{"title":"BENJAMIN SCHOOS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bio-text\" data-bind=\"visible: !editingText(), html: bioPartOne\"\u003eWhen he's not running the brilliant \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.freaksvillerec.com\"\u003eFreaksville label\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminschoos.co.uk\"\u003e Benjamin Schoos \u003c\/a\u003eis concentrating his efforts into producing lush, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-bind=\"visible: !editingText() \u0026amp;\u0026amp; moreText(), html: bioPartTwo\"\u003estring-laden, melancholic and very French pop. The dandy crooner has produced, composed and arranged a whole host of songs for a variety of cult figures including Lio, Marie France, Chrissie Hynde, Alain Chamfort, Laetitia Sadier, Miqui Puig.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"miam-monster-miam-lhomme-libellue","title":"Miam Monster Miam  L'Homme Libellule Compact Disc","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sunshine delirious synth pop music from the boss of freaksville rec Miam Monster Miam.\u003cbr\u003e A scifi concept Lp in which a Serge Gainsbourg’s clone meets Suicide, Jean Michel Jarre and a lot of chicks in the galaxy of plutanus 91 ! L’ \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eHOMME LIBELLULE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Schoos, aka Miam Monster Miam is a lunatic.\u003cbr\u003e Every new project on his label, aptly named Freaksville Records, \u003cbr\u003e is a U turn from his previous move. Now he comes up with “L’homme libellule”, a handful of timeless pop songs about a Dragonfly Man whose purpose is to save mankind, nothing less.The only weapon he’s using to achieve his mission is, errr…, love. Is there any madcap left \u003cbr\u003e on earth that would be ready to embark on such a foolish trip?\u003cbr\u003e Well, yes there is.\u003cbr\u003e And not only does Benjamin Schoos go his own way, the oddest thing \u003cbr\u003e is he makes you want to follow him! So there we go on his strange rocketship traveling through time, space and music. Miam Monster Miam’s sound is a kaleidoscope of everything you ever heard and loved (or hated!). From Kevin Ayers he borrowed the nonchalant crooning voice, \u003cbr\u003e from Todd Rungren the almost mystical melodic sense, from Jonathan Richman the looney poetry, from Sky Saxon and Roky Eriksson the punky urge.\u003cbr\u003e The question of course is: is there a place for an eccentric like Benjamin Schoos in the music world today? Hey! If there isn’t, shame on us music lovers!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sMutFZTSFHA\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"349\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Freaksville Records","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":265951,"sku":"FRVR011","price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/products\/diapo_cover_lib.jpg?v=1201696977"},{"product_id":"benjamin-schoos-lhistoire-de-william-buckner","title":"Benjamin Schoos aka MMM • L'histoire de William Buckner Compact Disc","description":"\u003cp\u003eA weird sixties french folk concept album of Benjamin Schoos aka Miam Monster Miam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Belgian take on spooked blues and cowboy dreams\"\u003cbr\u003e www.americana-uk.com\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"...Entre Emilie Jolie et Syd Barret... Une bouffée d'harmonica countrysante\", des mélodies pastorale et un sens de l'épique délirant qui doit pas mal à Dylan.\"\u003cbr\u003e Philippe Cornet, le Vif Weekend\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"L'histoire de William Buckner c'est un peu Melody Nelson chez les caribous\" \u003cbr\u003e Sebastien Ministru, Télémoustique\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ephoto :  MMM, Raoul Reyers and Experimental Tropic Blues Band performed at la Télé Infernale ' les filles de l'espace',2006\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/static1.jadedpixel.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/files\/buckner.jpg\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Freaksville Records","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":266051,"sku":"FRVR01","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/products\/diapo_album13.jpg?v=1194380737"},{"product_id":"miam-monster-miam-hey-tank","title":"Miam Monster Miam • Hey Tank ! Compact Disc","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHey Tank !\u003c\/i\u003e est le second album de Miam Monster Miam. Conservant le côté pop bricolée du premier (\u003ci\u003eCum at the Liquid Fancy Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, paru en 1998), il propose ici un ensemble minimaliste et acoustique, baignant dans une douce mélancolie. Composé, interprété, enregistré et produit par Miam Monster Miam dans son propre studio (TeleSport Studio), avec la participation du violoniste Henri Graetz sur 4 morceaux, et mixé avec Grumph à la Soundstation, il s'insère dans un projet artistique multimédia basé sur une série de petites histoires imaginées à partir de rêves étranges; Mister Mango, personnage étrange et charismatique vivant dans la forêt de Moonsoon et respecté pour son grand âge par tous les animaux peuplant ce monde secret, se présente aux premières élections démocratiques de Moonsoon. Battu par Mister Kitty Cat, il décide de visiter l'Europe avant de mourir. Pour financer son voyage, il engage Mister Plastic Head pour voler la Fleur Magique, emblème de la forêt. Ces histoires absurdes ont ainsi donné naissance à un recueil de 19 chansons, et à une collection d'œuvres visuelles diverses qui furent exposées sous le titre de\u003ci\u003e Interplanetary Drawings from Hey Tank ! \u003c\/i\u003eUne de ces histoires, \u003ci\u003eA Desperate Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, sert de base à un clip-court métrage qui incarne le versant audiovisuel de ce projet global.