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13th Hole

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# OUT OF THE BLUE @ tilt festival 2006
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13th HOLE, a mixed French-Italian group [Rennes and Carpi], follower of a kind of American noise culture [Sonic Youth]. They create a powerful music with heterogeneous as well as extreme compositions.
After a series of concerts in France and a good press coverage, the group was invited by JOHN PEEL to record one of those famous "Peel sessions" broadcast on BBC one.
Today, 13th HOLE have lightened the sound of their compositions to leave more place to Isa's voice, that is close to PJ Harvey's or Kristin Hersch's.
13th HOLE diffuse a renewed charm, strange, uncomfortable still fascinating, they have kept the habit of flirting with melody and then to charge it with clashes of sound to make it more interesting.
Currently 13th Hole prepare a fifth album.
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13th HOLE groupe franco-italien [Rennes et Carpi] adepte d'une certaine culture bruitiste à l'américaine [Sonic Youth, entre autres], distille une musique puissante aux compositions aussi hétéroclites qu'extrêmes.
Après une série de concert en France et une très bonne presse, le groupe est invité par JOHN PEEL pour l'enregistrement d'une de ces fameuses Peel sessions diffusée sur BBC one.
Aujourd'hui, 13th HOLE a aéré le son de ses compositions pour laisser plus de place à la voix d'Isa, dont le chant se rapprocherait d'une PJ Harvey ou d'une Kristin Hersch.
13th HOLE diffusent un charme nouveau, étrange, inconfortable mais fascinant, ils ont gardé l'habitude de flirter avec la mélodie puis de la larder de dissonances pour la rendre plus intéressante.
Actuellement, 13th Hole prépare un cinquième album.
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Member Since: 11/24/2005
Band Website: 13thhole.net
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Isa [vocals, guitar, trumpet]
Pascal [guitar, noise]
Loïc [bass]
Stéphan [drum, groove box]
Hervé [guitar, vocals]

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Highvoltage ****
Credible French rock bands dont immediately come to mind. Electronic boffins maybe, but 13th Hole are out to change all that. A cult group in America and Japan, the five piece also recorded a session for the late John Peel. Bringing together the sounds of 60s noise-legends The Sonics and NYC garage-punk, 13th Hole create quite a racket. On top of that are the powerful-yet-bittersweet vocals of Italian singer Isa; her arrival in the group lead to a streamlining of their experimental past into what the band call quirky pop ballads. Of the songs, A side Bus Stop has a languid groove and plenty of Sonic Youth distortion, while Mars sounds like The Pixies beating the shit out of The Velvet Underground. Noise hasnt sounded this wonderful for years.

Angryape [Victoria McNaught-Davis]
One of only two bands of the same origin to have ever done a John Peel session, 13th Hole are a female-led Franco-Italian band. Singing in a slightly American accented English their new single Bus Stop Mars is a sexy kind of edgy. As with the alternate vocal pitches, heavy guitars compliment some light drums. Overall, the single has a distinctly heavy yet euphoric feel to it that evokes that great feeling of escape, and thus they fulfil their aim of appealing to outsiders. More grunge than indie, they refreshingly shake off the European tack that sticks to the majority of bands coming out of Europe (Brits included), and do so well before the single is finished. It is difficult to judge a band on the basis of one single, but these odd balls should be looking forward to a very happy new year once they've found their feet.

Record Label: Limbo Records
Type of Label: Indie