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BEC 5161240
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Formed in Bordeaux, France, during the fall of 2001 by energetic front-woman Caroline Martial and keyboardist Orion Bouvier, Kap Bambino didn't wait for the burgeoning indie dance scene to embrace the duo before they starting putting out their eight-bit noise dance records. Devotion (BEC 5161120), their fourth album, was recorded as though played for the first time, and there was no second take; each task is executed with a sense of urgency; each decision is made with excess. Includes mp3 download code.
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BEC 5161061
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Kap Bambino is a stampeding punk-rock juggernaut. Unlike most assaults of lawless rock'n'roll ideals, it's not powered by guitars, or rather any live instruments whatsoever. The empowering eruption of frenzied discordance, space invader sucker-punch beats and caterwauling incantations conjured by the Bordeaux duo of Caroline Martial and Orion Bouvier, is the result of harnessing the unruly spirit of bands like Suicide and Nirvana, then feeding it through a tangled web of samplers, synthesizers and software modules.
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BEC 5772604
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2009 release. "Batcaves" is taken from Blacklist, the third album from Kap Bambino, now presented here in an impressive remix package. Jackson sends the original on a suspense-laden joyride, while Bobmo turns it into a club number guaranteed to get hands in the air. To round things off, you'll find a scuzzy cover from Hello Sunshine and a twisted house spin on the original by Orion himself under his remix alias, Maton.
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BEC 5772501
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2009 release. Kap Bambino's third album, Blacklist makes some bold and brave moves. Perhaps the biggest curveball they could have thrown would be to go pop, which is just what they've done -- well, kind of. Blacklist is 12 tracks of deranged, maddening melodies and propulsive head-nod rhythms, taking the group's trademark concoctions and placing them amidst a setting that wouldn't look out of place in a stadium or headlining a festival. Caroline's vocals are brought center-stage and never have they sounded so clear, crisp and defiant, while Orion's production alchemy sounds like the work of a regal orchestra of androids, soundtracking an Armageddon-inducing war. Unlike most assaults of lawless rock'n'roll ideals, Kap Bambino's sound is not powered by guitars, or rather any live instruments whatsoever. The empowering eruption of frenzied discordance, space invader sucker-punch beats and caterwauling incantations conjured by the Bordeaux duo, Caroline Martial and Orion Bouvier, is the result of harnessing the unruly spirit of bands like Suicide and Nirvana, then feeding it through a tangled web of samplers, synthesizers and software modules. The result is a more immediate, more kinetic and more inspiring show than you witnessed from any of the baggy-shorted buffoons 2009 tried to throw up as punk-rockers. Housed in a gatefold sleeve.
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BEC 5772495
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Dead Lazers is the second single to be taken from Kap Bambino's third album Blacklist. It's another slice of deranged noise-pop from the Bordeaux duo Caroline Martial and Orion Bouvier -- all maddening melodies and propulsive head-nod rhythms. This latest offering from the analog punk pairing finds frontwoman Caroline's vocals at their most jagged, insolently attacking the sensory system, backed up by a blitzkrieg of synths and drumbeats.
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BEC 5772454
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2009 single from the full-length Blacklist.
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