountain

Q. How do you feel playing live?
It's great we love it, on the album we've just finished recording, every track except two of them are recorded the full band playing live, so we're pretty tight and the songs were written in our rehearsal room so they were arranged live then recorded, so they have loads of energy and when you put a crowd with that it's great especially with the girls are great up front they always go for it which makes rest of band follow.

Q. How do you describe sundowners' sounds?
I'd say there's been afew references we've had, but the girls harmonies are the sound, the voices sounding like one abit like what the Everly Brothers do but singing on top of the aggressive sounds of drums, bass and guitar is our sound, the producer said "it's like the Black Keys jamming with Melody's Echo Chamber" which was ok with me haha.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
There are 3 writers in the band myself Fiona and Niamh, one of us would have an idea and the we'd take it into the rehearsal room and just start working on chords or lyrics then jam some ideas around with bass and drums, usually James or Ian Skelly (The Coral) would come down and they'd listen to it and we'd all work on the track live and make it better, we then went in studio an played tracks live, we only had limited time so we'd do 3 tracks a day then do few overdubs at the end before we mixed it. It turned out well, I think it's an exciting debut album and captures the vibe of the band.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
There's afew other young bands on our label Skeleton Key Records, which i love I'd recommend The Circles, The Blossoms, She drew the gun, there's also a great singer songwriter Marvin Powell. Also check out Timbre Timber, By the sea, Lucid Dream, War on drugs and I love a band called Goat their album "World Music" is unreal.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
I think we'd a boss version of Velvet Underground's - What goes on in your mind

Q: What´s the plans for future....
We've just started writing some new tunes, we'd like to get 2nd album out quick after first, and hopefully play some great gigs abroad and get some more Festivals for rest of year and next.

Q: Any parting words?
Give Peace a chance X
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http://www.thesundowners.co.uk/
http://twitter.com/#!/TheSundownersUK
http://soundcloud.com/thesundowners/sets/the-sundowners/

Real Cool TIme with Slow Motion Rider - An Interview

Após uma pequena pausa o TBTCI retorna com barulho psicodélico do mais pesado, altas trips nesse artefato encharcado de lisergia, o debut do Slow Motion Rider é ao mesmo tempo regado a jams malucas e esquizofrênicas a´la Blue Cheer ou o The Experience do mestre Hendrix bem como trips de pura acidez com os pés enfincados no Spacemen 3 e Loop.

É o disquinho é da pesada mesmo, pra se ouvir altíssimo como bem colocou o chapa e irmão Fabio Bridges em sua resenha no essencial Pequenos Clássicos Perdidos, mas assim, o "altíssimo" é nos dois sentidos manja?!?!

Desde já virou predileta da casa é ÓBVIO!!!

Detalhe a entrevista foi concebida e feita a níveis elevados de álcool, o que muito nos agrada....Srs. Slow Motion Rider....

***** Interview with Slow Motion Rider *****

Q. When did Slow Motion Rider starts, tell us about the history...
I started Slow Motion Rider in 2010 when I first moved to Texas. I started the band with this kid named Kevin on Bass and Jimmy on drums. My prior band had 2 guitars, an organ player, percussionist, drummer, etc……….I know many of the bands in this scene think you have to have at least 4 members to have a" true psychedelic band" and have their own ideas about being "Psychedelic". My idea is this. As much as I enjoy listening to many of these bands in the current psych scene. Most of these bands have members that don't have any musical identity, that is why they can have 20 different guitar players and drummers and it will always sound like the same band. I wanted to have a band that was modeled after The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Where you can tell immediately who is playing what and if a member of the band changes so does the overall sound. I'm not saying that my idea is more correct, but it is my trip. Anyways, I love the sound of the organ but realized that I could sample the constant tones on a loop pedal and eliminate the need for that added member. I play in stereo out of 2 amps which also gives the guitar a more full sound as if they were played by 2 different players with 2 distinctly different tones. Our original drum sound had the jazz feel with a rock vibe. Mitch Mitchell was always one of my favorite drummers because of his ability to combine those styles perfectly. Jimmy had that vibe, and our drummer Sergio on the album ultimately pulled it off in his own unique way. Our bass player Blake was originally a guitar player turned bass player and has a great chemistry with me musically also.

