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ABSYNTHE MINDED FROM BELGIUM

Here I have decided to recommend groups whom I have seen recently who stand out as being something special and would, I feel warrant the casual listener checking out at the soonest possibility.

The group I have recently seen who I believe are destined for great things are a Belgium group called " Absynthe Minded ", I travelled to Germany to see the Annual Rock im Park festival at Nuremberg, and whilst casually checking out what music was on offer, I strayed into the indoor Nuremberg Arena. At that time Mid afternoon, a group came on stage who I hadn't heard of before and these were Absynthe minded. A rather incredible band to be honest, who were really good musicians and had incredibly well put together songs which are easy to listen to intelligent and accessible.

the group I feel excelled playing live and on my return to the Uk I checked out their current album which although isnt their debut release is self titled, I contacted the bands Manager and he told me they are aiming to get the album released in the UK and are also playing over in the UK in September.

UK TOUR DATE

6TH SEPT 2010 MONTO WATER RATS , LONDON

I cannot stress how good these guys are and recommend them as a lover of quality music.

Here is a link to thier site and a few bits about the group

http://www.absyntheminded.be/site/

a screenshot of their current album

Biography

the beginning...

... In 2002, songwriter Bert Ostyn and violinplayer Renaud Ghilbert make plans to start an acoustic swingband together. Already in a band with Jan Duthoy called "Tao Tse Tse" at the time, Bert asks Jan to join in. Renaud invites Sergej Van Bouwel and it is at his house that they record a demo called "Sweet Oblivion" by the 'Absynthe Minded Quartet'.

With this quartet they play almost every bar in the country and do their first tour of many; in Norway with "The Real Ones" and "Tippy Agogo". After that musical journey the band meets drummer Jakob Nachtergaele, who makes his first appearance on the recording of the "History Makes Science Fiction EP" in 2003. From that moment the band instrumentarium expands with electric guitars, organs and all that.

The debut album "Acquired Taste" (2004) receives great acclaim from the public and critics. Absynthe Minded is becoming what it always intended to be; a brand new sound for the people. Absynthe Minded is here to stay!

New Day (2005), the follow-up to Acquired Taste was produced by legendary producer Jean-Marie Aerts (TC Matic, Arno, Urban Dance Squad). With the succes of hit-single "My Heroics, Part One" Absynthe Minded starts touring like madmen (they also support belgian heroes dEUS on their European tour) and don't hesitate to record their third album "There is Nothing" (2007) In France, "Abeille Musique" releases a compilation of previous Absynthe Minded songs on a disk called "Introducing" (2008).
 

For the recording of their fourth album, Absynthe Minded moved to Paris for about a month. In the legendary "Studio Ferber" they worked on new material, together with producer Jean Lamoot (Noir Désir, Alain Bashung, Salif Keita) and recorded 18 tracks. Twelve of these songs are on their new album, and they're keeping it simple; It's called "Absynthe Minded" and it's great! Check it out for yourself people, everybody has an opinion!
 

Influences

The Beatles, Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club de France, Miles Davis, Rolling Stones, Nick Drake, The Raconteurs, dEUS, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, John Cage, Dmitri Shostakovich, John Zorn

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