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LP version with CD. Krazy Baldhead, "Ed Banger's best-kept treasure," introduces his second album, The Noise In The Sky. Krazy Baldhead is one of the Ed Rec crew's accomplished musicians: he spent ten years at the conservatory practicing electronic instruments, piano, guitar, bass and percussion. This is an artist who didn't hesitate to go off to India to practice the tabla and infuse himself with their hypnotic rhythms for four months. For his second album, Krazy Baldhead delved into his '70s influences: while on tour for The B-Suite (BEC 5772476/ BEC 5772499), he traveled by day listening to '70s jazz and played by night in electro clubs and festivals. While in Detroit to play at the DEMF festival, he visited the historic Motown studios in Hitsville, USA and realized the duality of his musical position: influenced on one side by '70s sounds and being part of the Ed Banger label; in his studio, vintage Moogs and Rhodes share the space with an Ableton computer and its plug-ins: he questioned himself on this duality and endeavored to find a musical answer. The result is absolutely contemporary, but also influenced by a branch of '70s culture, building bridges between Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters and Amon Tobin, between Weather Report and Skream. On stage, Krazy Baldhead plays live with machines, keyboards and pedals, giving a different result every night. For his new tour, he has surrounded himself with videos created by Flashback, who also directed the video for "Surabaya Girl," which followed a multicolored pinwheel through Paris.
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This is the debut full-length release by France's Krazy Baldhead. The B-Suite is comprised of four movements and 49 minutes of music. With vocal appearances by Tes, Outlines, Big O & Mlle Yulia, and Beat Assaillant, more than ever, Krazy Baldhead proves that Ed Banger isn't only a label embodying a certain sound, but well and truly the label of an era. Is this an electro album? A hip-hop album? It's up to you to decide for yourself. His influences range from the Chemical Brothers to Bill Evans, from A Tribe Called Quest to Joy Division, from Gong to Miles Davis, and even Prefuse 73. There is some blues in his music, but above all, there is that liberty that could only come from a 10-year background in jazz. Krazy Baldhead is not a DJ, he plays live -- with electro/jazz/hip-hop influences as shouting, stomping and scattershot as the mood on this record. Exhilarating.
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