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[…]la plus charmante surprise de l'hiver est l'œuvre de Miam Monster Miam soit un jeune liégeois de 22 ans, Benjamin Schoos, qui évoque davantage la californie de Brian Wilson que les actuels décors Cockerilliens. Rincé à grande eaux mélancoliques, le second album de mmm baigne dans des rêveries qui rappellent les songes de l'ex-leader des Beach Boys. .. En signant Miam Monster Miam, le club label soundstation donne peut être le signal de l'explosion de la Gpw : la Grande Pop wallone. (Philippe Cornet, \u003ci\u003eLe Vif-L'Express\u003c\/i\u003e, 8-14 décembre 2000)\u003cbr\u003e Avec son épatant deuxième album\u003ci\u003e Hey Tank !\u003c\/i\u003e , le serésien Benjamin Schoos côtoie l'univers de Franck Black, des Beach Boys ou de Beck période Mutation avec classe et talent. (\u003ci\u003eLe Soir\u003c\/i\u003e, 15 novembre 2000)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XeZEyKcqcA0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"freaksville record","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":266161,"sku":"SDS08","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/products\/diapo_album3.jpg?v=1185902333"},{"product_id":"miam-monster-miam-and-the-loved-drones-la-femme-plastique","title":"Miam Monster Miam and the Loved Drones  la Femme Plastique Compact Disc","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLa Femme Plastique\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Belgian Rock debate is dead and buried. Its Phantom now haunts the dark streets of England…After the solo album \u003ci\u003eL’homme Libellule\u003c\/i\u003e in 2007, critically acclaimed for its arrangements, and three collaborative albums by the \u003ci\u003ePhantom\u003c\/i\u003e project; namely Lio, Jacques Duvall and Marie France, producer Miam Monster Miam returns to the fray all engines firing! Abandoning American Garage Rock and the Liege nucleus of his Freaksville label, this time he heads for England: throwing his cowboy persona in the Thames and replacing it with a power-pop King’s Road swagger. Here the glamourous seedy smog of The Stranglers permeates the keyboards, alongside the rhythm section of The Only Ones, pulsating like an East End pub on match night. Add roguish charm, radioactive layers, licks as sharp as a dart and it’s a potent cocktail, shaken not stirred.He’s accompanied by The Loved Drones, his Anglo-Belgian backing band as featured in Phantom, as well as the cream of Wallonian pop: producer Marc Moulin on piano, Marc ‘Morgan’ Wathieu (founder of The Tricheurs) on guitar, Girls in Hawaii bassist and singer of Hallo Kosmo, Daniel Offerman but also guests like Marie France, theremin retro-futurist Man From Uranus and the mysterious Marie Ange…so, a real English dish, served up with a pint of stout on the side.The Freaksville spirit is ever-present, primarily through insistent guitar but also in the comic universe it creates. In addition to cover of La Variété (\u003ci\u003eJ'écoute une K7 de la vedette\u003c\/i\u003e) and lyrics by Michel Moers of Telex (\u003ci\u003eJ’aurais Ta Peau\u003c\/i\u003e) and Jacques Duvall (\u003ci\u003eLe roi des paranos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe pseudonyme\u003c\/i\u003e), the words look towards a weird and twisted future, a cyber-wallonia of 2035 where a computer finds love, the perfect woman arrives from another galaxy, and a ventriloquist is dumped by his dummy. This is the universe that The Love Drones unfolded in the hands of Ed Peffer of Fortress Studios in Provost Street (stomping ground of such groups as Primal Scream, Death In Vegas, Spiritualized et Magazine)and then mixed by Gilles Martin (Front 242, Polyphonic size, Minimal Compact as well as Venus and Girls In Hawaii).The end result is electrified rock ‘n roll played by strange machines that bounds along like a bubble-gum red double-decker bus. \u003ci\u003ePlay It Again, Miam!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScoop volant(e) et space inventeurs : Miam les a vu de ses x-ray eyes. Son nouvel album étend désormais l'Area 51 jusqu'à Liège. Retour et autopsie de l'affaire rock-well. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAprès l’album solo L’homme Libellule très remarqué en 2007 pour ses arrangements, et trois albums du projet Phantom en collaborations avec Lio, Jacques Duvall et Marie France, le producteur Miam Monster Miam revient à la charge, nucléaire ! Délaissant le garage rock américain et le noyau liégeois de son label, Freaksville, il prend cette fois la route de l’Angleterre et cela se ressent : délestant ses airs de cowboys dans la tamise, c’est bien une power pop made in Kings Road qui vous déhanche. Ici le smog glamour des Stranglers flotte sur les claviers ; là c’est la section rythmique des Only Ones qui tourne comme un pub un soir de match. Ajoutez une gouaille canaille, des nappes radioactives, des licks piquantes comme des darts, ne tournez pas, buvez à chaud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLes Loved Drones, le nouveau groupe mi-belge mi-britannique qui accompagne Miam Monster Miam puise dans l’écurie Phantom autant que dans la crème de la pop wallonne : feu le producteur Marc Moulin au piano, Marc ‘Morgan’ Wathieu (fondateur des Tricheurs) à la guitare, Daniel Offerman bassiste des Girls In Hawaii et chanteur d’Hallo Kosmo, mais également des guests comme Marie France, le thérémin rétro-futuriste de Man From Uranus, ou la mystérieuse Marie Ange… L’assiette anglaise donc, pinte de stout comprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eL’esprit Freaksville est toujours à bord, d’abord par cette persistance de la guitare, mais aussi par cet univers comics omniprésent. Outre une reprise de La Variété (J'écoute une K7 de la vedette) et des textes signés Michel Moers de Telex (J’aurais Ta Peau) et Jacques Duvall (Le roi des paranos, Le pseudonyme), les paroles lorgnent vers un futur bizarroïde délirant : un ordinateur à trouver l’amour, une femme parfaite venu d’une autre galaxie, un ventriloque largué par leur poupée, et la cyber-walonnie de 2035. Tel est l’univers des Loved Drones qui défile sous les manettes d’Ed Peffer au studio Fortress sur Provost Street (jadis arpentés par Primal Scream, Death In Vegas mais aussi Spiritualized et Magazine), puis au mixage de Gilles Martin (Front 242, Polyphonic size, Minimal compact ainsi que Venus, Deus, Girls In Hawaii).