Foggy Notions presents
HEALTH
+ HERV
UPSTAIRS @ WHELAN’S, MAY 9TH, 8PM
TICKETS FROM WAV/TICKETMASTER/CITY DISCS/ROAD RECORDS/TICKETS.IE
HEALTH
“My favourite band at the moment!” - Dan Deacon
“Think the bombastic pound of Boredoms, the skewed structures of Deerhoof, and the tribal thump of Liars….” - Pitchfork
“Just imagine the world reaching the end of its tri-millennial life-cycle and imploding again. Dark? Now just imagine rhythm. Primal, learning, glittering rhythm…” - Drowned in Sound
HEALTH’s brutal diversity is at the forefront of LA’s burgeoning experimental scene. Their self-titled debut finally saw the light of day in the in February via Lovepump United having already received accolades by Pitchfork and Drowned in Sound where the album was voted in the top ten albums of last year.
HEALTH recorded their debut in one of their favourite places, LA’s The Smell venue. An all ages music venue in downtown Los Angeles, it’s open and brick and dirty and dark, but when you sing a church hymnal or hit a drum as hard as you can the sound is beautiful. They did both of these things on their record. They also went out and found equipment born the same time as The Smell - mostly ribbon microphones designed by the BBC for radio broadcasts in the 1930's, things George Martin liked to use.
HEALTH have also had a hand in 8-bit glitch duo Crystal Castles' recent success. In addition to a Crystal Castles/HEALTH split 7", HEALTH remixed CC’s “Crimewave” which featured on the UK release of the single.
www.healthnoise.com
www.myspace.com/healthmusic
www.lpurecords.com
HERV
"Like watching late period Rick Wakeman being attacked by robots made out of old spring coils. And if you don't think that's a pretty appealing vision, well then, you're missing a few mental teeth." - Byron Coley, The Wire
Herv's music is a frantic swarm of 8-bit melody and syncopated percussion, punctuated by warm wind instruments and layered violin and cello lines. Live, Herv works solely with a laptop and Nintendo Gameboy. While much of his recorded output concerns itself with complex melodic and percussive interplay, his live sets lean more towards the harder end of the electronic spectrum, mixing chaotic chip tunes alongside breakcore and gabba. In the past, Herv has played with artists such as Venetian Snares, Shitmat, Jason Forrest, Duran Duran Duran, Dev/Null, Xanopticon, Hrvatski, Chevron, Aaron Spectre, Dj Scotch Egg, Ove-naxx, Doddodo, and Max Tundra.
www.myspace.com/hervmusic
HEALTH
+ HERV
UPSTAIRS @ WHELAN’S, MAY 9TH, 8PM
TICKETS FROM WAV/TICKETMASTER/CITY DISCS/ROAD RECORDS/TICKETS.IE
HEALTH
“My favourite band at the moment!” - Dan Deacon
“Think the bombastic pound of Boredoms, the skewed structures of Deerhoof, and the tribal thump of Liars….” - Pitchfork
“Just imagine the world reaching the end of its tri-millennial life-cycle and imploding again. Dark? Now just imagine rhythm. Primal, learning, glittering rhythm…” - Drowned in Sound
HEALTH’s brutal diversity is at the forefront of LA’s burgeoning experimental scene. Their self-titled debut finally saw the light of day in the in February via Lovepump United having already received accolades by Pitchfork and Drowned in Sound where the album was voted in the top ten albums of last year.
HEALTH recorded their debut in one of their favourite places, LA’s The Smell venue. An all ages music venue in downtown Los Angeles, it’s open and brick and dirty and dark, but when you sing a church hymnal or hit a drum as hard as you can the sound is beautiful. They did both of these things on their record. They also went out and found equipment born the same time as The Smell - mostly ribbon microphones designed by the BBC for radio broadcasts in the 1930's, things George Martin liked to use.
HEALTH have also had a hand in 8-bit glitch duo Crystal Castles' recent success. In addition to a Crystal Castles/HEALTH split 7", HEALTH remixed CC’s “Crimewave” which featured on the UK release of the single.
www.healthnoise.com
www.myspace.com/healthmusic
www.lpurecords.com
HERV
"Like watching late period Rick Wakeman being attacked by robots made out of old spring coils. And if you don't think that's a pretty appealing vision, well then, you're missing a few mental teeth." - Byron Coley, The Wire
Herv's music is a frantic swarm of 8-bit melody and syncopated percussion, punctuated by warm wind instruments and layered violin and cello lines. Live, Herv works solely with a laptop and Nintendo Gameboy. While much of his recorded output concerns itself with complex melodic and percussive interplay, his live sets lean more towards the harder end of the electronic spectrum, mixing chaotic chip tunes alongside breakcore and gabba. In the past, Herv has played with artists such as Venetian Snares, Shitmat, Jason Forrest, Duran Duran Duran, Dev/Null, Xanopticon, Hrvatski, Chevron, Aaron Spectre, Dj Scotch Egg, Ove-naxx, Doddodo, and Max Tundra.
www.myspace.com/hervmusic
