R-6241460-1414537985-1893.jpegMartial Canterel a.k.a Sean Mc Bride, is a Brooklyn based cold wave/synth/minimal electro project that exists since 2002 and has released so far 9 full length albums in various formats including cassettes. In 2014 yet another great album entitled ‘Gyors, Lassú‘ was released by Dais Records in LP and digital format in 800 copies. Sean Mc Bride started the mostly punk/hardcore, project Moravagine before Martial Canterel and released a split cassette with Peter Punk in 2001 and the CDr called ‘Demos’ in 2003. Since 2009 Sean Mc Bride with Liz Wendelbo have formed Xeno and Oaklander,(who we’ve seen perform live at ‘The Waiting Room’ together with Phosphor) a new wave/synthpop band that is for me the music equivalent of the French new wave movies of Jean Luc Goddard. Following the path that Clair Obscur, Norma Loy, Bakterielle Infektion and most of the French coldwave bands have drawn and incorporating the melodies and the nice flowing rhythms of new wave style, Martial Canterel is a band with distinct characteristics. Uniqueness in music is difficult to be achieved and defined but i think that when Martial Canterel is played in a dancefloor, people can identify the band as easily they can tell if a track is by VNV Nation or Apoptygma Berzerk for example. The last few years we can see a renewed interest in cold wave/minimal electro and post punk music and there is a plethora of bands that have released music of this style. Martial Canterel focuses so far on diffusive vocals that are highlighted even more by the noisy, ‘dirty’ but rhythmic and dance multilayered sounds in the background. No wonder Martial Canterel is included in a lot of Djs’ playlists. Martial Canterel has started a european tour since 6/2/15 which includes Paris, Barcelona, various cities in Germany, Vienna, Turin, Wroclaw among others. We can only hope that the tour will include more dates and one of them will be in London which has a dedicated audience in this music genre (a few club nights have started the past three years and they have been quite popular so far) and would welcome Martial Canterel in the city! In the meantime you can buy ‘Gyors, Lassú’ by following this link: http://shop.daisrecords.com/products/martial-canterel-gyors-lassu-lp

 

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