How do two Argentinians, two Spaniards and a French-English bloke team up in Valencia to create this compendium for the darkly inclined?
A common disgust, misanthropy perhaps? This world's cold apathy, grotesqueness or simply man's obsession with technology and materialism? There's no bitter resignation here but a real need to spit "it" out.
Two demos (2006's self-titled "MEGAPHONE OU LA MORT" and 2007's "THE TEARS, THE HANGOVER, THE FEAR") gained them rave reviews nationally and coupled with intense, chaotic live gigs eventually led to the recording of their debut CD, Camarade Coma, released in November 2008 and produced by JOSÉ LUIS MACIAS.
If you had already seen MEGAPHONE OU LA MORT in concert, you were in for a treat. The record managed to capture the crude live sound of the band while incorporating sophisticated arrangements. Camarade Coma contains 12 beautifully crafted pop-rock songs, including "Chérie", with its irresistible bass riff and lyrics full of sexual desperation and chemical decay, and "Le Garçon Rêvé", a late night lullaby haunted by Paris' backstreets and dreamy melancholy.
Critically acclaimed musician and author Anthony Reynolds summed it up best: "FEARLESS!" he said after MEGAPHONE OU LA MORT's fierce live set at Valencia's FNAC record store this year.
MEGAPHONE OU LA MORT are JOHN MARTINEZ (singing), DIEGO SUMMO (guitar), SERGIO SORACE (drums), SR. CORRECTO (guitar), and FER MARTI (bass).
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"La banda que revolucionó la escena local con su concepto musical y su directo." - MONDO SONORO (Diciembre 2008), "Esta banda internacional residente en Valencia ha logrado plasmar, y mejorar, su original directo con un disco con carácter, talento y genialidad"
Mondo Sonoro - Enero 2009, "No todos los días tenemos un debut como este" Rockdelux - Marzo 2009, "Un disco sorprendente y personalísimo"
Supernovapop.com - Julio 2009, "La richesse des compositions et des arrangements montre une maturité musicale forte et un talent de composition indéniable"
Froggydelight.com - Mars 2009, "Pluriculturalité parfaitement réinvestie" Foutraque.com - Avril 2009
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CONTRATACIÓN - info@megaphoneoulamort.com
