Just when you think it's all been done THIS happens.
Many music fans look back and name moments when someone or a group releases something groundbreaking, music so divergent from anything else that's come before it that it revolutionizes everything that comes after. THIS is one of those moments!
The mainstream favorites all stand on their own merits, no need to rehash that. Then there's the odd and eccentric, such as hearing Capt Beefhearts Trout Mask Replica or seeing Devo for the first time. Today the bar has been raised by a duo out of Quebec called Angine de Poitrine with both their music and stage presence!
They're a drummer and guitarist who plays a double neck rig with both a six string and bass guitar in one instrument, fretted in 1/4 steps instead of the typical 1/2 steps known as Microtonal. For the average listener it basically means he's able to play the notes between the standard notes, something better left heard than discussed. Along with that he uses a number of looping pedals which he uses his bare feet to control the knobs and switches.
So take the aforementioned Capt Beefheart and Devo, throw in some Robert Fripp and Les Claypool along with elements of free jazz and you start to get a description of this stuff. Utterly mind blowing! Yes, there is hope that actual humans will win the war against the A.I. machines when it comes to music. If not, these boys will mark humanities last stand.
Angine de Poitrine - Mata Zyklek (motorcycle)
Many music fans look back and name moments when someone or a group releases something groundbreaking, music so divergent from anything else that's come before it that it revolutionizes everything that comes after. THIS is one of those moments!
The mainstream favorites all stand on their own merits, no need to rehash that. Then there's the odd and eccentric, such as hearing Capt Beefhearts Trout Mask Replica or seeing Devo for the first time. Today the bar has been raised by a duo out of Quebec called Angine de Poitrine with both their music and stage presence!
They're a drummer and guitarist who plays a double neck rig with both a six string and bass guitar in one instrument, fretted in 1/4 steps instead of the typical 1/2 steps known as Microtonal. For the average listener it basically means he's able to play the notes between the standard notes, something better left heard than discussed. Along with that he uses a number of looping pedals which he uses his bare feet to control the knobs and switches.
So take the aforementioned Capt Beefheart and Devo, throw in some Robert Fripp and Les Claypool along with elements of free jazz and you start to get a description of this stuff. Utterly mind blowing! Yes, there is hope that actual humans will win the war against the A.I. machines when it comes to music. If not, these boys will mark humanities last stand.
Angine de Poitrine - Mata Zyklek (motorcycle)
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