Knalpot by Paul Bergen
“lo-fi stumbling groove alarm”, das die Selbstauskunft über ihre Musik. Knalpot — deutsch-französisches Duo aus Amsterdam — mischen Dub, Electronics, harten Rock und coolen Jazz zu etwas zusammen, das bereits einige Festivals in Europa aufgemischt hat: “Sounds like a motorbike race between Radiohead, Clark and Squarepusher”, schrieb BIMHUIS. Überhaupt die Presse im Lande nebenan: versucht begeistert, diese Art Musik zu fassen. “The two are trained as jazz musicians, but grew up with grunge and metal”, schrieb OOR und kam zu dem Schluss: “The best kept secret of Amsterdam’s popmusic.” Und weiter:
This duo makes a mix of jazz, electronics and jazz that is much more exciting than many other electronic pop acts of today. But, and there lies the problem, the stumbling beats’ of Knalpot are difficult to place. But precisely that is the charm of Raphael Vanoli and Gerri Jäger, a German and Austrian that ended up in the dutch capital. The two are trained as jazz musicians, but grew up with grunge and metal.
On Sauce the two keep drawing the line that started with Serious Outtakes. Knalpot sounds somewhere between Battles (remember them?), Partisans and the old Scorn. That means no easy listening. Rhythms (asynchronous, polyrhythmic), searing guitars and samples tumble over each other. It takes a while to discover structure in this chaos, but that’s worth the effort. Sauce sounds like a short improvisation in dubstep, opener Stainlees rubs close against mathcore. The closing track AV III tops it of: threatening, frightening and intensely black. It has something from dubstep, but really isn’t that. Knalpot is even better live than on record. And that really means something.
Kurz und knapp das UTRECHTS DAGBLAD:
The future of Dutch music
Das STREAM MAGAZINE:
Probably the best rock duo that surfaced in The Netherlands in 2009. Guitar, electronics, drums and an immense dose of energy
Weiter? EUFORION:
Their ’nu-generator tractor music’ full of lo-fi grooves and unexpected combinations turned the crowd crazy. Definitely one of the most memorable nights at Club behind Mirror.
DRAAIOMJEOREN:
The most exceptional band of the festival surely was Knalpot, consisting of two experimenters of sonic worlds: Raphael Vanoli and Gerri Jäger … It is really thrilling and pleasing to see such courageous pioneers exist.
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knalpot.bandcamp.com
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