For one reason or another, whether they touched us personally or they simply blew our minds away, these are the individual tracks we could not stop listening to. (Just a note, all of the songs are in alphabetical order according to song title, but we decided for the first time to single out our top pick at the bottom of the list.) Enjoy!
The Chapman Family’s “Anxiety” (from thechapmanfamilytv YouTube Channel).
The Android Angel’s “Brooklyn Bridge” (from the The Android Angel Bandcamp page).
Those Dancing Days’ “Fuckarias” (from the wichitarecordings YouTube Channel).
Cut City’s “Ghost Pose – 1) Lover, 2) Drifter, 3) Floater” (from the Cut City Bandcamp Page)
The Japanese Popstars’ “Joshua,” featuring Tom Smith [of Editors] (from TheJapanesePopstVEVO YouTube Channel).
She Wants Revenge’s “Little Star” (streaming on their Facebook BandPage).
//orangenoise’s “Rabblerouser” (from //orangenoise Bandcamp page).
Stephen Vs. Stephen’s “The Void” (from the Stephen Vs. Stephen Bandcamp Page).
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PJ Harvey’s “The Words That Maketh Murder” [Live] (from the PJHarveyVEVO YouTube Channel).
Track of the Year: Duran Duran’s “Before the Rain” (from the 07DuranDuran YouTube Channel).
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25 February 2011
//orangenoise Answers 5
First off, let me say that knowing that shoegaze has spread beyond the Anglo-American and continental European music scenes warms my heart. Hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, //orangenoise swirling shoegaze is infectious and top grade, and … well to borrow some British slang … simply ace! Their EP, “//veracious” (link to review) has been on heavy rotation on my iTunes. A few e-mails back and forth, I would like to thank band members Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey and Talha Asim Wynne for taking the time to Answer 5.
1. Who are your musical and non-musical influences?
[Talha] Psychedelic rock from the 60's, shoegaze, a little bit of prog rock here and there. From the early gazers to the more recent bands, all have had some sort of subconscious involvement. I'd like to consider color and light as influences as well; I think I might have a mild case of synesthesia.
[Danny P] The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Oceansize, Tori Amos, Steven Wilson (all of his work with and without Porcupine Tree) to name a few. A part of me is still quite a metalhead as well so Meshuggah can’t stay out of that list either. As far as the non-musical influences go, it'll have to be a really cluttered list of things ranging from Tim Burton to Gordon Ramsay and Liverpool FC.
2. Why “//orangenoise”? What is the meaning behind the moniker?
[Talha] Yeah, we had to come up with a name for the band in one day, //orangenoise seemed to be it.
[Danny P] Hahaha, it’s the only name that made sense at a time when we needed to name the band, something in a short span of time for our first gig as a band.
3. The band hails from Karachi, Pakistan; how does this filter through your music?
[Talha] Pakistan has been traveling through the course of time undetected when it came to sub-culture, arts and the sorts. Our sounds, I feel, are only the representation of our thoughts and the way we grew up, our surroundings and everything. Does Karachi have a sound? Would that be us? I don’t think so, but our sounds are our own, and we're from Pakistan. The world is slowly dissolving its cultural borders and we are a product of these times.
[Danny P] To be honest, I'm really not sure how it would filter through the music, so I'd suppose it would have its references embedded in the music somewhere, somewhere where it's totally natural for us to perhaps not notice it? Everyone has got their own sound, //orangenoise is a mixed bowl of sorts that way.
4. This question is for a good friend of mine, who cannot stop listening to “Veradicine.” I think her neighbors know the song by heart by now! What is the story behind this song?
[Talha] Hahaha, poor neighbors! “Veradicinem” you can say, is about submission, to music. And how submissive listening can prove transcendental.
5. You have described the "//veracious" EP as a stepping-stone to your album. How so a "stepping-stone"? What are the future plans for an album, and will it continue to investigate shoegaze?
[Talha] This EP [“//veracious”] was like drawing the outlines for the stuff that’s to come. Breaking this sort of music in Pakistan requires a slow feed to the listeners, to not completely alienate them. All our wild thoughts and ideas were shaped in and now they've given us a general sense of direction in which we're headed. I don’t know if we'll solely pursue shoegaze, but I can assure you that we're not letting go of it! We try not to limit ourselves to a movement for our specific sound, but there is some sort of fluid containment that keeps us well gelled together.
