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Orpheo_ Nebula

by torpedo

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    Orpheo_ Nebula is a piece built around six poems. A combination of noise rock, industrial, 70's influences, flirting with sludge, a few drones waves, feedback in different production methods, the psychedelia of words, sometimes spoken, sometimes spat or howled that every now and then ventures to caress grindcore. The guitars unfold in chiseled layers, clouds of light fuzz or sharp riffs. At times, atmosphere fly like fluorescent ghosts. The bass lines carry trance, powerful and purring now feline and again fiery, shaking the structure of the pieces. The drum, whose play is subtle and powerful, hit the tempo on a shining translation of the emotions of each moment.

    The album leads us, from "The Fall" immersion between 70's and dissonant 90's, to the dark and raw riffs of "HELL", then "Part III_ La Mort" is a moan from the abyss, a sob for humanity. Turn your record : "Desert" spectral wander after-tasting of space-rock. "Interlude" pause in ether, before the abrasively industrial and claustrophobic ride of "Part V_ Interstices" which recalls aspects of a gallop. "POEM" allows for harmonic elevation and its playful math rock journeys to an elsewhere. The whole tied up by ambient tracks and dry noise.

    The lyrics will be edited separately.

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1.
The Fall 05:10
2.
HELL 08:13 video
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Désert 05:24
5.
Interlude 01:36
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POEM 07:35

about

Orpheo_ Nebula is a piece built around six poems. A combination of noise rock, industrial, 70's influences, flirting with sludge, a few drones waves, feedback in different production methods, the psychedelia of words, sometimes spoken, sometimes spat or howled that every now and then ventures to caress grindcore. The guitars unfold in chiseled layers, clouds of light fuzz or sharp riffs. At times, atmosphere fly like fluorescent ghosts. The bass lines carry trance, powerful and purring now feline and again fiery, shaking the structure of the pieces. The drum, whose play is subtle and powerful, hit the tempo on a shining translation of the emotions of each moment.

The album leads us, from "The Fall" immersion between 70's and dissonant 90's, to the dark and raw riffs of "HELL", then "Part III_ La Mort" is a moan from the abyss, a sob for humanity. Turn your record : "Desert" spectral wander after-tasting of space-rock. "Interlude" pause in ether, before the abrasively industrial and claustrophobic ride of "Part V_ Interstices" which recalls aspects of a gallop. "POEM" allows for harmonic elevation and its playful math rock journeys to an elsewhere. The whole tied up by ambient tracks and dry noise.



"As if to protect itself from a chaotic world, torpedo weaves threads around its audience, encompassing it in its noise rock universe with psychedelic echoes. The trio thus creates, during its live or listening performances, a real sensory and mystical experience, which transports and moves.

Founded in 2016 in the Swiss city of Lausanne, torpedo was then made up of Carole Obère, on vocals and guitar, Jérôme Diserens, on bass and keyboard, and machines as only companions. The group draws its energy from its beginnings in an industrial, post-apocalyptic and rough universe approaching no-wave and kraut with a touch of punk, while clinging to the force of wild nature carrier of hope.

Thus, in 2018, when conceiving their first album in remote collaboration with Antoine Pfammatter on drums, the duo escaped from their urban and oppressive environment, to hide in a small house on the Irish west coast. It was there, facing the Atlantic Ocean, to the sounds of the crashing waves and the wind whistling through the windows of a house haunted by - undoubtedly - tortured spirits, that torpedo recorded their first album Sphynx. Self-produced, it was released in April 2019. We hear echoes of Sonic Youth, Siouxsie & the Banshees and hints of grunge.

Two months earlier, on February 14th, 2019, the duo met Andries Hannaart. Between the Dutch drummer and the duo, it's love at first sight. A lightning that falls on the drums, perfectly complementing a voice that chants, murmurs and spits, noisy guitar riffs, bordering on punk, powerful and bewitching bass lines and deep cosmic sound atmospheres.

Having become a trio, torpedo has found the perfect balance. This is perhaps what prompted the group to record their second live LP (vocals, guitar, bass and drums) in early 2020. taking refuge in their premises, in a newly confined world. This absurd external environment becomes fertile ground for the development of a powerful and saving work. Entitled Orpheo_ Nebula, the rock'n'roll, noise and industrial piece built around six poetic texts comes to crown an ultra coherent artistic path. A sincere approach that grips the guts with each listen, transforming the listening experience into a shamanic, introspective and overwhelming adventure."

-Loïc Delacour
Lausanne 2022

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released September 15, 2022

Composed, performed & recorded by torpedo at Bunker Paradize, Renens. Mixed by Jérémy Conne, Lausanne. Mastered by Harris Newman, Grey Market Mastering, Montréal.
Words will come out at some point.
Broken Clover Records 2022

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torpedo Lausanne, Switzerland

Noiserock, psych, indus &
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