Matt Mottel, s y n t h e s i z e r Kevin Shea, d r u m s
Influences
Booking, Press, Distribution: talibambam@gmail.com Radio PR: Amanda@chouetteshop.com
Sounds Like
Hailing from New York City, TALIBAM! has been making their presence felt since 2003 with a prolific number of live gigs, self-released cdr's & label releases. Since 2006, Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) have toured Europe nine times & released 19 albums. They have releases on ESP, Roaratorio, Bo'Weavil Recordings, Azul Discografica, Moist Lips Records, Stop Scratching, No=Fi Recordings, Evolving Ear, Pendu Sound Recordings, Wallace Records, Holiday Records, Thors Rubber Hammer, Ecstatic Peace, MT5 Tapes, Fair School, Kitty Play Records, Gaffer Records, Blackest Rainbow, & others.
We are currently on our 8th european tour until mid june and our 9th european tour is being scheduled nicely for September/October 2009 (to Germany, Italy, etc)! You can find an article about us in NYC's Village Voice HERE.
ALBUMS
PLEASE INCLUDE $4.00 per LP and 2.50 for CD for International Orders and $3.00 per LP and 2.00 disc for American. The Postal Rates Have Gone UP!!! Thanks to everyone who has supported our music!
2009
TALIBAM! BOOGIE IN THE BREEZE BLOCKS ESP CD 4055 The Brooklyn duo Talibam!’s first ESP Disk’ release, Boogie in the Breeze Rocks, is a narrative earful as warped and wonderful as spicy pasta, fresh grapes and caramel crunch. An ensemble record joining 2008’s Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute winner, Jon Irabagon (tenor sax); Peter Evans of Sparks (trumpet); guitarists Chris Forsyth from Peeesseye, Anders Nilson and Chin Chin’s Jeremy Wilms; along with Mostly Other People Do the Killing’s Moppa Elliot on upright bass; all filtered through Talibam! To make music of one voice and cohesion. It is ensemble playing that goes beyond personal choice to capture a mood and the deep anthropology of the strange beauty of contemporary opposing and debt-maxed-out stimuli.
TALIBAM! & Daniel Carter - The New Nixon Tapes LP Presented by Roaratorio (Minneapolis, MN), released April 2009. This is our first release of 2009, and we are very excited to share a collaberative record with multi-instrumental master Daniel Carter. Daniel is a huge inspiration to us, and over the years we have had the opportunity to play with him on several occasions. Roaratorio is a great label presenting a wide variety of sweets and we are psyched to be associated with them! On this record we weave in and out of textures, landing on extraterrestrial boogie launch pads and ominous collages of soothsayerism. The package features beautiful apocalyptic scenes by awesome NYC artist Haley Hughes! Limited pressing!
We are very excited to say we have more hot new releases coming up, including a full-length collaboration between The Peeesseye + Talibam! In the meantime we are working on our next several Talibam! full-lengths, including an album in collaboration with trombone master Sam Kulik, and Talibam! Hard Vibe Trio featuring saxophone master Jon Irabagon... stay tuned!
2008
TALIBAM! & Jealousy Party split 10" Presented by Wallace Record's PhonoMetak Series (Italy), released October 2008. Our side was expertly recorded Jan 2008 in Brittany France by French producer Miguel Constantino (Constantino Recording). Mottel’s synth drives deeper than previously heard on records, this track slams from the start & ends in deep dusted sonic residue presented beautifully on 180 Gram Vinyl -- go record with Miguel and experience the sonic epiphanies! Side B is The Jealousy Party from Italy who employ bonzo junk ‘Ornette Primetime’ era pretense, & inspire thusly.
TALIBAM! & Wasteland Jazz Unit split LP Presented by Thor's Rubber Hammer's Ecstatic Duo Series (Washington DC), released October 2008. Our side, the 18-minute “Geometric Mophometrics of P.P.P.P.P. McNasticals” is a multi-part epic unlike anything else we've done, running through cacophonous noise-jazz while seamlessly engaging in righteously proggy pursuits taking hits off King Crimson and Keith Emerson. The B-side Wasteland Jazz Unit gurgles shrapnel on two rippers for amplified saxophone (Jon Lorenz) and clarinet (John Rich). Cincinnati’s premier Art Damage skater-jazz crew have recorded with the likes of C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core) and Ryan Jewell (Pink Reason, Psychedelic Horseshit), and here deliver an aural abuse that just ruins your day. Limited edition of 500.
TALIBAM! & But God Created Woman split 7" Released June 2008 by Holidays Records from Italy. Our side features an insane guitar solo by Anders Nilsson, who is an active collaborator with NNCK & plays heavy in numerous bands, and follows with another insane solo by Jeremy Wilms of Chin Chin (Def Jux Records) who adds some bluesy moan over the manic ending featuring the holy wow vocals of drummer Mike Pride (Fushisutsha, Trevor Dunn, John Zorn) -- Some of the most killer lead buzz guitar -- traces of Slash, Blue Cheer, & Sabbath -- crush the multiple crescendo ending. This track is the surprise single of the year. This is our first appearance on a 7" and we are very excited to split it with our friends BGCW who we toured with in Europe 2007 -- they are one of Italy’s greatest exports, total punk blast sharpened by wine & spicy inspiration.
Chewy Needs His Meat C40 Released May 2008 by stop scratching from Birmingham U.K. This cassette features 40 minutes of previously unreleased material, recorded pumped up on 4-track recorder in the deep South of USA. We are glad to keep it on tape where it began. This is one continual piece of music broke down over the two halves of the tape. Limited to 100 copies with handmade art and packaging.
Live + Live = ? C60 Released February 2008 by No=Fi Recordings from Italy. This cassette tape is our first release of 2008! Side A = Talibam! live @ Trash ny NY (22mins). Side B = Talibam! live @ Tonic bk NY (30mins), limited 70 copies, Hand numbered, and with a beautiful Hand burned case<<< THIS IS SOLD OUT>>>.
2007
Ordination Of The Globetrotting Conscripts CD Released July 10th 2007 by Azul Discografica. This is our first album recorded/mixed/mastered in a professional recording studio! With special guests Moppa Elliott, Michael Evans, Peter Evans, Jon Irabagon, Sam Kulik, Robbie Lee, Cooper-Moore, Anders Nilsson, and Jeremy Wilms! This CD and the Buns And Gutter CD are Talibam's first real CD releases -- not CDR's!
The Excusable Earthling 12" LP Released September 11th 2007 in the States by Pendu Sound Recordings. This is our first full length LP, and it catches us in a creepy introspection well-suited for vinyl dynamics.
SOLD OUT: Live at The Tonic, New York CDR This is an unexpected summertime 2007 release of one of our favorite live shows -- we mastered it while on our recent tour of the UK. Out now in the UK on Blackest Rainbow (BRR20)! Limited to 100 hand-numbered copies and featuring hand-made packaging.
Buns And Gutter CD Released from France on Gaffer Records 2007 (GR012). This CD and the Ordination CD are Talibam's first real CD releases -- not CDr's! The music includes a 34 minute outtake from the evolvingear.com sessions, and a 2 minute no-wave outtake from the Ordination sessions featuring guitarist Jeremy Wilms. The package design is a tribute to our D.I.Y. colleagues.
SOLD OUT: TALIBAM! & Le Harmacy split C30 Split Cassette Tape (MT500001) released 2007 by MT5 TAPES. NYC FREEFUCKNOISEJAZZZ - ITALY FREEFUCKNOISEJAZZZ! Limited to 50 copies. Our half of the tape is made-up of outtakes from the Ordination sessions.
2006
Hungry Hungry Hemispheres CDr Released by Fair School 2006. This CDr was sold out when released limited as Power And Terror by Kitty Play Records 2007, but Fair school still has copies. It was recorded live-on-air at radio station WUOG Athens GA.
V/A - Less Self Is More Self 2xCD Released by Ecstatic Peace 2006 (E107). Nautical Almanac's Tarantula Hill hub burned down March 2006 in Baltimore, MD. This is a benefit CD comprised of their friends and supporters, including Chris Corsano, Burning Star Core, Lo Vid, Trebville Exchange, Lee Ranaldo, Jessica Rylan, The Lum and Abner Of Morocco, Chuck Bettis, Talibam!, Carlos Giffoni, Aaron Dilloway, Jack Rose, Maria Chavez, Pengo, Leslie Keffer, Lexie Mountain, The Graveyards, Mark Morgan, Dj Dogdick, The Haunting, To Live and Shave In L.A., Howard Stelzer, Dreamcatcher, Mouthus, Nate Young Solo, Nautical Almanac+Leslie Keffer.
V/A - Getting Rid Of The Glue LP Released by Pendu Sound Recordings, 2006 (PSR-0016). This is a compilation of NYC-based bands, including DIRTY CHURCHES | SPIN-17 | K.P. | BIG A little a | FESSENDEN | EAGER MEEK | MIALESSOT W/ DANIEL CARTER & OLD GHOST | MARIA CHAVEZ | TALIBAM! | EXCEPTER.
2005
Self-Titled debut CDr Released by evolvingear.com 2005 (EE13cdr). This is our first official release, thank you Chris Forsyth!
Supernice to meet...I love to dance your music at the beach in the night, under the moon here in deep southern hemysphere! Thanx for the friendship:-)Come to Rio. Lots of love & peace!!!
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