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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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!

steef

dangerous gorgeous nutcase faithful attentive wanker brillant (most of the time). as a composer, his chamade beat projet is an amazing mix of jazz, hip hop, soul and broken grooves.
chamadebeat.com

olivier amsellem

Marseille? yeah! stereotype? nope, well not artistically speaking. approach: sober and contemporary. theme: abandonment. weapon: his eyes!
myspace.com

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.

frédéric et olivier
the solution: communicate!!!
fredericteschner.com

chase
he lets us see everything, almost, lol
supercult.com

willy
black master will baby! try him

rachel ward
how do you say it again "correspondante américaine?"

siobhan solberg
ahhhhhh oui!!! en français dans le texte
 
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La Valette du Var
LCAS
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Kulte
Coming Up
FNAC
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we have just signed with Summery Agency, more soooooon !!!


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Sir Richard Bishop is just grrrreat. This album called "Polytheistic Fragments" is a masterpiece. Listen Listen Listen...


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hey man what's up ???
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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liars liars liars
We told you that we were working on an album... we lied!!!! Actually Hifiklub gonna gives you even more music... Here is the news: we're not working on a full length album but on a serie of 3 EPs, produced by 3 different producers.

We're doing that project with Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth...), Jesse Sykes, Alain Johannes (Eleven, Queens of the stone age...), Steven Bernstein (Lounge lizzards, Sex mob... ), Skerik (Critters buggin, Mad season, Tuatara... ), Robert Aaron, Dead Combo, Lio, Jean-Marc Montera, Sean Riley & Zakarya.

The first EP has just been produced/ mixed by Lee Ranaldo (sound engineer: Aaron Mulan).
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new sessions: charles schillings and dylan cover
Hifiklub is working on Charles Schillings new album. After more than 15 years playing in the most prestigious clubs worldwide, Charles Schillings is one of the most wanted French Djs. The first song called "How" has been recorded with Robert Aaron on horns and keys. Charles is singing. The tune has been remixed by Mc Gregor and is featured on MIDEM (international music market in Cannes) last compilation.

Very recently, we have recorded a Bob Dylan cover for a compilation. We worked on Dylan classic "Tombstone Blues". Get Back Guinozzi co-founders Eglantine Gouzy (vocals) and Landini (guitars) are playing with us on this track.
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Catfish is featured on Lio best of album
How did that happen ??? A year ago, french singer and 80's pop icon Lio was invited by Hifiklub to sing on 3 songs. One of them was called Catfish and was supposed to be released on the band next album... Finally, the song is featured on Lio's best of album "Je garde quelques images pour mes vies posterieures".

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Agnes b compilation
That's cool, Hifiklub has been selected by french fashion designer Agnes b to be featured on her brand new compilation called "Warm the french up".

Here is the tracklisting:

1/ Psychic Harmonia 2 / Zombie Zombie
2/ Hypercommunication / Poni Hoax
3/ Too many questions / Frustration
4/ X vs Y / Friction
4/ Concrete /  The Penelopes
5/ Babe Doll / Hifiklub
6/ Dog / Cheveu
7/ Tel Aviv / This is Pop
8/ Girls / Klement
9/ Deported / Gilles Le Guen

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Recording session with Jean-Marc Montera
Marseille, GRIM studio, 07/30/08. What a great day! Jean-Marc Montera did a recording session for hifiklub second album.  He put some crazy guitar parts on four songs.

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Live at MIDI festival
... special week, special night, special place & special band. Hifiklub played live at MIDI Festival (Villa Noailles, Hyères, French Riviera, 07/25/08) with Robert Aaron. James Chance joined the band on the last three songs. We had such a grrrrreat time !!!!
Plus, we played three brand brand new songs for the first time ever...

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charles mingus _ blues and roots
sonic youth _ the eternal
pink mountaintops _ outside love
sunn o))) _ monoliths and dimensions
m ward _ hold time




1 1 - video_LMG lee ranaldo remix_by arnaud marguet


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1 1 - video_the lonesome EP part 2


1 1 - video_saro jane live at MIDI festival with r aaron


1 1 - video_meantime/ august_by ugo nicolas


1 1 - video_meantime/ july_by ugo nicolas


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_les vieilles charrues



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



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