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This is a Loved Drones Special show ! Exclusive interview of Brian Droid, singer and keyboardist, talking about "Conspiracy Dance", 4th studio album.www.Theloveddrones.com‘Conspiracy Dance'. It's the fourth record from the Belgian psychedelic band, a floating collective headed by Freaksville Records creator Benjamin Schoos. This album is a departure from their previous predominantly instrumental soundscapes, moving more into song-based structures, but still retaining the improvised spaced-out style of its predecessors. As ever, the band draws on its nucleus of diverse and eclectic musicians with occasional guest contributors (Man From Uranus, Jeronimo).Keyboardist (and Englishman) Brian Carney takes on lead-vocal duties for the first time, propelling the band into ever stranger dimensions and styles. The album is a heady voyage through stoned psychedelia (‘Lights', ‘Headhand'), surf-guitar (‘The Day That Bryan Gregory Died'), Krautrock (‘My Name is Sky', ‘A Firework Exploding') and skewed pop (‘Conspiracy Dance', ‘Quarantine').The album was recorded over a four-year period, and started life as a series of jamming sessions in various studios with various members. As the songs organically evolved, further sessions followed (with some vocals improvised in the studio), and in 2020 preliminary mixes were sent back and forth between Schoos and Carney, who added more vocal ideas.Carney – “Belgium was in a state of lockdown but I was allowed out for “exercise”, so every day I would walk for hours with the songs on an i-pod until inspiration struck. The city was deserted; an eerie haunting stillness hung in the air, which definitely contributed to some of the subject matter and themes.”Carney, who was synth-player for twelve years with freak-rockers, ‘Poisoned Electrick Head' before relocating to Belgium, even added words and ideas from over thirty years ago to some songs – “When I worked in the Dead Fly Studios in the UK in the late 80s, I would experiment late at night, “Naked Lunch-style” with stream-of-consciousness writing on a battered typewriter. Thankfully I kept this frazzled text all these years, and some of it made it onto the album”.Lyrically the album explores themes of alien invasion, laughing (and dancing) in the face of imminent apocalypse, mortality, revenge and controlling your own destiny. There's even a homage to the late Cramps guitarist Bryan Gregory – “I heard Jerome Mardaga's twangy surf guitar and Gregory's enigmatic face appeared in my mind!”Sadly guitarist Marc Wathieu (aka Marc Morgan), a successful solo artist in his own right in France and Belgium, died in January of this year and never saw the album reach fruition. It remains his last recorded work, and was lovingly engineered in part by his son Maxime.Within the album's grooves you can hear elements of The Cure, Neu, Sonic Youth, Dick Dale and even The Specials! The result is an intoxicating brew of the best of underground music filtered through a Belgian sensibility and given an English twist!Belgium is quite rightly the home of Surrealism and The Loved Drones are back to prove it! Conspiracy Dance is released on __ October on Freaksville Records.
This is a Loved Drones Special show ! Exclusive interview of Brian Droid, singer and keyboardist, talking about "Conspiracy Dance", 4th studio album. www.Theloveddrones.com ‘Conspiracy Dance’. It’s the fourth record from the Belgian psychedelic band, a floating collective headed by Freaksville Records creator Benjamin Schoos. This album is a departure from their previous predominantly instrumental soundscapes, moving more into song-based structures, but still retaining the improvised spaced-out style of its predecessors. As ever, the band draws on its nucleus of diverse and eclectic musicians with occasional guest contributors (Man From Uranus, Jeronimo). Keyboardist (and Englishman) Brian Carney takes on lead-vocal duties for the first time, propelling the band into ever stranger dimensions and styles. The album is a heady voyage through stoned psychedelia (‘Lights’, ‘Headhand’), surf-guitar (‘The Day That Bryan Gregory Died’), Krautrock (‘My Name is Sky’, ‘A Firework Exploding’) and skewed pop (‘Conspiracy Dance’, ‘Quarantine’). The album was recorded over a four-year period, and