1 the band
permanent members:
laugier (bass & lead vocals), benito (drums and backing vocals) & morcillo (guitar)

occasional members:
robert aaron, lee ranaldo, andrew wk, earl slick, jean-marc montera, lone vein, landini, eglantine gouzy, r stevie moore, richard swift, sean riley, paulo furtado, skerik, lio, alain johannes, jesse sykes, kptmichigan, yves weyh, dead combo

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1 lee ranaldo
singer, guitarist, writer and record producer, lee is best known as a co-founder of sonic youth.  
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we wanted to invite andrew since a couple of years. when we talked about who could produce/mix the songs that we wanted to put on our EP number 2, we all agreed that andrew was the perfect guy, and we were right. we had a blast when he sent us his first mixes. true genius.  
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1 don fleming
frontman of bands such as Velvet Monkeys or Gumball, don is more widely known as a seminal producer for bands such as Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees, Teenage Fanclub and The Posies.  
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guitarist, solo artist and producer, earl's best-known as one of david bowie's guitarists. earl has gone on to play on a variety of other projects (Ian Hunter, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phantom - Rocker & Slick, etc) before coming back to bowie in the early 21st century.
earlslick.com
 
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NY multi-instrumentalist, solo artist, producer, grrrrrreat guy who played with Fischerspooner, Wyclef Jean, Eric Andersen, Mick Jagger, Blondie, Masters at Work, Luscious Jackson and James White to name a few.
here thanks to steef and armand thomassian
 
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the legendary tigerman is as a one-man band show following the tradition of the roots and original Blues from the Mississippi's delta. paulo also got another project called wraygunn: this band, formed in Coimbra in early 1999, plays a mix of grrrreat rock, soul, gospel and blues.
wraygunn.com
legendarytigerman.com

 
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the godfather? nope, he's too young for that... we know what we owe him, musically speaking. the first one outside of the band with who we worked. he did it grrreat. he's still doing it grrrreat!
midi-festival.com
 
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describes as a « lo-fi legend » by the New York Times, our friend r stevie moore is an american singer, songwriter and musician. in addition to having numerous albums released on labels around the world, he has self-released over 400 cassette and CD-R albums, as well as dozens of home videos.
 
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specialising in free improvisation and sound experimentation, jean-marc montera performs solo and in different groups. he is the co-founder of Montevideo, centre of contemporary art creations in Marseille. MUCH LUV  
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a very talented man… we love the singer, the songwriter, the multi-instrumentalist, the producer and the short-film maker. thank you richard.  
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1 lone vein
long time writing partners-in-crime guitarist Eddy Jo "Evil Eddy" Martinez and vocalist Angela "Plain Jane" Rogers have formed Lone Vein in 2001. it's midnight blues, tombstone blues, intergalatic blues, it's New York blues.
here thanks to robert aaron
lonevein.com
 
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alain is a founding member of the band Eleven. with our friend paulo furtado, he was the first one that we thought about when we first imagined what could be the hifiklub project. as well as his work with Eleven, alain has also collaborated with many other bands and artists, both as a musician and as a producer (Queens Of The Stone Age, Chris Cornell, Spinnerette or Eagles Of death Metal).  
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1 skerik
skerik is a saxophonist from Seattle. Often performing with electronics and loops, he is a founding member of Critters Buggin and Garage a Trois.
skerik has been a member of, performed frequently, or toured with the following: Les Claypool's, The Meters, The Headhunters, Tuatara (with Peter Buck), Mad Season, Roger Waters and many others. he leads Seattle-based "punk-jazz" ensemble Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet.
 
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New York City !!! new York City !!! bernstein is a jazz trumpeter best known for his work in the Lounge Lizzards, Sex Mob and the Millennial Territory Orchestra. he has released four albums under his own name on john zorn's Tzadik records and has performed with jazz giants including medeski, Martin & Wood, as well as artists as diverse as aretha franklin or lou reed.

 
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you can call him the audio janitor. disc jockey and turntablist, olive loves free improvisation, jazz and what he calls illbient music... olive is a highly talented and open minded musician. a true honor to work with him.
 