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAu final, un rock’n’roll électronisé par des machines pop étranges qui fonce comme un double-decker bus rouge bubble-gum. Play it again, Miam !\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Roulant joyeusement des hanches, sa femme plastique a des allures de Barbarella du troisième millénaire, féroce, fantaisiste et éminement sexy' Télémoustique \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Un album de rock garage matiné de pop à l'anglaise ou l'on retrouve son gout prononcé pour la série B tendance androide\" Metrotime \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"C'est du rock rentre dedans, en français mais réalisé en angleterre, dans l'esprit pop de Taxi Girls, les guitares en plus\" Thierry Coljon Le soir \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Un album futuriste ou les guitares cotoient les synthés et autres bidouillages pour un orgasme intersidéral et sensuel' L'avenir \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"MMM a un appétit d'ogre, la preuve avec son album de rock européen en français dans le texte tout à fait jouissif\" Focus vif \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \" Comme toujours l'ensemble est excellemment produit et c'est peut être ce qui frappe le plus\" Interlignage \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \" Ce nouveau MMM en étonnera plus d'un. Il est bien différent de ce à quoi Benjamin nous avait habitués sous ce pseudonyme. C'est comme s'il avait fondu en un seul moule ses différents projets de ces dernières années\" Musicinbelgium \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"... MMM et les Loved Drones réussissent leur sortie et signent un très bon album, oeuvre de musicens aguerris et performants\" Muzzart \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Le touche à tout Benjamin Schoos nous rassasie d’une nouvelle sortie de rock indé comme on les aime\" Free.fr \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Exact, car Femme plastique n’est pas un bon album, c’est un excellent album ! La science et l’énergie du Monsieur insufflent un vrai renouveau dans le rock chanté en français\" Sfr musique \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Disque intéressant, dans tous les cas, ne serait-ce par la vision iconoclaste qu’il donne du TC MATIC d’Arno 30 ans plus tard.\" Coreandco \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \" C'est avec le groupe loved drones qu'est né cet album aux mélodies pop, glamour et élèctrisantes. Piquant et attachant il fera parler de lui\" Femme d'aujourd'hui\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mBk-_mD1a2U\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"349\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Freaksville Records","offers":[{"title":"FRVR25","offer_id":57638032,"sku":"50","price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/products\/MMM-FRVR025-itunes.jpg?v=1286186057"},{"product_id":"miam-monster-miam-when-i-was-a-ninja-ep","title":"Miam Monster Miam When i was a ninja EP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n  \n  \u003ctable border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n    \u003ctbody\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd colspan=\"2\" height=\"51\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n            \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen I Was a Ninja\u003c\/i\u003e, le premier maxi CD 4 titres de Miam Monster Miam, fut produit par le label liégeois Soundstation (rip). Les 3 premières chansons furent enregistrées avec l'aide de Grumph, l'ingénieur du son maison, et la dernière (le fantaisiste\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eNo More Funky Music\u003c\/i\u003e) sur son inséparable quatre-pistes Tascam.\u003ci\u003e\u0026nbsp;When I Was a Ninja\u003c\/i\u003e, qui avait connu de nombreuses versions folk sur des démo antérieures, se métamorphose ici, grâce aux arrangements ludiques de Henry Graetz, en une pop song énergique couronnée d'un certain succès radiophonique. Le surprenant graphisme de la pochette cartonnée est l'œuvre de Monsieur Enkari, aussi connu en tant que chanteur sous le nom de Mister Hank Harry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cp\u003e[…] L'accomplissement d'un compositeur né en quelque sorte, qui concrétise ses rêves de mise en scène loufdingues dans des chansons pétillantes. (\u003ci\u003eLe Matin\u003c\/i\u003e, 24 juin 1998)\u003cbr \/\u003e\n            […] ce jeune liégeois n'oublie pas d'écrire des musiques aussi sommaires et accessibles qu'accrocheuses, qui partent parfois en excursion au pays lo-fi. 