Stephen Lyons (guitar), Morgan McDonald (piano), JP Carter (trumpet, electronics), Dan Gaucher (drums), Skye Brooks (drums), Shanto Bhattacharya (bass), Jesse Zubot (violin)
"Vancouver's Fond of Tigers incorporated a wide spectrum of influences—the irregular-metered complexity of progressive rock, the minimalist interlacing of melodic fragments, occasional ambience, a non-soloing collective approach to improvisation…and a hardcore energy and volume level that made for an intensely visceral experience." John Kelman, All About Jazz
"These Vancouver instro improvisers are that rare breed of band that can chameleon its way into a jazz festival, get props from that set, then open for a Tortoise-type indie heavyweight and have the back-of-the-club beard-strokers tapping a toe in approval." Jason Keller, NOW Magazine
"Combining the precision odd-metre power tactics of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the chaotic thrash of no wave and a punk-ish predilection for good-natured noisemaking, FOTs collective chops deliver a compelling collective punch" Glen Hall, exclaim! August 02, 2006
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"Almost theatrical in their pacing, Fond of Tigers continue to keep listeners guessing as to what comes next." -Vish Khanna, Exclaim!, August 2007
1) Audiomachie (6:21) 2) Une ombre vacille en serpentin virevoltant (6:58) 3) Bruissement de griserie (9:55) 4) Propensity to go forward (7:36) 5) Drawing of a Back with a Mouth (4:24) 6) Second Life (3:50)
(39:12)
- The project was about trying to explore different poetry styles, always with different instrumentations and musical structures because I don't want to repeat a single one - An album not directly linked to the four previous ones, but with the impossible to avoid come back to fetish themes - Second Life is about the technological phenomena, but I got better things to do with my life than spending it on the clone of a capitalist society - We might as well hope for a real bankrupcy for all of us, it would be worth it to kill capitalism
Most of you will just want to listen to the music made available. Well, here it is with great streaming (right after MA VIE est ICI which is a reminder of my previous album conclusion) http://www.freakywaves.com
Our new album "Herbarium" is
out now on CdBaby (MP3 so far, physical CD is on its way).
Diverse palette of styles (post-rock,
ambient, electronica, trip-hop, with elements of noise, dub,
neoclassic and free improvisation), united by cinematic, slightly
pensive mood.
«Herbarium» is called so
because of heterogeneity of «songs», which can be
compared to miscellaneous leaves in the album, still being belonged
to the family of trees. Trying to avoid non-alive metaphors here,
only thought of diversity and warm and innermost feeling that
herbarium is capable to conjure up. «... This leaf I picked up
in the park where I met her, and this - I sat by the river,
contemplating...». So tracks were created – one was captured
in some magic jam, another – recorded layer by layer and
meticulously mixed then, next – cut from previous sessions and so
on.
All compositions are united by Poostosh
sense of music – mostly pensive, spatial, tender and experimental.
There's a lot of soul and charisma in every leaf... So please let
your soul look over our HERBARIUM.
Hey hey.. check out The Necks on tour in Europe this month....if you're anywhere near any of these places..!.. 2/3/4/5-Brussels (with B2B), 6-Amsterdam, 7-Tilburg, 8- Bielefeld, 10- Rome, 12-Ljublijana, 13-Zagreb, 14- Belgrade, 15- Moscow, 16- Berlin, 20- Eberswalder, 21-Halifax, 22- Birmingham,, 27-London, 28- Bristol, 29-Dunfermline....... Check www.thenecks.com for details...........
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