[Danny P] Most definitely, there’s an entire world of sound out there. If anything “//veracious” may have taken a few listens for some people here in Pakistan itself to digest and understand. I guess one could say “//veracious” is the “//orangenoise-101” of what’s to come.
Keep up with //orangenoise at their Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp [where you can preview and download the “//veracious” EP], and Soundcloud.
(Also, if you wish to see more of photographer’s Humayun M’s work, please head over to Flickr.)
Here are two clips of live performances – “Veradicine” and “On the Run” – from the talhavai YouTube Channel.
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Photographer: Humayun M.
1. Who are your musical and non-musical influences?
[Talha] Psychedelic rock from the 60's, shoegaze, a little bit of prog rock here and there. From the early gazers to the more recent bands, all have had some sort of subconscious involvement. I'd like to consider color and light as influences as well; I think I might have a mild case of synesthesia.
[Danny P] The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Oceansize, Tori Amos, Steven Wilson (all of his work with and without Porcupine Tree) to name a few. A part of me is still quite a metalhead as well so Meshuggah can’t stay out of that list either. As far as the non-musical influences go, it'll have to be a really cluttered list of things ranging from Tim Burton to Gordon Ramsay and Liverpool FC.
2. Why “//orangenoise”? What is the meaning behind the moniker?
[Talha] Yeah, we had to come up with a name for the band in one day, //orangenoise seemed to be it.
[Danny P] Hahaha, it’s the only name that made sense at a time when we needed to name the band, something in a short span of time for our first gig as a band.
Photographer: Humayun M.
3. The band hails from Karachi, Pakistan; how does this filter through your music?
[Talha] Pakistan has been traveling through the course of time undetected when it came to sub-culture, arts and the sorts. Our sounds, I feel, are only the representation of our thoughts and the way we grew up, our surroundings and everything. Does Karachi have a sound? Would that be us? I don’t think so, but our sounds are our own, and we're from Pakistan. The world is slowly dissolving its cultural borders and we are a product of these times.
[Danny P] To be honest, I'm really not sure how it would filter through the music, so I'd suppose it would have its references embedded in the music somewhere, somewhere where it's totally natural for us to perhaps not notice it? Everyone has got their own sound, //orangenoise is a mixed bowl of sorts that way.
4. This question is for a good friend of mine, who cannot stop listening to “Veradicine.” I think her neighbors know the song by heart by now! What is the story behind this song?
[Talha] Hahaha, poor neighbors! “Veradicinem” you can say, is about submission, to music. And how submissive listening can prove transcendental.
Photographer: Humayun M.
5. You have described the "//veracious" EP as a stepping-stone to your album. How so a "stepping-stone"? What are the future plans for an album, and will it continue to investigate shoegaze?
[Talha] This EP [“//veracious”] was like drawing the outlines for the stuff that’s to come. Breaking this sort of music in Pakistan requires a slow feed to the listeners, to not completely alienate them. All our wild thoughts and ideas were shaped in and now they've given us a general sense of direction in which we're headed. I don’t know if we'll solely pursue shoegaze, but I can assure you that we're not letting go of it! We try not to limit ourselves to a movement for our specific sound, but there is some sort of fluid containment that keeps us well gelled together.
[Danny P] Most definitely, there’s an entire world of sound out there. If anything “//veracious” may have taken a few listens for some people here in Pakistan itself to digest and understand. I guess one could say “//veracious” is the “//orangenoise-101” of what’s to come.
Keep up with //orangenoise at their Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp [where you can preview and download the “//veracious” EP], and Soundcloud.
(Also, if you wish to see more of photographer’s Humayun M’s work, please head over to Flickr.)
Here are two clips of live performances – “Veradicine” and “On the Run” – from the talhavai YouTube Channel.
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09 February 2011
//orangenoise: ''//veracious EP"
I am a sucker for good shoegaze, and I remember the heydays of shoegaze, when it was overshadowed by grunge in the USA and Britpop in the UK. I remember when “shoegaze” as a label was thought of as an acerbic dirty word, but I never thought of it that way; actually, I thought of it as a red badge of courage or a scarlet A, proof that musicians out there were working on music of artistic substance and disregarded what mainstream radio thought of as appropriate. And of course, all good music is infectious and communicable, and shoegaze is starting to prove its legacy. And if you thought that shoegaze was only for Brits and a few Americans, I have a surprise for you: //orangenoise.
Hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, //orangenoise is composed of Danial Hyatt (drums and percussion), Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey (bass, vocals), Faizan Riedinger (guitar), and Talha Asim Wynne (guitar, vocals). Wearing their red badge of courage with pride, this is truly shoegaze: whirling feedback drenched guitars over memorable melodies and rhythms. But //orangenoise, however, does not replicate the early shoegazers. They have learnt from this style, infused a bit of the 60s, psychadelia, post-punk, and post-rock, and created music that is compelling, urgent, and fresh. Their debut, “//vercious EP” (11 January 2011), is nothing sort of spellbinding, and from the first listen I was in shoegaze heaven.
The EP opens with “Rabblerouser” (one of my favorite words in the English language); closer to the shoegaze of Catherine Wheel than Ride, the song is guttural, earthy, and grounded. Pure shoegaze, free of the etherealness of dream pop, the song is thriving and urgent. Then comes “On the Run,” sporting some garage rock and a 60s influence in the vocal style. “Trust” starts with a feel of serenity, and then crashes into swirling and moaning guitars, continually changing up the sonic intensity; the vocal arrangements are upfront in the first half of the song, leaving the latter half to whirl around through a journey of shifting soundscapes. In terms of a truly classic shoegaze sound (for the purists), there is “Veradicine.” Harrowingly distorted guitars against an ethereal backdrop, which has that near to free-falling-kind-of-feelilng, are juxtaposed against one another to generate a powerful undertow. Of course, it is the closing, “I Know Everything,” that caught my ears the most. One word: Epic! Very classic post-punk meets dream pop / shoegaze, the song is very subtle in its arrangements, but clever enough to sound blatant and grandiose.
Amazing shoegaze, incredibly compelling songs – what more do you need to know? Support //orangenoise!
Track Listing:
1. Rabblerouser
2. On the Run
3. Trust
4. Veradicine
5. I Know Everything
Keep up with at their Facebook and Bandcamp page, where you can stream and/or download the EP. Also, here is the link for guitarist/vocalist Talha Asim Wynne on MySpace and Twitter.
Here is a live performance of “Rabblerouser” and “Veradicine” from the talhavai YouTube Channel.
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Hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, //orangenoise is composed of Danial Hyatt (drums and percussion), Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey (bass, vocals), Faizan Riedinger (guitar), and Talha Asim Wynne (guitar, vocals). Wearing their red badge of courage with pride, this is truly shoegaze: whirling feedback drenched guitars over memorable melodies and rhythms. But //orangenoise, however, does not replicate the early shoegazers. They have learnt from this style, infused a bit of the 60s, psychadelia, post-punk, and post-rock, and created music that is compelling, urgent, and fresh. Their debut, “//vercious EP” (11 January 2011), is nothing sort of spellbinding, and from the first listen I was in shoegaze heaven.
The EP opens with “Rabblerouser” (one of my favorite words in the English language); closer to the shoegaze of Catherine Wheel than Ride, the song is guttural, earthy, and grounded. Pure shoegaze, free of the etherealness of dream pop, the song is thriving and urgent. Then comes “On the Run,” sporting some garage rock and a 60s influence in the vocal style. “Trust” starts with a feel of serenity, and then crashes into swirling and moaning guitars, continually changing up the sonic intensity; the vocal arrangements are upfront in the first half of the song, leaving the latter half to whirl around through a journey of shifting soundscapes. In terms of a truly classic shoegaze sound (for the purists), there is “Veradicine.” Harrowingly distorted guitars against an ethereal backdrop, which has that near to free-falling-kind-of-feelilng, are juxtaposed against one another to generate a powerful undertow. Of course, it is the closing, “I Know Everything,” that caught my ears the most. One word: Epic! Very classic post-punk meets dream pop / shoegaze, the song is very subtle in its arrangements, but clever enough to sound blatant and grandiose.
Amazing shoegaze, incredibly compelling songs – what more do you need to know? Support //orangenoise!
Track Listing:
1. Rabblerouser
2. On the Run
3. Trust
4. Veradicine
5. I Know Everything
Keep up with at their Facebook and Bandcamp page, where you can stream and/or download the EP. Also, here is the link for guitarist/vocalist Talha Asim Wynne on MySpace and Twitter.
Here is a live performance of “Rabblerouser” and “Veradicine” from the talhavai YouTube Channel.
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