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Sur les 16 titres qu'il contient, 6 sont directement repris de sa deuxième démo quatre-pistes et remixés à la Soundstation. Dans les bacs dés septembre 1998, il reçu un accueil chaleureux de la presse et du public belges. Ce qui devait au départ être un album très minimaliste, proche des premières démos, devint avec l'apport de la technique et du matériel de studio, un recueil de popinettes électro-acoustiques agrémentées ça et là par les arrangements clavier de Henri Graetz. Monsieur Enkari, déjà responsable du design du maxi \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was a Ninja\u003c\/i\u003e, travailla pour celui de l'album à partir de vieilles photos de famille.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e[…] A 20 ans, avec \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003eCum at the Liquid Fancy Fair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e, […] le jeune liégeois a crée la sensation, se positionnant avec fraîcheur et une pop qu'il n'hésite pas à qualifier d'adolescente, entre disco, Benny Hill et les bricolages musicaux géniaux d'un Beck auquel certains le comparent déjà. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e(Le Soir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e, 16 novembre 1998) \u003cbr\u003e […] cet album […] est tout bonnement un des plus enthousiasmant de l'année, toutes catégories confondues. (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003eLa Meuse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e, 2 septembre 1998)\u003cbr\u003e […] En plus, il y a plein de mélodies émouvantes (ah, l'harmonium sur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e American Bull Market\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e) qui, les premières, font de cet album un futur classique. (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003eMofo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e, Octobre 1998)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e[…] Le Beck de Liege ! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003eRudy Leonet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e, les 5 heures, Octobre 1998)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"__shopify_paste\" style=\"position: absolute; display: block; left: -1000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"2\"\u003eTiré à 1000 exemplaires, \u003ci\u003eCum at the Liquid Fancy Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, le premier album studio de Miam Monster Miam, fut enregistré sur 16 pistes avec Grumph à la console et Fabrice Lamproye à la production. Sur les 16 titres qu'il contient, 6 sont directement repris de sa deuxième démo quatre-pistes et remixés à la Soundstation. Dans les bacs dés septembre 1998, il reçu un accueil chaleureux de la presse et du public belges. Ce qui devait au départ être un album très minimaliste, proche des premières démos, devint avec l'apport de la technique et du matériel de studio, un recueil de popinettes électro-acoustiques agrémentées ça et là par les arrangements clavier de Henri Graetz. Monsieur Enkari, déjà responsable du design du maxi \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was a Ninja\u003c\/i\u003e, travailla pour celui de l'album à partir de vieilles photos de famille.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e[…] A 22 ans, avec \u003ci\u003eCum at the Liquid Fancy Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, […] le jeune liégeois a crée la sensation, se positionnant avec fraîcheur et une pop qu'il n'hésite pas à qualifier d'adolescente, entre disco, Benny Hill et les bricolages musicaux géniaux d'un Beck auquel certains le comparent déjà. \u003ci\u003e(Le Soir\u003c\/i\u003e, 16 novembre 1998) \u003cbr\u003e […] cet album […] est tout bonnement un des plus enthousiasmant de l'année, toutes catégories confondues. (\u003ci\u003eLa Meuse\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 septembre 1998)\u003cbr\u003e […] En plus, il y a plein de mélodies émouvantes (ah, l'harmonium sur\u003ci\u003e American Bull Market\u003c\/i\u003e) qui, les premières, font de cet album un futur classique. (\u003ci\u003eMofo\u003c\/i\u003e, Octobre 1998)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: medium;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e___________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"2\"\u003eTiré à 1000 exemplaires, \u003ci\u003eCum at the Liquid Fancy Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, le premier album studio de Miam Monster Miam, fut enregistré sur 16 pistes avec Grumph à la console et Fabrice Lamproye à la production. Sur les 16 titres qu'il contient, 6 sont directement repris de sa deuxième démo quatre-pistes et remixés à la Soundstation. Dans les bacs dés septembre 1998, il reçu un accueil chaleureux de la presse et du public belges. Ce qui devait au départ être un album très minimaliste, proche des premières démos, devint avec l'apport de la technique et du matériel de studio, un recueil de popinettes électro-acoustiques agrémentées ça et là par les arrangements clavier de Henri Graetz. Monsieur Enkari, déjà responsable du design du maxi \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was a Ninja\u003c\/i\u003e, travailla pour celui de l'album à partir de vieilles photos de famille.