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there are two things michael beckett loves: technology and noise at extreme levels. with Schneider TM or with his own projects like super reverb and the beautiful new born children, michael delivers everything at high volume. here thanks to landini.
www.mirrorworldmusic.com
 
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solo artist and get back guinozzi former member (with landini), eglantine is a panavia tornado. she is the very first artisit singing “english in a baboon style ». luv.  
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1 jesse sykes
jesse killed us in 2007 with her album Like, Love, Lust and the Open Halles of the Soul. celestial, inspired, beautiful.  
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1 sean riley
we bought his album when we were visiting Coimbra and BANG, we knew that we had to do something with him. if one day we moved to Portugal, sean riley will be one of the reasons why...  
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1 lio
singer and actress, enormous pop icon in francophone Europe during the 1980s ... you know her, she is fantastic
www.universlio.com
 
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1 davy bergier
who are you asking for ? the musician ? the composer ? the business man ? the consiglio ? the friend ? the remixer ? incredible ! d0b.free.fr
 
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1 yves weyh
nobody plays accordion like yves, nobody! with his quartet, zakarya, he's signed on tzadik records. this is serious crazy avant-garde music.  
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1 dead combo
their music could be the latest trademark of Portuguese indie/alternative sound, music, even culture. dead combo mixes Portugal's very own Fado with "Western Spaghetti" Music, Jazz, General Alternative and World Music in a brilliant fusion of sounds solidly built together.
www.deadcombo.net
 
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julien bengel
he knows how to do it and he does it right ... what? everything!

olivier amsellem

violent, minimalist, straight, truth, topic: abandonment.
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léopold
la classe with attitude!!!

adrien
is he going to be Giorgio Gomelsky, Andrew Loog Oldham or Allen Klein ? we'll see. for now: a friend, a qualified professionel and a talented musician.

louis
most faithful between the faithful ones. a guide.

willy
black master will baby! try him

siobhan solberg
ahhhhhh oui!!! en français dans le texte
 
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jan 13 la Movida – Nice/ fr
mar 17 SXSW Festival/ showcase TBA Austin Texas/ usa
mar 19 SXSW Festival/ Lamberts at 8PM Austin Texas/ usa
mar 20 SXSW Festival/ showcase TBA Austin Texas/ usa
may 7 Gonzaï Party/ La Gare aux Gorilles – Paris/ fr
may 8 la Flêche d'Or/ le Son du Maquis Party – Paris/ fr
may 28 les Variétés/ MIDI concert Toulon/ fr
may 28 - aug 28 Arnaud Maguet + Hifiklub exhibition at Galerie des Remparts – Toulon/ fr
july 21 Diese Festival – Dijon/ fr
july 24 Underground Playground vol 1 & 2/ HFK live with Lee Ranaldo & Jean-Marc Montera – Private
oct 9 Le Lounge/ Sonic Boom Party – Marseille/ fr


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our R. Stevie Moore cover featured on The Needle Drop

Hifiklub + R Stevie Moore = LUV, and Magic knows it

cool blog talking about "how to make friends": dzzing

live review ... Paris/ La Fleche d'Or: Hartzine

Muzzart, about "how to make friends"

new album review: Magic

gonzaï talks about "how to make friends" album: click click

oui, gonzai loves hifiklub... check out our self portrait + playlist

something to read on muzzart about our first album

pitchfork talks about hifiklub new 12" that Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo is producing

quaterlife party knows that Catfish is a good one

listen to hifiklub music on 3hive

about hifiklub at the midi festival: click here

quaterlife party loves "babe doll"!!!!

midi festival, robert aaron & us: newspaper

some fresh news, by Magic

newspaper talks about hifiklub: click here

read this hifiklub interview for l'Oeil PACA

a real review, here: Pop News

Longueur d'Ondes magazine talks about french accent: click here

check this out: les Inrockuptibles magazine (n°619) talks about hifiklub live at marsatac festival

new review about the album in ventilo mag ("chroniques" section)

here is what Nouvelle Vague magazine thinks about french accent: click here

gonzaï answer to rock n folk about french accent: click here

punk-post-punk zine about french accent (#3)

we're proud to announce a special partnership between the band and KULTE. hifiklub « Original serie » Tshirts are on sale here: www.kulte.fr

read this article by Pierre Mikaïloff: http://blogup.canalblog.com/

check out hifiklub interview for gonzai: click here to know more about the project and the band


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"docteur lo-fi & the remix" exhibition
Arnaud Maguet and Hifiklub have worked together on an exhibition called "Docteur Lo-Fi & The Remix" (Toulon, Galerie contemporaine des musees, May 29th/ August 29th).