Q: Who are your influences?
We are influenced by many of the great bands of the late 60's and early 70's, The Doors, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Can, Blue Cheer as well as being heavily influenced by The Manchester scene in the late 80's and early 90's. Spacemen 3 and Loop have always been a major influence as well.

Q. Made a list of 5 albuns of all time
1.-The Doors first album -definitely turned me on to the organ sound when I was growing up. As I found out more about the band and their history, I felt like I identified with their sound and songwriting process.

2.-Loop- Fade Out- I like how this album is all about really heavy driving grooves. Instead of standard song changes, they use dynamics and overlay different parts while maintaining the core of the groove.

3.-Led Zeppelin 1-Aside from it's historic value, I've always wanted to write a song that captures the vibe of How Many More Times. Also understanding songs that these tunes were derived from, these guys have left a long-standing impression on me til this day.

4.-The Stooges debut album- For coming out in 1969, this album has some excellent songs and a totally original sound. I dig those heavy grooves with all that wah-wah pedal on songs like "Real Cool Time".

5.-Spacemen 3 Perfect Prescription- This whole album is a sonic masterpiece from start to finish.

Q. How do you fell playing alive?
We are all about playing live. There are many bands that I love listening too, that just are not very interesting to listen to live. Not like I expect them to have fire coming out of their nose or anything but I think the grooves we play really seem to have an effect on people when we are playing live. People can't help but start bopping their heads and feel the rhythm, like they have all been possessed by demons. I don't usually see people going out to have a smoke during our set, that's how I know we are doing something right.

Q. How do you describe Slow Motion Rider sounds?
I think I rambled on about our sound on the first question.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Our debut album was meant to capture our live sound and sound analog but not dated. Everything was recorded live. I overdubbed the vocals of course. Rob Campanella of The Brian Jonestown Massacre helped produce the album. It was his suggestion to use mellotron on "The Key" and he encouraged me to do a harmony on "The Key" and "I like The Way You Look". We took a lot of time mixing it to make sure each song had the magic mix. I told Rob I wanted the album to sound like a modern interpretation of Led Zeppelin I.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
We covered Spacemen 3's Take Me To The Other Side at Psych Fest I want to record it next time we're in the studio.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
We are mastering our next album with Joe Foster (Creation Records, Jesus and Mary Chain, Etc) It will be an interesting follow up to our debut. I'd say it has more of a space rock feel, hopefully it's out by the end of the year. Joe Foster will then be producing our next recording for the following album. We also plan on doing some touring as things develop.

Q: Any parting words?
My parting words would be, thank you for liking our music. I appreciate you interviewing us. I would like to encourage people to experiment with the sounds they are creating. Don't just sound like another versions of one of those bands out there. There is still nobility in being able to play your instruments well even if all the hacks hate you for it. Thank You.
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http://slowmotionrider.net/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Motion-Rider

Perfect Prescription with The Dandelion - An Interview

(".......Primeiro veio o silêncio, em seguida, veio a confusão, com as palavras o nascimento de ilusão,
Este mundo agora espera, que as horas passem, embora alguns possam dizer que o final será eterno....

The Dandelion tecem um antigo tipo de magia, sua combinação de feitiços musicais não é diferente das criados na década de 1960.

Com um som que como sementes que se transformam em flores, eles trazem presentes para a Deusa de poderes mágicos........")

Então, acima é a biografia do The Dandelion, tipo assim, quando ouvi a banda, a questão de sei lá uma ou duas semanas atrás, eu pensei, minha nossa, preciso dividir isso com todos, e deu no deu, tipo assim, alguns comentários de gente que entende das coisas:

"......puta banda foda, viciei......que maravilha....." Eliane Parnagua
"....uma das melhores coisas que ouvi na atualidade.....foda...." Marcelo Magoo

Tá bom pra vocês!?!?!?? Então é o seguinte, vamos ao Dandelion e .........

***** Interview with The Dandelion *****

Q. When did Dandelion start ? Tell us about the history
The Dandelion was originally an alias I used when recording with my old band The Dolly Rocker Movement. I went under that name years ago when I occasionally performed and recorded solo. It wasn't until 2013 when recording "strange case" that I decided to resurface that name. Now all my musical output is under that name.

