Benjamin Schoos aka miam monster miam and his synthetisers bmx crew !
Influences
Sixties garage rock and bubblegum pop, rural blues, electronic avant garde pioneer, post war jazz, mutant hiphop, psychedelic tunes, indie pop from the eighties, lofi genius of folk music, baroque music and debussy, elegant pornstars and b movies, french pop ' ligne claire".
L'homme Libellule is the wonderfull return of a superman of belgium pop music : the mad producer and weird songwriter Miam Monster Miam ! in store in june !
Benjamin Schoos, aka Miam Monster Miam is a lunatic.?Every new project on his label, aptly named Freaksville Records, ?is a U turn from his previous move. Now he comes up with “L’homme libellule”, a handful of timeless pop songs about a Dragonfly Man whose purpose is to save mankind, nothing less.The only weapon he’s using to achieve his mission is, errr…, love. Is there any madcap left ?on earth that would be ready to embark on such a foolish trip??Well, yes there is.?And not only does Benjamin Schoos go his own way, the oddest thing ?is he makes you want to follow him! So there we go on his strange rocketship traveling through time, space and music. Miam Monster Miam’s sound is a kaleidoscope of everything you ever heard and loved (or hated!). From Kevin Ayers he borrowed the nonchalant crooning voice, ?from Todd Rungren the almost mystical melodic sense, from Jonathan Richman the looney poetry, from Sky Saxon and Roky Eriksson the punky urge.?The question of course is: is there a place for an eccentric like Benjamin Schoos in the music world today? Hey! If there isn’t, shame on us music lovers!
"Une bonne grosse claque Belge qui tient autant de la blague que du coup de génie. Des Arpegiattor disco, voix talk over dans le talkie walkie pop"
Bester Lang, Gonzai
“cette œuvre décomplexée bénéficie d'un son intégralement magnifique. Rétro-futurisme chic à la Air (The Dragonflyman, Love ADN) ou electro povera (The Last Ninja (Final Commodore 64) va jusqu'à détourner la bande-son du jeu éponyme), chanson haut de gamme (superbes arrangements chorals à la Jean-Claude Vannier) ou indie-pop à la Rentals (Plutonium Baby), faux disco torché sur Casio (Ninja Fury) ou ponctuation pianistique (Plutanus 91 : comme du Sébastien Tellier dérivant dans l'espace), tout fait mouche sur ce petit disque gargantuesque. Ou comment esquisser un univers foutraque en à peine 36 minutes.”
KBoom,Kweb indie website
"Un grand Belge"
Philippe Cornet , le vif
"On placera ce petit trésor cosmique et allumé près de melody nelson et fleur de métal"
Elsa Songis, Longueur d'ondes
"While Schoos seems to have some small renown in the French-speaking world, as far as I know L’homme libellule has gone totally unnoticed in this country. That’s a shame, I think. Anyone who likes Gainsbourg or various other types of sophisticated and stylish Euro pop should give it a try."
The Brooklyn Rail - Tony Coulter
famours as producer : Marie France, Jacques Duvall, Ufo goes Ufa, Sophie Galet, Nuit noire soundstrack, Juan d'oultremont...
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Imaginez un accordéoniste transformé en montreur d'ombres, sorte de Monsieur Loyal, qui raconte l'histoire d'une chanteuse qui rêve d'être toutes les actrices qui ont interprété, devant les caméras, toutes les chansons d'amour, de désir, de désespérance, tous les rêves et les revendications de l'époque de l'entre-deux-guerres. Dernière séance : samedi 17 juin, 21 h, sur l'écran imaginaire de l'Archipel.
Bravo au Monsieur Loyal de Freaksville que tu es, Benjamin, pour la réussite artistique total de ce week-end à Paris avec JACQUES DUVALL, MARIE FRANCE, ALAIN CHAMFORT et tous les invités présents sur scène. À la prochaine fois.
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