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French Doctors
 
SEBASTIEN BORGO ... Sun Plexus, Trio De Traitres...
FRANQ DE QUENGO ... Dragibus...
OLIVIER MANCHION ... Permanent Fatal Error, Faust, Ulan Bator, Bias!...
NICOLAS MARMIN ... aka_bondage, PFE, Kilos of Black Bondage, Closer...
EDWARD PERRAUD ... duo Big, duo Calx, Ich Bin, Das Kapital, 5tet Hubbub, Shams...
 
 
 
About the French Doctors...
 
 
DAMO SUZUKI @ spike magazine
"Very soon comes a double CD called "HollyAris"...I mean I'm going to release only doubles in future, except one CD I edited already. It's nice to have more than two hours of pure instant composed music which will never be performed again. 'HollyAris' has two location recorded live. One is in Hollywood another is Paris. As I perform with local sound carriers. CD 1 called Hollywood is performed by sound carriers from Los Angeles and Japanese guitarist Mandog. CD 2 called Paris is performed by sound carriers from France. After they formed a band called FRENCH DOCTORS as they found chemistry between them. And they are recording their first record..." (Damo's interview @)
 
BIRTH New french collective, born in paris oct.2003 with Damo Suzuki (CAN, Dunkelziffer...). Violent/quiet improvised music including members of SunPlexus, Dragibus, PermanentFatalError, Aka_Bondage... First releases and more concerts in 2005, as FrenchDoctors and with Damo Suzuki ...
 
 
BIO FRENCH DOCTORS
(free-rock explosif / france)
 
FRENCH DOCTORS est un nouveau collectif d'improvisation. C'est la réunion de 5 musiciens français issus de la scène "noise-rock-free-exp-blabla..." et empreints d'énergies et attitudes hautement complémentaires. Leurs routes et amitiés se sont maintes fois croisées, en studio, sur scène, jusqu'à ce que le hasard les porte à etre réunis tous ensemble "armes en main" le 5 octobre 2003 à Paris, constituant pour la première fois le "Network" de Damo Suzuki (CAN) au Café de la Danse (l'enregistrement de ce live est aujourd'hui -2005- publié sur le label du performer japonais). Les musiciens, comme une grande partie du public ce soir là, restèrent envoutés par la symbiose et la puissance qu'ils dégagèrent: "un free-rock explosif ultra tendu n'excluant pas le silence comme camarade de jeu".
Il faut aussi souligner que les 5 représentent un véritable telescopage de "certains rocks français" de par leurs multiples performances, groupes, disques, live et activités depuis le début des années 90s (Aka_Bondage, Dragibus, duo Big, duo Calx, Ich Bin, Das Kapital, Miss Marvel, Osaka Bondage, Permanent Fatal Error, 5tet Hubbub, Shams, Shub Niggurath, Sleaze Art, Sun Plexus, UlanBator..., les collaborations avec Faust, Damo Suzuki's Network, Mike Pullen, eRikm, Quentin Rollet, Black Sifichi..., sans oublier Bimbo Tower, Radio Libertaire, Radio Alligre, Push, Ortie...
Il a donc semblé évident aux neo "French Doctors" de devenir un projet à part entière. En fevrier 2005, de 3 jours de résidence/live/enregistrement aux Instants Chavirés sont sorties 9 heures de musique. Un concert au Grand Mix de Tourcoing sera, le 14 novembre 2005, la deuxième session des French Doctors. On peut imaginer que ce sera très violent, meme dans le silence, également enregistré, et bientot publié.
 
"Dans une heure et demain peut-etre, j'aurai changé de pensée, mais cette pensée présente existe, je ne laisserai pas se perdre ma pensée" (Antonin Artaud)
 
 
 
About "Hollyaris" (2005)...

released!
 
DAMO SUZUKI @ spike magazine
"Very soon comes a double CD called "HollyAris"...I mean I'm going to release only doubles in future, except one CD I edited already. It's nice to have more than two hours of pure instant composed music which will never be performed again. 'HollyAris' has two location recorded live. One is in Hollywood another is Paris. As I perform with local sound carriers. CD 1 called Hollywood is performed by sound carriers from Los Angeles and Japanese guitarist Mandog. CD 2 called Paris is performed by sound carriers from France. After they formed a band called FRENCH DOCTORS as they found chemistry between them. And they are recording their first record..." (Damo's interview @)
 