Q: Who are your influences?
I've since a young age been influenced heavily by music art and culture from the 1960's. Though i feel as i've grown older my music is influenced by a much more personnal, spiritual and religious force than simple aesthetics.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time.
* The Doors first album from 1967. It's so dark yet so sexy and it's testament of how good band they were.

* The Beatles White Album. - For me it's the most interesting Beatles album. There are so many different flavours and i love the weirdness and sweet sadness they throw into the mix.

* Nancy & Lee by Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra - I fell in love with this record instantly. It's the perfect blend of dark and light, love and lust, masculinity and femininity.

* Something Else by The Kinks - it's hard to pick a favourite Kinks album but this one really crept up on me. Ray Davies is a genius songwriter.

* Shocking Blue "Poor Boy" from 1969 - This is an amazing debut album. There isn't a dull moment on it. Mariska Verez is a witch goddess who sings like an angel. Please listen to this record!

Q. How do you feel playing live?
It can be the most incredible and euphoric experience and it can also be horrible and exhausting at times. If the audience is responding then that usually means what we're doing is working. I like those moments.

Q. How do you describe The Dandelion sound?
its the sound of black weeds turning into flowers while bringing gifts to the goddess of magical powers.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
I recorded all the songs in a home studio using my 4 track cassette machine and an ADAT recorder. I played all the instruments by tracking everything separately. Sometimes I start with the drums and other times with guitar then add the other instruments around it. Some of the songs I wrote as I recorded them. The mixing process is the most difficult and challenging for me as I can sometimes get trapped into thinking too much about it and my ears stop working. Although i'm pretty happy with the mixes this time around.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Throw these names into google and check em out! Doc Goddard, The Grease Arrestor, Wild Cat Falling, The Laurels, Destiny 3000, The Mumps, The Frowning Clouds, Burn Antares.

Q: Which bands would you love to cover?
We've covered them! We do lots of covers in our live set. We cover "dream on my mind" by Rupert's People, "girl of the 13th hour" by Chaz & The Classics, drivin sideways by Merrell Fankhauser & The HMS Bounty. Just to name a few.

Q: What´s the plans for future?
Keep playing shows, keep recording and keep searching!

Q: Any parting words?
The magic of the universe is always there and is available to anyone in many different forms. Look for your key because everyone has one. From Earth to Alcyone come and dial in the station and feel the love vibration
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http://thedandelion.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thedandelionmusic

Daylight Storms with You Walk Through Walls - An Interview

Desde quando fiquei sabendo do término do Air Formation, me bateu uma tristeza porque porra, talvez a única banda que havia captado toda a beleza do Slowdive, Ride sem cair pro lado etéreo mas sim trabalhando fortemente as guitarras e ambiências e quando do seu fim, realmente abriu-se uma lacuna.

Mas a questão de duas ou três semanas ouvindo o grande Ailton de Oliveira e seu cool Radio-Activity meio que por mágica começou a rolar o som de uma banda nova do ClubAC30 chamada You Walk Throught Walls nome estranho mas com uma voz e sonoridade que na hora me recordou o Air Formation, comentei com ele e batemos um papo, e fui pesquisar a respeito dessa nova banda e para minha surpresa a frente do You Walk Throught Walls esta o grande Matt Bartram a mente do Air Formation, dai meus caros, foi amor e felicidade mesmo.

E o You Walk Throught Walls acabou de lançar seu debut homônimo e é uma sequência lógica do trabalho do Air Formation, que diga-se de passagem é um tremendo de um album fascinante.

Se você como eu estava orfão, agora sorria e alegre-se....o You Walk Through Walls e o grande Matt estão na ativa novamente.

***** Interview with You Walk Through Walls *****

Q. When did You Walk Through Walls starts, tell us about the history...
A couple of months after Air Formation ended I found myself writing a bunch of new songs which had a different, fresher, feel to them. I'd been in contact with Harry for a while about doing something musical together so asked if he wanted to play Bass on the tracks. James (Air Formation) is my Brother-in-law so was the obvious choice to play the drums.