started life as a series of jamming sessions in various studios with various members. As the songs organically evolved, further sessions followed (with some vocals improvised in the studio), and in 2020 preliminary mixes were sent back and forth between Schoos and Carney, who added more vocal ideas. Carney – “Belgium was in a state of lockdown but I was allowed out for “exercise”, so every day I would walk for hours with the songs on an i-pod until inspiration struck. The city was deserted; an eerie haunting stillness hung in the air, which definitely contributed to some of the subject matter and themes.” Carney, who was synth-player for twelve years with freak-rockers, ‘Poisoned Electrick Head’ before relocating to Belgium, even added words and ideas from over thirty years ago to some songs – “When I worked in the Dead Fly Studios in the UK in the late 80s, I would experiment late at night, “Naked Lunch-style” with stream-of-consciousness writing on a battered typewriter. Thankfully I kept this frazzled text all these years, and some of it made it onto the album”. Lyrically the album explores themes of alien invasion, laughing (and dancing) in the face of imminent apocalypse, mortality, revenge and controlling your own destiny. There’s even a homage to the late Cramps guitarist Bryan Gregory – “I heard Jerome Mardaga’s twangy surf guitar and Gregory’s enigmatic face appeared in my mind!” Sadly guitarist Marc Wathieu (aka Marc Morgan), a successful solo artist in his own right in France and Belgium, died in January of this year and never saw the album reach fruition. It remains his last recorded work, and was lovingly engineered in part by his son Maxime. Within the album’s grooves you can hear elements of The Cure, Neu, Sonic Youth, Dick Dale and even The Specials! The result is an intoxicating brew of the best of underground music filtered through a Belgian sensibility and given an English twist! Belgium is quite rightly the home of Surrealism and The Loved Drones are back to prove it! Conspiracy Dance is released on __ October on Freaksville Records.
The last podcast before we move into reviewing another amazing year of independent music sees another phenomenal batch of new releases. Starting with some experimental music from the New York underground we move swiftly through new music from Lebanese duo Praed, Japanese illbient, the latest single from the amazing HHY & The Macumbas LP, stunning violin electronics from Machinefabriek and Anne Bakker, through to excellent releases from 2019 with the new Gum Takes Tooth and Man From Uranus releases. Tracklisting Hontos - 1 (BANK Records NYC, USA) Praed - Doomsday Survival Kit (Akuphone Records, France) Meitei / 冥丁 - Jizo / 地蔵 (Evening Chants, Singapore) HHY & The Macumbas – Swisid Mekanize Rejiman (House of Mythology, UK) Machinefabriek with Anne Bakker - Scene 2 (self-release, Netherlands) Lia Mice - Overwrite the Past (Optimo Music, UK) Modeselektor feat. Flohio - Wealth (MonkeyTown Records, Germany) Gum Takes Tooth - Borrowed Lies (Rocket Recordings, UK) Andrea - Future Atmo (Ilian Tape, Germany) Man From Uranus - Marooned on Mercury (Freaksville Records, Belgium)
Soundcity MFU : l'univers foutraque et captivant de l'artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l'univers foutraque et captivant de l'artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l'univers foutraque et captivant de l'artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l'univers foutraque et captivant de l'artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l’univers foutraque et captivant de l’artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l'univers foutraque et captivant de l'artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l’univers foutraque et captivant de l’artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l'univers foutraque et captivant de l'artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Un documentaire de Jimmy Pantera, Marc Wathieu et Benjamin Schoos. Réalisé avec l’aide du Fonds d'Aide à la création Radiophonique (FACR) Profession Catcheur donne la parole aux témoins de l’âge d’or et du déclin du catch wallon : catcheur, manager et arbitre. Cette saison est articulée autour d'une longue interview de Salvatore Bellomo, captée dans une ancienne salle de boxe, qui sert