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About Me

In the nether nexus of incomprehensible spoken words and aggressive noise melody, Mankind squats to pose for a pretty picture as urine runs down the leg.Accomplices to each other’s vocal vagaries, at times harmonious at times quasi-odious, D.Kimm and Alexis O'Hara enlist a host of machines to fill in the blanks. Vocals, sampler, keyboards and many pawn-shopped blocks of circuits and springs contribute to the arsenal at their disposal. Everything fits strangely into small suitcase, enabling our heroines to travel the world, just like the guys with their laptops.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/05/2006
Band Website: www.electriques.ca
Band Members: D. Kimm & Alexis O'Hara
Influences: KIMM: PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Simone de Beauvoir, Anaïs Nin, Hannah Höch, Cindy Sherman, Pipilotti Rist (Alexis too), Béla Tarr, Emir Kusturica, Victor Erice, King Crimson, Marina Abramovic, Jane Birkin...

ALEXIS: Sophie Calle, Claude Cahun, Vito Acconci, Andre Breton, Hugo Ball, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Diane Ackerman, Éthiopiques, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Brigitte Fontaine (Kimm too) , Coen Brothers, Brothers Quay...
Sounds Like: Dark Ambient with bursts of scary things. Spoken noise and vaudeville-lite. Improvised bliss and confusion. Whatever the situation demands.
Record Label: WORK IN PROGRESS

My Blog

VIDEO CLIPS

Hello Bonjour!We have some videos on our site now, made by D.Kimm and Patrice Duhamel featuring in a world premiere, the splendour of Mankind surrounded by exotic locales plundered from old books (all...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:35:00 GMT

MANKIND MANIFESTO

Our Weakness is our Strength. Experts at Nothing, We are Fresh and Naïve, Curious and Open to all Discipline, Media, Philosophy or Technique. That said, we have an Opinion on Everything and will Speak...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:32:00 GMT

shhhhhhhh

this is highly illegal: one unit posts in the absence of the other!Alexis here, writing a quick note to let you know that I just posted three 'songs' for your listening pleasure. Please enjoy!Bon, je ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:13:00 GMT

MANKIND NOT DEAD

We were very busy. Truth is, we have many friends, though most of them exist outside of Myspace. The internet can be such a cloudy place. It`s Summertime! We`ve been hanging out at flea...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:30:00 GMT

FMAV wrap-up

We are now home in Montrreal, finally getting around to doing this homework, keeping you in touch with all our most important thoughts on FIMAV.Where were we? Sunday afternoon. Guess what? ìt`s raini...
Posted by on Thu, 25 May 2006 17:12:00 GMT

FIMAV.2

The rain continues to bore us with its persistence. We suppose it is fine weather for watching a concert but, quand même, enough is enough! We tried to visit garage sales (Alexis had been erroneously ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 May 2006 14:46:00 GMT

VICTORIAVILLE - FIMAV

It's been raining since we got here two days ago. We take it personally. We wanted to stroll and uncover the (very)hidden charms of this little town but alas we are confined to cars, bars and hotel ro...
Posted by on Sat, 20 May 2006 16:01:00 GMT