La Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
Also known as La STPO.
La Société Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux (r… Read Full Bio ↴Also known as La STPO.
La Société Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux (roughly translated to Shy Society at the Bird Parade) is a French band from Rennes, founded in 1984 by J (guitar), Jim B (guitar) and Pascal Godjikian (vocals). In 1985 Patrice Babin (drums, percussion) replaced the former bassist which agreed to record two tracks on the coming release (underground woman, vitellus).
In 1986 the band released an EP (a 45T, which will serve as its name) with 4 tracks through the Illusion Production label. The recording of those two mentioned above tracks were not in a recording studio, but in a bar with the noise of motorcycles from outside, practicing for a race. The recording had to be stopped each time the motorcycles came in too close. The band thought of only doing those two tracks, but the label was far more enthusiastic about those two tracks and told the band to add two more tracks and make this a EP. The two other tracks (idol, thousand days) were done with J playing the bass and guitar. The band was allowed to create its own cover art and Jim B did it.
Another release was in 1990. The tracks for this release were recorded during 1987-89. The reason was that the owner of the recording studio was also the sound engineer and he was only willing to give them so much of studio recording time. This period was a time when members left the band due to their desperation of the slow rate of advancing. And so when the recording was over, half the band was gone. There were 12 musicians in the lineup, which include in addition to the band members, a clarinet player, a saxophonist, a trumpet player, synthesizer player, a violoncello player and 3 bass players. For the track Asaphum, Pascal aimed to have a primitive feel to it (it talks about sacrificing animals in ancient times), and so they recorded it just outside of the studio, suffering from noise from cars and birds, and also rain which got them soaked and cold.
The lineup changed a couple of times and among others arrived Christophe Gautheur (saxophones, synthesizer). In 1993 the band released a concept mini-cd called Le Femme: Portrait. An additional musician, François Morel (bass) joins in and helps stabilize the lineup during that time.
In the following years they release 3 recordings: Les Explositionnistes in 1995, L'Enciversel Marsac in 1998 and Experiences de Survie in 1999. in 2001 Benoît Delaune replaces Morel on bass.
From this point on, there is a series of re-issues and compilations coming out. Their first 45T I re-issued on beta Lactam Records (USA) and two compilations are released: Le Combat Occulte in 2005 and 86-90 in 2006. This latter compilation is the 1986 EP and the 1990 album together.
The latest release is from 2006 - Tranches de Temps Jete (Slices of Thrown Time).
Music:
A nominally post-punk ensemble from Rennes in France, LA STPO (an acronym of La Société Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux) rally against every genre they are defined as in search of rock extremism - dadaism, avant-prog, punk, RIO, jazz, zeuhl and no-wave are referenced expertly but inevitably twisted into LA STPO's own vision, augmented by their unique surrealist pomp. They can be frequently violent, angry and noisy in their music, traditional structure has been discarded along with the idea of comfort zones.
A loose comparison can be drawn between LA STPO and the more involved side of avant-prog - chiefly HENRY COW - and the more daring krautrock bands, especially FAUST.
La Société Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux (r… Read Full Bio ↴Also known as La STPO.
La Société Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux (roughly translated to Shy Society at the Bird Parade) is a French band from Rennes, founded in 1984 by J (guitar), Jim B (guitar) and Pascal Godjikian (vocals). In 1985 Patrice Babin (drums, percussion) replaced the former bassist which agreed to record two tracks on the coming release (underground woman, vitellus).
In 1986 the band released an EP (a 45T, which will serve as its name) with 4 tracks through the Illusion Production label. The recording of those two mentioned above tracks were not in a recording studio, but in a bar with the noise of motorcycles from outside, practicing for a race. The recording had to be stopped each time the motorcycles came in too close. The band thought of only doing those two tracks, but the label was far more enthusiastic about those two tracks and told the band to add two more tracks and make this a EP. The two other tracks (idol, thousand days) were done with J playing the bass and guitar. The band was allowed to create its own cover art and Jim B did it.
Another release was in 1990. The tracks for this release were recorded during 1987-89. The reason was that the owner of the recording studio was also the sound engineer and he was only willing to give them so much of studio recording time. This period was a time when members left the band due to their desperation of the slow rate of advancing. And so when the recording was over, half the band was gone. There were 12 musicians in the lineup, which include in addition to the band members, a clarinet player, a saxophonist, a trumpet player, synthesizer player, a violoncello player and 3 bass players. For the track Asaphum, Pascal aimed to have a primitive feel to it (it talks about sacrificing animals in ancient times), and so they recorded it just outside of the studio, suffering from noise from cars and birds, and also rain which got them soaked and cold.
The lineup changed a couple of times and among others arrived Christophe Gautheur (saxophones, synthesizer). In 1993 the band released a concept mini-cd called Le Femme: Portrait. An additional musician, François Morel (bass) joins in and helps stabilize the lineup during that time.
In the following years they release 3 recordings: Les Explositionnistes in 1995, L'Enciversel Marsac in 1998 and Experiences de Survie in 1999. in 2001 Benoît Delaune replaces Morel on bass.
From this point on, there is a series of re-issues and compilations coming out. Their first 45T I re-issued on beta Lactam Records (USA) and two compilations are released: Le Combat Occulte in 2005 and 86-90 in 2006. This latter compilation is the 1986 EP and the 1990 album together.
The latest release is from 2006 - Tranches de Temps Jete (Slices of Thrown Time).
Music:
A nominally post-punk ensemble from Rennes in France, LA STPO (an acronym of La Société Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux) rally against every genre they are defined as in search of rock extremism - dadaism, avant-prog, punk, RIO, jazz, zeuhl and no-wave are referenced expertly but inevitably twisted into LA STPO's own vision, augmented by their unique surrealist pomp. They can be frequently violent, angry and noisy in their music, traditional structure has been discarded along with the idea of comfort zones.
A loose comparison can be drawn between LA STPO and the more involved side of avant-prog - chiefly HENRY COW - and the more daring krautrock bands, especially FAUST.
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01Le Portrait De Dora MaarLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
02The BogymanLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
03EquilibreLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
04MinismeLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
05GuayakiLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
06L'ExplositionnisteLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
07DadaMax Stellt Loplop vorLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
08Les Oreilles InternationalesLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
09Invalid IslandsLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
10ColoniesLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
12Un Squelette AntiqueLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
13Thousand DaysLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
14shy society at the bird paradeLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
15I Cuento BlumenLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
16El FinLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
17Rouge, Bleu, OrangeLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
18Dada Max Stellt Loplop Vor (Version)La Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
20Dada Max Stellt Loplop VorLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des OiseauxLa Société Des Timides À La Parade Des Oiseaux
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