A project that started with Voronzov in Moscow in the 80s under various different names and line-ups in a collective spirit , Middle Russian Elevation being probably the most known band from these associations. As Voronzov moved his paint, mosaics and pictures to Berlin in the late 80s he also brought with him texts, riffs and melodies and started up the band Unterwasser - http://www.myspace.com/unterwasserende . A new Millenium, new friendships and some old ones re-kindled saw the birth of Animal Cops. Ilf, radio maker from St.Petersburg and M S Stubnitz exile in Berlin joined Voronzov creating electronic backbeats, psychedelic samples and soundscapes together with keyboardist and composer Ivanka Skrivanek from Moscow who lives between Moscow and Berlin and a new sound was created from Voronzovs ideas. Soon after Coost , from somewhere-near-Manchester, U.K. , ex- London squatter and also an M S Stubnitz exile, joined the trio adding a performance dynamic to the show plus some twisted text translations. The new show went on the road together with an old musician/virtuoso friend Stalker from Moscow making his first visits to Berlin. Within a couple of years of each other Ilf and Stalker died, Voronzov, Ivanka and Coost carried on, taking with them the spirit of their lost friends and kicking Animal Cops in to the future ....
The musik style relies on catchy melodies with rockin and skankin guitar riffs,
and an electronic back beat. The texts are a mix of Russian, English, German and Non-Sense. The live show today incorporates theatrical and visual elements either with video from Perm born DimaZe or American-in-Berlin Pod .Often the band involve Berlin artist Gabba Reifenstihl and her infamous Cosmonaut backdrops as well as live "feedback" camera technique. Audiences are invited to bring their pets and get naked.
Czentrifuga studio präsentiert "ACQUA IN BOCCA" (bleib still). Eine zwei-köpfige und vier-händige Ausstellung von Elisa Talentino und Paolo Berra. Eine Sammlung von Acquarien und Siebdrucken, Fragmenten und Radiographien aus der Inamorarti-Kreativ-Werkstatt. www.inamorarti.it
Musikalische Begleitung RAVING MAD CARLOS (Argentinia), GABBA REIFEBSTIHL und Special Guests
"Like the man who awoke to find himself drowning in a river, you may roam the dark with 4 million other somnambulists - and never know it. One soldier, after one of these attacks, he revealed that he had been dreaming about trying to plow a field with a balky mule. ‘That mule made me so darn mad I socked it,' he said. When he awoke, he found that he had hit his wife in the face and broken her eardrum. His lawyer successfully defended him by arguing that no one could be held accountable for acts committed in his sleep. Why doesn’t he, like the rest of us, lie quietly and work out the worries of his subconscious in dreams of action, instead of acting out his dreams?" 'Strange facts about sleepwalking', in Mechanix Illustrated (Mar, 1949) THE SOMNAMBULIST Record PRE-Release Party opening act: WRONG. Friday November 6th, h 22:00 live at Antje Øklesund Rigaer Straße 71–73 10247 Berlin
washed her with water, her – whipped by the wind.... At dawn, she woke, the sun dried her. Her skin had changed, rotten old crap. Oh, poor, poor old Mama, you lonely one. Who created you from iron and gave you such a rotten destiny?
Lyrics&Music: Maria Katharsis/Translation: Frau Miniatüra
ich kann euch die beiden clips gerne bei gelegenheit irgendwann mal für euer eigenes archiv auf usb-stick geben! oh scheisse, die sonne scheint und ich häng noch immer überm monitor... nachbereitung von gestern (ambient in taborkirche, auch ziiiiiemlich genial!!!)
oh mein gott, euch gefällt mein handy-trash-video wirklich??? puh... ich rechne nämlich mit dem tag x, wo eine band, die ich "ver"-filme, mir den ersten bösen comment macht :-) nokia muß auf jedenfall echt noch an ihrem mikrofon arbeiten... sagt mal, seid ihr von SOLENT GREEN inspiriert, wo der alte mann auf dem sterbebett zu beethovens pastorale nochmal die hirsche springen sieht? eine sehr berührende szene... und eure musik, eure show und dieser WUNDERSCHÖNE (UNGEBROCHENE! NICHT-ZYNISCHE! SONDERN HOCHPOETISCH PURE!!!) tier-bühnen-"bildlauf" berührt mich genauso... ich freue mich schon jetzt sozusagen "tierisch" auf euer näxtes konzert, wow wow wow !!!!
file under: Moving Mountains, Death Cab For Cutie, Anathallo, Appleseed Cast
Pompeii veröffentlichten kürzlich ihr neues Album "Nothing Happens For A Reason" auf Eyeball Records (Tiger Lou, An Albatross, Wolftron). Im September kommen sie nun endlich auch nach Europa. Man darf sich auf perfekt vorgetragene IndiePopSongs im Stile von Death Cab For Cutie, Moving Mountains oder Appleseed Cast freuen.
Sie haben innerhalb eines Jahres mehr Gehörgänge und Clubeinrichtungen zerstört als manch andere Band in ihrer ganzen Karriere. Und das, obwohl man dem Grand Pocket Orchestra aus Irland kein erhöhtes Aggressionspotenzial zuschreiben würde, wenn man sich nur auf den Genuss ihrer Tonträger beschränkt. Angenehmer Gänseblümchenpop im Stile von Animal Collective ist da zu hören, den auch Notwist-Mann Mario Thaler zu schätzen weiß. Er war so begeistert vom GPO, dass er sich aufmachte nach Dublin und dort Songs mit ihnen produzierte.
file under: Animal Collective, The Robocop Kraus, Bearsuit, Modest Mouse, Pavement (on Speed)
file under: The Pharmacy, Kymia Dawson, Damien Jurado
on their self-titled album, the terrordactyls' quirky, lighthearted yet decidedly melancholic pop/anti-folk tunes are augmented by toy pianos, kazoos, and the voice of kimya dawson (the moldy peaches, juno). despite all these charming trappings, though, nothing really serves to take the edge off the terrordactyls' gutsy interpretation of the sad sweetness (or sweet sadness) of living.
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