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Take
a look at the tracklisting of POPvolume#3
:
AMOR
BELHOM DUO "Anytime, anywhen"
BAPTISTE "Clumsy Man"
BIG EYES "Soldier Things"
BUCK 65 "Track 8 (You
Know The Science)"
CATHAL COUGHLAN "Now
Westlin Winds"
JOHN CUNNINGHAM "Happy-Go-Unlucky"
DISCOVER "King Sun"
FARINA "Don't Look Down"
KLIMA "And Today's Just
Like Tomorrow"
LIFESTYLE "Doorway
to Norway"
MATTHIEU MALON "Avant"
MORNING STAR "Humming
Song"
PAPAS FRITAS "Love
Just Don't Quit"
PELV'S "Even if the sun
goes down (I'll surf)"
RENZ "Two Friends"
TEMPER "I was nearly married
(early version)"
TOKYO/OVERTONES
"Then"
UTAH CAROL "Silver
Space Rocket"
AMOR
BELHOM DUO "Anytime, anywhen"
Over the 10 years they have known each other Thomas Belhom
(percussion's, drums, accordion and voice) and Naim Amor
(guitar, voice, violin, sampler) have created a deep bond
that can be felt in their music. After travelling all over
the world they have settled down in Tucson (Arizona) but
they haven't given up on crossing borders. Instead of crossing
physical boundaries they are now crossing musical boundaries.
Their creations, diving deep in their experiences, are based
on a musical dialogue that evolves from improvisations to
songs. Nothing seems to be fixed in their world, hence the
difficulty to really define what they do. Is it country
? is it punk ? is it pop ? is it jazz ? It is a little bit
of everything, it is Amor Belhom Duo.
BAPTISTE "Clumsy Man"
Baptiste were formed in west London at the end of the 90's
and have so far released three acclaimed singles drawing
favourable comparisons with the Velvet Underground, the
Jesus and Mary Chain, the Go Betweens or Moose. The first,
a self-financed double a-side, A New Career in a New Town
/ Icarus was released on their own Linear Records label
in 1999. The following year Baptiste signed a one-off single
deal with Sandman Records in order to release The Quiet
Times b/w A Small Victory. In the spring of 2001 Baptiste
returned to their own label to release Kissing With Your
Eyes Open b/w A Worthy Grudge Is A Beautiful Thing. Once
a month Baptiste host their own club, Uptight, at the Tatty
Bogle, Soho. And they are currently recording their debut
album, provisionally titled 'A Life So Blue'.
http://www.baptiste.org.uk
BIG EYES "Soldier Things"
'Big eyes' was inadvertently started by James Green in the
autumn of 1999 whilst messing around with instrumental and
mini-soundtrack ideas in his bedroom in Leeds. He moved
on to meet other musicians and to release some wonderful
music through Pickled Egg Records. They received acclaim
from the likes of John Peel and Belgian radio station 'Contrasts
International', who made it no. 2 in their 'Records of the
year'. After touring with the likes of Pram, Daniel Johnson,
Herman Dune, or Cinerama, they are back with a new album.
http://www.big-eyes.co.uk
BUCK 65 "Track 8 (You Know
The Science)"
Main representative with Sixtoo of the mysterious hip hop
scene from Halifax, Buck 65, with its rap between irony
and melancoly, has already released a fistfull of precious
records. Taken from the irreproachable "Man Overboard",
solo album released in the early 2001, the actual track
is a good sample of the Canadian's style, which prove that
you can remain faithfull to hip hop basics (scratches, diversions,
etc...) With adding a unique dimension.
http://www.buck65.com
CATHAL COUGHLAN "Now
Westlin Winds"
From Microdisney to Fatima Mansion, Cathal Coughlan has
left a trace of anger and style in the UK music industry.
Now operating solo his music is getting better and better
everyday, more in tune with his internal turmoil he delivers
the ultimate 21st century crooning experience. His voice
comes on a bed of roses every thorn out! Cathal is recording
his third solo effort and is currently looking for record
labels and or distributors.
http://www.cathalcoughlan.com
JOHN CUNNINGHAM "Happy-Go-Unlucky"
Born in Liverpool (how strange), it's in the nonchalant
sweetness of Brighton that John Cunningham expresses his
love of delicate pop music. Set on the melody, he reaches
the listeners staright in their heart thanks to a fistful
of guitar chords and a thin fragile voice. His first album
"Shankly Gates" is a rafined and ambitious work
rapidly picked out by the intenational press. The next album,
"Bringing in the blue", hammers it inwith its
luxurious and melancolic landscapes. But this is really
"Homeless house", his fourth album, that reveals
him to the world. His association with French artist Fugu
brings him a new inspiration, and allows us to discover
one of his forthcoming album.
DISCOVER "King Sun"
Discover is really the rebirth of one of France's best act
of the nineties : "The Yachines". Their melodies
are sweet and highly addictive. Inspired by the best of
the sixties pop they have evolved to incorporate some new
twists and design the perfect soundtrack for a lazy sunday
afternoon.
FARINA "Don't Look Down"
Your neighbour across the landing makes crosswords, the
one next door collects stamps and you, you watch TV. In
order to occupy their weekends, the three members of Fariña
prefer knock their educated and smart pop up. The result
? Two singles and one album polished with care and humanity,
which recalls opportunely that craft and class can get well
together. Go Betweens or Chill fans will appreciate. The
proof with "Don't Look Down" : sobriety, beauty,
nothing else to add.
http://surf.to/farina/
KLIMA "And Today's Just Like
Tomorrow"
Björk doesn't belong anymore to our world, Stina Nordenstam
never wanted to, the false siamese sisters from Pooka have
split up and anyway, Angèle David-Guillou, aka Klima,
can take all of them in arm-wrestling. Our new fairy, already
seen as an impish imp with Laudanum or as an icy shadow
with Piano Magic, lives litteraly in the landscapes of her
climatic compositions, without extra effect.