Q: Who are your influences?
The Cure, Swervedriver, The House of Love, Flying Saucer Attack

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
The Cure - Disintegration
Flying Saucer Attack - Further
Spiritualized - Pure Phase
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust

Q. How do you feel about playing live?
I enjoy it the majority of the time, but it depends on who's doing the sound. It's quite hard getting across that "more reverb" actually means "a lot more fucking reverb". I also sing pretty quietly which always causes problems....

Q. How do you describe You Walk Through Walls sounds?
I find it so hard describing my own music. layers of guitars with a driving rhythm section..... Most of all I just think they are all cracking songs that people can connect with.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
It really is a case of just recording the tracks as a live band then doing the overdubs without getting too carried away. For the album James sung backing vocals on a few tracks and played keyboards on one which gave it a different feel.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
I'm seriously out of touch... maybe you could recommend me some.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
I really have no interest in playing other peoples songs, I have enough of my own that could do with some time being spent on. I'd rather focus on those. I think listeners would appreciate it more.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
I think the plan is to do another EP. 4 songs in around 10 minuets... in the vein of 'Gone in a Day'. Something fun and full on. I've got to write them first so who knows.....

Q: Any parting words?
Our debut album is out NOW! from all Digital Outlets and Ltd Coloured Vinyl via Club AC30.
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https://www.facebook.com/YouWalkThroughWalls
http://store.clubac30.com/

In Rainbows with (exitpost) - An Interview

Dream pop, chillwave e um certo ar de beats dançantes de eletrônica etérea tomam conta das páginas do TBTCI, (exitpost) é a banda de Ken Herman, uma beleza sonora altamente envolvente.

Sweet Fade é o nome do debut recém lançado no início de julho, destaques para as lindíssimas Waiting e Dream Year e a faixa título que fecha divinamente esta pérola sonora para ouvir sonhando.

Aqui no TBTCI Ken conta a história e tudo mais sobre o delicioso (exitpost), bons sonhos.

***** Interview with (exitpost) *****

Q. When did exitpost starts, tell us about the history...
I started the project in freshman year of college, but I've been making music on and off since I was 15. It was all sad, pop-punk stuff then. I had side-swept long hair. Then in high school I joined a band called Hooves with my friend Dan where he got me into making electronic music and generally recording and writing as well. I branched off doing some solo stuff after and here we are.

Q: Who are your influences?
Production-wise I really love what Shigeto, Bonobo, Four Tet and Bibio are doing these days. Songwriting-wise I would say Radiohead, The National or Animal Collective come to mind. Celine Dion.

Q. Made a list of 5 albums of all time…
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
3. Bibio - Silver Wilkinson
4. Four Tet - There is Love in You
5. Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love

Q. How do you fell playing alive?
I love and hate it in equal measure, haha. Actually playing live is a ton of fun but the (exitpost) show is still developing. I started off a lot of these gigs just me and guitar then eventually started doing sets with a laptop and controller. People would come up in the middle of songs and make requests for like Avicii and shit - it was embarrassing. Since then I've been playing shows with a drummer named Andrew Henry, who's a great producer in his own respect so we've been figuring out the show together.

Q. How do you describe exitpost sounds?
A girl at a show called it love-making music once. I think her name was...Helen.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
I track and mix everything in Logic but manipulate samples and use some effects in Ableton too. Writing just depends really. A lot of the time I have an idea of something to sample or a percussive element in mind. Other times I'll just write a demo on guitar and go from there. For example, the song "Eve" was built entirely on samples from my mom's collection of Japanese karaoke. Thank you mom. She's in Japan right now. We just Skyped.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is very good.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
Not a band, but at shows we'd do a live remix of Drake's Best I Ever Had. I agreed to only cover Drake from then on. Do you like Drake?

Q: What´s the plans for future....
Just to keep promoting the album "Sweet Fade" and start recording the next release eventually. I want to veer away from samples and work with guest vocalists a little more next time. I'd love to collaborate with Celine Dion.

Q: Any parting words?
I love you
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http://soundcloud.com/exitpost
http://exitpost.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/exitpost

Beat The Devil´s Tattoo with Deep Space Cowboys - An Interview

E a armada psych continua cada vez mais forte e poderosa, agora diretamente de Toronto o combo noise psych Deep Space Cowboys ataca com um epezinho matador, Static Society é o nome da criança, exalando crueza guitarreira ao melhor estilo B.R.M.C., a música do DSC é pra se ouvir alta, bem alta, ótima trilha sonora pra pegar a estrada e pisar fundo.

Os destaques são a faixa título Static Society e a curta e grossa Unicorn Slayer que evoca o grande Singapore Sling, simplesmente um excelente começo pros caras e fica o gosto de quero mais.

Srs, Deep Space Cowboys nas páginas do TBTCI.

***** Interview with Deep Space Cowboys *****

Q: When did Deep Space Cowboys start? tell us about the history.. .
A: Well that is a tricky question in itself. Deep Space Cowboys The original full band line up first started in late 2012. But it was sparked by the release of our first EP which had been an ongoing studio project of mine. We've always been a fan of this type of music. specifically cool sounding guitars and enjoyable rhythms. The goal has always been to create the songs that we wanted to hear but had never really been written yet. The last 2 years we have been refining ourselves, playing as many local shows as possible. we've changed up the line up a bit since then as well.

Q: Who are your influences?
A: We have a lot of influences haha. A few of them would be the obvious shoegaze goto bands like MBV and Jesus and Mary Chain, Spacemen3, BJM etc.etc.etc. But I'd have to say that the biggest influence we've had is from each other, over the years we've known one another. Just kinda getting each other into things we liked. and figuring out what we did and didn't like. constant conversations of life, death, love and hate. you know everything that just kinda leads to totally artistic Intent.

Q. Make a list of 5 albums of all time…
A: 1.) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
2.) A Place To Bury Strangers - Worship
3.) Brian Jonestown Massacre - Take It From The Man
4.) Serena Maneesh -Abyss in B minor
5.) Singapore Sling - Life Is Killing My Rock N Roll

Q. How do you feel playing live?
A: I love playing live. It's so much fun I have to remember that there's people watching us sometimes. It's a whole other experience from the records. A lot of high raw energy. Very loud and psychedelic if you know what I mean. I feel like you either really love it or you really hate it. Either way I feel its an experience that people are much lacking in our neck of the woods.

Q. How do you describe DSC sounds?
A: Ear drugs

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
A: I've written all of the songs while in my recording studio. I get to take my time and I take full advantage of that. Lots of experimenting and tinkering thats for sure. My favourite part is recording guitars as with probably every other shoegazing band. mixing and mastering goes on until I've lost my mind and decided that I should just stop and let everyone listen. I strongly believe that limitation breeds creativity in the studio.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
A: The ones that care a lot about the music they make. But Seriously check out the bands on Optical Sounds record label. They're all real underrated.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
A: Honestly not a big fan of covering music, But every once in a while I do get some ideas for reinterpreting music

Q: What´s the plans for future....
A: Make more music, play more music. Hopefully take the show on the road more.

Q: Any parting words?
A: Thank You guys for you interest in what we do. We're fuelled by any support we get from our fans, much appreciated!
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https://www.facebook.com/deepspacecowboys
http://deepspacecowboys.bandcamp.com/

Absolute Body Control with Discodeath - An Interview

Hora e vez do lado soturno do TBTCI atacar, synth punk com toque forte de cold wave esse é o Discodeath duo italiano que teve seu debute lançado pela importantíssima gravadora No Emb Blanc / Kernkrach.

Album dançante e pesado, não a toa os caras citam Absolute Body Control e Linear Movement como suas influências além de punks como Screamers, Nuns e por ai vai, discaço do início ao fim sem um momento sequer para respirar, recomendadíssimo e essencial para os que abraçam a nova geração do mininal synth.

***** Interview with Discodeath *****

Q. When did Discodeath starts, tell us about the history...
1) Hello! The Discodeath were born recently, exactly in the fall of 2012, Mark and I at the same time we were part of a punk-rock band the TV Drugs, which broke up shortly afterwards. Marco and I were very attentive to the reality of music, and besides we liked punk bands like Deux, Linear Movement, Philip Laurent and Absolute Body Control. Mark told me that he had written songs, made ​​her listen to me and I found them beautiful, I also had in mind a few pieces, so we have written them and was born a demo. After that was broadcast on Disc Delirium Mark Ashwort (an italian radio trasmission), we tried to make her feel at labels and Rainer (Genetic / No Blank em), we immediately responded with enthusiasm. We then made ​​an album for No Emb Blanc / Kernkrach.

