offramp Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 interesting music promotions present:VIALKA + FOXFACEFriday 15th February The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen. AB10 1BF Phone 01224 211121Doors 8pm Entry 5http://www.thetunnels.co.ukhttp://www.myspace.com/interestingmusicVIALKAThe dynamic duo of Marylise Frecheville and Eric Boros have been lugging their nomadic turbo folk sound and modus vivendi all over the planet since the turn of the century, originally as the rhythm section of the performance striptease jazz-punk trio NNY, and since 2002 as Vialka. They have resided in Switzerland, Slovenia, Canada, and are currently calling a remote village in France their home between tours. Deriving its influences from traditional and modern underground music from around the globe, Vialka's music is based on the frenetic interaction between Marylise's syncopated drumming and singing and Eric's orchestral guitar playing - and is delivered with ecstatic energy, humor, lust for life, and a sophisticated musical language and subliminal connection all their own.After releasing their first two albums "Tonight I Show You Fuck" (2002) and "Republic Of The Bored & Boring" (2003) on the mysterious Manufracture label, they founded the "VIA" nonprofit cooperative for the production and promotion of working artists (officially the Vialka Association 1901) and henceforth began releasing their own material: "Everywhere And Nowhere" (2004), a video documenting their work together over the first five years; "Curiosities Of Popular Customs" (2005), their first full-length recording; a split disc with the Israeli "klezmercore" combo Kruzenshtern I Parohod (2006 - co-released with Auris Media in Israel); and their latest album "Plus Vite Que La Musique" (2007) - their second recording with Bob Drake.Vialka is not just a musical project, but a social scientific experiment, attempting to meet, communicate and work with extraordinary and little known musicians and artists from everywhere and nowhere - with particular interest in polluted dictatorships, bleak colonies, and monarchic democracies. They have toured extensively in over forty-five countries (100+ concerts per year) across Europe, Africa, North America and Asia, and have collaborated with Italian saxophonist Jacopo Andreini, Macedonian artist collective OPA, French cinematographer Laurent Varlet, Swiss cinematographer Sbastien Riond, French eco-designer Cdric Carles, members of the Chinese punk band SDL, the legendary former-CAN singer Damo Suzuki, and New Zealand drummer Kieran Monaghan.http://www.myspace.com/vialka FOXFACEFoxface are a three-piece band based in Glasgow, Scotland. They released a self-funded debut 7 Monster Seas/Across To Texa in April 2006, contributed a track to Chemikal Underground Records critically applauded 'Ballads Of The Book' compilation earlier this year, and have now recorded their eagerly anticipated debut album 'This Is What Makes Us' for Gargleblast Records. Recently the band has embarked on a tour supporting Idlewilds Roddy Woomble, as well as appearing at the Isle of Skye, Greenman, Indian Summer and Belladrum Festivals. Their live performances have become legendary in Scotland, a menagerie of eclectic instrumentation and eccentric costume giving them an air of the otherworldly, one where folk heritage blends with modern rock and roll. Foxface are: Michael Angus (Guitar / Vocals), Jenny Bell (Bass / Vocals) & John Ferguson (Drums / Accordian / Banjo / Mandolin) "'This Is What Makes Us' is Foxface's 2007 debut album which, capturing this magical mix of personal narrative and folkish storytelling, is utterly captivating in its iridescent originality. Recorded at Lanarkshires appraised Chem 19 Recordings by producer Andy Miller (Mogwai, Sons & Daughters, Delgados, Arab Strap), the album renders beautifully the world in which Foxface exist; one where visceral nature meets quiet recollection, and where an ancient magic envelops the everyday. This album marries memory with a strong sense of place and history, giving it an unmistakable and essentially Scottish identity, but still retaining the international pop sensibility of a truly important band. We love Foxface, and hope that you will too" http://www.myspace.com/foxfacemusic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Ah, man, I got a scare there and I was all, "aaaah, exaaams."Then I remembered I'd already checked this was a Friday. (H) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 nice one! loving the foxface album, and will be checking out vialka as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 VIALKA are an excellent band, quite cool to see them up in Scotland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 According to their myspace Foxface aren't playing this anymore. Shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Ah, that's a shame. Though it does mean I can now go to Edinburgh for the weekend on Friday instead of Saturday morning, win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Ah, that's a shame. Though it does mean I can now go to Edinburgh for the weekend on Friday instead of Saturday morning, win!thats a shame a certain ex manager of a now defunct records shop is missing the 1st night of INSTAL, just because VIALKA are that good...