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Baikonour



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Member Since1/10/2006
Band MembersMe and Moi and friends sometimes
Record LabelMelodic
Type of LabelIndie


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Pitchfork review 2005: With origins in the same Versailles terroir that birthed Air, it's difficult to resist scrutinizing Jean-Emmanuel Krieger's electronic project Baikonour for similarities to his fellow countrymen's distinctively purified synthetic landscapes. And though there are moments on Baikonour's full-length debut, For the Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos, that bear comparison to some of the more spacious, iridescent environments of Talkie Walkie, over the album's course Krieger ably distinguishes his work through rigorous, jazz-inflected musicianship and an inspired navigation of spiraling, locomotive Krautrock dynamics. For the Lonely Hearts also distances itself through its unabashed embrace of reliable (if not precisely traditional) rock-based structures. Most of the tracks here feature live drumming provided by Imitation Electric Piano's Lee Adams, and it's often his muscular, hangar-spaced pummel that allows Ba?konour to avoid the stagnant eddies of soporific post-rock. Following the delicate harp-string shimmer of the opening "Lick Lokoum", Krieger and Adams immediately kick into the unstoppable motorik-cum-Stax propulsion of "Coltan Anyone?" Combining surprisingly humid, greasy rhythms with Krieger's baroque, Floydian keyboard flourishes, this track should provide immediate succor to any waylaid Caribou fans, as it instantly snuffs out any lingering potential for dustless, sci-fi sterility. This last detail feels particularly pertinent, as Baikonour takes its name from a Soviet missile launch site and the album's title and artwork both imply a certain Sputnik-era retro-futurism. To the contrary, however, these songs remain stubbornly coarse-textured and earthy, even pastoral, as on "Hoku To Shin Ken", a track whose circular melody is fed by tranquil, Byrds-like guitar arpeggios. Elsewhere "Proto-Coeur" plows a recharged Peter Gunn riff around and through various hairpin turns and blind alleys, while tracks like "Rusk Plasmique" and "60 To 0" can recall M83's synthesized My Bloody Valentine atmospheres. Throughout the album, Krieger consistently astonishes with the daring breadth of his playing, as he embellishes several otherwise straightforward pop hooks with as much florid ornamentation as good taste will allow. Aside from the occasional submerged whisper, as on the classic-Stereolab echoes of "2/3/74", For the Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos contains no vocals or lyrics to speak of, but still the album retains the impression of a cohesive, sequential narrative. Culminating with the vibrant surfside pulse of "Ultra Lazuli", the album's plotline feels primarily driven by Krieger's skill at flawlessly integrating the various strands of his musical memory and appetites to recast the familiar in new, evocative shades uniquely his own. And this he does with such an addictively melodic flair that it should be easy for listeners to find space for this album within their lonely hearts. -Matthew Murphy, August 01, 2005 www.melodic.co.uk: The historical Baikonour (in Khazakstan) was known for hosting a Soviet launch base, but its musical counterpart goes by the real name Jean-Emmanuel Krieger and has nothing to do with missiles. He takes residence in Brighton, UK which might be interpreted as a latent need to be closer to his spiritual home and birthplace; Versailles, France. For a rich seam of future like-minded artists has been mined from the denizens of that town in recent years, including names such as Air, Super Discount and Alex Gopher. Jean-Emmanuel's own musical upbringing progressed through many stages, stages reflected in his own creative output, as the man himself admits. Growing up with 'Pink Floyd from Dad and Marvin Gaye from Mum' he later found himself 'obsessed with British indie pop in the '80s, like Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine. I think you can hear a lot of guitars in my album and I've always been facinated by guitars and the variety of sound you can get. This is why I like the Cocteau twins, MBV and Sonic Youth as they have that in common.' These days, however, you're more likely to find him plugged into a wide variety, 'Jamaican music is a favourite as well as Krautrock (massively) and another love being Indian music. What else? Alice Coltrane (the indian music connection here), Soft Machine, Os Mutantes, Television, Manuel Gottsching, Japanese Noise, Neil Young, Eno, Cluster and Deuter, 60's psych and Scott Walker. I'm still interested in what Amon Tobin, Boards of Canada and Mouse on Mars are up to'. This intricate path of musical touchpoints has served to enrich Baikonour's own output with every flavour imaginable, steering from Kraut-influences to jazz and always underpinning each piece with, simply, great tuneage. All inspired by his predecessors' 'total lack of commercial ambition and the will to do something different'. That's an admirable ambition indeed, and For The Lonely Hearts Of The Cosmos adheres closely to its principles. For this record, Jean-Emmanuel went back to the style and inspiration of the sounds he grew up with. 'I mixed and recorded everything myself, using mainly old instruments. But everything has been recorded and edited on a Mac using digital emulations of classic 60's compressors and Eqs'. But that's not all, For The Lonely Hearts Of The Cosmos lives by the oath of collaboration and was recorded in a truly pan-continental sense. 'All the live drums have been played by Lee Adams from Imitation Electric Piano except on Hoku To Shin Ken' which has been played by Eiji F Morotomi and recorded in Tokyo, Japan. Etienne Rodes is playing most of the 6 strings guitar parts on this track too'. The near future beckons more work with Baikonour's contemporaries, namely lining up with some of his old collaborators by 'playing with Imitation Electric Piano, playing bass and mixing the new album'. Until then, you'll have his own opus to admire; it's for the entire cosmos after all.

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psilosamples





Jul 4 2009 1:19 AM

Michael Jackson died and that night I had a dream, I dreamed that I was on top of a bike with ET in the basket, woke sad because it was just a fucking dream. For breakfast I had a revelation: it is easy to criticize, but it is not easy to take a picture with the ET
I called the computer, it crashed, reboot and have fun with the coolest artist that ET has the hands.
love, affection, samba!
Michael, Jesus and me
kisses and hugs.
zé.

