FX OF XS: France

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)

myspace : http://www.myspace.com/aquanebulaoscillator

Last.fm : http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Aqua+Nebula+Oscillator

tumblr : http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/aqua-nebula-oscillator

Interviews & other articles:
Psychotropic Zone (dec'2010 / eng.): http://www.unimeri.com/PsychotropicZone/interview_018.en.php
Shazzula regarding Aqua Nebula Oscillator (nov'2010 / eng.):
http://shazzula.blogspot.fr/2010/11/regarding-aqua-nebula-oscillator.html
Rock Times (march'2010 / fr.):
http://www.rock-times.com/c-3-interviews/aqua-nebula-oscillator%C2%A0-interview
Shazzula works in sound (eng.): http://shazzula.blogspot.fr/p/zzv-works-in-sound.html
Grandcrew profile (eng./fr.): http://www.grandcrew.com/fr/artists/aquanebulaoscillator
with videos live @ "Euro Visions", Point Éphémère, Paris, july 11th 2008 (app. 30 min.)
Fumetti promo (fr.): http://www.fumettipromo.com/?page_id=41

Albums reviews:
First LP reviews (fr.): http://neospheres.free.fr/disques/aqua-nebula.htm
http://www.desoreillesdansbabylone.com/2008/03/aqua-nebula-oscillator-aqua-nebula.html
"Under The Moon Of..." review (eng.):
http://rocketrecordings.blogspot.fr/2009/06/on-decks-4-aqua-nebula-oscillator-under.html
"Excavation" EP review: Assomer blogspot (eng.):
http://assommer.blogspot.fr/p/aqua-nebula-oscillator.html
"Third" LP review (eng.): http://www.thesodashop.us/2012/04/04/aqua-nebula-oscillator-to-release-new-album-third-on-june-5-2012/
"Third" preview @ AllMusic : http://www.allmusic.com/album/third-r2456632

More reviews (various languages), pictures, flyers & posters, and music
on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/aquanebulaoscillator/photos

Buying links @ Indie Rock Mag : http://www.indierockmag.com/artiste7423.html

YouTube playlist : Aqua Nebula Oscillator (20 clips) :

YouTube playlist : Aqua Nebula Oscillator live ! (2002-2012 / 39 clips) :

" Dead Soul " (live radio session France Culture, may 10th 2012) :

Aqua Nebula Oscillator - Dead Soul par franceculture

mercredi 20 avril 2011

Low Vibes

Formed in June 97, in Paris (France), the band is playing, as the reviews used to say, some heavy psychedelic groove rock. After a bunch of releases, Low Vibes has started to be well-known from the medias & audience of the stoner rock & hard rock scenes. Mentionned in the reviews as one of the leader of the french "stoner rock " movement, the power-trio is currently finishing its first album. Stay tuned...

"I´m a sucker for long trippy songs and all but one of the songs on this CD was over 6 minutes long... so this was just right up my alley... ”Connection” shows that these french dudes can both be trippy and lay down a heavy rock groove at the same time..." (robwrong/StonerRock.com)

"I have always said that Brant Bjork's Jalamanta must be the best album to smoke pot to ever, but Psychic Travel now takes over as the best record to take mind swirling substances with. I've never done either so I can't tell you for sure, but after listening to this album I honestly FEEL like I just got high off my ass." (Dr. Perky/White Trash Devil)