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March 17, 2011

Femme Facade – My Blood Is Thicker Than Yours – 30 and 31 March, Bucharest

PAVILION & CONTROL CLUB present:

Femme Façade (Valerie Renay)

MY BLOOD IS THICKER THAN YOURS

Artist Talk, Performance, Party

Performer, film director, writer and half of art rock duo Noblesse Oblige, the mixed race French-Caribbean artist Valerie Renay spent half her life in London where she trained in acting (with Phillippe Gaulier) movement (with Contact impro/Body Weather) and voice.

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August 20, 2010

Mes Quins: Electrogerman: first album coming up in late fall

The synthpop/post-punk/pop Romanian band MES QUINS is no longer unusual on the Romanian music scene. For almost 3 years now, the quartet consisting of charismatic front man Silviu Gherman (vocals, lyrics, keyboards), Ovidiu Chihaia (guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Ovidiu Rusu (drum pad) and Gina Teslaru (bass), has been playing live in most of the underground Romanian clubs, sharing the stage with bands such as Namosh, Handsome Furs, Noblesse Oblige and Kissogram.

The time for their first studio album has come, and the Romanian alternative scene is looking forward to getting their hands on the material! “Electrogerman” is self produced, but mastered and mixed by the gifted artist Dan Serbanescu (Divine Muzak, Pixels).

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August 3, 2010

August-10 – The Release of ‘Malady’ from Noblesse Oblige

PRE-ORDER: Order now, and we will ship this item to you when it is released on August 10, 2010.

Noblesse Oblige was formed in London, 2004 by French actress/singer/songwriter Valerie Renay and German musician/producer Sebastian Lee Philipp. Their debut album Privilege Entails Responsibility is considered one of the classics of the Independent Electro underground scene. After moving to Berlin in 2007, the band released their second album In Exile to much critical acclaim. For 2010, Noblesse Oblige releases its third album Malady, an occult concept album that cites the visual mysticism of Kenneth Anger, Aleister Crowley’s storytelling, and the morbid melancholy of Christina Rossetti’s poetry. The album was initiated by the bands’ involvement in Robert Pacitti’s 2009 London Spill Festival Tarot Deck project, for which Noblesse Oblige (in collaboration with photographer Manuel Vason) were asked to visualize their own interpretation of The Lovers Major Arcana card. Malady blends world music sounds, pop kitsch and new wave theatricality to create a unique musical landscape.

01. Morning Docks

02. The Great Electrifier

03. Beck And Call

04. Equinox

05. Moonchild

06. Tropical Fever

07. Lady With The Kazoo

08. Cracks On The Wall

09. When Thunder Breaks Up Under

10. Zanzibar

11. Sambo

12. May They Come With Spears And Knives

Genre: Alternative Gothic

source: Metropolis Records

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