EXCLUSIVE: SHORT INTERVIEW WITH AYMERIC THOMAS OF PRYAPISME !!
STRAVINSKY MEETS ROCKMAN ?? BLACK METAL MEETS CASTLEVANIA ?? FRENCH EXPERIMENTAL / AVANT-GARDE / ELECTRONICA / METAL BAND “PRYAPISME” RELEASE AWESOME EP “FUTUROLOGIE” !!
First of all, thank you for being so enthousiactic about our band !
It is hard to explain our music to be honest. Futurologie is our latest EP after two full-lenght albums, an only 8bit/chiptune EP and an OST for a documentary about a tournament of the game Street Fighter II. The purpose of our music is always to create tracks without any boundaries, just composing things we like : metal, electronic, jazz, classical, world or movies/games-inflenced…
まずは僕たちに興味を持ってくれてありがとう！
正直、僕たちの音楽を説明するのは難しいね。”FUTUROLOGIE” は僕たちの最新の EP なんだ。以前には2枚のフルアルバムと 8bit/chiptune オンリーの EP, STREET FIGHTER 2 トーナメントの OST をリリースしているよ。僕たちの目的は好きな音楽を限界なしで製作する事なんだ。METAL, ELECTRONIC, JAZZ, CLASSICAL, WORLD MUSIC, MOVIE/GAME なんかの影響を受けているよ。
【ABOUT “FUTUROLOGIE”】
Futurologie was composed to be a stand-alone long track, with a bonus full orchestral version. This EP is mostly influenced by movies, it is thought to be some kind of a visual song. Usually, we work with a computer for composition and arrangements and then we learn to play some of the tracks for live shows. We are considered like a metal band cause we have electric guitars and some blastbeats but i don’t think we have a true unique music style. We generally speak about « rococo-core » : it means a style with too many music tags, too many different arrangements, and of course too many notes. But we are not confortable with genres in general. We just play the music we like without thinking too much about a concept.
About Japan, we are extremely inflenced by Japanese culture, specially music and movies and obviously video games. We all use to listen to a lot of Koenji Hyakkei and Ruinsfor example. Also electronic artists like Ryoji Ikeda and Masami Akita, or even jazz bands like Soil and Pimp Sessions. I’m also a big fan of Japanese movies : directors like Shozin Fukui, Sion Sono, Katsuhito Ishii, Hitochi Matsumoto and Shinya Tsukamoto… All those directors work without compromises, in an extreme way. The movie « Funky forrest » is a perfect example of what i’m talking about : no boundaries, no limits, the explosion of codes from typical movie genres and also lot’s of poetry and humouristic things… For me, Japan is one the most creative country, and of course Japanese artists never stop to influence us. It was also the case for lot’s of 80’s/90’s videogame musics ( we even have a side project band of covers from various retrogames music ). Our babysitters were Megaman (known as « Rockman » in Japan) and Castlevania and the music from these games is fantastic. That explains the heavy use of chiptune sounds in Pryapisme.
We really hope we can travel to play in Japan one day. It’s a goal to reach for us since the beginning of the band. That and making music for a Japanese project ( film or game ). Maybe one day…
AWESOME ECLECTIC CHIPTUNE/PROG FROM NORWAY !! KUBBI GIVES YOU 8bit MUSIC INFLUENCED BY SIGUR ROS, PORCUPINE TREE, AND TOOL !!
ノルウェーの CHIPTUNE/PROG アーティスト KUBBI の新作 “EMBER” が素晴らしい出来です。近年 EDM や CHIPTUNE といったエレクトロニカな音楽がトレンドの一つとなっていますが KUBBI の特徴は その電子音を使用して SIGUR ROS や PORCUPINE TREE のようなプログレッシブでアトモスフェリックな世界観を実に見事に表現している点です。特にアルバム最後の2曲、”RESTORATION” から “FORMED BY GLACIERS” の流れは驚異的。電子音主体でこれだけ表現力豊かなマテリアルが生み出せるのかと感嘆を禁じえません。女声コーラス、ストリングス、電子音の三位一体の衝撃。アルバムオープナーの “PATHFINDER” はダンサブルなビートに KSCOPE の楽曲を乗せたような感覚が新しいですね。キャッチーな “EMBER”、彼らのヘヴィーな一面を披露する “FIRELIGHT”、シリアスでプログレッシブな “THE CAIRN” と聴き所は非常に多いです。アルバムは NAME YOUR PRICE 方式。まさに EPICTUNE の数々をぜひ一度体験して見て下さい。
【MESSAGE FROM KUBBI】
After several years of work, the 7th installment in the Kubbi discography is released. Compositions based around complicated synthetic sound design will both send shivers down your spine and shake your tail at the same time. Inspired by audio effects and soundtracks from 80-90’s video games ‘Ember’ is a new take on the nostalgic chiptune sound while combining it with symphonic orchestration, calming ambience and modern synthwork.
