HMPTY027 - MOUNTAIN BIKE
CD / LP / DIGITAL
Distribution: PIAS (Benelux) - La Baleine (France)
Release:
28.04.2014 (Benelux)
27.01.2015 (France)
FR: Mountain Bike a vu le jour durant l’été 2012 autour de musiciens chevronnés, tous plus ou moins actifs au sein d’autres formations telles Thee Marvin Gays ou Warm Toy Machine. La particularité de Mountain Bike ? Fusionner des compositions pop avec la puissance et l’énergie du rock garage. Loin des clichés, le groupe ne se fixe aucune frontière et revendique une musique décomplexée s’inspirant d’artistes aussi différents que Beck, Ty Segall, Deerhunter, Mikal Cronin ou encore Grandaddy.
Après une centaine de
concerts et un 45 tours, ces bruxellois d’adoption débarquent avec un
premier album éponyme. Composé de 11 morceaux enregistrés et mixés à Bruxelles
au Snapshot Studio par Pierre Vaffrey, le disque nous plonge dans un
univers pop où se mélange habilement des ritournelles
aux refrains accrocheurs (I Lost My Hopes In
Paradise, Japanese Guitar), des balades (Hangin’
Around, Just Good Friends) et des morceaux de bravoure dans le plus pur
style garage (Cigogne, ‘Got Power, Torture). Porté par
l’inimitable voix d’Etienne et des
compositions nerveuses, les Mountain Bike
réalisent un album cohérent qui, en
quarante minutes montre en main, parvient à revisiter 50 ans de musique pop en
toute légèreté.
EN: Mountain Bike was founded in the summer of 2012 by experienced musicians with distinct backgrounds. They all were or are still active in other musical projects like Thee Marvin Gays, Warm Toy Machine, Billy Joe and June Moan. What makes Mountain Bike special is the way they amalgamate pop compositions with the power and the energy of garage rock. Far from the clichés of this strictly outlined genre, Mountain Bike has the ambition to get rid of any boundaries and to explore their dissimilar influences in an unprejudiced way. These influences consist of a wide variety of artists, ranging from Beck, Ty Segall and Deerhunter to Mikal Cronin and Grandaddy. The result is a refreshing cocktail of exciting melodies, a touch of nonchalance, insane imaging and an immense willingness to make it happen.
Carried by the inimitable vocal colour of Etienne (aka Kinkle), the shimmering guitar lines of Aurélien (aka June Moan), the roaring bass of Stefano (aka Billy Joe) and the rhythms of Charles (aka Nerveux), Mountain Bike’s feel good songs provide the ideal soundtrack to accompany the return of spring. Let’s sing along!
About the album
With about 50 live gigs and a first 7 inch
single on their track record, these adopted “Bruxellois” are now presenting their first self-titled album. Consisting
of 11 tracks, recorded and mixed at the Snapshot Studio in Brussels by Pierre
Vaffrey, this first attempt plunges you into a pop universe with vague borders,
a meeting point for catchy chants and choruses (I Lost My Hopes In Paradise,
Japanese Guitar), ballads (Hangin’ Around, Just Good Friends) and some purple
passages of genuine garage rock (Cigogne, ‘Got Power, Torture). In exactly 40
minutes, Mountain Bike accepts the challenge to come up with a consistent album,
shining their own casual light on 50 years of pop music.
ON TOUR !
2014
30.01 – Tilburg – Ladybird Skatepark (NL)
27.02 -
Maison des Musiques (Bxl) W/Motorama
08.02 - Charleroi
- Rockerill
28.03 - Opwijk - Nijdrop
03.04 - Rouen - Les 3 pièces Musik Club (FR)
11.04 - Antwerpen - Trix (release party)
12.04 - Mons - L'Alhambra
14.04 – Nijmegen – Ragfestival (NL)
28.04 - Luxembourg - Rockhal w/BRNS
01.05 – Haarlem – Patronaat (NL)
04.05 - Arlon - Les Aralunaires
08.05 - Paris (FR) - Espace B
10.05 - Bruxelles - Homeplugged Festival
18.05 - Bruxelles - Botanique
- Les Nuits
12.07 - Groningen - Vera Downstage (NL)
23.05 - Brugge - Cactus
31.05 - Antwerpen - Het Bos
20.06 - Fête de la Musique - Liège - MAD
21.06 - Fête de la Musique - Bruxelles - Cinquantenaire
19.07
- Dourfestival
26.07 - Zerkegem - Rock Zerkegem
11.08
- Brussels Summer Festival
23.08 – Bucolique Festival
29.08 – Eindhoven - Effenaar (Bowlingbaan) (NL)
06.09 – Deep
in the Woods
06.09 – Ward’In Rock festival
19.09 - Le Havre (FR)
20.09 - MuzikOmetro, Bruxelles Centre
20.09 - Bus Palladium, Le Nouvel An Belge,
Paris (FR)
21.09 - AB Acoustique, vélo shop, Bruxelles
25.09 - TrixTrax Festival, Trix, Anvers
26.09 – Bruxelles - Atelier 210
27.09 - Les 24h de Mouscron, Mouscron
10.10 – Liège - Les Heures IND’
18.10 - Auray - Les Nuits Soniques (FR)
25.10 - Zwolle – Let’s Get Lost Festival
30.10 - Bruxelles – Bar du Matin
01.11 – JH Joeniz – Zoersel
01.11 – Le Forum – Charleville Mézières (FR)
08.11 -
Beautés Soniques – Namur
10.11 -
Maison de la Culture - Tournai
15.11
- Musiek Café – Helmont (NL)
29.11
- Electra – Sliedrecht (NL)
29.11 –
Garbageday – Horst (NL)
