It's all about the bass for ONETWOTHREE feat. LiLiPuT's Klaudia Schifferle

ONETWOTHREE are bass bosses Klaudia Schifferle, Madlaina Peer & Sara Schär. Check out "Perfect Illusions" below.

Here's the scoop...

ONETWOTHREE is comprised of three bassists, all women who played in bands in the late 70s and 80s Swiss punk scene. Klaudia Schifferle of Kleenex (later LiLiPuT), Madlaina Peer of the Noknows and Sara Schär, the singer for the bands TNT and Souldawn and also bassist for The Kick.

ONETWOTHREE's first album – slated for release by Kill Rock Stars on October 15 – doesn't have a name but that's just as it should be for a band that's deceptively simple, mysterious and yet somehow familiar. Three women bassists/singers from classic Swiss post-punk bands dot their insistent, minimal music with drum patters, synths, chants, commands and joyous wordplay with their sometimes cynical, sometimes sensual take on leisure and consumer culture. The group is appropriately DIY, self-contained and self-produced - their debut was written and played almost entirely by themselves. ONETWOTHREE's songs blend into a whole, creating a momentum and their own kinetic, strange reality which fun-house mirrors our own.

ONETWOTHREE – S/T

Pre-order ONETWOTHREE's forthcoming album on limited edition white vinyl directly from Kill Rock Stars right here. 

Watch the video for the lead track "Perfect Illusions" below. 

LINKS

ONETWOTHREE site https://www.onetwothree.ch

Tommy "TNT" Brenneck doesn't overthink shit

Guitarist/producer Tommy "TNT" Brenneck gets a big up for his studio savvy on the B-side of the new Menahan Street Band single. 

Menahan Street Band - "There's A New Day Coming" b/w "Tommy Don't"

Originally recorded as a single backing track for Charles Bradley, the tune was ultimately shelved (like many other tracks) after Charles' passing. After some time had gone by the reel made its way back onto the tape machine and producer Tommy "TNT" Brenneck had a eureka moment. He split the track into two sides and wrote some lyrics for the slower portion as a tribute to CB, which became "There's a New Day Coming". He loved the juxtaposition of having the slower, heavy tribute on side A, and the upbeat, lighter track on the flip.

When singers, Saundra Williams (Saun & Starr) & Alecia Chakour showed up for the session TNT played them what was to become "Tommy Don't". While it was playing Saun said "You know why I like working with you, Tommy? Cause you don't overthink shit". And with that Saun started singing "Tommy don't overthink shit." Brenneck started cracking up and said, "We HAVE to record that.". And with that...Voila!...a brand spanking new 45 from the kings of instrumental soul, Menahan Street Band. Get a copy of the new MSB single right here. Listen to both sides below.

Whadya mean you don't know Eddie Noack

"Eddie Noack wanted to be a journalist. But we have enough journalists, and not enough people who could sing and write like Eddie Noack." Bob Dylan
 

LINK
Bear Family store http://www.bear-family.com/en/country-western/classic-country-artists/noack-eddie-gentlemen-prefer-blondes-3-cd-digi-104p-book.html