Adrian Garver breaks strings,
sio all squawk and rumble,
Aleister Alesis post human percussion under will.
Etkilendikleri
Notes on names and influences: It appears this is unavoidable. We’ll try not to spend too much time on it but it occurred to us that maybe we need to give a little more away.
To say that the term Motorik is only to be applied to the ‘apache beat’ employed by Kraftwerk and Neu is to be so limited and literal as to seem Victorian in one’s outlook. We live in a po-pomo world. Everything is open to new interpretation. We chose the name Motorik, knowing full well the previous application of the word and feeling that it had been underutilized. To us it screams futuristic garage rock and the word means ‘motor skill’ which is something all androids aspire to have. Mind you, even when there are only three it is tough to come to a consensus…you should see some of the other names that were on the table!
As for influences…why ride the post punk pony into the ground? This may be where the three of us cross paths but it is certainly not the only music we revere. Sio is a rabid Beatles fan. Adrian smacks of Big Black. Use your ears and you will hear that there is many more things on our plate than the top 5 post punk bands in this aging universe. Here are a few we’ve been told by people who listen to us: Primus ( ‘Sio is Les Claypool with a vagina’ – someone actually said this), The Treepeople (so on the money…we love them!), Superchunk (is it because they had a girl bass player too?), Sleater-Kinney (Grrrls rock!). We could go on but likesay …we just wanted to throw this out there as something else to know. Here are a few more influences to be heard or not heard in our Music: Talk Talk, Screaming Trees, Pulp, Blur, Elastica (allatonce or separately) The Velvet Underground, Throwing Muses, The Pixies (duh!!), Wire (okay post punk initially but there is so much more there!) Brian Eno (pop and ambient), Roxy Music, Birthday Party, Wedding Present, Can (not all krautrock is apache beat bliss!), LCD Soundsystem (who don’t they steal from?), New Order (here come the synths), The English Beat, The Flaming Lips, Charles Mingus, Husker Du, The Jam, Royal Trux, Pavement, The Clash (we do Clash covers too…balls to you big daddy!), Kissing the Pink(??), The Replacements, Luke Vibert, R.E.M (sio knows the words to practically every song on their first six records….at least the ones you can make out). This is the tiniest tip of the gigantic melting iceberg…the blues, the jazz, even the fucking folksingers. We love music and we love to make our own music. Its all in the blender.
Note: at the risk of alienating some people, Sio wants you all to know that she never listened to Siouxsie much! She doesn’t know why…she admires Siouxsie but the music just never clicked in any big way…perhaps any similarity is due to the collective unconscious?
Three Imaginary Girls
Tonight's recommended show: Motorik rocks The Funhouse
Submitted by Chris Estey on April 16, 2009.
In the case of Motorik, one of my favorite local bands based on their spartan, sinewy Killing Joke-infused bat-cave blitzkrieg bop nine track debut "Klang!" I will get to see them live for the first time AND at the Funhouse just across the street from the opening night commencement at the Pop Con.
I have been doing errands around town and writing to the dark vocals and disturbingly precise bass playing of Sio, the post-human drum pounding and the Wire-loving guitar mesh of Mr. Garver for months, wishing I had been the one to write the review here.
But that critique sleekly captured the fine essence of this contemporaneous-retro sounding band enough, even if I wanted to be the one to claim CD-closer "Six Filters" the best damned Siouxsie song recorded since 1980. Much love to Seattle demigod Jack Endino for recording that track, and the one-two punch opening songs "Or So I Thought" and "Box Of Knives" as well. That's how to put your album together, kids.
Author: Brad at CD Baby
"The driving bassline that kicks off "Or So I Thought," the first track on the debut CD from this Seattle three-piece, is keenly reminiscent of a NW rock sound that many undedicated fans have sadly thrown to the wayside. When the rhythmically wrenching guitar barrels in, mirroring the steady beat of the drums, it becomes crystal clear that this is neither an homage to fond memories or an attempt to drum up some retro appeal. While you can certainly detect the influence of past bands these folks may have a bit in common with (The Gits and 7 Year Bitch come to mind), this is a movement with little to no interest in retreading ground that's already been amply covered. Instead, they've locked in on a sound that's distinct: a collision of three instruments and a vocalist who has a knack for making you the best kind of nervous and uneasy. While she hammers the bass and accentuates some of the semi-abstract rhythms with her words, you might be too enamored to focus on the guitar work, but you'd be wise to take note. Equally adept at powering it out ("Patent Kiss") or getting a bit more groove-specific ("Robert Palmer"), the playing provides a solid complement to the intensity emanating from the other members. There's a raw and inimitable energy that good three-piece rock bands can exude if the members connect on the right level. These three connect."
Thinking about you guys- rockin the t-shirt(interviewed you in Boise).
I'm in Seattle today then driving to PDX. Hope all is well!
check out a music directory I'm working on: www.crossroadsangel.com This is just the BETA site for now but I want to get all my friends on there to help test it out.
i didnt really mean it when i shouted "i will never see your band"!!!!at the big box retail chain. touretts(sic)runs in the hoffman blood. out of all the band browsing i do on my space rachel yelled from the kitchen "i like that , who is that, id go see them! when i was on your page, and she hates everything. make a video.