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e[…] A 22 ans, avec \u003ci\u003eCum at the Liquid Fancy Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, […] le jeune liégeois a crée la sensation, se positionnant avec fraîcheur et une pop qu'il n'hésite pas à qualifier d'adolescente, entre disco, Benny Hill et les bricolages musicaux géniaux d'un Beck auquel certains le comparent déjà. \u003ci\u003e(Le Soir\u003c\/i\u003e, 16 novembre 1998) \u003cbr\u003e […] cet album […] est tout bonnement un des plus enthousiasmant de l'année, toutes catégories confondues. (\u003ci\u003eLa Meuse\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 septembre 1998)\u003cbr\u003e […] En plus, il y a plein de mélodies émouvantes (ah, l'harmonium sur\u003ci\u003e American Bull Market\u003c\/i\u003e) qui, les premières, font de cet album un futur classique. (\u003ci\u003eMofo\u003c\/i\u003e, Octobre 1998)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: medium;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e___________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"2\"\u003eTiré à 1000 exemplaires, \u003ci\u003eCum at the Liquid Fancy Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, le premier album studio de Miam Monster Miam, fut enregistré sur 16 pistes avec Grumph à la console et Fabrice Lamproye à la production. Sur les 16 titres qu'il contient, 6 sont directement repris de sa deuxième démo quatre-pistes et remixés à la Soundstation. Dans les bacs dés septembre 1998, il reçu un accueil chaleureux de la presse et du public belges. Ce qui devait au départ être un album très minimaliste, proche des premières démos, devint avec l'apport de la technique et du matériel de studio, un recueil de popinettes électro-acoustiques agrémentées ça et là par les arrangements clavier de Henri Graetz. Monsieur Enkari, déjà responsable du design du maxi \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was a Ninja\u003c\/i\u003e, travailla pour celui de l'album à partir de vieilles photos de famille.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e[…] A 22 ans, avec \u003ci\u003eCum at the Liquid Fancy Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, […] le jeune liégeois a crée la sensation, se positionnant avec fraîcheur et une pop qu'il n'hésite pas à qualifier d'adolescente, entre disco, Benny Hill et les bricolages musicaux géniaux d'un Beck auquel certains le comparent déjà. \u003ci\u003e(Le Soir\u003c\/i\u003e, 16 novembre 1998) \u003cbr\u003e […] cet album […] est tout bonnement un des plus enthousiasmant de l'année, toutes catégories confondues. (\u003ci\u003eLa Meuse\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 septembre 1998)\u003cbr\u003e […] En plus, il y a plein de mélodies émouvantes (ah, l'harmonium sur\u003ci\u003e American Bull Market\u003c\/i\u003e) qui, les premières, font de cet album un futur classique. (\u003ci\u003eMofo\u003c\/i\u003e, Octobre 1998)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times\\ New\\ Roman, Times, serif; font-size: medium;\" face=\"Times New Roman, Times, serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e___________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"freaksville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":108707722,"sku":"SDS006","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/products\/cum.jpg?v=1310909886"},{"product_id":"miam-monster-miam-forgotten-ladies-lp","title":"Miam Monster Miam Forgotten Ladies Compact Disc","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Troisième disque intrigant de l'inclassable compositeur-interprète Miam Monster Miam (alias Benjamin Schoos), \u003ci\u003eForgotten Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e permet de découvrir une nouvelle facette de son auteur, artisan d'une mélancolie douce, élégante et fascinante. \u003ci\u003eForgotten Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e est un disque assurément mélancolique. Cela ne veut pas dire qu'il soit forcément triste ou sombre - la dissémination, ici et là, d'envolées lyriques et de clins d'œil malicieux empêche toute invasion d'une dépression galopante -, mais qu'il se situe en un lieu crépusculaire, quelque part au milieu des ombres, au plus près des silhouettes fantomatiques, pour les contempler (l'utilisation du silence), les poursuivre (certains accents fantastiques de randonnées épiques) ou, le plus souvent, leur tendre la main (il y a quelque chose de religieux dans certaines chansons, qui tient manifestement de la confession ou de la prière).\u003cbr\u003e Loin des aspirations rock qui animent la scène belge 2000, Miam Monster Miam convoque des ambiances folk et acoustique et colorie ses mélodies subtiles d'accents country. Si le chant sinueux d'une voix possédée emprunte la langue et les sillons des Cohen, Drake et autre Cave, les influences de chanteurs francophones résonnent doucement au fil des chansons (Françoise Hardy, Graeme Allwright et les arrangements expressionnistes de François Rauber).\u003cbr\u003e Le sentiment d'authenticité et de sincérité qui émane de cet album provient également de ses conditions de production et de l'extrême attention portée à la sonorité des instruments (parmi lesquels on retrouve pêle-mêle piano, orgue, accordéon, harpe, cordes, hautbois et … cor anglais!). Enregistré à l'ancienne (tous les participants réunis dans une seule et même pièce) et en analogique, Forgotten Ladies est interprété par quelques-uns des meilleurs musiciens folks du moment : Jacques Stotzem (picking guitare), Philippe Corthouts (pedal steel, guitare, production) et André Klenes (contrebasse, musicien entre autres de William Sheller). Les ondes Martenot de Christine Ott (que l'on retrouve aussi aux côté de Radiohead et Yann Tiersen) soulignent certaines mélodies tout en les rendant mystérieuses. Enfin, les arrangements de cordes sont signés par Renaud Lhoest (arrangeur pour Venus et violonniste de Yann Tiersen) et Henri Graetz (arrangeur pour Katerine, Autour de Lucie, et Czerkinsky). \u003cbr\u003e Un disque à l'ancienne, certes, mais en aucun cas obsolète, et probablement indémodable, car le voyage qu'il propose se déroule en un lieu où le temps n'a pas cours.