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Take a Nightride with The Pussywarmers
from the sunset till the sunrise
THE PUSSYWARMERS is a Swiss band. I wrote some years ago about them
„The Pussywarmers is a band of a traveling circus. They play swing for the rope-dancers, blues for the knife thrower, tarantella for the lion tamer, dixieland for the magician, cha-cha-cha for the trapezists, tango for the bears, polka for the poodles, waltz for the monkeys and criss-cross for the clowns on four languages.”
They have recently released the Nightride EP under the name of THE PUSSYWARMERES & RÉKA’S ELEKTRONISCHE ABTEILUNG via Annibale Records. And it is totally different than their previous recordings. So I have had to ask what is the story of this project?
Réka: At the beginning of the year we introduced „The Pussywarmers & Réka’s Jizz Ensemble” which represents our „Tropical Big Band”. For the new record we decided to strip down to a quartet: „Elektronische Abteilung” which means „Electronic Department”. It´s a concept for an „Alter Ego Band”. Inventing this band in a Band-Project lead to more freedom in the creative process of composing and recording.
We have a hideout in the mountains of Italy where we are only allowed to play in a low volume. These situations forced us to play around with loops which we kept on sometimes for hours. This sounds and loops created sometimes states of hypnosis. In this new found state we also started to experiment with new sounds and instruments. For „Nightride” we wanted to capture those moods and used instruments that would reflect perfectly those nights. From the sunset till the sunrise.
„Nightride” is very cinematique, so a big influence – for this new way of writing and recording music – were definitely movies. In Zürich exists the Institute of Incoherent Cinematography. Pablo Assandri – the head of IOIC – organizes silent movie events to which he invites musicians to create new film scores for these movies in a live situation. He invited us a couple of times and we loved it. To compose music to images is a very different approach. Music can be created which would never arise in normal practicing situations. Characters and scenes of the movie can become your muses. For example we played for Fred Niblo’s film The Temptress (1926).
The event series is called „The Underworld in Silent Film”. Here is an old trailer just for the feeling
Next silent film event will be on 30 March. Marena Whitcher’s Shady Midnight Orchestra will play on the film Der Geisterzug (Ghost Train, Germany/UK, 1927) by Géza von Bolváry.
NEXT PUSSYWARMERS & RÉKA SHOWS
30.3.2017 / Geneve (CH) / Bongo Joe / NIGHTRIDE RELEASE TOUR
1.3.2017 / Basel (CH) / tba / NIGHTRIDE RELEASE TOUR
1.4.2017 / Zurich (CH) / Bundeshaus Residency 68 / NIGHTRIDE
BANDS OF RNR666 II.
Until this day RNR666 has organized 126 shows, and 3 are coming soon. Here is the second part of a playlist series with 25 bands from our shows. You can find here psych garage rock and roll synth punk beach pop country humppa metal blues music. Taste us!
1. Paint Fumes (US) – Hippie 2. Black Bug (Fra) – Razor Face 3. OvO (Ita) – I cannibali 4. Elakelaiset (Fin) – Humppavammanen 5. Skip Jensen (Can) – Been Here For A While 6. Kirik Cizgi (Turk) – Jonathan ve Guvercin 7. Dragibus (Fra) – A Crocoodile In An Aquarium 8. The Experimental Tropic Blues Band (Belg) – Belgian Hero 9. Selfish Cunt (UK) – Avocado 10. Hello Sunshine (Fra) – Taxes For Texas 11. Audacity (US) – Overrated 12. Jack Of Heart (Fra) – Lady Wilde 13. Summer Schatzies (Hun) – Final Solution 14. Los Vigilantes (Puerto Rico) – Letal 15. Bazooka (Gr) – Achristi Genia 16. Natural Child (US) – Bailando Con Lobos 17. Zlodeji Usi (Czech) – Hlad 18. J.C. Satan (Fra) – Satan II 19. Gustave Tiger (Hun) – Like Royal Incest 20. Jimmy Trash x Big Daddy Mugglestone (US/AUS) – Elysium 21. Harry Merry (NL) – Dispute In The Barnfarm 22. Gay Anniversary (Gr) – Fat Punks 23. Trouble Vs Glue (Ita) – Secret Place 24. Joe Buck Yourself (US) – Rage In The South 25. The Pussywarmwers & Réka (CH) – Young Men Living
On the pictures is Ali from JC Satan at RNR666 party in Budapest at 17 Oct 2014. Pics by Martinkó Márk.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THE YOUNG MEN LIVING?
For example there was the Trinidad calypso musician Lord Executor (1884-1952), he could not imagine it. This song is a late answer to him by Swiss mish-mash folk pop band Pussywarmers
from their latest album I Saw Them Leaving (Wild Honey Records). You can find chansons, folk ballads, psychedelic beats, rocks and seagulls on it. Listen to it in full! Buy here
Swiss Velvet
The Swiss mish-mash folk pop band Pussywarmers
& Hungarian Austrian jazz singer (and film maker) Réka Csiszér
Fading Out from the upcoming David Lynch film titled
3 Sparrows & 6 Eyes
which is based on Master Zacharius, a tale by Shakespeare.
It’s about a Swiss clockmaker whose clockworks
suddenly begin to stop one by one.
From the album I Saw Them Leaving on Wild Honey Records (Italy)
Listen to it in full
Oui Oui Oui
Hungarian Austrian jazz singer film maker enfant terrible femme fatale, Réka Csiszér
Thai Vietnamese Parisian burlesque performer, Lala Morte
Swiss musician, Simone form The Pussywarmers
Italian musician, Nene from Movie Star Junkies
recorded Dawn Penn’s reggae hit from 1967, You Don’t Love Me
in a Billy Holiday and a Jane Birkin style French versions.
The Me’s – Oui Oui Oui
7″ by Voodoo Rhythm Records
Today’s New Video
Hand made video
by Pussywarmers & Réka: Something You Call Love
from the album ‘I Saw Them Leaving’ on Wild Honey Records. If you know The Pussywarmers then you will be surprised. There is no trace of the punk swing. Chansons, folk ballads, psychedelic beats, rocks and seagulls on a tropical coast. Full stream
Video is directed and produced by Réka Csiszér & Nene Baratto (Movie Star Junkies). Edited by Réka Csiszér
From New Records
If you know The Pussywarmers then you will be surprised. There is no trace of the punk swing. Chansons, folk ballads, psychedelic beats, rocks and seagulls on a tropical coast. I like this better than the previous albums, but one thing is missing for me, the polyglotry.
The Pussywarmers and Réka – I Saw Them Leaving by Wild Honey
And look this: a 7″ by Réka Csiszér a „Hungarian Austrian Jazz Singer Film Maker Enfant Terrible” Femme Fatale + Lala Morte a „Thai Vietnamese Parisian Burlesque Performer” + Simone (Pussywarmers) + Nene (Movie Star Junkies). They recorded Dawn Penn’s reggae hit from 1967, You Don’t Love Me in a Billy Holiday and a Jane Birkin style French versions. It’s released by Voodoo Rhythm
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D.Charles Speer is a guitarist. Grew up in Deep South of America. Moving to New York in the early 90s. Member of No-Neck Blues Band, a folk, drone, psychedelia, free jazz, noise and everything big band, who like to use the wharves, parks, rooftops and other unusual places for performances, so their shows have been shot down frequently by police. He likes and plays Greek and Arabic music. And rock’n’roll, blues, country and rockabilly
D Charles Speer & The Helix – Double Exposure LP by Thrill Jockey