GUTS PIE EARSHOT are surely one of the most unusual modern bands who music-wise vaguely have something to do with punk/ hardcore and in the same time breakbeat/ techno.
Their music is purely instrumental. This instrumentation may appear minimalist, only cello and drums are played, and yet the music conjures up entire new universes in the mind’s eye – or ear.
It creates a unique atmosphere miles away from the structured world of punk, rock, dance-floor or drum ’n‘ bass. As we know, opposites attract and in the case of this band, they simply implode. Live drum break beats and staccato cello strokes cater for aggressive and tight moments bursting with punk energy and catch the dance floor grooves with its classical, oriental cello melodies.
With their sound they manage to create a whole new tone world oscillating between mourning, melancholy and dreaminess on the one hand, and power, energy, virtuosity and the entire complexity of jazz punk on the other. What emerges is innovative and playful pieces which are yet saturated in beauty – and always a sure seduction to dance.
GUTS PIE EARSHOT are one of the bands who for 35 years now have achieved what only the very few manage: to transfer themselves and their audience into a state of intoxication and, for as long as the song lasts, abduct them into another world.
Influences from hardcore, classic, breakbeat, jazz, tekno and folk create an hypnotic soundtrack to the famous „in-mind movie“.
But both musicians remain true to their punk roots, even meticulous passages never come over as sterile, and the sound still has that somewhat rough charm of a garage band.
It’s clear that here the depths of established listening habits are plumbed and put to the test. A band that has broken out of the musical norm to create something completely new, their own thing.
Turfu ist die eigentlich eher unwahrscheinliche Zusammenarbeit von Raphaël Decoster und Matthieu Souchet. Raphaël Decoster ist ein versierter Musiker in der Trad.- und Folkszene, interessiert sich aber auch für elektronische Musik. In der (sowie im Jazz) Matthieu Souchet seinen Hintergrund hat. Das Wundersame geschah: Es klickte musikalisch – Turfu war geboren. Der Name ist ein Anagramm für Futur, also Zukunft; als Themen ihrer Musik nennen sie Leidenschaft, Ekstase und Betrunkenheit und kleben ihr gerne das Etikett „kosmisch“ auf. Diese dionysischen Themen übersetzen sie in mal rustikale, mal wilde Melodien, verbinden traditionelle Tanzmusik mit Techno sowie handgemachte mit digitalen Sounds, alles mit nur einem Ziel: die Leute zum Tanzen zu bringen. Dazu konzipieren sie ihre Konzerte wie DJ-Sets, in dem sie ihre Stücke ineinanderfließen lassen und so einen Raum für kollektive Trance schaffen. (Festival Rudolstadt 2022)
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Step into the darkness. Can you taste the sweat-filled air? Can you stand the pressing heat? The driving energy grips you in a deadly embrace. Let the rhythm absorb you, your blood turn to oil. You become part of the machine, the machine that is driven by the motor of Komfortrauschen. Three precision-obsessed control freaks that have honed their craft to a German industrial perfection. An uncompromised sound welded together from propelling drums, deep unrepentant bass lines and a searing guitar that bites through like acid. They convert their mechanical energy into hedonistic live techno that is impossible to resist. Only thing is, there is no emergency stop!
Komfortrauschen is a live band from Berlin that creates the powerful sound of a techno DJ set in their very own analogue fashion with traditional instruments, filtered through an impressive array of pedals and effects. Imagine a punk band trapped inside a drum computer, the Prodigy being a Berghain resident, Richie Hawtin meets Rammstein. The pure ecstasy and machine accuracy of techno enriched with the fresh energy and playfulness of a live band. Since the band was formed in 2014, Komfortrauschen have played regularly in famous German clubs like Sisyphos, Kantine am Berghain and Kater Blau as well as all over Europe and beyond. Now they’re about to hit the stages worldwide!
