Last appearance of Jean-Louis Costes in Bordeaux probably happened to be one of the greatest and the most interesting.
I personnaly used to think the theatric side of his work used to hide under a veil of hysterical attitude his heartbreaking songwriting (wether for love songs or hate songs). It was a time when words used to stay hidden under a wall of distorsion. Despite the efficience, I used to enjoy in these past shows when the music happened to stop, and he started improvising hilarious and raw minutes of acapella stand-up bonus.
I have no idea if he got fed up to be the "carrott in the ass" guy people go to see on a drunk friday evening, but this new show - no nudity, no theatric - brings attention back on the obvious fact that he's simply the best living french singer.
17/01/2009
Characters "R" Us
Some pictures of the great exhibition Characters "R" Us curated by Pictoplasma for Les Grandes Traversées at CAPC museum of Bordeaux.
An impressive amount of drawings by various compulsive artists such as Yu Matsuoka, Stéphane Prigent (Kerozen), Dennis Typhus, Shoboshobo, & many many more, giving a fair and pleasantly united overview of different nowadays drawing practices.
Unfortunately, only 5 days of opening for an event easily deserving 2 full months...
A strangely frustrating decision from this now back-to-sleep museum.
An impressive amount of drawings by various compulsive artists such as Yu Matsuoka, Stéphane Prigent (Kerozen), Dennis Typhus, Shoboshobo, & many many more, giving a fair and pleasantly united overview of different nowadays drawing practices.
Unfortunately, only 5 days of opening for an event easily deserving 2 full months...
A strangely frustrating decision from this now back-to-sleep museum.
12/01/2009
11/12/2008
21/11/2008
Friends With You
The good thing with Friends With You appearance at the Pictoplasma NYC event was to discover a show with meanings bringing their work further than an impressing kawaï good-looking shape work.
Here you will see the most entertainable catchy parts, but other parts included messages dedicated to the promotion of true love between people, mexican-like esoteric figures, and even from time to time a healthy sexually explicit reminder.
We want to make hundreds of babies with you.
Here you will see the most entertainable catchy parts, but other parts included messages dedicated to the promotion of true love between people, mexican-like esoteric figures, and even from time to time a healthy sexually explicit reminder.
We want to make hundreds of babies with you.
Hawnay troof live
A true stage masta is the kind of guy who can enter any pitifully crowded small-town venue to instantly stick anyone's mind at the first second of the first track as if he was playing in front of a 10000 people stadium.
07/08/2008
Jon the Dog live at Enban
It was a pleasure to see Jon the Dog playing at Enban, as if it was a second home.
I remember first article regarding her hometape recordings in French magazine Jade 12 years ago (1996) introducing her as ""The Queen of lo-fi in Japan" (dixit Dogbowl)" under this picture:
Meanwhile, Jon recorded many various albums for Oz-disc, Enban/Horen or Tzadik, digging her personnal universe made of pump organ compositions, and the bizarre way children invent and whisper melodies for themselves when playing in a lonely room.
A tribute album was also released including songs covered by Harpy, Chiku (Tama), Kuricorder quartet, Watts Tower,...
Last but not least, sometimes running a bar at the pleasant Golden Gai area in Tokyo, she also sounds brilliant as a famous and mysterious Tarot reader...
I remember first article regarding her hometape recordings in French magazine Jade 12 years ago (1996) introducing her as ""The Queen of lo-fi in Japan" (dixit Dogbowl)" under this picture:
Meanwhile, Jon recorded many various albums for Oz-disc, Enban/Horen or Tzadik, digging her personnal universe made of pump organ compositions, and the bizarre way children invent and whisper melodies for themselves when playing in a lonely room.
A tribute album was also released including songs covered by Harpy, Chiku (Tama), Kuricorder quartet, Watts Tower,...
Last but not least, sometimes running a bar at the pleasant Golden Gai area in Tokyo, she also sounds brilliant as a famous and mysterious Tarot reader...
02/08/2008
Nylon 100% 30th Birthday - Tokyo
Without a big surprise, Youtube quickly removed the Jun Togawa live video because someone complained about copyright violation... Sorry it is now missing here.
Fuck low battery, fuck cheap camera, I was anyway missing the pinnacle: Jun Togawa's high lands of sweetness and screams on the two-sided Mushi no onna mind-blowing live version: almighty queen raising the live from the fragile first track attempts to the fury tears and shocking lashes of the last one. Not even music anymore: life is on stage, borderline, bright and pure, both weak and strong, and sincere as so few can be: almighty queen.
Nylon 100%'s was a legendary early-eighties club when it was headquarter of a whole side of japanese creative scene and it seems these two nights raised many questions about the meaning of such a celebration, for audience as for contributors themselves.
Indeed, everybody seemed to wonder how it could be possible to keep on and give a proper live testimony considering how these guys used to be so glamourous, fresh, innovative and creative 30 years from now ?
As much replies as musicians, courses and histories, of course some of them better than others.
As years go by, it seems that many of the attitude and visual relevance was lost in way, to focus more on the musical content itself, with both positive and negative consequencies.
Hikashu probably gave one of the best astonishing set, full of humour, ideas, nonsense, from experimental sides to legendary hits. For someone who heard Makigami Koichi radical yet cartoonesques acapella solo recordings, I have to say live appearance reveal their whole meaning and power.
A pleasure also to hear the fancy-full parade of Space Ponch friends again live after their french tour two years ago (you can check detailed article just below).
Saeki Kenzo & Boogie the mach motor's:
Plastics-ex:
Kera (Nagomu label founder):
Fuck low battery, fuck cheap camera, I was anyway missing the pinnacle: Jun Togawa's high lands of sweetness and screams on the two-sided Mushi no onna mind-blowing live version: almighty queen raising the live from the fragile first track attempts to the fury tears and shocking lashes of the last one. Not even music anymore: life is on stage, borderline, bright and pure, both weak and strong, and sincere as so few can be: almighty queen.
Nylon 100%'s was a legendary early-eighties club when it was headquarter of a whole side of japanese creative scene and it seems these two nights raised many questions about the meaning of such a celebration, for audience as for contributors themselves.
Indeed, everybody seemed to wonder how it could be possible to keep on and give a proper live testimony considering how these guys used to be so glamourous, fresh, innovative and creative 30 years from now ?
As much replies as musicians, courses and histories, of course some of them better than others.
As years go by, it seems that many of the attitude and visual relevance was lost in way, to focus more on the musical content itself, with both positive and negative consequencies.
Hikashu probably gave one of the best astonishing set, full of humour, ideas, nonsense, from experimental sides to legendary hits. For someone who heard Makigami Koichi radical yet cartoonesques acapella solo recordings, I have to say live appearance reveal their whole meaning and power.
A pleasure also to hear the fancy-full parade of Space Ponch friends again live after their french tour two years ago (you can check detailed article just below).
Saeki Kenzo & Boogie the mach motor's:
Plastics-ex:
Kera (Nagomu label founder):
15/06/2008
Ghetto Tiers Monde - Tropika Matta
Run by dj Alfred Hitchcock Magazine (Chocomix) and dj Arc de Triomphe (Cartilage Rds) , Ghetto Tiers Monde is a monthly event project dedicated to emergent new ethno-ghetto music.
As Baile Funk or Kuduro tidal waves hit local scenes, opening favela's door to massive booty-shaking, and pride of its local scene, last years saw awesome increasing or deepo changes in music production in Africa, South America or Balkans.
GTM purpose seem to highlight hidden artists who stay confidential outside of their countries or communities, but MOREOVER to offer a massive dancefloor shameless and meaningfull sweaty socca tornadoe.
Tropika Matta World Première Live 100% perfectly challenged the update of Philippe Lavil at the age of freaky coupé décalé mixed with ravaging booty-bass lines.
Across overall humour touch, awesome was the efficience and seriousness involved all along the 45 minutes set, original lyrics creating a new yet unknown music gender, kind of mad "ragga-dada" yelled and by the mysterious Captain Matta, supported by his legendary shadow producer.
As Baile Funk or Kuduro tidal waves hit local scenes, opening favela's door to massive booty-shaking, and pride of its local scene, last years saw awesome increasing or deepo changes in music production in Africa, South America or Balkans.
GTM purpose seem to highlight hidden artists who stay confidential outside of their countries or communities, but MOREOVER to offer a massive dancefloor shameless and meaningfull sweaty socca tornadoe.
Tropika Matta World Première Live 100% perfectly challenged the update of Philippe Lavil at the age of freaky coupé décalé mixed with ravaging booty-bass lines.
Across overall humour touch, awesome was the efficience and seriousness involved all along the 45 minutes set, original lyrics creating a new yet unknown music gender, kind of mad "ragga-dada" yelled and by the mysterious Captain Matta, supported by his legendary shadow producer.
06/06/2008
Kania Tieffer
What a long way she did since previous appearances, probably made of road experience allowing a great self-assertio.
Still we enjoy personality, homemade sick noisy beats along up-and-down vocal lines, and the good balance between background tracks and live singing, guitar or keyboards.
But the miss improved overall live rythm and transitions so much that strength arise the best way it could.
Save your soul, read the Magezette.
Still we enjoy personality, homemade sick noisy beats along up-and-down vocal lines, and the good balance between background tracks and live singing, guitar or keyboards.
But the miss improved overall live rythm and transitions so much that strength arise the best way it could.
Save your soul, read the Magezette.
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