Here are a couple of words about it (french version):

"Ceci est une exposition pop au sens où, sans doute, elle déplaira aux petits écoliers de Frankfort. Ceci est une exposition pop au sens où ses motifs sont simples. Ceci est une exposition pop au sens où il faut être attentif à la surface car il n’y a rien derrière. Ici la surface s’appelle HIFIKLUB et il s’agit d’un groupe de musique actuelle. Cette surface primaire a présentement été modifiée par des professionnels de la musique ; les flux électriques ont été émondés, séquencés, répétés, inversés, filtrés puis agencés d’une façon nouvelle, comme dans ce qui nous sert de réalité, des paroles ont également été évincées et parfois remplacées par d’autres. Cette électricité remodelée vous est présentée, dans l’espace de monstration, par le biais de vidéogrammes, d’affiches et d’amplificateurs de fortune. Ces modules de diffusion sonore ont été réalisés avec les matériaux trouvés, détournés, empruntés et dérobés sur et dans diverses poubelles et autres lieux dédiés au stockages des rebus et à l’oubli des choses (...)
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Check out our new video "Bastard of the Year" (track produced/ mixed by Andrew WK) from our new album "How To Make Friends" ... video directed by Check out our new video "Bastard of the Year" (track produced/ mixed by Andrew WK) from our new album "How To Make Friends" ... video directed by Erwan Fichou ... click here
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new album OUT NOWWW !!!
Our new album "How to Make Friends" has just been released in France on Le Son du Maquis/ Parallel Factory/ Harmonia Mundi.
Much love and gratitude to those who helped make this all possible : Robert Aaron, Steven Bernstein, Nathalie Enamorado, Don Fleming, Eglantine Gouzy, Fabrice Guisiano, Kirsten Hennig, Alain Johannes, Kptmichigan, Frédéric Landini, Lio, Jean-Marc Montera, DJ Olive, Lee Ranaldo, Sean Riley, Skerik, Richard Swift, Jesse Sykes, Andrew W.K., Yves Weyh…

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Check out our new video "Devil Knows" (track produced/ mixed by Andrew WK) from forthcoming album "How To Make Friends" (to be released March 25th on Le Son du Maquis/ Parallel Factory/ Harmonia Mundi) ... video directed by Jaap Scheeren ... click here

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Hifiklub added to SXSW Festival
The annual Austin (Texas) festival goes down March 17-21. Here are a few new notable new inclusions: The XX, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Free Energy, Neon Indian, Midlake, Woods, Fool's Gold, Anti-Pop Consortium, Cheap Trick, A Sunny Day in Glasgow…
Hifiklub is currently scheduled to perform at Wave Rooftop on Friday, March 19 at TBA.
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ten years of what ???
well well, no big news but we just wanted to let you know that a song from our forthcoming album "How To Make Friends" is featured on a compilation called "Ten Years of Rock Hits"... The track is called "Over", it has been recorded with Alain Johannes and produced/ mixed by Andrew WK.

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"Alecia"/ R. Stevie Moore Tribute Album Vol.2 "New Wave Moon’s" (2010)
new album "How to Make Friends" (2010, Parallel Factory/ Le Son du Maquis/ Harmonia Mundi)
"How"/ Charles Schillings "Like a Radio" (2010)
"Wish Witch"/ "Indetendances 45" FNAC Compilation (2010)
"Over"/ "Ten Years of Rock Hits" Compilation (2009)
"Tombstone Blues"/ "Dylan Mania" Beatrice Ardisson Compilation cd bonus + digital (2009)
"Catfish"/ "Je Garde Quelques Images pour mes Vies Posterieures, Best of Lio" (2008)
"Babe Doll"/ "Warm the French up" Agnes B Compilation (2008)
debut album "French Accent" (2007, Parallel Factory/ Rue Stendhal)
"Babe Doll"/ Kulte Compilation 4 (2007, Kulte Unlimited)





gun club _ miami
pavement _ quarantine the past
james chance _ the fix is in
johnny cash _ american VI
jack rose _ luck in the valley




1 1 - Bastard of the Year_vid by Erwan Fichou


1 1 - Devil Knows_vid by Jaap Scheeren



1 1 - Catfish (kptmichigan remix)_vid by Arnaud Marguet



1 1 - Data (Don Fleming remix)_vid by Arnaud Marguet



1 1 - Devil Knows (Andrew WK remix)_vid by Arnaud Margue



1 1 - LMG (Lee Ranaldo remix)_vid by Arnaud Marguet


1 1 - video_the lonesome EP part 1


1 1 - video_the lonesome EP part 2


1 1 - video_records live at le mouv radio by l. yeung


1 1 - video_saro jane live at le mouv radio by l. yeung


1 1 - video_babe doll by jean-luc charles


1 1 - video_teaser for Marsatac Festival_september 28th



1 1 - video_ french accent mixing session part 2



1 1 - video_ french accent mixing session part 1



1 1 - video_ french accent recording session teaser




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