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"freaksville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":108707922,"sku":"SDSFL","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/products\/forgotten.jpg?v=1310910315"},{"product_id":"miam-monster-miam-soleil-noir-lp","title":"Miam Monster Miam Soleil Noir (Compact disc)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27 ans à peine et quatre albums au compteur. Celui que l'on comparaît à Daniel Johnston, Jonathan Richman et Boby Lapointe au début de ses aventures délicieusement rocambolesques, a entamé un virage radical qui le conduit dans les méandres de l'exploration de l'âme et rapproche sa démarche de celle des Ferré, Brel et Gainsbourg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiam a délivré tour à tour deux albums beaux et sombres, sophistiqués et délicats. \"\u003cspan\u003eForgotten Ladies\u003c\/span\u003e\" et \"\u003cspan\u003eSoleil Noir\u003c\/span\u003e\" sont à ranger aux côtés de Nick Drake et Leonard Cohen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoleil Noir\u003c\/span\u003e (36 Cowboys\/Soundstation, Bang!, 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoleil noir est le quatrième album du prolifique Miam Monster Miam. Prolongeant la veine noire et folk du précédent album, Soleil noir prend le pari d’être à la fois un disque sombre et flamboyant, qui fait la part belle à l’introspection, aux souvenirs fantasmés, et aux images cinématographiques. L’album s’écoute comme un secret que l’artiste-interprète nous chuchoterait à l’oreille. Le chant, quelquefois proche du récitatif, est d’ailleurs paisible, rassurant, et délicatement posé.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMais Miam Monster Miam nous a déjà appris à nous méfier de l’eau qui dort. Au détour d’un délicat phrasé, une intonation, un mot ou un souffle peuvent mordre l’auditeur et ne pas vouloir lâcher prise avant le lever du soleil. Car Soleil noir est un disque nocturne et le chanteur funambule ose un lyrisme tout en retenue. Il est fort bien aidé par les textes, souvent mélancoliques et poétiques, toujours chargés d’une réelle tension narrative, du cinéaste Olivier Smolders dont le français ciselé habille la voix de Miam Monster Miam comme d’un gant (de velours).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusicalement, l’album ose aller au bout des ses rêves d’un folk anglais et d’un blues américain. Ainsi, au fil des plages, on croise les fantômes de John Fahey, le génie de la guitare acoustique à qui Miam rend hommage au détour d’une chanson, et de Nick Drake, dont les arrangements somptueux et fragiles de l’album Bryter Layter trouvent ici échos. Plus loin, on traverse les ombres de Bob Dylan ou de Léo Ferré en s’accompagnant des guitares de Ry Cooder (période Paris Texas).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHypnotique, l’album contient ses moments d’éclats. Le simple Sophie, vite obsédant, tire le parti vénéneux d’une improbable rencontre entre une entêtante comptine pour enfant, une vertigineuse composition à la Elliot Smith et le charme désuet d’une pop-folk à la Benjamin Biolay. La rivière assure un dépaysement total, tant dans l’espace que le temps, grâce à quelques accords venus de pays lointains et sans frontières, soutenus par un texte réveillant les images cinématographiques les plus enfouies. Enfin, L’origine du monde se paye le luxe de la présence de l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège pour un conte envoûtant entre grandiloquence et dépouillement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUn album audacieux et sincère, hanté et habité, reposant aussi sur le talent de ses prestigieux musiciens : Jacques Stotzem, Philippe Doyen, André Klenes et Renaud Lhoest. Un disque d’automne sans doute, mais d’un automne gagné par l’été indien.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FTOCTcXco6o\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"freaksville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":108708372,"sku":"SDSSN","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/products\/a3146631321_10.jpg?v=1520164954"},{"product_id":"benjamin-schoos-china-man-vs-chinagirl","title":"Benjamin Schoos China man vs Chinagirl Compact Disc","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen not running the brilliant \u003cstrong\u003eFreaksville label\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Schoos\u003c\/strong\u003e is concentrating his efforts into producing \u003cstrong\u003elush, string-laden, melancholic and very French pop.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Here, on his debut British album, he's working with guest vocalists inluding\u003cstrong\u003eLaetitia Sadier\u003c\/strong\u003e (Stereolab), \u003cstrong\u003eMark Gardener\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ride), \u003cstrong\u003eChrissie Hynde\u003c\/strong\u003e (The Pretenders) and Parisian icon \u003cstrong\u003eMarie France\u003c\/strong\u003e. “You know, Brussels is in the centre of Europe,” says Schoos. Somewhere between his studio (aka the Freaksville laboratory) and Paris, multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Schoos has produced,\u003cstrong\u003ecomposed and arranged\u003c\/strong\u003e a whole host of songs f\u003cstrong\u003eor a variety of cult figures on the French pop scene\u003c\/strong\u003e, including '80s synthpop star Lio, Parisian icon marie France, debonair dandy Alain Chamfort, Michel Moers and Marc Moulin from electronic group Telex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the technical genius of orchestrator Jean-Claude Vannier (Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire De Melody Nelson), who he met in 2006, and the creativity of New-York noise producer Kramer (Shimmy Disc, Galaxie 500, Low, Bongwater), with whom he has worked on three albums, Benjamin has now\u003cstrong\u003edecided to explore his inner soundscapes on China Man Versus China Girl.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed and \u003cstrong\u003erecorded in nights\u003c\/strong\u003e at the Freaksville Lab, Benjamin has created a \u003cstrong\u003erich, rhythmic FM pop sound drawing on the glossy melody and soaring synthesizers of '70s soft rock with orchestral flourishes taken from the best of French cinema soundtracks.