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surplus parade

Album: surplus music 2006

Released: Feb 27, 2006

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Genre: Other
Location Gothenburg and Finland, SE
Profile Views: 27390
Last Login: 2/12/2012
Member Since 2/26/2006
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnN1cnBsdXNwZW9wbGUuc2U=
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Bio
.. Surplus People .. a weird trio with dignity. Organic and metallic, the bearded lady is on a date in high-heeled shoes and diamonded out. Glamour meets an oil slick on a car mechanics floor, and city meets countryside. Hypnotic rhythms of bass, organs and samplings are forcing the music forward, turning it up side down. Voice, trombone and organs build simple melodies, sometimes on top of each other, rounded off by a strangled trumpet. Everything is held together by the primitive drum machine; a swinging, boiling, rhythm box that might be the only human component. Surplus People are very much appreciated as a live band. Visually they might look like a circus, with small movements, as they seduce and demolish, inviting you to a walk in the electronic forest, scaring and cradling you to feel safe. They encourage a riot. Magdalena Ågren is singing, screaming and making sounds, sometimes in a megaphone, trumpet or trombone. Petra Kiiskinen makes noise and melodies on one or another old organ. Helena Engarås is playing with the bass, sometimes a madly distorted bass. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Petra Kiiskinen:organs Magdalena �gren:voice, trumbone and trumpet and Helena Engar�s:bass
Influences
mushrums, old cars, winter bathing and sauna .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sounds Like
music for brave people with twisted brains