Angine de Poitrine (Live on KEXP)

[JimmyM]

This is one of the only newer bands that old people actually admit to liking. It's very unusual for that to happen because old people often don't like anything that came out after they turn 30. It's actually kind of cool that they have a group of old farts like me who dig them. Just goes to show you that music isn't dead…it just smells a little expired sometimes

 

[gtirard]

This is one of the only newer bands that old people actually admit to liking. It's very unusual for that to happen because old people often don't like anything that came out after they turn 30. It's actually kind of cool that they have a group of old farts like me who dig them. Just goes to show you that music isn't dead…it just smells a little expired sometimes

I would add King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

 

[gtirard]

 

[SactoBass]

This is weird.

I like his bass tone.

 

[emal]

As a Quebecer its cool to see this madness blow up
I hope it shines a spotlight to other Quebecois Musique.
I love the bass tone too. My fave Québecois tone since Groovy Aardvark

 

[antfarm]

 

[CochinoBass]

I didnt go through this whole thread to see if it was discussed, but it sounds like he is using flats on the bass neck? Maybe dead rounds or half rounds or Chromes or...? I see the colored ball ends so they are likely D'Addarios of some kind.

 

[JimmyM]

I didnt go through this whole thread to see if it was discussed, but it sounds like he is using flats on the bass neck? Maybe dead rounds or half rounds or Chromes or...? I see the colored ball ends so they are likely D'Addarios of some kind.

I don't know but I'm pretty sure they're dead rounds.

 

[Patrice B]

As a Quebecer its cool to see this madness blow up
I hope it shines a spotlight to other Quebecois Musique.
I love the bass tone too. My fave Québecois tone since Groovy Aardvark

Indeed, love the sound of Vincent Peake!

 

[callofcthulhu]

First thought was Kiss concealing their faces. Like I said I have worked with a bunch of gimmicky bands and find it funny that they need to do that.
The music is great complete opposite of Kiss.

Everything is a performance, even sincerity.

 

[Hoochie Coochie Man]

I am an old guy, and there is something captivating about the unusual micro-tonal music and the unusual costume, but I draw the line at Yoko. I will most likely not be watching that one.

 

[JimmyM]

Everything is a performance, even sincerity.

Gosh darn right. I don't know why so many musicians look at putting a show on as a bad thing. It's a great thing. I learned how to make flash pots when I was 16. And people forget that the music still has to hold up after all the theater.

 

[ardgedee]

Some of the best metacommentary I've seen/heard/read about AdP.


I won't quibble with any of Emily's points but I've got a slightly different take on one... I first saw AdP on video a couple months before the KEXP one that blew up. And... it didn't really do anything for me. They were good I guess but it didn't connect. Fast forward to February and the KEXP video is solid as a rock. So where Emily's conclusion is that the music isn't as good without the visuals, mine is that most of their stuff before that KEXP video, including the first album, were made before they'd done enough woodshedding to become as tight and groovy as they are now.

Maybe the truth is it's a little of both. Or (more probably) that we can like the same things in different ways.

 

[Polfuste]

As we see them everywhere, i've listened it. Some vids and the KEXP one. I found them to be really impressive players. They're tight, the guibassist is really precise with his looper and masterise it like nobody, with nice sounds. They are locked so tight that i could swear the drummer has in-ear monitors in his false head with a click locked on guibassist looper. Or he's very very extraterrestrially good. But i must say their music doesn't touch me more. In fact, some ascent or descent guibassist plays are looking like an old vinyl LP that would not turn at the same speed regularly, like an old tired LP player. So my taste for sure, and my personal feeling.
What i think is how will they make it evolve to not disappear when hype will go down ? Is there a wide plan to increase the band with new members which could add some new sounds/colors and make it evolve ? I can imagine a sax player with a big effect board, which could add some smoothness in the general band sound, and open other doors ? Main problem i can imagine is the music with a looper will pretty much sound quickly repetitive. (already after 15 minuts to me). That can sound very good on one set, or two like they play today. But 5 albums with this concept ? I'm curious to follow their work.

 

[WG Plum]

Some of the best metacommentary I've seen/heard/read about AdP.


I won't quibble with any of Emily's points but I've got a slightly different take on one... I first saw AdP on video a couple months before the KEXP one that blew up. And... it didn't really do anything for me. They were good I guess but it didn't connect. Fast forward to February and the KEXP video is solid as a rock. So where Emily's conclusion is that the music isn't as good without the visuals, mine is that most of their stuff before that KEXP video, including the first album, were made before they'd done enough woodshedding to become as tight and groovy as they are now.

Maybe the truth is it's a little of both. Or (more probably) that we can like the same things in different ways.

I find her videos hit and miss, but this is a great one.

 

[bullshark]

As we see them everywhere, i've listened it. Some vids and the KEXP one. I found them to be really impressive players. They're tight, the guibassist is really precise with his looper and masterise it like nobody, with nice sounds. They are locked so tight that i could swear the drummer has in-ear monitors in his false head with a click locked on guibassist looper. Or he's very very extraterrestrially good. But i must say their music doesn't touch me more. In fact, some ascent or descent guibassist plays are looking like an old vinyl LP that would not turn at the same speed regularly, like an old tired LP player. So my taste for sure, and my personal feeling.
What i think is how will they make it evolve to not disappear when hype will go down ? Is there a wide plan to increase the band with new members which could add some new sounds/colors and make it evolve ? I can imagine a sax player with a big effect board, which could add some smoothness in the general band sound, and open other doors ? Main problem i can imagine is the music with a looper will pretty much sound quickly repetitive. (already after 15 minuts to me). That can sound very good on one set, or two like they play today. But 5 albums with this concept ? I'm curious to follow their work.

Apparently they've tried to find a bass player but failed, hence the double neck guibass. And they are exceptional instrumentalist, so the pool of talents who can play at this level, while not empty by any mean, it is pretty thin I would think.
Additionally, the microtonal nature of the music would make it very hard to integrate traditional instruments. Synth would integrate well with the sound, but where would you find a microtonal keybed?

As to the repetiveness nature of the looping, honestly I find most modern pop music way more repetitive that what those guys are doing. The chordal movement and arrangement is more than enough to keep me interested. But that's me, people have, and always will have, different taste.

 

[farace]

I see they are scheduled to play the Newport Jazz Festival.

 

[FilterFunk]

Great ideas and musicianship… but a little monotonous.

^This.

It's one of those things that's cool for a while, and I certainly appreciate the skill, but for me this is more of a nice musical appetizer - it couldn't be the main course.

 

[FilterFunk]

Oddly enough, I think this collaboration actually worked!

 

[farace]

Apparently they've tried to find a bass player but failed, hence the double neck guibass. And they are exceptional instrumentalist, so the pool of talents who can play at this level, while not empty by any mean, it is pretty thin I would think.
Additionally, the microtonal nature of the music would make it very hard to integrate traditional instruments. Synth would integrate well with the sound, but where would you find a microtonal keybed?

As to the repetiveness nature of the looping, honestly I find most modern pop music way more repetitive that what those guys are doing. The chordal movement and arrangement is more than enough to keep me interested. But that's me, people have, and always will have, different taste.

Microtonal keyboards have existed. Harry Partch built instruments, including keys, to play in his system with 43 unequally spaced notes per octave.



Here is a harpsichord with 18 equally spaced notes per octave: