Een unieke groep met geweldige muziek vol met cello's, unieke zang en eigenzinnige teksten. Jammer dat hier nog geen topic van was
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quote:Bron: Allmusic.comBiography by Jason Ankeny
The New York City-based trio Rasputina was led by singer/songwriter Melora Creager, a classically-trained cellist who backed Nirvana on the group's final tour. In 1992, Creager placed a want ad seeking other cellists to form a rock band; among those responding was Canadian musician Julie Kent, and with the later addition of Polish native Agnieszka Rybska, Rasputina was born. The three cellists' image further developed by the addition of tightly-laced vintage Victorian costumes, their gothic chamber-pop soon caught the attention of Sony, who issued the group's debut Thanks for the Ether in 1996; Transylvanian Regurgitations, an EP featuring remixes by fan Marilyn Manson, appeared a year later, and in 1998 Rasputina resurfaced with How We Quit the Forest.
By the new millennium, Rybska and Kent had been replaced with Nana Bornant and K. Cowperthwaite. A deal with Instinct surfaced in 2001 and the magical mystery of Cabin Fever appeared the following spring. Bornant's stay was brief; she left in June 2002 and Cowperthwaite followed four months later. Zoe Keating (cello) and first ever male bandmate Jonathon TeBeest were quickly added to the beautiful chaos of Rasputina just in time for the 2003 release of the Lost & Found EP. Frustration Plantation, their most cohesive work to date, appeared in spring 2004. In 2007 the group released Oh Perilous World, a loosely-connected song suite culled from newspaper clippings that lead singer Melora Creager gathered over a two year period, then juxtaposed with the band's signature 18th century steampunk imagery.
Mocht je de muziek nog niet kennen:
Ze hebben alleen niet echt eigen videoclips
.Maar goed plaats hier uw lofuitingen voor Rasputina
Ik heb nog een tip als je dit soort shit mooi vindt: Diablo Swing Orchestra
Erg grappige originele muziek en dan vooral ook qua teksten en zangstijl.
Vooral Frustration Plantation vind ik er goed.
.Frustration Plantation en Oh Perilous World zijn bij mij ook favoriet
quote:Cool! Zo is ee tip geven wel erg leukOp zaterdag 18 april 2009 20:58 schreef Filatelistfetisjist het volgende:
Diablo Swing Orchestra is inmiddels besteld. Bedankt voor de Tip!! Als er meer mensen zijn die vergelijkbare muziek kennen, dan moeten ze dat vooral niet voor zich houden
Frustration Plantation en Oh Perilous World zijn bij mij ook favoriet
Maar goed, het is ook gewoon erg gave muziek. Ze waren een tijd geleden in de Baroeg in Rotterdam, helaas hebben we de helft van het optreden gemist, maar ze waren erg goed. Wat ze op CD doen kunnen ze live ook, en zo jong nog, echt broekies!
quote:Ik heb er alle vertrouwen in dat dit album ook verrassend is en gelijk aanspreektNEW RASPUTINA ALBUM COMING JUNE 15
In case you hadn’t heard the news, Rasputina is officially releasing their seventh album, Sister Kinderhook, on June 15. It will be available on LP, CD, and various forms of digital downloads (pre-order info to come soon!). Melora recorded it whilst pregnant in the Hudson Valley just last summer, and she and Brian Kehew (Moog Cookbook, Fiona Apple, Air) mixed it in Los Angeles with a newborn in the studio.
On Sister Kinderhook, Melora deals with Colonial themes and the history of Columbia County. Living in a countryside settled by the Dutch in the 1600s, she tried to stay away from modern chords. As Melora herself says, “I tried to stay away from modern chords. I became obsessed with Emily Dickinson, and wrote about her life. I also touch on feral children and the Anti-Rent wars of 1844, not to mention the theory that giants were real, but killed each other off in a self-genocidal holocaust.” "As always, our songs come off like top-40 hits from another dimension.", she opines.
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