 
REVIEW @ x ray records
Damo Suzuki Network- "Hollyaris" CD (Funfundveirzig) "When Damo Suzuki, ex-singer with the now legendary band Can releases a new album, there's one thing you can be sure of, namely that it will be totally different from everything he's released before. He is the one who by his unconditional adherence to improvisation (Damo himself speaks of "Instant Compositions") carries the spirit of Can into the 21st century. Damo pursues his musical vision with a determination few other artists can match. Hollyaris is comprised of excerpts from two performances, each with a totally different lineup. The CD Hollywood was recorded on August 31st 2002 at the Knitting Factory Los Angeles. Damo's voice is very much in the foreground here, which is justified by the fact that his singing is extremely melodic (in fact, the first track is reminiscent of his wonderful vocals on Can's "Future Days" at times). Apart from the voice, it is Len Del Rio's exact percussion which propel the improvisations and Kevin Lee on Moog and Theremin (!) supplying the spacey-spooky sounds who stand out from the rest of the band. Also, it seems that the location of each performance had an influence on what has been captured on tape: On Hollywood, one can discern the occasional elements of westcoast psychedelia, which is mainly due to the three guitars playing. But it's the Paris CD which is the real surprise of this set. It was recorded only some 14 months later, yet it sounds like a decade has elapsed since the LA-gig. Whereas the latter band played psych- and avantgarderock with the occasional nod in the direction of Can, the music on Paris is much more subtle. With the sole exception of the drummer, all of Damo's five collaborators use electronic processing tools. Thus Damo's singing is presented here in a totally new setting for him. The fact that Damo can adapt his singing so effortlessly to this modern context speaks volumes for his artistic vision and his will to communicate with his fellow musicians (which has always been his ultimate concern). More than any other of Damo's releases, Paris focusses on the search for a collective expression, the communication and understanding across genres and generations. Damo once said that when he goes onstage, he is not so much thinking about the music which he will play but about creating a collective experience with his audience within the moment. The music on Hollyaris bear witness to that attitude."
 
 
DAMO SUZUKI 2 @ introduces "Hollyaris"
Hi there - Holiday season is almost gone at this part of planet even we had only short summer for a couple of days this year. Hope you had a good one. I introduce my new CD release- ‘Hollyaris’ is name of my new double CD. 1st CD is called ‘Hollywood’ recorded at Knitting Factory LA on August 31 2002 by Myself with sound carriers from LA Len Del Rio ( Percussion, Synthesizer) Tommy Grenas (Guitar, Bass, Keyboard) Chris Guttmacher (Drums) Ryan Kirk (Guitar, Bass) Kevin Lee (Theremin, Moog) and from Japan Keiichi Miyashita (Guitar) altogether 7 pieces of creation, time and space of the moment. 2nd CD is called ‘Paris’ recorded at Cafe de la Danse, Paris on October 5 2003 by Myself with sound carriers from France after this project they call themself FRENCH DOCTORS. Members are Sebastien Burgo (Guitar, Prepared Electronics) Franq de Quengo (Electronic, Digital Percussions) Olivier Manchion (Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electronics) Nicolas Marmin (Bass, Electronics) and Edward Perraud (Drums) Altogether 6 pieces of experimental instant composing. Both CDs are fully different and you'll feel different atomosphere in Hollywood and Paris. I'm sure you will enjoy this new release.
 
 
PRESS RELEASE @ Indigo
Wenn Damo Suzuki, Ex-Sänger der legendären Band Can, ein neues Album herausbringt, dann ist auf eins Verlass: Es klingt anders als man denkt. Denn Suzuki trägt durch seine bedingungslosen Improvisationen (er selbst spricht von "Instant Compositions") den Geist von Can entschlossen ins 21. Jahrhundert. Die Doppel-CD "Hollyaris" beinhaltet Ausschnitte aus zwei Auftritten, die mit vollkommen unterschiedlichen Bands eingespielt wurden. Die CD "Hollywood" wurde am 31. August 2002 in der Knitting Factory in Los Angeles aufgenommen. Damos Stimme steht hier weit im Vordergrund, während die sechs Musiker einen sehr differenzierten Sound produzieren, aus dem Moog und das spacig-unheimliche Theremin (Ätherwellengeige) herausstechen. Bei der Paris-Aufnahme ein Jahr später geht es subtiler und elektronischer zu. Die fünf Mitmusiker ("Les French Doctors") bedienen sich mit Ausnahme des Drummers allesamt elektronischer Verfremdungsmittel. Die Tatsache, dass sich Damo Suzuki so nahtlos in diesen modernen Kontext einfügt, spricht für seine künstlerische Vision und seinen Willen zur Kommunikation mit den Musikern.
 
 
 
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