Now, this is a band to watch. Their second album will be released on october 15th.
I saw them yesterday playing that new repertoire, opening for MirthKon. They clearly stole the show. These young bucks presumably have no idea, but they're reinventing Zeuhl - darker than ever, and on steroids. Their live sound is sometimes reminiscent of Guapo or One Shot. Perhaps a touch of King Crimson too. Zeuhl metal with a dash of math rock ? whatever.
https://soundcloud.com/#das-simple/i...octe-premaster
https://soundcloud.com/#das-simple/0...-serpent-part1
https://soundcloud.com/#das-simple/plesim
There is hope for the future, since they managed to convince an audience far too juvenile (relatively speaking !) to even know, let alone care, about Zeuhl or RIO. The writing is consistently strong and concise, the challenging pieces are efficiently executed. Youth ! remember that ? My only reservation would be about their (mercifully infrequent) use of "vocals".
Nevertheless, I did not notice a single "meh" / "wtf?" moment in there : no useless "I'm a Composer" bits arbitrarily pasted together (as is so often the case, e.g. with contemporary RIO). This is because they are not attempting to imitate the elders : this is not another oh-so-orthodox De Futura rehash. And yet (although comparison is not reason) that's what they sound like - with a vengeance !
They're coming to get you.
http://dassimple.com/
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