FX OF XS: mai 2012

mercredi 30 mai 2012

Sabbia

"Sabbia" is a film by Kate McKabe with music by Brant Bjork (2006).

"Sabbia" offers stunning footage of the desert shot by cinematographer Kate McCabe

set to music created specifically for the project by Brant Bjork (born March 19, 1973) an american musician from Palm Desert, California, who is a drummer, guitarist, singer, producer, and a founding member of the band Kyuss.

He is one of the more notable figures in the Stoner Rock and Palm Desert scenes.

Bjork joined Fu Manchu as the drummer for 1997’s "Action Is Go" - a role he continued to fill until his departure prior to the tour for their 2002 album "California Crossing".

He continued to work on many projects with his former bandmates from Kyuss: Desert Sessions, Mondo Generator,... He founded the band Ché who released their only LP "Sounds of Liberation" in 2000. Check out his discography on Duna Records website:

http://www.dunarecords.com/tunes.php (although it is not complete...!)

He has also recorded several solo albums including the psychedelic and soulful "Jalamanta" (Originally released on Man’s Ruin, 1999), "Brant Bjork and the Operators" (2002), " Keep Your Cool" (2003), and "Local Angel" (2004), the latter three being released on the music label Bjork founded, Duna Records.

"Sabbia brings the low desert and landscapes of California onto film with a full soundtrack by Brant Bjork. Brant cites himself that the motivation of Sabbia was to bring the desert scene to a lot of people who haven't experienced it for themselves"

Sabbia Soundtrack:

01 - Cobra Jab

02 - Cool Abdul

03 - Drums And Cocktails

04 - El Rolo

05 - Fresh Coffee

06 - Future Freak

07 - Heavy Nature

08 - Hinda 65 (Return Flight )

09 - Joint Ritual

10 - Kaleidoscope

11 - Let The Truth Be Known

12 - Nectar Alamo

13 - Palm Tree Reader

14 - Rock-N-Rol'e

15 - Shrine

16 - Ultimate Kickback

DVD available for purchase at : http://www.kidnapyourself.com/

Brant Bjork on MySpace : http://www.myspace.com/brantbjork

Brant Bjork on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brant_Bjork

Duna Records : http://www.dunarecords.com/

Original Soundtrack : (Rapidshare 320kpbs/161mb) / (Mediafire 60mb)

mercredi 16 mai 2012

Aqua Nebula Oscillator

" ... Aqua Nebula Oscillator captures the waves emanating from the cosmos to

launch its space music to the face of the whole world ... " (David Sphaer'Os)

Aqua Nebula Oscillator, a Parisian garage & psychedelic rock outfit, was formed in 1999 by David Sphaer'Os, a fan of dark psychedelic rock culture, parallel dimensions, voodoo, ethnic trance, horror and cult movies from the 20’s to the 60’s, painters like Hieronymus Bosch or Salvador Dali, dark underground literature (H. P. Lovecraft, Isidore Ducasse, Antonin Artaud), UFOs, aliens and they create a similar atmosphere in their music. Each gig turns into a rocking, psychedelic, apocalyptic, spacey trance!!! On stage they can play 3-minute songs or long improvisations. Each concert is different depending on the energy of the band and the public.

Through 'long spatially improvised performances' in Paris, they could solidify their ensemble and musical style much influenced by Hawkwind, MC5, Shankar, Sun Ra or Silver Apples. After the European tour they nearly split up but David worked on producing experimental tunes and made an effort to reform the band with the help of Juan Trip' (drums, percussion), Takumi Iida (bass) and David Alfonso Gallego (voices & epileptic dance). As a result, Aqua Nebula Oscillator could make a success of 'Happening impro' concerts with cultic rituals and release their eponymous debut album from Pan European Recording in February 2008.

Sadly this dream could not go on for a long while...they broke up soon. David, apart from the other members and left alone, traveled in London for Garage Psychedelic Festival. He met a charming dancer named Shazzula, ringing his bell. David at once invited her to Paris as a vocalist, call Simon Bouteloup (bass) one of the founding members, and recruited Vince Posadzki from Quebec (drums, guitars) - Aqua Nebula Oscillator came back as a different ensemble. Emphasizing stoner & epileptic psychedelia, they released the second album "Under The Moon Of...", recorded in Juan's studio, in November 2008.

Since 2009, Vince Posadzki was replaced by Antoine Hadjioannou (from Aluk Todolo) on drums, and the band added a new bass player: Victor Rassov. After four years in the band, Shazzula left in november 2010, and since then, she toured with Farflung & White Hills...

Aqua Nebula Oscillator is not a classical rock band. This band is authentic and free and they do almost everything by themselves. They are living in autarky in a 15th century cave that looks like a "cabinet de curiositées" from the 19th century, full of strange instruments, valve amps, echo boxes, skeletons, grigri and strange sculptures!! They create their own costumes, record covers and songs in their universe far away from the nauseous and miserable meanders of this century. Beware, beware it's not just music; it's a way of life!!!

The band has 2 LP's and one 7" single out on Pan European Recording, 1 EP out on Assommer (USA), 1 LP on Funeral Folk (Belgium), a road movie called "Van International" filmed by Juan Trip (watch here: http://stagevu.com/video/okzaqkszivjz), 3 short movies by Marco Laguna and 1 short movie by Axelle von Doorpp. They have done many gigs, an European tour with The Cult and they've warmed up for Sky Saxon (The Seeds), The Dead Weather, The Black Angels, Black Acid etc...
Aqua Nebula Oscillator is a band that has had different formations, each one of them has made an album.

They have also been featured on the Klangbad Festival sampler of 2007 with a live track: "Take a long walk", and on Pan European Recording compilations "Voyage":
"Voyage 1 - Facing The History Of French Modern Psychedelic Music" (21 jan'2008) including "Ready To Fly" by Aqua Nebula Oscillator, & "Beware" by Musikasphaera * ,
"Voyage 2 - Mort Pour La France - French Underground Voodoo Music" (24 jan'2011) including "Dead Souls" by Aqua Nebula Oscillator, & "Seance Friction" by Shazzula.
Both volumes include tracks by Juan Trip' and Turzi (former members of Aqua Nebula).
[ * Musikasphaera is a side-project by David Sphaer'Os & Shazzula. When Shazzulla left the band, late'2010, the remaining members of the band performed a time as Os'Sphaeratü. See the two last videos of the "live" playlist below... ]

They signed to Tee Pee Records for release of a new LP "Third" on June 5, 2012.

David Sphaer'Os : guitar, vocals, sitar, organ
Victor Rassov : bass, vocals
Simon Bouteloup : guitar, organ
Adrian Bang : drums

" Aqua Nebula Oscillator " (LP / 2008) >.rar<

" Under The Moon Of ... " (LP / 2008) >.rar<

" Excavation " (12" EP / 2010) >.rar<

" Caves Recordings 1998-2008 " (LP / 2010) >.rar<

" Lucifer / Dead Soul " (7" single / 2011)

" Third " (LP / 2012) > Preview <

Compilations:

"Klangbad Festival 2007" sampler (2 july'2007)

"Voyage 1 - Facing The History Of French Modern Psychedelic Music" (21 jan'2008),
"Voyage 2 - Mort Pour La France - French Underground Voodoo Music" (24 jan'2011)