The Dead Brothers

Posted about 5 years ago
Here's another Voodoo Rhythm Records band. I've been listening to a few of their tunes quite a bit in the past several days, and was hoping to find more info about them. However, I only found one review written in english... "On the album, this record label describes itself as one that seems to take pleasure in releasing "Records to ruin any party"...it is not an easy listen but it really grows on you. The band is based in Geneva and this is their fourth album as far as I can tell. They describe their style as "Funeral Orchestra Mission". They helpfully suggest that it is a mixture of Gypsy music, Django Gypsy jazz, rock 'n' roll and country. The first thing that came to mind was a mixture of Vaudeville style music hall, blues, and what really sums it up for me is the phrase "gothic jazz/blues." There is the most bizarre mixture of song styles, instruments, banjo, trombone, steel drums, lap steel guitars, accordion, Indian prayer box, tuba, French horn. Then there are the various vocal styles, mellow, strangled, mournful and whispered. Rhythms vary from Greek swing, Waltz, shuffles and rock beats. There are songs in English, French and German. So not a "normal" blues album, but good fun if you are in the right frame of mind, legal or not!"BLUES MATTERS (UK) 2006, Rick Lacey ...The Dead Brothers, in conjunction with Voodoo Rhythm Records & Slow Boat Films, have released a documentary about the band, and here's what they have to say about it..."Death Is Not The End"...is the intimate portrait of three men that couldn't be any more different.Alain Croubalian, son of an Armenian Immigrant and a Swiss nurse, Pierre Ohmer, son of an Indian Historian and a Genevan mother, as well as Delaney Davidson, a New Zealand native Troubadour and world traveller are the core of one of the most idiosyncratic and unique bands of our time - THE DEAD BROTHERS.This film however is not merely a music documentary; it's rather an exploration of their individual personalities and how their unique biographies have shaped their music.Alain Croubalian explains what impact the Armenian genocide and the resulting Diaspora had on his family and ultimately on his personal development. He also describes how his life as an immigrant in N. American resulted in his die hard nonconformist stance.Pierre Omer offers a melancholic and at times ironic insight into his creative process and his personal battle between irony and tragedy. Delaney Davidson openly discusses his own mortality and which role humour plays in dealing with it.The bands' music reflects their Babylonian biographies;Blues meets Chanson, Gypsy Swing meets Vaudeville and Brecht & Weil go for a drink with Hank Williams somewhere in St. Pauli, New York or Marseille.The bands' provocative yet cheerful performances have meanwhile achieved world wide cult status.The film shows the band not only on stage at large clubs but also joins them at spontaneous street concerts and jam sessions.To wrap it all up, we'd like to say we believe to have made a paradoxal film, a balancing act between melancholy and exuberance, as well as existential questions and black slapstick humour."The Dead Brothers welcome you on board the ghost train…" View the trailor below....Video for 'I Can't Get Enough':For more info, international tour dates, and free downloads see:www.voodoorhythm.comwww.deadbrothers.com

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  1. Librarianguish says Fantastic! I'll have to get my hands on more of their music. Thanks!
    Permalink posted 03/02/2007

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