Benoit Kilian / drums
Olivier Dumont / electric guitar
6 tracks / Pos side 18'15", TeC side 17'57"
Recorded in Trugny (Fr), Sept 29th 2014
mixed and mastered by Antonin Rayon
Gex01LP
distro metamkine
Review on Vital Weekly ( Frans de Waard ) :
In an edition of 100 copies only here is the first LP of a duo, which goes by the name Kod-B : Benoit Kilian on drums and Olivier Dumont on electric guitar. They have been going for about five years now, and feel confident enough to release their fist LP. One side is 'Pos' and the other is 'Tec', although each side has a few pieces. Their music is best described as improvised noise rock, but having said that it's not some mindless let's go on and on playing loud barrage of noise, but in stead it's quite carefully played. The element of 'noise' is perhaps more in the recording, which seems quite direct, without any ornaments around it. Put up some microphones in a small space and record the action. Yet this careful approach also leads to wild drumming, occasional feedback (which I am sure is not accidental) and scratching the guitar strings.
Both guitar and drums are conventionally approached, although of course it's a matter of what is convention I guess (but let's say 'conventional in the realm of Vital Weekly'), and one always recognizes both instruments. In that sense there is a fairly 'normal' approach to free rock music.
Which is to say there is nothing wrong with that. The six pieces here are a delight to hear, especially if one turns up the volume to the setting 'loud at a small intimate rock venue setting', crack a beer open and pretend your in this small venue listening to the controlled aggression of Kod-B.
An excellent record! (FdW)
Le son du grisli (Pierre Cécile) :
kod-b postec
La pochette de cette galette tirée à une centaine d’exemplaire fleure bon l’esprit potache, en tout cas le plaisir d’improviser sans trop de gêne. Et c’est tant mieux car quand il y a de la gêne…
On ne sait d’ailleurs pas qui, des deux dijonnais de KOD-B (Benoit Kilian à la batterie et Olivier Dumont à la guitare électrique noeffect), se cache sous cette casquette d’aviateur… Peut-être n’est-ce ni l’un ni l’autre, mais un des « potes » venus assister, dans un garage du voisinage, à la session d’impro qui donnera le premier disque du duo = Pos et Tec, deux improvisations de dix-huit minutes (à quelques secondes près).
Des grands coups de baguette et des tirages de larsens qui se tirent la bourre (passez-moi l’expression) avec des expérimentations plus appliquées, le tout dans un esprit « post-garage » qui ne se fait pas d’illusion. Pas de grande découverte, c’est sûr, mais on est quand même contents, malgré la tâche d’huile incrustée dans le jean, d’avoir été invités.
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