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Jul 3 2009 12:26 PM

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Jun 28 2009 4:06 PM

speak english or listen to my new track :)
Pandaman





Jun 15 2009 1:55 PM

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Jacob The Elder





Jun 12 2009 12:23 PM

I love "Hoku to Shin Ken". Fabulous stuff.
kohlensäure





Jun 6 2009 10:12 PM

new drumnbass in my space :)
Lula





May 10 2009 8:45 AM

wow!!!!! just wow.... love you... really...
Abraxus





May 6 2009 4:58 PM

I love Baikonour's music.
Would love to see you play live some time...
Meatbreak





May 5 2009 8:27 PM



Hello. We're at the Penthouse this Thursday for our monthly Not For Resale DJ set. Free entry from 8 til midnight, cheap drinks plus, more importantly, we've got an epic set of new tunes to play this month with demos and releases from the likes of John the Savage, Grasscut, Old Mayor, A Mountain Of One, Amesoeurs, Dananananykroyd, Francis Harold & The Holograms, Future Of The Left, Knyfe Hyts, Ramadanman, Hexlove, Caina, S.C.U.M, Rainbow Arabia, Black Acid, Women In Love....and more!

Pink Mountaintops playing the Freebutt below. An awesome night out all round.

Hope you can make it.


MxBx
kohlensäure





May 2 2009 10:36 AM

new no budget stopmotion music video is online, please take a look, happy happy joy joy
Medium Wave





Apr 30 2009 7:25 PM

BAIKONOUR on Medium Wave episode 10

Medium Wave is a Podcast from Manchester England. The show is dedicated to chartering the outer-limits of Dub, Wonky beats, Hip Hop, Funk, Space Rock, Post punk, Electronics. We play loads of new & unheard tunes, with a few old corkers for good measure.

Listen to the show on our Myspace page or search for 'Medium Wave Podcast' to find our Blogger page. You can also find us on Podomatic.
JACK DUPON





Apr 21 2009 12:42 PM

issue du célèbre

Chipitos studio

et en attendant le prochain clip,

Jack Dupon

vous offre une petite sucrerie...

Chipitos Studios

Born in the famous

Chipitos Studio

and waiting for the next Clip,

Jack Dupon

offers you a little sweet...

kohlensäure





Apr 16 2009 4:42 PM

hi there,

please listen to "rewind tape read error b",
an experiment with my new multieffect,
comments are welcome :)

kind regards, mattes
MO





Mar 31 2009 12:45 PM

Petit prolongement en mots de la mise sur écoute de votre dernière sortie : ICI

Bonne Lecture..

Tenez nous au jus de vos actus

Y.
aka Western MAnooch

L'Oreille de Moscou
Zoon van snooK





Mar 11 2009 1:47 PM

Hoy!
Here is a chance to get an exclusive peak at my remix of Fujiya & Miyagi's 'Dishwasher' which is the b-side to their next single released in April.

'ope you're good like!


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Zabriskie





Feb 27 2009 11:00 AM

Hola! How are you? It's been a long time since we don't talk. How is you LP going? We are recording right now and it's taking us much more time than we expected.
I hope you are ok! Cheers!
JACK DUPON





Feb 24 2009 11:21 AM

Jack Dupon en concert/Live :

Jeudi 2 Avril La Dame de Canton Paris 13ème
ex-Guinguette Pirate avec Fuzzz
vendredi 3 avril Au Raymond à Clermont Ferrand 63
avec Kakodémon et Grumpf quartet
vendredi 24 avril Le Triton Les Lilas 93
La Mecque du Rock-Prog
Samedi 25 avril La Tête des Trains Tousson 77
repaire de là-bas si j'y suis
If it's too far from your home, if you have better things to do, if you're scared to go out...discover Jack Dupon's video almost live at a private concert...
Oppression
Si c'est trop loin de chez vous, si vous avez mieux a faire, si sortir vous fait peur... Découvrez la vidéo de Jack Dupon presque en live lors d'un concert privé filmé sur Clermont-1ère en octobre 2008...
Seefeel





Feb 21 2009 6:24 PM


Martin Wardley + the Choice of Kings





Feb 3 2009 5:09 PM

Fabbo sounds!!!!

Ta for adding me and the band.............................................................................M
JACK DUPON





Jan 16 2009 1:15 PM

........Notre nouveau clip, entièrement fait à la main... PIG MONSTER. Déjanté, hors normes, expérimental, décalé, théâtral, déglingué.

........Our new music video, entirely handstitched .... PIG MONSTER. Crazy, non-standard, out of norme, unusual, experimental, out of phase, theatrical, delirious. Pig Monster
BONNE ANNÉE, GROSSES BISES et VIVE le ROCK...
KING SUFFY GENERATOR





Jan 10 2009 11:20 AM

great tunes...


+KSG-
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Jan 9 2009 4:42 PM


Soundlocker Studios new recording facility is now open. One of the best looking and best equipped studios in the South. Full days from as little as £200. Call 01903 767345.


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Dominic Valvona Artist





Jan 9 2009 11:24 AM

Hi Baikonour, really love your music.
Passed it on to a few of my mates.
Really reminds me of some krautrock.
Like it.

ARNOLD RAPIDO





Jan 3 2009 10:14 AM

Very thanks for the add.
I very like your working-sound.
Happy new year !
arnold

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Zabriskie





Dec 31 2008 7:05 PM

Happy new year Jean! Meeting you was a highlight of 2008. I wish you lots of luck and good moments in this 2009.
:-)
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