Isabelle Ledru (lead vocals)
Gabriel Bareux (guitar, vocals)
Stephane Donic (drums, guitar, vocals)
Laurent Pierre (guitar, drums)
Vincent Lenoir (bass, vocals)
Influences
Pixies, Mogwai, Portishead, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Radiohead, The Cure, Pavement, Moonshake, Girls Against Boys, Lali Puna, Hood, Boyracer, TV On The Radio, Arcade Fire, Talking Heads, The Notwist, Broken Social Scene, The Boo Radleys, The Wedding Present, Fugazi, Laika, The Wolf Parade, Yo La Tengo, The Byrds, Bloc Party, Blur, Gorillaz, The Beatles, The Strokes, The Clash, Grandaddy, Bashung, Archive, The Beach Boys, Elastica, The B52's, Arab Strap, Prince, Soul Coughing, Radio 4, Radiohead, Primal Scream, Sebadoh, Tricky, Sonic Youth, Henri Teixier, Pulp, Deltron 3030, Franz Ferdinand, Dionysos
Sounds Like
French reviews of From Mud To Gold "ce disque transpire le génie"
"absolument magnifique"
"on est subjugué par la splendeur et la force musicale et émotionnelle"
"un morceau qui ferait verdir David Gedge"
"chant magique sur fond sonore minimaliste et ombrageux, superbe"
Read the full review on A Découvrir Absolument
Addict convoque la hargne et la tension d'un Wedding Present période Seamonsters, ce qui n'est pas rien !"
"Superbe morceau chanté à deux, j'en redemande..."
"La voix d'Isabelle peut faire penser par moments à celle de Sarah Froning des excellents Perio"
Read this review on Viva La Popa
UK reviews "All the melodies are there, the playing is excellent and the production works well. ‘Yeah’ sticks out for the darker tones and heavier guitar riffs"
Read this review on Guestlist Music Blog
"French lo-fi act balbec is 1 Demo Of The Week in July 2006"
Find more at HHV 40 (ex- Naked Alien)
German review "Chant brillament lumineux"
"From Mud To Gold était déjà absolument recommandable"
"Les nouveaux morceaux, particulièrement « Niggers » sont diablement bons"
Read this post in German on Schallgrenzen.de
- From AOL Music contest 2006, another track Don't Love You
Take care
BALBEC was created as a band, on the foundations of a solo project, in March 2002. They made their first self-produced demo album, Including Pauses, in December 2002. In April 2004 BALBEC released the 7-track album From Mud To Gold. In 2006, they recorded Behind The Red Curtain, an 11-track album, and in the following spring the 4-track single Manufactured. They're back in 2009, stronger than ever, with the 11-track album Rise And Fall Of A Decade, probably their most hit-laden piece of work. BALBEC is still looking for a label willing to sign them! [Your feedback is much appreciated]
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Naviguant entre trip-rock, cold-groove et dance-pop, BALBEC se joue de references diametrales et invite a la reverie multiforme. Impregnes de sejours dans les terres de Portishead et Tortoise, nourris de Stereolab et de Wedding Present, les 5 architectes nomades de BALBEC batissent leur edifice instable sur des influences seminales allant de Nick Drake a Mogwai.
Sur pied depuis debut 2002, mais riche d experiences creatives puisant leur source au coeur de la vague indie puis post-rock des annees 90, BALBEC explore au fil des saisons des contrees nouvelles. Serez-vous du voyage ?
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