ARTIST: Get Back Guinozzo
TITLE: Carpet Madness
LABEL: FatCat Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 182kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 33m total
RELEASE DATE: 2009-10-06
RIP DATE: 2009-08-25
Track List
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1. Where You Are 2:49
2. Personal Lodger 3:04
3. Low Files Tropical 2:43
4. Go Back To School 3:09
5. Carpet Madness 2:06
6. I Don't Want To Sleep Alone 2:02
7. L.A. 3:00
8. Police & Thieves 2:57
9. Baby Baby 3:24
10. Jungely 3:06
11. Sick 3:11
12. King's Song 1:40
Release Notes:
Now comprising a 5-piece band based between London and the South of France, Get
Back Guinozzi! is the brainchild of two French friends, Eglantine Gouzy and Fred
Landini. Front-person Eglantine is someone FatCat have been talking with for a
while, having posted three of her solo tracks on our online demo MP3 archive way
back in 2004. having remained in regular contact, in Spring 2008 Eglantine (at
the time living alone deep in the jungle in India whilst recording a solo album)
mailed us a CDR of the band project sheÆd been working on with Fred, which
immediately enchanted us.
The roots of Get Back Guinozzi! lay in FredÆs composing fifteen ôone-minute
tracksö for a contemporary dance company, using a minimal set up of a guitar,
rhythm box, and only one keyboard sound. These compositions yielded the melody
for the song æL.A.Æ Having already collaborated with her on some previous
tracks, he sent London-based Eglantine an early instrumental version of the song
to work on and loved what she did with it. Fred then sent her the music for æGo
Back to SchoolÆ and the pair were so excited by the results that they decided to
form a band. More tracks were sent across the internet during Winter 2007, with
Eglantine adding vocals, some keyboards, percussion and weird electronics, until
a full album worth of material was formed. Following further meetings and
conversations, tracks were sharpened, more songs were recorded, and the album
was eventually re-mixed by Michael Beckett (alias Schneider TMÆs Kpt. Michigan),
and set for release on FatCat in October 2009. A five-piece band (drums, bass,
guitar, keyboards, vox) was formed and played their debut shows in September
2008.
The bandÆs music is infectiously poppy, quirky and breezy, with a strong French
slant and a wide range of influences taking in the likes of Talking Heads, The
Feelies, The Smiths, New Order, early B-52Æs, King Sunny AdΘ, Lee Perry, Rip Rig
& Panic, Ariel Pink, The Slits, The Cure, Robert Wyatt, The Residents, Animal
Collective, Jonathan Richman, and Serge Gainsbourg. Also heavily infused with
the exoticism of reggae, dub, African music, Tropicalia, and Cambodian music
from the æ60s, the breadth of sources it draws on and Eglantine's skewed
narratives and heavily-inflected English give the project a distinctive
individuality.
Fred describes EglantineÆs lyrics as being replete with fantasy and a kind of
dark humor. ôItÆs EglantineÆs view of the world. ItÆs an attempt at Zouk or
tropical music with these lyrics that are a little bit spooky.ö Influenced by
singers like Ari Up (The Slits), Pygmies, Laurie Anderson, Serge Gainsbourg,
Allison Staton (Young Marble Giants) and Donna Summer, Eglantine likes ôto
imagine my own little movies where I can be different characters. I can make
doubles of myself, I can transform myself - a real schizophrenic, sometimes
within the same track.ö
Following some time out after the recent birth of EglantineÆs first child, Get
Back Guinozzi! are set to undertake their first proper bout of live touring this
Autumn. The bandÆs debut single (æLow Files TropicalÆ) will be released on
September 14th and followed a month later by the album, æCarpet MadnessÆ.