LIFESTYLE "Doorway to Norway"
Lifestyle is a bunch of straightforward, no fuss guys from
the states. When asked to describe their band they said
: Lifestyle are an electro-pop band from America. They love
you. To give you a little more details they are swinging
fans of New Order who want to share their sense of party
and have already released several brilliant EP's on Teenage
USA. They are looking for a European distribution. Don't
let them pass you by.
MATTHIEU MALON "Avant"
We could say that he has been around a bit, in various outfits,
various disguises. Always passionate about one thing though,
passionate about music. Music that reflects life in its
brightest and bleakest moments, music of the extremes, extreme
feelings, extreme happiness, extreme pain. After a first
album called "Froids" (colds) and an acclaim adventure
in the land of electronic music under the disguise of laudanum
(the album called "System:on" is available through
Monopsone) Matthieu comes back in a furore, lets his guitar
loose on fiery beats and gives us a lesson in poetry. Life's
a bitch and then you die they say. For Matthieu Malon life's
a bitch and then you write gorgeous songs.
MORNING STAR "Humming
Song"
Behind Morning Star hides Jess D. Vernon. With his English
weirdo attitude, he is a complete artist (composer, guitarist,
violonist and singer), an impressive performer to discover.
We already saw him in Invisible Pair of Hands, one of the
Bristol scene spearheads heard a few years ago, but Morning
Star is his more personal plan. Until his first album released
in 1999, Jesse showed us his inclinations for 50's and 60's
rock and folk musics and for folk music from every horizon
(South America, Central and meridional Europe). With the
second album, "My Place in the Dust", whose "Humming
Song"(here in an alternative version) is taken from,
Morning Star confirms his ability to stray from the beaten
track.
http://www.microberecords.com/
PAPAS FRITAS "Love Just
Don't Quit"
Some of the fex good pop times of the nineties, we owe them
to the three Americans from pApAs fritAs and their three
albums, from the classic "pApAs fritAs" to the
classic "Building and Grounds" (album of the year
2000 according to the POPnews reviewers) and the noisy and
regenerating "Helioself". So we are vey impatient
to wait for the release of a trio fourth album, and Tony
Goddess, educated leader of the band, magnanimous, helps
us to wait with a great track, "Love Just Don't Quit",
simple and beautiful, made in the same material as Big Star's
"Thirteen". Boston, new Mecca of la Haute-Couture
?
http://www.papasfritas.com
PELV'S "Even if the sun goes
down (I'll surf)"
Hailing from sunny Brazil PELV's are oddballs that prefer
Big Star's power pop to Carlos Jobim samba. Love, Pavement
and the Teenage Fanclub are their main influence and ecstatic,
guitar drenched, melody is their game. Resistance to their
groove is useless as the sun shines out of their guitars.
"Even If The Sun Goes Down (I'll Surf)" is an
edit version of the title track of their 3rd album. How
have they managed to release 3 albums without being notice
is still a mystery to us but we hope that this effort will
open your eyes.
RENZ "Two Friends"
The new project from micro-label Vergo offers us to follow
an episode of the life of Torp ranon, imaginary character
created by Renz. Just like his label predecessor (T.), Renz
models himself on the production's principles (analogical
tape-recorder, a mixing desk, some balance
microphones and no record dead-line) for a tortuous, tormented
and outstanding concept album. "Two Friends" is
taken from the recording session of this album, "Wowox"
(to be released in the course 2002).
http://www.vergorecords.com
TEMPER "I was nearly married
(early version)"
Temper is a French power trio that manages to mix tender
pop (Elliott Smith) and tension rock (Television, Voivoids...).
They are feeding on raw power and tension and the result
is awesome, each song is balancing on the edge of sanity
and "I was nearly married" is a prime example
of their sharp edge. The guitar is rough and cold and the
voices warms up slowly before fading out to a ghostly piano.
Angst ridden music doesn't come any better than this.
E-mail : temperpop@aol.com
TOKYO/OVERTONES "Then"
Formed in 1999, in le Havre's fog, the Tokyo/overtones don't
know where to go. Rock, Pop, Electro, why having to choose,
when you are talented for these styles ? Genious dabblers,
the Tokyo/overtones shows their rafined taste for muggy
atmospheres and touchy melodies. Made on classical skeleton,
their songs live and go in surprising directions. They are
only guided by the emotion they are trying to create. Stripped
vocals, thrifty but moving arrangemnents, it's hard to recover
from an encounter with the Tokyo/overtones.
http://www.tokyoovertones.com
UTAH CAROL "Silver Space
Rocket"
Utah Carol, a duo consisting of Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa
Davis, is one of Chicago, USA's promising independent bands.
Utah Carol's songs combine vintage organs, layered orchestral
instruments, synthesizers, loops, slide, electric and acoustic
guitars, and lush instrumentation.
JinJa and Grant have been writing songs together since 1995
and released their debut album "Wonderwheel" in
1999 and "Comfort for the Traveler" in 2001. JinJa
and Grant write the music and the lyrics as well as produce,
arrange, perform, publish and self-release their songs at
their studio and publishing company, Stomping Ground. The
band's name comes from a traditional country ballad made
famous by music legend Marty Robbins, about a cowboy who
dies trying to save his friend from a stampede. Fans of
The Beach Boys, Yo La Tengo and The Carter Family will enjoy
the beautiful, wistful, country-tinged sensuel melodies
of Utah
Carol. The band is currently working on their third full-length
album which they hope to release in 2002.
http://www.utahcarol.com
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