Exploded View (Anika / Invada Records) at Exchange, Bristol, August 21 st 2016
Reports
about EXPLODED VIEW
"Exploded View is a new collaborative project helmed by the UK-born, Berlin-based political-journalist-turned-musician Anika (Invada Records / Stones Throw). The project is newly signed to Sacred Bones Records, who released the single “No More Parties in the Attic” in March. After playing a string of 2014 solo shows in Mexico with a backing lineup composed of local producers Martin Thulin, Hugo Quezada and Amon Melgarejo, Anika and her new bandmates discovered a chemistry that they simply had to capture on tape.
During their rehearsals in Mexico City, the four musicians discovered a new sound, several steps removed from the krautrock-isms of Anika’s previous work. The straight to tape sessions that followed in the San Rafael neighborhood, ventured somewhere new; a lighter place, unguarded, veering from any script. Improvisation was the guiding principle and the source of the band’s inspiration. The studio itself was outfitted so that every sound produced in the room would be recorded. A Tascam 388 8-track captured everything – fully live, fully improvised, first-takes only. Produced by Thulin and Quezada and mastered by Josh Bonati in NYC, the long player is due out in August 2016.
‘No More Parties In The Attic’ is a song that finds power in its conflict; a demented collage of noisy perplexing tones and ominous drones backed with distorted guitars, a devastating bass line and fractured rhythms. While Anika’s jarring vocal display may appear softer than her previous works, the song is laced with her unmistakable icy & nonchalant vocals delivered in ruinous calm.
For fans of Can, dub, and political revolution, Exploded View are:
Annika Henderson (Anika) - D - Singer / Synth
Martin Thulin - SWE - Drums / Guitar
Hugo Quezada - MEX - Bass / Synth
Hector Melgarejo - MEX - Synth / Guitar
‘Exploded View’ is set for release August 19th via Sacred Bones Records."
Gdhio Oihdg was there:
Exploded View, Exchange Bristol, 21.8.16
I still love Anika's voice,
Sure the Nico influence is prevelant but quite naturally given her roots,
The spirit of junge wilde is omnipresent.
It worked splendidly with exploded view's political but upbeat dub-psychedelia, a soundtrack for every sunset of your life...
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