Q: Who are your influences?
2) Our influences, mainly have to do with punk rock and new wave, punk only what we believe existed, ranging from 76 to '82. We listened to a lot of bands like,Nervous Gender, the Screamers, Nuns or Los Reactors, there like the punk and new wave of yugoslavia, such as Buldogi, Kuzle ... Paraf ... Pekinska Patka. We also like the 80's pop, things like Italo Disco or Plastic Bertrand.

Q. Made a list of 5 albuns of all time…
3)Nevermind the Bollocks – Sex Pistols ,
Romania – The Nuns ,
Figures – Absolute Body Control,
On the Screen – Linear Movement.

Q. How do you fell playing alive?
4) In live we play with twoo synths a Microkorg and a Roland Juno GI.

Q. How do you describe Discodeath sounds?
5) The sound of Discodeath? In a word ... I would say that it is sincere.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
6)The Discodeath, record and mix in my house. Our demo was born there. Usually for the songs, there comes to mind a bass line and a vocal line, then try to articulate rhythms and riffs keyboards!

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
7) Aktion, Circa Tapes , Ariisk, Lower Synth Department, BlackMondays, Paradox Obscure.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
8)We've never played covers. We prefer to do our songs.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
9) We would like to make a video and do now know our music all over the world. We want to play as much as possible.

Q: Any parting words?
10) Greetings to all our supporters and friends! Thank you so much to you Renato! We hope to see you soon!
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/DISCODEATH
http://www.no-emb-blanc.com/016/index.php

Got That Feeling with Static Daydream - An Interview

Bem, desnecessário apresentar um dos grandes mestres e responsável direto pela existência do TBTCI, sim, sem exageros uma das grandes razões de estar registrando os acontecimentos e nascimento de uma efervescente cena do submundo dos bons sons nos quatro cantos do mundo durante esses quase 6 anos de TBTCI foi sem sombra de dúvida uma obscura e cultuada banda chamada Skywave capitaneada por 3 mestres, Oliver Ackermann, John Fedowitz e Mr. Paul Baker.

A história destes monstros do wall of sound já foi por algumas vezes ilustrada e passada a limpo por todos eles, e os desmembramentos após o término do Skywave com o nascimento do APTBS e do Ceremony também foi dissecada pela ótica de todos eles.

Agora um novo capítulo começa a ser escrito, Paul Baker nos apresenta seu novo projeto, o já predileto Static Daydream, uma avalanche de noise frio e denso calcado logicamente em suas influências e em ritmo acelerado, barulhento e gélido, eu chego a dizer que o Static Daydream esta mais próximo do Skywave como nunca nenhuma das dissidências deste patrimônio do submundo dos bons sons esteve.

Paul Baker prepara um ep para breve além do álbum que esta anunciado para o início do próximo ano.

Eu, em minha condição de fã incondicional já ansiosamente aguardo e de tudo que ouvi, apenas quero dizer, o que vem pela frente é algo ACIMA.

Srs, com vocês o mestre Paul Baker e seu Static Daydream.

***** Interview with Static Daydream (Paul Baker) *****

Q. When did Static Daydream starts, tell us about the history...
Paul- I was a member of the band Ceremony until about two years ago when I quit the band. I didn't know what I wanted to do with music, but I never stopped working on writing and recording songs. Eventually I decided that there was no reason not to release the music if there might be people who enjoy it, so why not? Shortly afterward, I realized that my girlfriend, Jamie Casey, has a really beautiful singing voice, so I tried to get her to record a few songs with me. I think what she's recorded so far sounds really great, and I think we've gotten some very nice feedback about it.