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Don't get me wrong, hope the show goes well, Vialka aren't for me however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 We posted this on our own Forum"circumstances have dictated that Foxface have had to withdraw from the Vialka night - hopefully they will be able to come up another time. WOUNDED KNEE will be the replacement." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 No Foxface? Goddamn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Strong Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Wounded Knee, however, is great! Superb replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 shame, but listening to Vialka's myspace i will still be along to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted February 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 here's a wee blurb on Wounded Knee...WOUNDED KNEEWounded Knee is an experimental musician from Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a happy amateur. He doesn't want to kill anybody.Since Wounded Knee's dronecore submission to the Benbecula Records Minerals Series Box set in 2005, his style has radically changed through the introduction of vocal loops and found instruments, as evident in 2007s Wounded Knee album. WK's recorded work is a true reproduction of his live show with very little added to his subtly adlib formula.* A post modern Hebridean waulking song ethic along with one of the most accomplished dramatic tenors in contemporary music forms a unique, hypnotic and honest sound that is without clich or match.Benbecula once again embraces true deviation from the popularly held notion of modern Scottish music."This is a record unlike anything youll hear this year, all the better for it, and something that will most likely take you out of your previous listening experience, but to somewhere youll be happy to return." Is This Musica classically-trained vocalists take on Panda Bear Cyclic Defrosthttp://www.myspace.com/iamwoundedkneehttp://www.benbecula.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 and here's a review from a Vialka / Damo Suzuki show in London last year...DAMO SUZUKI/VIALKA: July 22nd, 2007 - The Spitz, London, EnglandHow do I describe Vialka? If I tell you they're a duo, he on guitar, she on drums, both on vocals, you'll probably think "ah, White Stripes", but they're nothing like that, although they share a certain aesthetic that might be described as primitivist (although not primitive). Maybe if Jack and Meg had grown up listening to Magma instead of Led Zeppelin they might have turned out something like this, although it's impossible to imagine Vialka ever writing a song for a Coke ad. If I tell you their music spans genres from Eastern European folk through punk, jazz and Beefheartesque avant-blues, with the odd bit of reggae thrown in, you might imagine some sort of polystylist sound; but they never really sound like anything other than themselves. If I tell you that Marylise Frecheville wears a fantastically unconvincing blond wig and occasionally jumps out from behind her drum kit to dance in the audience while Eric Boros remains in half-shadow on the stage, encouraging us all to clap, you might have the idea that they're a "wacky" band; but there's a forceful sense of purpose behind what they do that is utterly compelling and has no trace of novelty (which doesn't preclude a wry humour coming through). The only category I feel the need to put them in (although they describe themselves as "nomadic turbo-folk") is "good music". They're one of the most distinctive and engrossing acts I've seen recently, and I commend them to you.Having left the stage at the Spitz, Vialka come back, as this evening they, augmented by a flautist, are acting as Damo Suzuki's band for his latest appearance in London. It's a different atmosphere tonight to the last time I saw him; It's Sunday night, the audience is a sitting one rather than a dancing one, and there's the small matter of the curfew. So tonight's show is perhaps a more cerebral affair than that November night, which pushes towards a more reflective mood. What's remarkable about Damo's performances is the way that the musicians he plays with seem to absorb entirely into his vision, without ever losing their own voices, so that here we hear the sound of Vialka subtly altered to become something that is clearly of a piece with his previous performances, yet also unique. And next time, it'll be different again, an unpredictable, unrepeatable event with Damo at its centre, acting as the focus that draws it all together. What you can't fail to take away from any of his performances is a sense of the sheer generosity of his spirit.tomorrow night, mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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