CRACK CLOUD - AGA UJMA

"a disturbing, joyous, cataclysmic listen that travels from claustrophobia and fear into wide-eyed expressions of joy"

CRACK CLOUD

Crack Cloud est un projet particulier prenant la forme d’un collectif canadien post-punk apocalyptique et torturé, regroupant des artistes multidisciplinaires de toutes origines et ethnicités. Avec leur premier né, « Anchoring Point », la bande de Zach Choy nous proposait un beau bordel mélangeant afro-beat, saxophones et rythmes groovy, influencé par des artistes comme Talking Heads et Fela Kuti. « L’un des meilleurs groupes post-punk du moment », comme le présente Les Inrocks, revient aujourd’hui avec « Please Yourself », un nouveau single post-punk explosif. Rendez-vous à la Rotonde pour envoyer valser toutes vos émotions négatives grâce à des titres survoltés, d’une rare efficacité.

AGA UJMA

Aga Ujma is a Polish experimental folk multi-instrumentalist based in London. Her sound follows the contemporary folk cannon of Bjork, Múm, Eivør, CocoRosie and Current 93, blending traditional folk with minimal avant-garde production methods and Eastern instrumentation. Her glacial vocals, underpinned by the delicate plucking of an Indonesian sasando and golden passages of gender barung, make her EP a beautiful homage to two very different places that are close to her heart. Aga credits the experimental aspect of her music to Indonesia where she studied Gamelan for many years, which manifests itself through playful song structures and surprisingly placed glissandos. What stuck with Aga most about Indonesian musicians was their willingness to reinvent traditional music and do ‘crazy’ things with it. This kind of modernity, she says, is not possible with traditional Polish folk music. In Poland, folk music has such a revered status that to play around with it too much is considered offensive. This experimental approach to traditional folk, blending cultures together in a delicate arrangement makes Aga’s music a one of a kind insight into the childlike curiosity of musical exploration.