Animalia* is the debut album from a new musical collaboration between Fetisch (Terranova), Shapemod (Terranova) and Mack Goudy Jr. (aka Paris The Black Fu from the Detroit Grand Pubahs) an electronic supergroup if you will. Trading on the trios collective electronic influences, Animalia joins the dots between electro, punk funk, disco, indie-rock and p-funk and superbly showcases what the trio have already been doing live in clubs over the last 12 months kicking it on the dance floor.
With a trio of singles already under their belts in the shape of Blazer, Heroine and the album opening Starwhores The Lotterboys unique sound is already gracing DJ sets all over the world with Mack Goudy Jr.s unmistakable wigged-out vocals riding Fetisch and Shapemods driving basslines like a Funkadelic space party.
The Lotterboys project started when Fetisch was messing around with the Detroit Grand Pubahs Big Onion accapella over some Pink Floyd music for a mix he was working on for DJ Hells Gigolo Records. We'd been doing some tracks for a live project and were looking for a singer who we could actually play live with and I just thought this sounds perfectly spaced out, remarks Fetisch. So the trio got together, instantly clicked and within a blink of an eye had made two tracks and sent them to Eskimo.
Fuelled by Eskimos instant enthusiasm they decided to use the name Lotterboys (Terranovas bootleg name whose origins refer to the Lotterboys - a gang of swing kids who opposed the Nazi regime in Germany with fashion and swing music as well as being the first people to use two grammophones at their parties. Paris spaced out p-funk like vocals over krautstyle party rock was the goal, confirms Fetisch and soon they were out on the road playing gigs all over Europe and working on an album
DJ Fetisch and Shapemod have the pedigree of artists involved in all four corners of dance music. Having previously released three albums and a DJKicks! Mix on K7!, an album on Ministry (Germany) and their Cosmonauts of Innerspace single on Gigolo, Terranova have been at the forefront of electronic music and art for a lot longer than many may realise. Meanwhile Fetisch is soon to launch his new label TNT this summer with releases including 'Bonfini' T-Nova vs The Glimmers and 12s from Kaos, Princess Superstar, Shapemod and an album by Snax whilst Shapemod has just released a project with Jamie Lidell called 'Psycho Freak' for Suicide Records and is working on a solo album.
The Detroit Grand Pubahs mission was to introduce you to techno music with a big pinch of funk and an even bigger dash of raunch. Sandwiches, their debut single that gained them worldwide notoriety, became a bonefide pop hit in a number of countries and an underground classic worldwide. Last years second album Ass Creatures From Uranus (Poker Flat) continued Pariss fixation with all things rump shaped and the insane front man known for multiple costumes and personalities, dropping his pants to reveal nothing but a thong and shaved ass and encouraging women to join him on stage and hump to the funk-fueled beats is also developing his own Det.Ele.Funk label and further artistic collaborations.
Add these musical misfits together and you get the punk p-funk rockin outfit that is the Lotterboys. From the trumpet fuelled rock of Blazer and the vocoder work out of Black Sabbath cover Iron Man** to the slick Prince style funk of Cadillac and Mac and the sheer ultra-boogieness of Get Down Syndrome the Lotterboys are beamed down fresh from planet Funk to run riot on the dancefloor.
