Alpha Saloon are widely known for their unique style of Ultra Pop: big cinema by means of Zukunftsmusik. Great and bona fide timeless songs in mellifluous wide screen format.
Take-no-prisoners-style.
While reggae bands are usually playing reggae and metalbands are of course
playing metal, Alpha Saloon are playing Ultra Pop-thus simply leaving every single song the right to sound like what it wants to sound like.
Just as heterogenous and flamboyant is their following: it includes art school folks and fashionistas as well as punks, die hard cry-babies, mad cultists and happy goths that regularly come to see the shows and have a good time.
The four young maîtres-musiciens, a collective of hard rocking nuclear physicists as it is, have (altogether) spent almost 200 years playing with the finest orchestras at the worlds leading operahouses but still never quit their dayjobs as teenage russian lesbians.
A night with Alpha Saloon: living and enjoying music at the Château. And then some, of course...
Alpha Saloon Live
While Alpha Saloon are a full four piece band in the studio, they usually enter the stage as a two-person outfit, consisting of Ahab (providing guitars and vocals), and the grim Dr. Ultra (on drums, vocals and occasional keyboards). So their live sound is of course a lot rawer, stripped down and deconstructive, with vivid dynamics and an obvious crush for rough and ready rock and roll. On the other hand, the reduced setup allows them to explore the field of awkward acoustic ballads as well.
ALPHA SALOON DEBUTALBUM " HELLO WELTGEIST!" released!
Alpha Saloon "Hello Weltgeist!" OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ORDER AT ELDER SOUND RECORDS MAIL ORDER> or download at I-Tunes !!!>>>>>>>>>>> Tracklist:
1. Sun bears gold
2. The great song of inconfidence
3. Drinking in stereo
4. Contro Venezia passatista
5. Mama Alemania
6. Lonesome skymarshals in the sky
7. Pretty dancing person
8. Modern times, modern people, modern talking
9. To avoid the apparently stupid
10. Uber German
Can you imagine Robert Johnson, Dale Cooper, Debbie Harry and Karl or Groucho Marx gathered around a tropical style rattan table (bending under loads of empty and half empty cocktail glasses), on a casino terrace in a blade runner version of Las Vegas, avidly discussing urbanism, vernacular music, party sociology and substance abuse anecdotes - while popular songs from aeon old 78’s are jangling through some distorted P.A.? And intermingling with that the frantic record-scratching carried over from a nearby 80’s New York block party and the muffled noise from a crowded Mexican speakeasy next door (operated by a former ship’s cook from the Bucovina)?
If that sounds like a gathering you’d like to join, then “Hello Weltgeist!” might be just down your alley. A jet propelled rollercoaster ride through Indie-Rock, weird old America, Disco, future-electro, New Wave, Turntablism, 70’s Punk, Country/Western, Glam, Grunge and Mariachi. Well, it’s all Pop after all, isn’t it?
Fortunately, Alpha Saloon have based this eclecticism extravaganza on a groundwork of solid songwriting skills, mostly evading mere novelty. Yes, terribly talented tunesmiths they are: “Hello Weltgeist!” offers a shitload of catchy melodies, lucsious chord changes and elegant, witty lyrics, that go far beyond your usual “songs about love and the weather” fare. And the band seems to be very serious about what they have to say: every song on the recording is performed like they were navigating burning ships or something...
(Erich Zann, 09/2006)
Check out the two new videos! they were produced by our dearest friends from dilettante-films.com>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"LONESOME SKYMARSHALS IN THE SKY"
Get this video and more at MySpace.com "UBER GERMAN"
Get this video and more at MySpace.com
BE MY WEAPON (David Freel, SWELL & Ron Burns album “march/2009” disponible
"Avec BE MY WEAPON, David Freel reconduit plutôt le fantasme qui a présidé à la naissance de (Swell), celui d'une musique tout à la fois américaine et sortie de nulle part. La nuit lui appartient." Magic
North Atlantic Oscillation's "Hollywood Has Ended", from the forthcoming album Grappling Hooks, is featured in this month's Police Box compilation from TenTracks. It's here:
In case you haven't heard, TenTracks is a new music delivery service where you can buy exclusive 10-track compilations for £1, i.e. a mere 10p per track.
This month NAO are in the illustrious company of the excellent Found, Orkestra Del Sol, Fence Collective luminaries James Yorkston and King Creosote and exactly 5 others. Once again, that's £1 for ALL TEN TRACKS. Not bad, really.
Unser Debut-Album AUGEN AUF UND DURCH ist draussen! erhältlich in allenonlinestores (z.B. itunes, musicload, amazon, mp3.de, u.v.a.) - und ab 22. Mai in den Läden!
Aktuelle Reviews und Stimmen haben wir auf unserem Profil gesammelt!
Hi, it took me a while, hope you are doing just fine.
<p>Finally made it and my website is online,
for now there is one song ready for download,
Drit Away, the song from the new RUEFA Travel TV spot,
More songs up soon, enjoy and thanx for your support
www.christos.at
a smile from KASSETTE :)
and dont forget --->
our new KASSETTE Vinyl 006 is in the shops now:
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have a wonderful week!
yours KASSETTE BOYS
Am 20.02. erscheint Templeton Pek's neues Album No Association. Jetzt kannst Du die Scheibe bereits bei Amazon voerbestellen Einfach folgendem Link folgen:
Hi! Our first EP out in Summer 2009, with new drummer, guitarist and keyboards! so stay tuned for more heavyer and technical sound!!! and in the end of March we are going on the tour with band CILICE (NL)
Présidentchirac reprends enfin du service et met la musique au pouvoir YES FUTURE!
Trois ans après la sortie de « Surfing the Volcano », le duo présidentiel signe son deuxième album studio auprès du label bordelais Platinum. Le nouveau disque de Présidentchirac a pour titre « Yes Future » et a été entièrement enregistré dans leur studio de campagne.
Hello music lovers Napoleon's UK debut single, I Love My Baby (But If Anyone Touches Her I'll Kill Them), will be released Feb 16th. The song is already regularly played on BBC Radio 2 and has been chosen as this week's Record of the Week on BBC6 Music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/shaun_keaveny/rotw.shtml
Watch our beloved singer Johan Barrett get his ass kicked by some mean dogs in this new video!
We are actively seeking bands to take part in a new compilation project, Volume 4 (V4).
Volume 4 will feature:
- Professional Artwork - Professional Packaging - Professional Digital Mastering - 1,000+ Copies Made Off A Glass Master (NOT BURNED) - Booklet With Every Bands Logo/Pictures - Short Bio And Contact Info For Every Band - 100 copies SENT TO EVERY BAND
Want to be involved? Know someone that does? Details are on our page and Website!!
