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DEPARTURE INTO THE UNKNOWN
Of course, Les Rabiates have a history. For years, Achim Gätjen experimented with the band Swim Two Birds, which played a kind of ruffian jazz with literary aspirations. The band name itself suggests this, as it is derived from the novel of the same name by the Irishman Flann O’Brien. Swim Two Birds have worked with spoken word performers (most recently with the aforementioned Artur Becker). The septet with its strong brass section is now history. With Les Rabiates, Gätjen is now partly following the rabid music of Swim Two Birds, but on the other hand this is also a decisive step in a new direction, especially since there are no more brass instruments at all, but instead a lot of work is done with samples, analogue keyboard sounds and very distinctive guitar with powerful drums.
Les Rabiates have been around for quite some time. In 2009, the CD “Ein Kiosk mit elf Millionen Nachten” was released as a collaboration between Les Rabiates and the German-Polish poet Artur Becker, whose absurdly twisted and complex poetry the band congenially painted with a kind of ruffian jazz to Becker’s recitation.
Last Release, "Sea Of Love" this song is dedicated to Peter Apel, who died suddenly in June 2024. It is the last recording with him in collaboration with Achim Gaetjen made in March 2024. The song was recorded in the Ainos Studios (Kefalonia, Greece) and the GüBa Bremen (Germany).
Of course, Les Rabiates have a history. For years, Achim Gätjen experimented with the band Swim Two Birds, which played a kind of ruffian jazz with literary aspirations. The band name itself suggests this, as it is derived from the novel of the same name by the Irishman Flann O’Brien. Swim Two Birds have worked with spoken word performers (most recently with the aforementioned Artur Becker). The septet with its strong brass section is now history. With Les Rabiates, Gätjen is now partly following the rabid music of Swim Two Birds, but on the other hand this is also a decisive step in a new direction, especially since there are no more brass instruments at all, but instead a lot of work is done with samples, analogue keyboard sounds and very distinctive guitar with powerful drums.
Les Rabiates have been around for quite some time. In 2009, the CD “Ein Kiosk mit elf Millionen Nachten” was released as a collaboration between Les Rabiates and the German-Polish poet Artur Becker, whose absurdly twisted and complex poetry the band congenially painted with a kind of ruffian jazz to Becker’s recitation.
Last Release, "Sea Of Love" this song is dedicated to Peter Apel, who died suddenly in June 2024. It is the last recording with him in collaboration with Achim Gaetjen made in March 2024. The song was recorded in the Ainos Studios (Kefalonia, Greece) and the GüBa Bremen (Germany).
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