 Q: Who are your influences?
Paul- There are the obvious influences, like My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Ride and Swervedriver. There are lots of different influences as well, such as surf rock like Dick Dale or The Chantays. I love 60's girl groups like The Crystals and The Ronettes, too. The Ramones, The Misfits, and The Buzzcocks are some of my favorite punk bands. I like old country a lot, Hank Williams Sr. probably being my favorite, and I'm also a sucker for dance-y sort of pop music, like La Bouche or something. Kraftwerk are amazing! Rude 66 has some crazy-cool stuff! I don't know, it's all over the place.


Q. How do you describe Static Daydream sounds?
Paul- I think it's about pop songs mixed with lots of guitar noise and my rudimentary technological abilities. Rock and roll the way I want to hear it, and maybe some others will enjoy as well, hopefully. Maybe someday I'll get better at the tech side of things!

 Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Paul- They're mostly written on acoustic guitars, but sometimes I come across a drum loop or bass line that inspires the song. Once the basis of a song is there, I'll program a simple beat and record the bass and a rhythm guitar or something. Then I'll do a vocal track to follow along with, while I come up with the other guitar parts, additional bass, keyboards, or whatever is needed. Then I go back to the drums and add fills, maybe an extra snare drum track, tambourine, or something. There's no single way, really. I think every song comes about in its own way, and is an experiment for me. Some experiments turn out better than others, but hopefully nobody will ever hear the ones that turned out really poorly!

 Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Paul- Raw Feels are really cool. Check them out on Youtube. I like 93 Million Miles From The Sun, The History of Colour TV, Flyying Colours, The Dead Sea, and The Cosmetics, just to name a few off the top of my head. I think there are lots of great groups around these days, too many to name.

 Q: What´s the plans for future....
Paul- Static Daydream will have an EP coming out on Moon Sounds Records around September or October, and a full-length in early 2015 with Moon Sounds and another yet-undisclosed label. We're just waiting for the final details to be worked out, but we're really excited about it!!

Q: Any parting words?
Paul- Things can get dark for people sometimes, share some light when you can.

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http://staticdaydream.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Static-Daydream

Psych Sounds of Black Bug - An Interview

Skate punk synth experimental ou mais ou menos isso, esse é o duo francês Black bug, hoje a França dominando as páginas do TBTCI, pois então, Refleting the Light lançado no ano passado passou despercebido por aqui mas a justiça tarde mas não falha, chegou a hora de colocar no roda esse album que é simplesmente genial, em alguns momentos me lembra os trabalhos do Blank Dogs só que mais cru e sintético, quando você acha que o negócio vai desandar pra pancadaria ele fico mais denso, quando você pensa que vai ficar mais escuro ele volta pra barulheira, simplesmente um daqueles albuns pra ouvir, reouvir, ouvir de novo, e ficar em looping direto e reto.

Bandaça foda, e como eu sempre digo, ACIMA.

Vamos de Black Bug e entrevista exclusiva pro TBTCI.

***** Interview with Black Bug *****

Q. When did Black Bug starts, tell us about the history...
I started recording by myself in 2007. After some time i asked Anna, my girlfriend at the time, if she could sing on some tracks.

We started doing live shows together with a drummer. We had a hard time finding a drummer and ended up playing with a ridiculous amount of drummer, i think we had 10 different over 2-3 years. During that time we had also broken up, and after a while my ex wasn't that interested in continuing. During a tour I met my current girlfriend and i moved from sweden to bordeaux, France with her. Since Anna wasn't into doing music anymore and we already had some difficulties  while touring together i decided to continue alone.
In 2012 i made a new album by myself and started touring with a new line up. That line up didn't last long and i decided to play live all alone in late 2013. That became very boring after some time so i asked to a friend in Bordeaux to start to play with me. So here we are today.

Q: Who are your influences?
I don't have any specific bands that influence me, i listen to all kind of music garage, punk, synth, metal,even some jazz. When i play, riffs pop up and i don't really think what influenced the stuff i just made.. It just happens.

Q. Made a list of 5 albuns of all time…
i never listen to full albums but here's a list from the top of my head:
Everything with Roky Erickson
crisis - holocaust hymns
slayer - reign in blood
Spacemen 3 - playing with fire
The crystals - don't know if they released an lp

Q. How do you fell playing alive?
If it goes well and people are into it - good. If not - bored.

Q. How do you describe Black Bug sounds?
some punk, part new wave and synth + Some undefined trash.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
Usually i record the basic drums and 2 synths into a 4-track. After i import it into my computer and lay down
vocals and other stuff that comes into my head.

