Duchampions

Duchampions are Belfast's indie-rock art-school chess-clubkids - Ros Blair, Russell Matbouli, John Macormac and Paul Scott - established May '07. Duchampions' namesake, Marcel Duchamp, godfather of conceptual art, abandoned the term 'artist' in 1917, after creating his infamous urinal. He switched his interests to cross-dressing and playing chess. And why not? Being duchampian is about being polymorphous - imagine the voice of Diamanda Galas, the arch lyrical wit and high camp of Morrissey, the wardrobe of Siobhan Fahey and the shoes of D. Boon, all mixed up in a Gus Van Sant movie with Tom Verlaine's high treble guitar, Tadzio's lonely-hunted hairdo, Calvin Johnston's beat happening and a bit of 'jeez, I can't find my knees' international Bobby D.
Duchampions have just finished recording 'The George Miles EP' at The Blueroom in Donaghadee. Outside of the 'Shamps Ros records as a solo artist for Berlin label Supersoul Recordings and her first single with Supersoul 'Moon Unit Part 4' is now featured on a new compilation from James Murphy's prestigious New York label DFA entitled 'Nobody Knows Anything' out on August 25th, 2008. She also runs the online Artists' Collective 'The Ben McAuley ApSoc'.
John is Belfast's superlative boygod drummer and rising art star. Russell is a fuzzy guitar bear and D.I.Y. record producer. Paul is like Tina Weymouth except even better 'cos he plays a six-string bass and he's training for a charity boxing match so he could beat your fudd in.

THE BEN MCAULEY APPRECIATION SOCIETY

MADONNA. FABIEN BARON