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português / english >>> português A terrorturbo surgiu no ano de 2001, em Vitória, Espírito Santo, aliando sonoridades lo-fi oitentistas a elementos de electro e post-rock com influências que passeiam livremente entre nomes como Kraftwerk, Joy Division, The Smiths, New Order, Low, M83, The Knife e Ladytron. Formada por Gimu (vocais e programações), Marcelo Merçon (sintetizadores), André Graciotti (guitarras) e Raphael Cuquetto (baixo), a banda sempre deixou clara a preocupação constante com detalhes e minúcias em sua música, mostrando uma densidade sonora pouco habitual à cena independente brasileira. Para isso mesclam elementos do pop e da eletrônica, além dos instrumentos tradicionais de uma banda de rock. O histórico de shows inclui diversas apresentações de destaque, como o Festival Internacional de Música de Domingos Martins (ES), Dia D (ES), Atari Club (SP), Fun House (SP), CB Bar (SP) e Astronete Bar (SP). O resultado foi o reconhecimento imediato do público, de várias bandas e mesmo de críticos musicais, como Fábio Massari e Carlos Eduardo Miranda. Após o lançamento do EP 2007, a banda agora apresenta o EP 2008, o mais novo trabalho do catálogo, com quatro faixas recentemente gravadas: “A Painkiller Called Honesty”, canção pop originada de uma canção de ninar; a violenta e post-punk “The Healing Process”, recheada de zumbidos, distorções e vocais repletos de delays; a balada de ar pop oitentista e baixo marcante “Blow” e “It Should Be Enough”, com suas várias camadas de synths e riffs de guitarras. >>> english terrorturbo’s music (no capital letters, please) seems to turn to earth’s lowest temperatures to exist. Stepping into the past whislt heading towards the future, amongst its influences (preferably by the band called “references”) are the likes of Kraftwerk, Joy Division, The Smiths, New Order as well as Low, Ladytron, Radiohead, Sigur Rós, etc. terrorturbo are Gilmar monte (voice and programming), Marcelo Merçon (synths), André Graciotti (guitars) and Raphael Cuquetto (bass). And they are from Brazil, living in the southeast bit of the country, by the ocean, in a state called Espirito Santo. Every little detail in terrorturbo’s music is thought up to be stimulating, exciting, touching, aiming at bringing to the listener’s mind empty spaces, cold far away places, to make them FEEL. The obsession with details, the extreme care with songwriting and playing the kind of music they do makes them alien to Brazil’s (alternative) music scenario. This does not make anything easier for the band in its own land. A gig is, thus, not something they do everyday. Chances do not abound. Having that in mind, in 2006 they locked up themselves in a home studio for months and sunlight was seen again only when 5 songs had been accomplished. It was called “Ep 2007” and it was their first “official” handmade release, even though some other songs had already been recorded before. Thru’ that ep’s 5 songs terrorturbo paraded their array of atmospheres: the claustrophobic “dipsomania calls” and “page 4”, the confessional “hold on to the ones who love you” , the bouncing touches that mask the sulky “the hasty nod” and the weight of words of “my own big fish”. 2008 sees the band release their new 4 song ep, soberly entitled “Ep 2008”, recorded sporadically over the last 10 months. It contains “a painkiller called honesty”, born from a fragment that once was a lullaby, the violent’n’post-punk “the healing process”, the 80ish ballad “blow” and “it should be enough” with its coda all adorned by layers of synths and gripping guitar riffs