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
Jessica93, tormented, J.C. Satan,

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
I thought about making a cover but haven't come up with anything

Q: What´s the plans for future....
I will play some festivals this summer and i'm also recording some new tracks.

Q: Any parting words?
take me to brazil
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http://blackbug.bandcamp.com/album/reflecting-the-light-lp

French Cold Wave with Orchidée Noire - An Interview

É sabido que a cena francesa dos 80´s foi altamente inspirada, uma avalanche de grandes nomes seja em synth pop, pos punk mas principalmente para a cold wave e minimal synth foi lá que grandes nomes surgiram e sucumbiram sozinhos, mas nestes loucos anos que vivemos um resgate dessa sonoridade foi promovido nos quatro cantos do mundo, e inclusive na própria França, que nos brinda com o espantoso Orchidée Noire, ou Xavier Soquet.

Grande cara meu amigo Xavier que brinda estas páginas com um mix de tudo que foi citado a pouco....escute o album Une Histoire Parmi Tant D´Autres e delicie-se com o synth minimal cold wave do Orchidée Noire.

***** Interview with Orchidée Noite *****

Q. When did ORCHIDÉE NOIRE starts, tell us about the history...
ORCHIDÉE NOIRE started at the end of 2011, in October I think. Before, I was only looking for a band to join, just to play, but I only came accross metal rock bands, and that’s not my thing. So I decided to start my own band, doing what I love. At the beginning, O.N. was a duo and the line-up changed three times in a short amount of time due to other bands / activities of the other bandmates. The song ‘FOAM’ was a duo work with Robin (SUN JUN), then I did ‘Faintness’ with Fiona (Fiona Walden) and l’Orbitale with Robin again. I don’t really know when ORCHIDÉE NOIRE became a solo project, but my first track written as a one man band was ‘Or Blanc’. Soon I realized that the other members leaving O.N. was a blessing in disguise. Doing a solo project is my favorite option, so I can express myself entirely, I think I’m not made to be in a band (duo or whatever).

Q: Who are your influences?
I don’t really know if I have to come up with band names… But one thing is sure, I’m really inspired by bands from the 80s - early 90s, especially french coldwave bands and european minimal-synth bands from this golden age. But I listen to a lot of music, from post-punk to disco and house music as well as classical music and jazz…

Q. Made a list of 5 albuns of all time…
Head Over Heels – Cocteau Twins
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
The Horrors – Primary Colours
Arnaud Lazlaud – Olives Noires

Q. How do you fell playing live?
I don’t have a huge experience in playing live as I only did one gig ! It was in May 2012. At that time O.N. was still a duo. I have a lot of great memories from this day, playing live is really special. As I remember, it was a strange feeling, just as if it wasn’t me on stage but someone else. I can’t wait to play live again, I’m playing at Espace B in Paris on July 26th with Déficit Budgétaire !

Q. How do you describe ORCHIDÉE NOIRE sounds?
Since some time now, my music is totally synth oriented, that’s a sound which corresponds to me. I would say O.N. is a mix of coldwave, post-punk and minimal wave.

Q: Tell us about the process of recording the songs ?
I do everything by myself for now, and you can easily hear it. I record my songs with a simple audio interface, do ‘mix’ and ‘master’ the songs the best I can. Everything is done in the O.N. basement, which is my bedroom !

Q. Which new bands do you recommended?
YusYus, a really nice band from Serbia.

Q: Which bands you love to made a cover version?
I already did a cover of the song ‘Game & Performance’ by Deux at the time O.N. was a duo. Doing a cover is not easy, to me the song has to be different, but at the same time instantly recognizable. I’m planning to cover a song from the italian band 2+2=5 in the future, will see if it happens.

Q: What´s the plans for future....
I will keep writing and composing songs, and will do gigs again ! I would love to release a 7 " too, one day.

Q: Any parting words?
Thanks to everyone who read this, and to everyone who support me. See you soon and forever keep the faith !
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Thanks Xavier

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http://orchideenoire.bandcamp.com/