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Roasted with leaded petrol, intense jerk and hybrid R'N'B are coated with white soul in the back of a garage filled up with stolen Simca 1000 and pumped up roasters. Jacques Dutronc's smirk undermines the Who's mod snobism, rubbishy film's original soundtrack mess around timeless classical. Bikini Machine is the ultimate pop art band.
THE FULL ALBUM
It begins with an electronic sizzling sound reminding a Harley at ease but, in fact, «Good Morning» turns to be a garage-pop rush melting vintage guitars and up to date electro music, closer to a face-lifted Carnaby Street than a thirsty Death Valley. Laetitia Sheriff throws some electric "yeah". «Get Down» attacks with a flood of mambo percussions, strikes with a Kinks' style riff in their You really got me chapter, and go into funny samples. But the Bikini can also play classy. Like «Strange Day» who displays strings and vibes to give a torch song in a James Bond way. Metaphysical questioning ? «Où vont les cons» (where do the jerks go) are asking themselves Fred Gransard and Michaël Furnon (fan and friend of the band) with this ironical detachment borrowed to Dutronc. Were Hip Hop rythm sessions born in the sixties ? Does the Beach Boys' polyphonies bear intense electronic ? Is it fundamental to know the steps to dance ? Is it really fair to hire the 8 childrens of the band members to do the chorus for a song called «The old school» ? All the answers are in The Full Album. And, right before silence falls again on the dune, we'll have plenty of time to meditate on those disturbing revelations rooling on moisty guitar surf rythms of The Race.
Philippe Richard
"Bikini Machine play high-energy go-go-ye-ye supersonic garage soul for the new millennium. And they play it good!"
Jon Spencer
Bikini Machine comprises Sam, Pat, Mik, Frank, Fred
Mixers : Jon Spencer, Ian Capple, Jesper Reginal
Favourite places: Rennes, New York, Copenhague, Brighton
Hits: Strange Day, Où Vont les cons?, Good Morning, Crash
Inspiration : The dictionnary of rock
2001 / And God Created Bikini Machine
2002/ First Transmusicales (music festival) in Rennes
2003 / An Introduction To Bikini Machine, «You feel like rushing for the dancefloor» (R&F)
2004 / Festival du Printemps de Bourges, Dour et Solidays «French stages obviously roll out the red
carpet for them» (Les Inrocks)
2005 / Bikini Machine plays Dutronc and that's good !
2006 / Daily Music Cookin'with Bikini Machine « A «machine» that sets fire your lounge and
bedroom.» (Les Inrocks)
2007 / The Eurockéennes de Belfort...
2008 / Meeting Jon Spencer : Face A Good Morning, Face B Sing On it.
2009/ «The Full Album» in record shops
