Balthazar Mattar
(London SW11)
Thursday 16 Mar 2017, 5:05pm
Hey there
We are a new group based in east London looking for an experienced and experimental guitarist to join our outfit to create a new kind of original music which adheres to no creative boundaries. We currently consist of drums, bass, synth and vocals and want to find a guitarist who can create both jagged sounds and harsh noise in the vein of swans, early sonic youth, jesus lizard and the birthday party and smooth, clean, improvisatory melodies in a blues, jazz style, not dissimilar from Hendrix or Django Reinhardt. The music is often progressive and jumps between these styles sometimes within songs and sometimes from song to song, always with a twisted naturalness.
We are playful but dark, and across this strange effective sound lyrical melodies float over it, and sometimes crunch in between it. The words deal with subjects such as addiction to pharmaceutical drugs, finding love in the nuclear holocaust and Gods feeling dismayed at global deterioration.
The music is led by the bass guitar being run through lots of effects sometimes making noise and other times catchy, hooky riffs and we would like a guitarist not to be a lead but to share and compliment that musical drive with the bass parts, neither one being more important than the other. Also our drummer is incredibly versatile and does not just have the role of keeping time but also helps enhance the message and sounds of the songs.
About us: we are three experienced musicians who have previously done many of our own projects and have come together to bring all of our talents to create exciting music and have fun. We have a shared rehearsal space in west ham and rehearse 2-3 times a week with real commitment. We also want to take our time creating the music to make sure it is just right before we take it out there and start playing.
We don't have anything online to link you to in this advert but if you're interested and respond we will email you over some demos for you to listen to. In the mean time, attached are a couple of links to members music, one of them is Balthazar Mattar's (the singer) soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/balthazar-mattar
and the other a harsh noise solo album Sol (the drummer) did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4VimIUxzKU&t=17s
All the best and hope to hear from you soon
Balthazar Mattar