NuSoundz, seria de evenimente cu artisti internationali din zona alternativa, indie si electro, inaugurata de catre One Event anul acesta, va continua cu episodul trei ce se va desfasura in luna mai, in zilele de 20 si 21 in cluburi din Bucuresti si Cluj-Napoca.
Trupa care va lua parte la NuSoundz Session 3 este ABE VIGODA si provine din LA, California fiind deja apreciata in US si Europa pentru sound-ul lor unic si special, numit de catre critica de specialitate tropical-punk.
ABE VIGODA s-a lansat pe piata Americana inca din 2006 avand deja la activ trei albume de studio. Cu fiecare nou album lansat cvartetul Californian a demonstrat ca sunt capabili sa nu se repete, oferind publicului de fiecare data sonoritati deosebite fata de cele auzite pe materialele anterioare. Rifurile simple de punk de pe debutul ‘Kid City’ din 2006 au fost imediat virate intr-un uimitor ‘tropical-punk-rock’ pe cel de-al doilea album ‘Skeleton’ lansat in 2008, ducand aprecierea fanilor si criticilor intr-un nou univers.
Cu cel mai recent album, lansat anul trecut si intitulat ‘Crush’, ABE VIGODA s-au autodepasit din punt de vedere al structurii compozitiilor si a modalitati de abordare a fiecarei piese in parte. Pe ‘Crush’ Michael Vidal (lider, vocal si chitarist) si compania au reusit sa aditioneze exemplar sunetele sticloase ale cold-wave-ului impreuna cu sintetizatoare, sequencer-e si beat-uri ‘80-iste, conferindui intregului album o coloana vertebrala de o stralucire orbitoare.
O contributie importanta la abordarea noului sound al trupei a avut-o nou venitul in formatie, Dane Chadwick, care este responsabil cu toate partile ritmice noi dupa cum chiar Michael explica: “Noul material este mult mai ritmic si dinamic, Dane avand rolul principal, aducand cu el melodicitatea pieselor dar si aproape toate partile electronice”.
Ca o dovada ca lucrurile stau exact asa a fost si reactia presei care a catalogat noul material ‘Crush’ numai cu cuvinte de lauda si superlative, totul fiind incununat cu calsarea lui pe pozitia 40 in “Top 50 Albums of 2010”, in clasamentul realizat de prestigiosul web-zine Pitchfork.
“Crush’s bustling rhythms are threaded with highlife guitars, chiming out writhing, hypnotic melodies, cutting a joyous calypso… A more charming and seductive album you’re unlikely to hear this year”
MOJO – 4 Stars ****
“Steeped in the sounds of Afrobeat, Tropicalia and Caribbean pop, Crush romps along at a joyful gait peppered with breathless harmonies and squalls of noise”
Uncut – 4 Stars ****
“Abe Vigoda are four LA kids who shunt their scratchy punk full of irresistible tropicalia rhythms and can’t stop going on about all the great fun they’re having.”
Vice – 10/10 (Album of the Month)
“It’s a bold, brash listen, and with a manic 10 songs in just over half an hour, it goes straight for the jugular”
NME – 8/10
“carnivale rhythms and breakneck pace… With spots of sunny calypso bursting out of the ethereal syncopations, it’s a thing of dizzying beauty”
Metro – 4 Stars ****
“An exciting, unique record”
Artrocker – 4 Stars ****
“Abe Vigoda are a tremendously energetic proposition, almost cartoonish in their musical execution and very, very entertaining on record”
The Fly – 4 Stars ****
“Abe Vigoda sound ready to be heard everywhere all at once… Crush finds the band expanding on and beautifying a sound very much their own: lush, tropical punk that’s swallowed as many strains of sound as the images it conjures”
Pitchfork – 8.3/10
ABE VIGODA vor vizita Romania in premiera anul acesta in mai pentru doua reprezentatii live de exceptie; pe 20 mai – Bucuresti la Club Control si 21 mai – Cluj-Napoca la Boiler Club concerte ce fac parte din cadrul seriei NuSoundz si sunt produse de catre One Event in colaborare cu Control Club – Bucuresti si Boiler Club – Cluj-Napoca.
ABE VIGODA [supporting by The Mono Jacks] – 20 mai, Bucuresti – Control Club: //www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173224986069434
ABE VIGODA – 21 mai, Cluj-Napoca – Boiler Club: //www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201763069861038
ABE VIGODA ‘Dream of My Love (Chasing After You) [LIVE]’ – //youtu.be/LecL36mSzFw?hd=1
ABE VIGODA ‘Throwing Shade’ VIDEO – //youtu.be/PcYbGgUxTq0?hd=1
ABE VIGODA ‘Repeating Angel [LIVE]’ – //youtu.be/wVzyrwWpiME?hd=1