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTouched by the charm of Benjamin's songwriting, Chinaman Versus China Girl has attracted some highly prolific guest appearances: a duet with\u003cstrong\u003e Laetitia Sadier\u003c\/strong\u003e(Stereolab) on the wonderfully catchy pop song Je Ne Vois Que Vous, lead vocals by \u003cstrong\u003eMark Gardener \u003c\/strong\u003e(Ride) on the romantic, \u003cstrong\u003eBarryesque Worlds Away and chrissie hynde duetting with Parisian chanteuse Marie France on caustic ballad Un Garçon Qui Pleure\u003c\/strong\u003e, in which they play the role of femmes fatales digging their claws into the male population.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the occasional nod towards surrealist poet Arthur Craven and great american boxer Jack Johnson (to whom Mile Davis dedicated an album), China Man Versus China Girl is \u003cstrong\u003ea collection of melancholy, cinematic songs analysing the pugilistic dimension of life, art and love under the unlikely metaphor of wrestling\u003c\/strong\u003e. “\u003cstrong\u003eIt's the perfect soundtrack of a drama movie about wrestling,\u003c\/strong\u003e” says Schoos. “\u003cstrong\u003eWrestling is a great sport and a metaphor of love - or pretending to be in love.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" A dazzling debut. You will find a long-player that takes the chanson to new and interesting places while tipping its chapeau to the gallic great. 8\/10\" NME\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'La Chinoise' underlines Schoos as a genetically engineered musical magpie, as he borrows the brilliant chord progression and melodic thrust of Tortoise's 'Blackjack' \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.Drownedinsound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDrownedinsound.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"High-Flying Melancholia, it sets the tone for the rest of the album perfectly. Swooping background synths overlaid with a drawling saxophone almost drown out the unmistakable thump of a heartbeat and it feels a bit like a loss when it's over. The sound is one you could listen to indefinitely on a loop; a little bit droning and hypnotic, but with a tinge of excitement\" \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.MusicOmh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMusicOmh.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"a record with sumptuous strings that has something of the old chanson de variété' ... a mort l'amour one of the highlights on a fine album.\" the stoolpigeon uk \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"It's Sadier that lends her gorgeous vocals to the galloping, heart-burstingly lovely Je Ne Vois Que Vous. 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Good Luck Universe takes in Krautrock, post-rock, electro and heavy rock, as well as more reflective sitar-strewn musical mantras to drift away to. It is a melange of meditative mayhem, skillfully mastered by Man From Uranus in Stamford Hill, London, who took three hours of music and managed to condense it into a more digestible 45 minutes (although with just six tracks, that still gives the listener plenty of time to wig-out without interruption). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The album was recorded in a now defunct industrial zone behind a high speed overpass in Liege. It’s a ghost town that conflates the psychogeography of somewhere like Halifax with the deserted streets of Detroit, and “it smells like coffee,” according to head honcho Benjamin Schoos, belched out every day by an enormous, ominous chimney hovering over the skyline. 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With the titular inspiration coming from a quote by the surrealist commander-in-chief André Breton (“when night falls on the orchestra”), the Belgian musician has gathered together some of his finest instrumental works and rarities for this fascinating and phantasmagoric album. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Following Profession Chanteur, a synoptic jaunt through the more commercial moments from his last three albums, here now comes the flipside: a demi-monde of baroque pop, kaleidoscopic waltzes and analogue odysseys that trip off the ears. “The reason I’ve bought out this compilation,” says Schoos, “is because as a music fan I find myself listening to instrumental music on vinyl all the time, whether it’s library music or soundtrack music. 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As well as Schoos on analog keyboards and synthesizers, piano, organ, mellotron, vocoder, drums and percussion, guitars and bass, the album boasts a cast of many, including: Man From Uranus, Jerome Danthinne, Christophe Cerri, Sabino Orsini, Yoni Vidal and Jean-François Hustin. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And what’s more there’s a special guest appearance from Alain Chamfort - a Breton born musician of note who over the years has collaborated with Jacques Dutronc, Serge Gainsbourg and Claude Francois, amongst others - unleashing his formidable sprechgesang on ‘Dans le bras de la nuit’. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “I create mental images when I’m making music,” says Schoos. “Instrumental music gives me great freedom to explore my imagination.”","brand":"Freaksville Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":16062131765338,"sku":"","price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0001\/9257\/products\/a1145408278_10.jpg?v=1549446980"},{"product_id":"benjamin-schoos-doubt-in-my-heart-vinyl","title":"Benjamin Schoos \" Doubt In My Heart \" (vinyl)","description":"A record full of soulful sunshine pop and warm but subtle burrs of synthpop and crispy psychedelia. \u003cbr\u003e Don’t let the title fool you, the new album from Benjamin Schoos is his most dazzlingly assured yet. 