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Punish Yourself VS Sonic Area - Phenomedia

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  1. vx cheerleader 69

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    Oh yes, I forgot to post that one (and I do agree with Ilker's main criticism about the lyrics. Basically, I didn't even try to make sense while writing these.)

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  2. vx cheerleader 69

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    some videos from W2 Den Bosch (netherlands) :

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    the place wasn't packed, to say the least, but we had lots of fun.

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  3. vx cheerleader 69

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    I'm pretty sure there's no one from Slovenia here, but our gig in Ravne Na Korsokem is cancelled. Well, anyway, who cares.

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  4. vx cheerleader 69

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    a funny fan-vid I just got, the strange part of the stuff being the guy who created it, who looks completely into Runes, odinism and russian patriotism, which is not my absolute cup of tea lol

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  5. vx cheerleader 69

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    hey hey, a pretty nice new live vid - it's not the usual digital cam crap you get on youtube but professional multicammed stuff. The sound is raw but cool... Enjoy ! Or don't. Who cares. Song is "Zmeya" from our recent "Pink Panther Party"

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  6. vx cheerleader 69

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    here's a new vid, actually I don't even know who shot it... This whole Phenomedia thing sometimes gets really weird even for me...

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  7. Oil10

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    Wow the live video of "Zmeya" is really amazing !

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  8. vx cheerleader 69

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    They did a pretty cool job, and very fast... Even the sound is not too bad, considered the limitations (they only had the cam's mic and a "line out" from the mixing table as sources)

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  9. Palmer Eldritch

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    Phenomedia is pure ear can-D !

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  10. vx cheerleader 69

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    a nice review on http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews.htm, contains some criticism but I must say I understand some of these...

    T"his is, by all accounts, a bloody odd coming-together of minds. I've come across Punish Yourself before, an insane French industrial-punk-dayglo soundclash of a band, but not Sonic Area, who appear to be a lot more restrained and experimental on first listen. So, why have they come together? It appears to be related to the theme here about the mass media and the control it has over our lives, apparently - a lofty concept that, if I'm being honest, gets perhaps a little lost amid the music here. Particularly as vocals are sparse, other than the samples (of which more in a moment), and the first, and pretty much only, actual vocals appear in fifth track "Powercut", a track that conversely sounds like it has been jacked directly into the mains, such is its furious energy.
    The sampling sources are fascinating, though. A chaotic collage of TV, radio, speeches, soundtrack-esque orchestration, and I'm sure I even noted some Peter Gabriel at one point. Much of the album works as a continuous whole, sample-laden sections moving seemlessly into stirrings of industrial power, something shown to spectacular effect on "Twisted Thrill Ride" in particular. A monster is unleashed in the form of thunderous beats that are so heavy that they seem to keep advancing and getting louder, before being stripped away to leave an edgy ambience and part sound-collage.
    But perhaps a little frustratingly the momentum gained from the first half of the half is almost all squandered by the lengthy and somewhat dull pairing of "The Higher We Fly..." and "Ici Bas", even if the latter part of "Ici Bas" does move into near-free jazz territory as it fades away. The final tracks overdo the sample collage technique, too - the last three tracks cover well over twenty minutes of ominous rumbling, with samples from media sources filling in the rest. We get the point, folks, we really do.
    Mass-media overload and overreach is certainly a concept that needs more attention, but overloading the message only serves my mind at least to tire easily. An album that is perhaps twenty minutes too long, which is a shame as there are some awesome musical and thematic ideas here. All in all, a frustrating release.
    [Editor's Note - Though not one to normally barge into the staff's reviews, in this case I feel that, despite some valid points, the reviewer may have done an injustice to what I, and a couple of other staff, believe is a pretty good release (though admittedly something of an acquired taste).]

