TALIBAM! Is a FUN BAND THAT ENTERTAINS...
Studio Dauhaus – platform for independent culture and contemporary arts presents:
the jam of the year featuring:
Talibam! (NY)
Angleov Brothers Orchestra (Vidin)
this Wednesday, Oct 8, 22h00
Swing club
Hailing from New York, Talibam! have been making their presence felt since 2003 through numerous live gigs, self-released cdr's and label releases. Talibam! have toured Europe five times since 2006 and will be going back later this year. They have releases on Azul Discografica, Evolving Ear, Pendu Sounds, Ecstatic Peace, Gaffer Records, Blackest Rainbow, and others.
Talibam! Is one of the most potent and fascinating bands in contemporary music. The five years of interplay between Mottel and Shea has created one of the most unique and exciting live shows and some of the most powerfully recorded documents of any era. At a time when most culture sticks to conservative niche opportunities, Talibam! is interested in expansion and exploration; They manage to part the sea by not sticking to genre, aesthetic predisposition or the usual norms of what being a 'band' is. More inclined to put on a show that any and all will like, and not be stymied by 'avant' type casting, they have won over both unsuspecting and in the 'know' audiences worldwide.
Matt Mottel's visage should be familiar to anyone who's been going to shows in NYC in the past ten years. He's been hanging around NYC clubs since he was like 16, and dropping electric mind bombs with his synthesizer in those clubs nearly as long with folks like Awesome Color, Akron/Family, Kenny Wollesen, Chris Corsano, Ras Moshe, Cooper-Moore, Sean Meehan, and his new band Shadow Maps.
Kevin Shea's drumming and stage gymnastics have been gazed at with wide wonder through his membership in bands like Storm & Stress (Touch & Go), Coptic Light (No Quarter), People (I and Ear), Peter Evans Quartet (Firehouse 12), Sexy Thoughts (rcarchives.com), Mostly Other People Do The Killing (Hot Cup), etc.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT TALIBAM!
"Their name-- taken from a New York Post headline celebrating American bombings in Afghanistan-- may be a joke, but their music is far from a punchline. Not that it's super-serious either: Most of Talibam!'s songs are rollicking, blood-pumping workouts that surely take a few cases of Red Bull to complete. But these guys have sharp skills and diverse ideas and can do a lot more than just sprint. Their music evokes the raucous party-noise of Hal Russell or the Sun Ra Arkestra, but also the agility of ensembles led by David Ware or William Parker. On top of that, Talibam! adds prog and math-rock flourishes akin to Don Caballero and Battles." - Mark Masters, Pitchfork Media
"...Talibam! have created an eclectic, muscular rock/noise-inflected Improv all their own." "...things fall apart wonderfully...out of sheer exuberance and pure adrenalin pushing the musicians and the music up to and over the edge." "The energy level is worthy of Borbetomagus, but it spills out in all directions, from demented free noise polka to post-Prog funk chorale...The cumulative effect of it all is pretty mindblowing...Talibam! could well be the most exciting improv outfit you'll hear all year...this is more a point of no return than a point of departure...the view from the cliff top is magnificent." - Dan Warburton, Wire Magazine
"Like the Sun City Girls before them, Talibam! are musical omnivores and uncanny telepaths. Collectively, they have digested everything from free-jazz, Americana and noise, to Afro-pop, garage and electroacoustic composition and connect the dots between these idioms to create spontaneous and vivid constellations of sound." - FORCED EXPOSURE
"Lately I've been hearing the terms "skronk," "kronk," "krank," "crunk" and "krump." What do they mean? I don't know. I think this Talibam track is half crunk and half krank. Maybe half spunk and half skronk. It's my favorite song right now. I've been listening to it a lot while playing Word Whomp on my computer and paying my taxes online. For people like me who don't do drugs, I also recommend listening to this while watching QVC." - Marnie Stern (Kill Rock Stars) guest reviewer for PAPER THIN WALLS
"...Talibam!'s songs fan out and strive to break free of idioms and constraints without losing their ear for beauty or the "natural;' as ballsy as their pan-stylistic maneuvering may be, it's never counterintuitive or forced." - (P Funk) TINY MIX TAPES
"The music matches the mania of the packaging perfectly as the trio let loose a …blast of sonic sludge that gleefully destroys everything in it's path, as if on a mission." - Edwin Pouncey, WIRE MAGAZINE
"Floating between free jazz and no wave, Talibam! conjures the holy ghosts of New York City's musical underground while providing a fresh, albeit sweaty, perspective on the politics of noise." - PRINTED MATTER
"Agro-improv troupe Talibam! will surely harsh your mellow. A cross between noise-rock, free-jazz and unabashad fuckeduppedness, Talibam! is audio terrorism at its most playful. Led by drummer Kevin Shea and the hideous gurgles of what might be Speak & Spells (Matt Mottel, synth) suffocating under distortion pedals." - Chris Weingarten, VILLAGE VOICE
Оркестър Братя Ангелови / Видин
Специалистите определят стила им като Balkan brass Bаnd.
За разлика от американските си колеги, почти всички са завършили - професионална гимназия по селско стопанство в Брегово, но никой не става “аграрен музикант”, както критиката определя Talibam!. През септември 2007 се връщат с Гранд при награда от надсвирването в сръбския град Гуча. В София пристигат директно от фестивала в Зайчар.
