VIDEOCLIP: Read Demonologies
DIRECTOR: Nelson Moens
Influences
Music We Listen To: Sonic Youth :: Motorpsycho :: The Mars Volta :: Millionaire :: At the drive-in :: Drive Like Jehu :: Pretty Girls Make Graves :: A Perfect Circle :: Nine Inch Nails :: Sparta :: Les Savy Fav :: Bloc Party :: Soon :: Interpol :: Deftones :: The Locust :: Gang Of Four :: Doves :: Guns 'n' Roses :: Radiohead :: Death Cab For Cutie :: QOTSA :: Tool :: Hot Hot Heat :: Blood Brothers :: The Postal Service :: Pinback :: No Knife :: ... Trail Of Dead :: Aereogramme :: Fireside :: Karate :: Hood :: Múm :: Officer Jones... :: Broken Social Scene :: Wixel :: Phoenix :: Test Icicles :: Battles :: Liars :: Omar Rodriguez Lopez :: RATM :: Soulwax :: Mauro :: Styrofoam :: Philip Glass:: The Strokes :: Tokyo Police Club :: Explosions in the sky :: The Residents :: Gorillaz :: The Prodigy :: Klaxons :: dEUS :: The Good The Bad And The Queen :: ...
VIDEOCLIP: Unidentified Flying Subjects
DIRECTOR: Danny Willems (www.dannywillems.com)
'We spread communism by the gallon of gasoline.’
It could be a quote from the German militant group RAF but it is the first line of Vanguard, the second album of experimental rock band The Sedan Vault. This new record shows a developed group that
goes beyond the usual punk and rock influences. Vanguard has got groove, harmony, songs and punch line lyrics.
Although The Sedan Vault did not lose its hardcore edge, the band has spent the past two years to come up with a richer sound and better songs. The beat is groovier, the guitars are smarter and arrangements
vary from electronics to dark brass and Eastern violins. The vocals are more melodic while the lyrics contain catchy phrases. Vanguard is not a second Mardi Gras. The new album combines influences from
both old school artists like Philip Glass and The Residents, and new sounds like The Mars Volta, Battles and Klaxons, which gives Vanguard international character.
When it comes to lyrics, each song is a chapter of a film noir or a crime drama, dealing with schemes, strategies, motives and the rise and fall of a twenty first century arson gang. To vitalize this cinematographic
scenario, several spoken word scenes have been recorded, including guest appearances of Belgian rock icon Arno Hintjens and producer Wim Janssens. Besides them, several visual artists have gotten excited
about the project. Dave Decat for example, who has designed several worldwide campaigns for Carhartt, asked the band to write a detailed story board for him to base the artwork on. Photographer Danny
Willems, known for his collaboration with TC Matic, Arno and Front 242, came up with the idea of a crime scene like photo shoot, trying to capture as much of the Vanguard atmosphere as possible.
In March this year, the Vaults have already been given the opportunity to present this new material in an after show of The Mars Volta at the Ancienne Belgique Club in Brussels. The legendary AB also invited the
band to be their Artist In Residence (01.09.08 - 31.08.09).
The Sedan Vault are certainly not new to the Belgian rockscene: since the release of the debut album Mardi Gras, the band has had more than their share of airplay, reviews and interviews in both papers
and crucial internet-magazines. All this resulted in a nomination for a Zamu-award (best song 2006), four weeks in the Arriba!-list, and a number 1 in the Puur Belgisch-charts (Jim Tv) for three weeks.
Most of all, The Sedan Vault is known for their wild, energetic live shows. And that pays off. The past few years they played Pukkelpop, Dour, Boomtown, Theater Aan Zee and almost every Belgian club such as Ancienne Belgique, Vooruit, Hof
Ter Lo, Soundstation, STUK and Muziekodroom. Besides club shows with bands as Death Cab For Cutie, The Mars Volta, Helmet, Minus The Bear, Nada Surf, Hermano and Coheed and Cambria. Next to shows in France,
Switzerland, Germany and Luxembourg, they were invited to the Netherlands to play the renowned clubs and festivals Lowlands, State-X/New Forms and ZXZW.
Abroad they shared stages with Sonic Youth, Mono, Ghinzu, The Datsuns and Face Tomorrow.
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hij staat nu op en ik heb 'm 2 keer met koptelefoon beluisterd (ik heb 'm pas sinds gister)....wat een goeie plaat!!! Meteen al bij het eerste nummer werd ik verrast door de hollandse tekst en daarna volgen nog meer verrassingen, beetje soulwax, beetje trail of dead, beetje meer ala Mars Volta, allemaal hele goeie bands. Niet over de top, goed te beluisteren, jullie verliezen je niet in overdreven moeilijke virtuositeit. Echt heel knap. Ieder nummer is weer totaal anders dan die daarvoor. Alle nummers mooi opgebouwd.... ik kan eigenlijk niks negatiefs verzinnen en dat terwijl ik toch een muziekliefhebber ben die niet snel tevreden is. Dus nu ga ik op zoek naar jullie eerste plaat, ben benieuwd of die net zo goed is. Ik ben blij dat ik jullie gevonden heb. groeten Jim
Had jullie graag nog es live gezien in de vooruit enkele weken geleden. Jammer dat jullie moesten afzeggen... (Heb ondertussen al 2 keer betaald voor jullie niet te zien...)
Da lijkt me een zeer vette deal, als je da tenminste meent! Sebastiaan Willem, Heistlaan 359, 8301 Knokke-Heist, is de plaats waar k hem graag zou hebben. btw: ik vind jullie muziek ten zeerste de moeite, moest je da nog nie door hebben.
Ik was er bij in de Vooruit, jullie helaas niet. Een waardige vervanger was er ook niet, maar das dan ook moeilijk eh. Tomàn was de ideale opwarmer geweest voor jullie. Krijg k nu korting op de vinyl?
Very special acoustic show @ Livestudio II @ Hypestudio's 12/09. All die hard fans invitated. www.hypestudio.be/livestudio ( reservation has to be made!)
On 11 & 12/09/09 the Krakrock-crew launches 'Club Soda'. With a lot of good vibes and a very strong line-up, a collection of excellent DJ’s and international, border crossing VJ’s will bring you a fresh mix of drum’n’bass, electro, house and ragga/dancehall!. This wicked club-festival is taking place at the community center of Avelgem (Belgium), on the border of East- and West-Flanders and Hainaut.
