Showing posts with label Freak folk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freak folk. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 December 2011

The Do - Both Ways Open Jaws (2011)


  The Dø is a folk/pop band formed in 2007 comprising Dan Levy and Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti from Paris, France and Helsinki, Finland respectively. Their name apparently derives from the first note in the C-major scale. 
  The Dø’s music can be classified as diverse, incorporating many different genres and styles, including avant-garde noise, hip-hop and classical music. Thus the music could be said to fit into the freak folk-genre. The band’s debut record was called A Mouthful and was released within Europe in 2008. A Mouthful was released in April, 2010, in U.S. by Six Degrees.
  In 2011 they released Both Ways Open Jaws under the same record label.



  01 – Dust It Off
 02 – Gonna Be Sick
 03 – The Wicket & The Blind
 04 – Too Insistent
 05 – Bohemian Dances
 06 – Smash Them All (Night Visitors)
 07 – Leo Leo
 08 – B.W.O.J.
 09 – Slippery Slope
 10 – The Calendar
 11 – Was It a Dream
 12 – Quake, Moutain, Quake
 13 – Moon Mermaids



  The Do - Both Ways Open Jaws

Sunday, 2 January 2011

CocoRosie - Grey Oceans

    C'est bizarre ... Mais si bon!!!

  CocoRosie is a musical group formed in 2003 by sisters Bianca "Coco" and Sierra "Rosie" Casady. The sisters were born and raised in the United States, but formed the band in Paris after meeting for the first time in years. Their music has been called "freak folk", and incorporates elements of pop, blues, opera, electronica, and hip hop.
   CocoRosie was originally a duo, with Sierra singing, playing the guitar, piano and harp, and Bianca singing and manipulating various children's toys, electronic and percussion instruments, as well as other exotic noisemakers. They subsequently added various backing musicians at live shows, usually a bassist, synth player and beatboxer. They have been a very active touring group, playing across Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. They have released four full-length albums: La maison de mon rêveNoah's Ark (2005), (2004), The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (2007), and Grey Oceans (2010).