Octo Wallace is an instrumental Rockband based in Cologne, Germany. Starting here in 2001 with Drummer Guido, Guitarist Dominik, Keyboarder Peter and Bassist Tobi the Band had a lot of periods in which its music changed on and on. The first Album was recorded in 2003 with an additional vocalist just for thar record and a few shows.
The second album "zubr" was recorded in 2005 and is basicly instrumental. "Basicly" because one song has a female-vocal track and because Peter has some vocoderparts or just shouts every now and then from behind his keys... the recently third Album "Fast women slow horses" has been recorded under the same conditions like zubr - produced, mastered and featured by Octo Wallace and friends...
The music is a mixture of very hard parts, bass distortion and a very intense and fiercely played drum kit, a sometimes funky sometimes carefully picked guitar and a cheesy Keyboard which alltogether creates the sound of Octo Wallace- hard to classify! You can hear some Prog, some Punk, there..s a bit postrock and a tiny little bit of Jazz.
The music works without a permanent vocalist because the influences each member introduces into the music causes a flood of melodies and grooves that vary so much from one song to another that no single vocalist could be able to transport each of this atmospheres. Jazz and Electro music works without a vocalist in front-why not try it with Rockmusic?! Despite Octo Wallace is writing some new songs with Swobo of Calling Linus... Prog means to stay in progression.
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OCTO WALLACE macht schräg vertrackte Instrumentalmusik mit unvorhersehbaren Richtungsänderungen: der Wechsel von psychedelischen ruhigen Parts und energievollen Soundsequenzen sorgt immer wieder für überraschende Momente.
Die Band, bestehend aus Schlagzeug, Gitarre, Bass und pluckerndem Minimal-Keyboard, macht eine Mischung aus Post-, Kraut-Rock und Funk mit einer noisy Punkattitüde ohne dabei in klassische Prog-Rock Klischees zu verfallen.
Nach dem ersten Album 2003, das mit einem Sänger aufgenommen worden ist, begannen Octo Wallace mit ihrem zweiten Album Zubr, das 2005 in Eigenregie fertig gestellt worden ist, (fast) rein instrumental zu spielen - unterstützt durch Saxophon und Gesang von befreundeten Musikern. Die 2008 erschienene Platte "Fast Women Slow Horses" ist wie Zubr auch eine instrumentale Platte mit Gesangsfeatures und anderen Austobereien der Octoboyz, musikalisch irgendwo zwischen Prog, Punk, Postrock und einem kleinen bisschen Jazz. Seit neustem spielen Octo Wallace mit dem Calling Linus Sänger Swobo.
Bandbeschreibung in G&B: G&BRezensionen für "Fast Women - Slow Horses"
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