Severine Devereaux was briefly a band. Now under this enduring moniker, I lug my Hammond and theremin across town, happy to earn a cab fare from any Lynchian club or old man pub that'd have me... and am now a fully fledged member of Chilean/Parisian mentalists El Gran Chufle.
It's all about grinding Hammonds, sultry Farfisas, spooky theremins, bone-rattling xylophones, surf and fucked-up guitars, rumbling 60s beats and carnivale percussion (more os mutantes than latin cruise ship) and free jazz saxophonic rantings... in a kind of homebaked homage to anything weird and texturally interesting...
Live at the Social 19th Feb:
Back in the band days, pre solo adventure at The Cross Kings with Joseph Jensen aka El Padre on bass and Luke Renouf on drums:
El Gran Chufle feat. Severine Devereaux live in Paris
Artrocker Review of Men Of Leisure EP - 30th November 2007
"...This is a bare boned EP, punctuated by simplistic cowbells, whistling solos and Hammond organs. ‘Samoa’ could be a really stripped down Blondie number, while ‘Monsters’ has a B-movie quirkiness which would lend itself well to a Russ Meyer soundtrack. Meanwhile, the record ends up in a different place entirely, with ‘Warm Sand’ suggesting the invention of the Electrosurf genre. Overall it's a strangely distant eyed journey, full of exotic diversions and innovative ideas. It's the kind of record that gets your dog barking at the hi fi system like it’s some kind of Poltergeist intruder – and for that it’s to be commended..."
++ Ric Rawlins ++
Artrocker rating: 4
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