Project originated by Charles H. Garabed and Jean-Michel
Pires (Bed, the Married Monk, Bosco), Headphone should be
considered and apprehended just like a movie soundrack. The
wide and flowing musical tracks each represent a voyage and
constitute an endless invitation to introspection; the real
background scenery being a false stillness and true class.
Initiated
more than two years ago, “Two stories high”,
the Headphone’s second album after “Work in Progress
1998-2000” released in 2003, conquers new grounds thanks
to synthesizers and drum boxes the band had seldom used before. The mixing of electronic textures with vibrations produced
by acoustic instruments has helped the group take their improvisation
and sound work a step further.
It all results in 8 tracks that offer imaginary encounters
between P.I.L and John Carpenter, Alice Coltrane and Diabologum,
John Barry and Boymerang. 8 tracks on the verge of pungency,
peacefulness, disorder and turmoil.
Musicians from various backgrounds have collaborated with
the usual core of the band represented by Nicolas Courret
(Eiffel, EC) – Charles H. Garabed – Jean-Michel
Pires – Marc Sens (Yann Tiersen, Serge Tessot Gay,
Kaspar Brötzman).
The sound mixing was carried out by
the electro-duo Bosco (Parachutes, Ordem & Progresso, Riot Ending), Benoît
Rault, sound wizard at Ben’s Symphonic Orchestra and
Morning Star (Radioshack, EK Copy), James Delleck, who officiates
in various Hip Hop associations such as L’Atelier or
Gravité Zéro and revisited one track of the
previous album “Work in Progress 1998-2000” (Sublime
Parade Reworked) and Arnaud Rivière, underground activist
at Bobby Moo’s (Spin Boldak). On the musicians’ side
can be found artist with various inspirations such as Manuel
Bienvenu, Loriseanberg (Berg Sans Nipple), Etienne Jaumet
(Married Monk, Zombie) and Vincent Ferrand (Bed, Glass Onion).
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