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Rather than licking his wounds, Schoos took a risk and reached out in the hope of nding some af nity in dark times, and received it back in abundance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The songs on Doubt In My Heart therefore are emotionally intelligent, sexy, witty, touching and sometimes sad, but they are all infused with a warmth that only comes from human\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e interaction. “My initial idea was that I wanted to play all of the instruments and improvise with myself,” he says. “It had been a long time since I’d played the drums or even the acoustic guitar on my records.” He began writing melodies and scribbling down lyrics in his notepad, but other unknown voices began to suggest themselves. \u003cbr\u003e “I thought instinctively that the musical environment would lend itself to external collaborations to get me out of my cocoon. So I had the idea of replacing me with singers, which would be less sti ing for me personally.” Schoos says it was important to take a back seat this time around: “Yeah, I really wanted to make a record that I could listen to myself,” he explains, “something that goes from the intimate to the universal. And my voice could not do justice to this project.” \u003cbr\u003e Modesty aside, the record certainly feels luxuriantly free, full of soulful sunshine pop and warm but subtle burrs of synthpop and crispy psychedelia and a whole mixtape of different singers bringing varied interpretations and contributing their own ideas. Lead single “All Night Every Night” with the American singer songwriter Dent May which was released in May of last year is, according to Norman Records, packed with enough “sunshine to see you at least as far as Crimbo.” Follow up ‘Shoes’ is also like a warm bath, full of brilliantly evocative imagery and underpinned by sweet 70’s soul. Opener ‘The Traces of Our Thoughts’ with Marker Starling starts with the subtle pulse of an analogue drum machine and builds into a symphonic rock ballad full of minor key west coast harmonies. \u003cbr\u003e Many of the other chansons are based around major 7th chords, but each arrives at a different illustrious destination standing out from its contemporaries. With players accrued from across the planet mostly via the medium of email, with sounding sessions done via Skype, the collaborators came together virtually, with most of the artists having never met the Seraing-born singer before. “It was magical, with everyone very involved in the recording, despite the distance,” he says. What’s more, while not having met, the universal themes of the heart were immediately relatable to all concerned. What they shared was a mutual admiration and a commonality through human experience. \u003cbr\u003e As for those guests, the aforementioned Canadian singer Marker Starling, who Benjamin calls “one of the most talented songwriters of his generation”, appears on three songs including the title track. Fellow compatriots of Starling’s, Nicholas Krgovich and Drew Smith from Bunny, also provide vocals on excellent new tracks. The Brits Robert Soleto and Alex Gavaghan weave their magic as well. The album is rounded off with the ambient psyche of ‘I’m Disappearing’, featuring Kevin Coral of Future Children and some deliciously paced spidery drumming from Benjamin. \u003cbr\u003e “One collaboration would lead to another,” says Schoos, “thanks to the interconnectivity of the world wide web”. He had initially been introduced to Sterling’s music by Stereolab’s Lætitia Sadier, who he’d recorded another duet, ‘Je ne vois que vous’, with in 2013. 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Rather than licking his wounds, Schoos took a risk and reached out in the hope of nding some af nity in dark times, and received it back in abundance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The songs on Doubt In My Heart therefore are emotionally intelligent, sexy, witty, touching and sometimes sad, but they are all infused with a warmth that only comes from human\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e interaction. “My initial idea was that I wanted to play all of the instruments and improvise with myself,” he says. “It had been a long time since I’d played the drums or even the acoustic guitar on my records.” He began writing melodies and scribbling down lyrics in his notepad, but other unknown voices began to suggest themselves. \u003cbr\u003e “I thought instinctively that the musical environment would lend itself to external collaborations to get me out of my cocoon. So I had the idea of replacing me with singers, which would be less sti ing for me personally.” Schoos says it was important to take a back seat this time around: “Yeah, I really wanted to make a record that I could listen to myself,” he explains, “something that goes from the intimate to the universal. And my voice could not do justice to this project.” \u003cbr\u003e Modesty aside, the record certainly feels luxuriantly free, full of soulful sunshine pop and warm but subtle burrs of synthpop and crispy psychedelia and a whole mixtape of different singers bringing varied interpretations and contributing their own ideas. Lead single “All Night Every Night” with the American singer songwriter Dent May which was released in May of last year is, according to Norman Records, packed with enough “sunshine to see you at least as far as Crimbo.” Follow up ‘Shoes’ is also like a warm bath, full of brilliantly evocative imagery and underpinned by sweet 70’s soul. 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