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[Dizzy Storm]

GATECHIEN - post punk bass/drums duo from Bordeaux return to the uk, and aberdeen, for the 3rd time, having just released their new album 'Trois', on Keben Records

some of you may have seen them at The Tunnels Oct last year with Thomas Truax, Le Reno Amps & Elephant Micah...fantastic gig all round!! great live band, very entertaining!

for those of who who didnt, here's some info and links to all you need to know/hear... for fans of Jesus Lizard/Fugazi/Nirvana/Shellac..

"Gâtechien's music is raw, stark and harshly compelling. Bassist/singer Laurent Paradot torturously carves out leads while spewing agonized grunts, groans and syllables that don't sound like words in any language, or occasionally humming along with his own bass parts. Drummer Florian Belaud's complex beats make up in energy for what they sometimes lack in precision; he and Paradot have enough rapport that a third band member would be unnecessary. The songs are disjointed in structure but flow intriguingly from one dark melody to another. If they were more polished or polite, Gâtechien might be just another math-rock band, noteworthy only for their lack of guitar - but the brutal vocal antics alone would keep them from putting anyone to sleep. For an overall impression of Gâtechien, a bad translation of one opinion about the duo is quite apt: "This group is likely to put a good slap to you". " Splendidezine (USA) www.myspace.com/gatechien

touring with them are LE SINGE BLANC (The White Monkey) from Metz, North East France...2 bass guitars and a drummer. and a voice, or rather, weird and wonderful gurglings! with influences listed as Joy Division, The Ex, Can, Sonic Youth, The Jesus Lizard, Devo, B-52's, The Residents, Shellac, Zu, Fugazi it makes for very interesting listening. www.myspace.com/lesingeblanc

support from LE RENO AMPS (full band) & debut gig for GOFONES!!

CAFE DRUMMONDS
THURS 9TH NOV
8PM
£3

[spellchecker]

i heard this was going to be the gig of the year

[Dizzy Storm]

Originally Posted by spellchecker

i heard this was going to be the gig of the year

hmm thats a tall order after Audrey on Sat... but i hope it is for some people.....

Le Reno Amps playing with full band tonight too. woop

[Callum, Underflow]

Le Reno Amps are always great, especially so with the full band, but LE SINGE BLANC were the ones who really got my attention, they were awesome and the guys vocals were cool as duck.
Unfortunetly i couldn't stick around for the last band but i heard from people that had seen them before that were also very good.