David Fenech - Ergo Phizmiz

No news since a long time, that's a pure shame and we're gonna try to fix it, no kidding.

First please note everything about the ongoing tour of these two gentelemen ?


Since many years now David Fenech is driving his sound in the most out-of-time way.
While many toy-music records fail to elevate themselves above their material, the real succes of his Polochon Battle is to immediatly create a mysterious meaningfull atmosphere, and not to get stuck on this intimacy of most bedroom recordings.
This orchestra of sanzas, whistles and hummings, woody percussions, various strings and melodica with some light electronics, never happen to fail into clichés or easy-to-make, but seem to rely on its various influences in a very fresh way to reach the highest levels.
The loop aspect in some compositions never smell like an easy trick, the out of tune sides never spoil, and children voices sound obvious. Deep and humble musical attitude for the best results, a record full of life and filled with all-stars tournament featurings (Kubin, Tokumaru, Klimperei...)

Absolutely no idea of how it may work live, but how not to be curious about it ?
Ergo Phizmiz deserves another full-size post in itself, Oh God, asap...

Norman Bambi - West of Space Adventures

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Don't think a single minute I'll feel ashamed to talk about it because this guy happens to be also a friend.

Who is honestly today able to solo compose, produce, mix, master, and release, such an awesome bright creature ? A true lonsesome cowboy.

Forget everything you knew about this nightmare called "data-pop": forget all the 27th years old white hetero nerdy citizens making music in their tiny flats, with guinea pig vocals, and absolute lack of any glam.

Here comes something from the true wild countryside, where fantasy escapes from the farm, where humour merges with lyricism, where compositions and computer share the same purpose, where delighting sounddesign never disturbs the songwriting.

With such a baseline, there is not a single track you'll find old-fashioned two months later, thanks to an awesome sense of composition, strongly inspired by 40 years of the best backyard pop items, from Milton Delugg to early electronics, from the best of japanese pop (with a tribute to Chiku from Tama) to Morricone landscapes, from country-smurf to cosmo-surf.

Although the trailer gives a good overview, listen to the full "psychotic interstellar catastroph" or "further west of space" will introduce you the unique way this guy can drive an instrumental upside down all along 6 astonishing minutes.
The raw vocals from the early Juicy Panic album have turned to nowadays beautiful smooth voice , with a true universe developped along classy lyrics.

Rarely the digital playground has been used in such a deeply fresh way. Norman Bambi is playing every tools with both the most obvious and sophisticated musical attitude, driving a whole fake orchestra, carefully tuning his synths, mashing with various folk guitars and acoustic drums, switching sound effects in the best justified childish way.

Order your copy directly from the producer. Make my day.
Made in Normandie, and definitely nowhere else.
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