    -- Adam Williams "

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  11. vx cheerleader 69

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    gigs, gigs, gigs... (did'nt put the whole list with french gigs, only outside france)

    07.05.10 DURBUY (B) / Durbuy rock festival / Punish, 1969 Was Fine, Front 242 !!!!!!
    21.05.10 GRONINGEN (NL) / Orkz
    22/05/10 LEIPZIG (DE) - Wave Gothic Treffen
    29.07.10 MANCHESTER (UK) / Satans Hollow + Deadcell
    30.07.10 BIRMINGHAM (UK) / Eddies + Deadcell
    31.07.10 LONDON (GB) / Electrowerkz
    06.08.10 PORRENTRUY (CH) / Rock’air festival
    08.08.10 HILDESHEIM (D) / M'Era Luna Festival
    13.08.10 GRANDSON (CH) / Robana Song Festival
    20.08.10 BUKOVA (SK) / Minikvas Festival
    11.12.10 LANDSHUT (D) - Rocket Club
    13.12.10 REUTLINGEN (D) / Franz K
    14.12.10 KOLN (D) / Underground
    15.12.10 BOCHUM (D) / Zwishenfall
    16.12.10 HAMBURG (D) / Hafenklang
    17.12.10 BERLIN (D) / Supamolly
    18.12.10 KIEL (D) / Alte Meierei

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  12. vx cheerleader 69

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    hey, WGT boys'n'girls, don't forget : we're playing saturday @ 21:30, agra 4.1

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  13. Sumez

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    PY kicked SERIOUS ASS at their WGT show! I was really blown away by how much you guys have improved your already awesome live show.

    Also, I have a bruise on my forehead to show from it. I ended up bleeding all over my white shirt during the show when I bumped into my friend.

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  14. vx cheerleader 69

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    man, what can I say ? thank you !!!!! We had a lot of fun playing, even with "quite difficult" technical conditions.

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  15. unosyndikate

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    WTF? Okay i might be slow, but your in PY? Sumez is right, that show was awesome. too bad with the soundguys having trouble in the begining.

    Best concert i saw at WGT 2010. I saw The Klinik as well, at it came close :)

    If you you looked at the audience, you even saw the german crowed behaving like monkeys. And that says alot.

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  16. vx cheerleader 69

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    Yup, I'm the mohawk guy with the mic... And yeah, germans in monkey state, that's rather unusual !

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  17. Sumez

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    Posting some videos from the show, hopefully by tonight. The sound is pretty bad, but it looks as crazy as it was!

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  18. vx cheerleader 69

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    yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
    by now I have no vid from this show at all, and only a few pictures :((

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  19. Sumez

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    I asked my girlfriend to take a lot of pictures with her semi-pro camera, but she only got a few shaky ones before she left the hall about 15 minutes into the show (after helping me patch up my bleeding eyebrow :P)

    I also noticed Alexey from A21 recording a bunch from your show, but I'm sure you're aware of that. :) I really want to see his video.

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  20. vx cheerleader 69

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    for those who read french, a new Phenomedia review on D-Side magazine

    [quote]Trop souvent les albums collaboratifs échouent dans leur entreprise de
    creation d'un univers commun à partir des deux oeuvres distinctes. Soit
    l'un des deux participants prend le dessus, laissant à l'autre un simple
    rôle de faire valoir, soit les deux artistes sont si proches au départ
    que rien de particulier n'accouche d'une telle rencontre. Heureusement,
    ce n'est pas le cas de la collaboratioin très attendue entre Punish
    Yourself et Sonic Area, deux des fleurons de la scène underground
    hexagonale, et leur Phenomedia, tout en portant clairement la marque de
    ces deux auteurs, est plus, bien plus, que la somme de ces parties !
    Phenomedia, pour tenter de résumer en quelques lignes un album somme, ce
    serait comme une réinvention pure et simple de toute l'histoire
    contemporaine vue par un alien gonzo défoncé à la Substance Mort qui
    écouterait à fond Skinny Puppy, Wagner, Foetus et in Slaughter Natives
    en même temps, tout en regardant de l'un de ces yeux pédonculés l'oeuvre
    complète de David Lynch en accéléré et en lisant de l'autre l'intégrale
    de Burroughs. Epatant, non ? Et ce n'est encore pas tout, car cette
    collaboration de malade menée par VX69 et Arco déroule sur ce sol
    mouvant un tapis de samples et de voix, de guitares, de tablas et de
    saxophones hurlants qui nous entrainent toujours plus loin dans les
    profondeurs labyrinthiques d'une oeuvre foncièrement psychotrope, et qui
    plus est contestataire (le monumental assemblage de samples de "dead
    idols island"). Oubliez Punish Yourself, oubliez Sonic Area, oubliez
    tout ce que vous croyez connaître, car rien, absolument rien ne peut
    vous preparez à Phenomedia. Vous voila prévenus !

    Jean francois Micard ( D-Side 58 )[/quote]

    Posted 1 year ago #

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