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« A live-alive » PROJET

On stage, a trio composed of two musicans and an animated film projected on a large screen suggests a lively show on a musical as weel as a visual ground. The aim is to create a strong link between these two medias : video and live music. The show is built on a successive visual presentations the effect of which is intensified with music and background sound effects. The different visual animated presentations deals with some of our contemporary issues and questions that rise from them. The themes deal with bad feeding, consomption society, moreover the stress from the world of work. The spectator dives into a subjective environnement directly related to one’s own thoughts. The video part is composed of biro drawing sequential animated bits mixed with televisual pictures. Various sound effects recorded on a sound track are embedded through the performance. The music played on stage is some of “metal” inspiration. The sound is voluntary rough cast, not to say “raw”.

BIOGRAPHY In 2001, two artists, a musician and a drawer join together and formed the band “Throw Up”. Aurélien, guitarist and drawer is influenced by the american “Thrash Metal” bands trend of the eigthies and nineties. Benjamin has had a musical education as a percussionist. He has been impressed by the drum-player technique of Dave Weckl, Igor Cavalera or Vinnie Paul. At the time, Benjamin was already musically open minded and took a special interest in the electronic music. In 2002, their first nine title demo CD is released. It is named “Apocalyptic Blast”. This CD is definitely a of “Thrash Metal” trend.

In 2003, another demo CD named « Abused and Humiliated” is released. It counts seven new compositions. This demo CD is in the same former one vein. Aurélien illustrates each musical piece with a drawing. A strong link relates the drawing to the musical part. Each song has got its pictorial double.

In 2005, the band is called by a young film producer to compose and expound the original sound tracks of a short named « Primaire ». This is an opportunity for the band to take an interest in new tones and initiate a recording of new sound effects. Aurélien grinds his guitar and effect processors to get out of them gliding as well as subtle tones. They will produce a nearly entirely instrumental sound track. Benjamin gets more and more involved in mastering aspects and sound recording. At the time, the band starts using the differents possibilities offered by electronic percussion instruments and Computer assisted Music. In 2007, a new demo CD entitled “Binary” is recorded. Deriving benefit from their stage experience, they compose and record less complex but more effective structured pieces. The style of the band changes. The music is still “metal” but mixes more and more music tendencies.

For more than a year (2007-2008), the band conceives a new multumedia show. The “A live – alive” project yields and equal part to their animated film, sound effects and live music. They strengthen the link between several branches so important to them. During their performance the two ones manage to yield the energy proper to a live concert expected from their audience and create a visual universe of their own. The whole of it is ornamented with sound designs using the large range of effects produced from eletronical instruments. In April 2009, the band takes part in the fourth international festival of vjing : Vision’R 2009 which takes place in Paris. The “A live – alive” projects receives an enthusiastic reception from the audience at this maiden performance. Since then, the “A live – alive” project has been performed in many places in Europa.

Benjamin Benjamin is a professional percussion player and drummer. He trained in Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. He performs a lot for contemporary and classical music shows. He is also a computer assisted music composer.

Aurélien Aurélien, musician, drawer, video artist is an autodidact. He never trained in any of this fields. Besides the guitarist performance, since 2007 he did some live performance as a drawer in the art galleries where he is displayed.

Main performances Vision’R 2009 (Paris / France) April 2009, over 200 international artists, 1 week festival. The fouth edition of the Vision’R festival took place in Paris and focused on vjing, conferences, visual concerts, experimentation, audio/visual performances.

Live Performers Meeting 2010 (Roma / Italia): May 2010, at Brancaleone in Rome, took place the eighth edition of LPM - Live Performers Meeting: an international meeting of live video performers, visual artists and vjs, focused on live video performances. Rome 2010 edition, registered the presence of over 300 artists coming from all over the world. During the whole four days, performances, workshops and showcases, gave life to each area of the 900 square meters space of Brancaleone, enhanced with 15 projectors and as many screens.

Erlangen VJ Festival 2010 (Germany) : November 2010, in Erlangen, the first VJ festival near Nuremberg. A 3 days festival focused on Vjing, Audio/Visual Performances, cinemix and visual concerts.

PRESS BOOK (French) Vision’R Avril 2009

« Deux frères musiciens/dessinateurs à l’univers dense et dynamique de chroniques intenses, dynamiques et crues. Avec batterie et guitare, stylos et vidéo. Version contemporaine d’un cinémix aux épisodes enchevêtrés comme des légendes urbaines en tableaux animés. »

Guts Of Darkness 2005

« Le CD ici présenté est en fait la réédition de leurs deux premières démos, "Apocalyptic blast" de 2001/2002 (pour les vocaux car à l'origine il s'agissait d'une démo instrumentale...) et "Abused and humiliated" de 2003. Les morceaux sont plutôt alambiqués avec pas mal de changements de rythmes. Le son est bien old-school underground comme il faut, c'est-à-dire bien raw (!!), il manque juste la pêche qui apporterait un plus au CD. Certaines parties sont bien déstructurées avec quelques passages bien bœufs avec du gros blast. On a même droit à un solo de batterie ! Il y a donc de la qualité, mais il faudrait plus canaliser leurs compos et un peu mieux structurer les morceaux pour leur donner plus d'efficacité. Le duo est cependant sur la bonne voix. »

HeadbangerZine 2003 « N’allez pas croire que Throw up est bon pour stagner en répétant dans un garage : son Thrash Métal « old school » vous rappellera la scène US des années ’80, avec Sacred Reich, Overkill, Exodus, Slayer & Co ! Certes, rien de bien novateur là-dedans, me direz-vous alors, mais un bon coup de nostalgie fait toujours plaisir, surtout quand la musique est riche et bien exécutée. A noter les drums soli part 1 and 2 ! A mes yeux, le seul défaut réside dans la voix, un peu trop mise en avant dans le mixage, d’autant qu’elle prend parfois des accents HXC. Mais le potentiel est bien là ! THRASH IS NOT DEAD !!! Throw Up est actuellement à l’œuvre, et travaille d’arrache pied pour la composition et l’enregistrement de la B.O. d’un court métrage! »

CONTACT Artist Name: Participants: Origin country : Adress:

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THROW UP Aurélien HUYGHE Benjamin HUYGHE France Aurélien HUYGHE 13 rue Racine 59370 Mons en Baroeul (FRANCE) (33+) 03 20 04 00 62 (Aurélien Huyghe) [email protected] www.myspace.fr/throwupmetal www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnxj3ERqoQk www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DcV1_X_DM0 http://vimeo.com/12775778

CATEGORY audio/video performance Maximum duration:

55 minutes