http://www.husky-rescue.com/
http://www.myspace.com/huskyrescue

Great news! There's been a release! Of Husky Rescue rarities and remixes! Brilliant! Alright. I'll be honest: I've no idea who this band is, and I've no idea what they've done or who they've influenced to deserve this kind of reminisci-package. Quite unusually for a closed-minded gimp such as myself, though, Husky Rescue are striking me as a prospect that might be quite nice. The remixes, though I can claim no frame of reference for them and can equally not be bothered to seek out their inspirations, seem pleasant, considered, even interesting. Chin-stroking intellectualism is thankfully cast aside in lieu of dirt, bass, thuds and repetitive joy. Not especially taxing, but it's a Tuesday and I just don't want challenges right now. Tunng's enjoyable stab at 'Diamonds In The Sky' remains (remember I said it was enjoyable, though) rather without their menace, but is still crafted with enough hollow despondency to make those beautiful chord changes on the guitar the centre of attention. Of the rarities (the not-covers), 'Poison' is the clear winner. One suspects, with no evidence to hand, that Husky Rescue are the kind of band to whom melody and its relation to accompaniment is very important. More than functional shapes are the Beth Gibbons-esque husk and the arching synths. Atmospheres are consummately created and then lived in, lending the music a terrific nostalgia and sense of pedigree. Similarly, 'Gasoline Girl' uses muscular parallel chord changes to bolster an already well-bolstered voice, and some proper-spooky keys to create a smoky atmosphere Nick Cave would probably live in with a beaten dog. See, as a reviewer, you're meant to just know what most bands sound like so you can make your very informed opinion stick out a little more. Basically, you do your homework all the time by hearing everything you can. Husky Rescue are a band (a Finnish band, apparently) who I, for unimportant and uninteresting reasons, have never locked horns with. To then hear people take material you've not heard and monkey with it makes the job even harder to judge impartially, but on Other World there's wealth enough of innovative approaches and tuneful menace to stop it being a mere covers album. (I think, probably.)
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Discographie :

• Country Falls (2004)
• Ghost Is Not Real (2007)
• Other World: Remixes and Rarities (2007) 

http://eccy.cc/
http://www.myspace.com/eccytrv

http://www.wanja.ch

 

release date: june 2005

all songs written by wanja; recorded in vogelsang, zurich and berlin 2003-2005; cover photo by ralf.

wanja are: benjamin freuler, frank schindler

The inventors of trip rock are back. here is the second part of the album ' janus ' from wanja it's some kind of electrocholical stuff.
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		Titre		Durée	Auditeurs
1		lose téléchargement gratuit		4:34	94
2		don't care téléchargement gratuit		3:45	164
3		black bile téléchargement gratuit		3:30	97
4		field of stones téléchargement gratuit		3:47	86
5		so called téléchargement gratuit		2:34	94
6		it ain't fun téléchargement gratuit		4:17	79
7		no time for heart attack téléchargement gratuit		4:00	83
8		silent whispers téléchargement gratuit		4:07	192
9		the difference téléchargement gratuit		4:01	201

http://www.theasteroidsgalaxytour.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theasteroidsgalaxytour

Au Danemark, ils ont commencé à se faire connaître en faisant la première partie d’Amy Winehouse, ce qui ne m’étonne guère à l’écoute de la voix impressionnante de la chanteuse, Mete Lindberg, qui se rapproche de celle de Winehouse.
Son timbre s’adapte, surprend, fait frissonner, devient mélancolique ou plus léger. Cela convient parfaitement à l’univers musical de The Asteroids Galaxy Tour riche en couleurs. On sent rapidement les influences des artistes qui aiment la funk, le psychédélique –suffit de voir la pochette – mais surtout la soul. Il y a même quelques passages qui rappellent un peu Pink Floyd, du moins dans leur période psychédélique.

La grande force de The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, hormis la voix de la chanteuse – j’insisterais jamais assez pour dire à quel point elle va vous clouer sur place -, c’est leurs mélodies entraînantes que vous retiendrez dès la première écoute. Vous ne résisterez pas à la tentation de chanter faux et en yaourt par dessus la musique !

Il y a « The Sun ain’t Shining no More », mélange intéressant entre des rythmes funky et un refrain plein de pop sucrée. La voix de Mete vous fera frissonner sur  « Lady Jesus » avec ses timbres lancinants ou enfantins bien accompagnés par des effets psyché. Quant  à « Around the Bend » une des chansons phares de l’album, un peu trop pop à mon goût, a tout pour squatter les ondes des radios pendant un bon moment.

En bref, on est parti pour entendre parler de The Asteroids Galaxy Tour pendant un moment. Un premier album prometteur.

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Discographie :
- Fruit (2009)