d’axe central au documentaire. L’entretien est enrichi par des archives d’époque, des ambiances sonores de matchs locaux captés sur le vif , et la musique originale de Benjamin Schoos et Christophe Cerri. Grande figure du catch belge, Salvatore Bellomo est né en 1951. D’abord actif sous différents pseudonymes à consonance italienne (Salvatore Martino, Jason Martino, Adonis Romano...), il finit par devenir « Wildman » Bellomo et incarner un personnage brutal et imprévisible. Un rôle qui l’emmène aussi aux Etats-Unis, au Canada et au Mexique. Revenu en Belgique dans les années 90, il fonde la fédération BWS (Belgian Wrestling School) et monte encore sur le ring sous le nom de Super Pizza. Il prend officiellement sa retraite en 2006, mais dirige toujours sa propre fédération. Fin connaisseur du catch mondial durant les Trente Glorieuses dont il faut un acteur majeur, Salvatore Bellomo raconte avec passion son incroyable récit de vie, n’oubliant pas les anecdotes personnelles croustillantes et le contexte social ouvrier de l’époque. Documentaire conçu par Jimmy Pantera, Marc Wathieu et Benjamin Schoos pour Radio Rectangle/Freaksville Publishing. Monté, édité, mixé et réalisé par Benjamin Schoos. Enregistré au studio Farside, Eastview, Sos Recording et MPL par Gilles Martin, Sabino Orsini, Marc Maghin, Maxime Wathieu et Jean-François Hustin. Prise son entrainement et match réalisé par Guillaume Abgrall. Musique originale composée et réalisée par Benjamin Schoos et Christophe Cerri à l’Atelier Sonique. Musiques additionnelles (avec l’aimable autorisation de Freaksville Publishing) : Sabino Orsini ‘Vendetta’ Jacques Duvall ‘Tout seul’ Goldenboy ‘Nanou Waltz' Rico Belmonte ‘Hidden Camera’ Alex Gavaghan ‘ Ice Cream Man’ Man From Uranus ‘Hot Pursuit’ Justin Paton ‘Acid Wait’ © Rectangle Production/Freaksville Publishing 2017.
Soundcity MFU : l’univers foutraque et captivant de l’artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l’univers foutraque et captivant de l’artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l’univers foutraque et captivant de l’artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l’univers foutraque et captivant de l’artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l’univers foutraque et captivant de l’artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Soundcity MFU : l'univers foutraque et captivant de l'artiste électronicien anglais Man From Uranus.
Podcast mensuel réalisé, programmé et présenté par Benjamin Schoos. Durée: 60 minutes. Le front des micro-labels fédérés par le boss de Freaksville. La chronique des sorties diffusées par Freaksville Music, distributeur indépendant en Belgique francophone. Avec la musique de Mantra Suicide, The Loved Drones, Sabino Orsini, Mademoiselle Nineteen,Greg Houben,Karin Clercq, Auto Bianchin, Will Z, Benjamin Schoos feat. Dent May, Bertier, Starfinger, Barnill Brothers, Man From Uranus et Juan d'Oultremont !
Podcast mensuel réalisé, programmé et présenté par Benjamin Schoos. Durée: 60 minutes. Le front des micro-labels fédérés par le boss de Freaksville. La chronique des sorties diffusées par Freaksville Music, distributeur indépendant en Belgique francophone. Avec la musique de Mantra Suicide, The Loved Drones, Sabino Orsini, Mademoiselle Nineteen,Greg Houben,Karin Clercq, Auto Bianchin, Will Z, Benjamin Schoos feat. Dent May, Bertier, Starfinger, Barnill Brothers, Man From Uranus et Juan d'Oultremont !
Podcast mensuel réalisé, programmé et présenté par Benjamin Schoos.Durée: 60 minutes.Le front des micro-labels fédérés par le boss de Freaksville.La chronique des sorties diffusées par Freaksville Music, distributeur indépendant en Belgique francophone.Avec la musique de Mademoiselle Nineteen, run SOFA, Benjamin Schoos feat. Dent May, NOW, Man From Uranus, Sofia Bolt, Bacon Caravan Creek, Fabrice Lig,Broadcast Island, Juan d'Oultremont !
Podcast mensuel réalisé, programmé et présenté par Benjamin Schoos. Durée: 60 minutes. Le front des micro-labels fédérés par le boss de Freaksville. La chronique des sorties diffusées par Freaksville Music, distributeur indépendant en Belgique francophone. Avec la musique de Mademoiselle Nineteen, run SOFA, Benjamin Schoos feat. Dent May, NOW, Man From Uranus, Sofia Bolt, Bacon Caravan Creek, Fabrice Lig,Broadcast Island, Juan d'Oultremont !
A packed show this week takes us through African-influenced electronics to legendary Ethiopians, to hard rock and through digital dancehall. It's a standard Independent Music Podcast episode - loads of varied, wonderful tunes, and plenty of questionable chatter
Man From Uranus session download/podcast You Are Hear Sessions: THE MAN FROM URANUS The Man From Uranus played live in session on August 8th 2005. The Man From Uranus brought his fantastic electrical music show to the Resonance studio on August 8th 2005, fashioning space age pop music from an assortment of tape loops, theremin, analogue synthesisers and toys. www.manfromuranus.com http://www.youarehear.co.uk/Podcast of the week Time Out London!! " excellent alternative music show" "Critics Choice" The Independent
You Are Hear 5th Birthday special Magz Hall presents a special live show aired on Resonance FM celebrating the You Are Hear shows fifth birthday, with live sessions in the studio from Boduf Songs and Xylitol. Plus tracks from Juana Molina, Germlin, Noxagt, Momus, The Man From Uranus, Miss Hawaii and Pram from our just released You Are Hear Sessions 2002-6 CD on our very own DIY label Hearing Aid Records. Special thanks to Will Searle for engineering. The next show is a special from the Sonar Festival in Barcelona plus an exclusive podcast from Bon Do Role is coming very very soon..www.youarehear.co.ukSubscribe to the podcast you can get emails alerts sent to you direct everytime we update the feed. feedback http://www.myspace.com/youarehear - Buy YAH sessions CD now !!!features Pram, Juana Molina, Murcof, The Lonesome Organist, Man Fron Uranus, Germalin, Robotobibok, Momus, Ninki V, CarterTutti, Asja Auf Capri, No Bra, MissHawaii, Noxagt, David Grubbs, Oxbow, This is the Kit, Oddfellows Casino and Vanishing Breed http://www.myspace.com/hearingaidrecordsnet Latest YOU ARE HEAR SHOW on www.totallyradio.comPodcast of the week in Time Out London!! " excellent alternative music show"Podcast of the week Time Out London!! " excellent alternative music show" "Critics Choice" The Independent
You Are Hear: New Live Music Sessions and Specials - From the Outer Edges
You Are Hear 5th Birthday special Magz Hall presents a special live show aired on Resonance FM celebrating the You Are Hear shows fifth birthday, with live sessions in the studio from Boduf Songs and Xylitol. Plus tracks from Juana Molina, Germlin, Noxagt, Momus, The Man From Uranus, Miss Hawaii and Pram from our just released You Are Hear Sessions 2002-6 CD on our very own DIY label Hearing Aid Records. Special thanks to Will Searle for engineering. The next show is a special from the Sonar Festival in Barcelona plus an exclusive podcast from Bon Do Role is coming very very soon..www.youarehear.co.ukSubscribe to the podcast you can get emails alerts sent to you direct everytime we update the feed. feedback http://www.myspace.com/youarehear - Buy YAH sessions CD now !!!features Pram, Juana Molina, Murcof, The Lonesome Organist, Man Fron Uranus, Germalin, Robotobibok, Momus, Ninki V, CarterTutti, Asja Auf Capri, No Bra, MissHawaii, Noxagt, David Grubbs, Oxbow, This is the Kit, Oddfellows Casino and Vanishing Breed http://www.myspace.com/hearingaidrecordsnet Latest YOU ARE HEAR SHOW on www.totallyradio.comPodcast of the week in Time Out London!! " excellent alternative music show"Podcast of the week Time Out London!! " excellent alternative music show" "Critics Choice" The Independent
You Are Hear: New Live Music Sessions and Specials - From the Outer Edges
Man From Uranus session download/podcast You Are Hear Sessions: THE MAN FROM URANUS The Man From Uranus played live in session on August 8th 2005. The Man From Uranus brought his fantastic electrical music show to the Resonance studio on August 8th 2005, fashioning space age pop music from an assortment of tape loops, theremin, analogue synthesisers and toys. www.manfromuranus.com http://www.youarehear.co.uk/Podcast of the week Time Out London!! " excellent alternative music show" "Critics Choice" The Independent