From " Godforsaken Roads ", forthcoming Black Strobe 2nd album a
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Vidéo : François Brétéché

A small cellar in a smart building. A carefully curated collection of analogic synthesisers. A pot of Brylcreem on a table. ZZ Top and Muddy Waters vinyl sitting in a corner in front of a gleaming guitar and an old amplifier. Ladies and gentlemen, welcometo Arnaud Rebotini’s lair in Montmartre, Paris.

A hulk of a man, Rebotini may look physically impressive but inside he’s really a big softy who loves singing the blues and has an almost carnal attachment to his keyboards and vintage drum machines. His musical career is now divided between two projects: one uses his own name, Arnaud Rebotini, releasing instrumental electronic albums, both nostalgic and futurist, that he plays live on stage - alone - surrounded by his favourite machines. The other is Black Strobe, where he sings and plays a steamy mix of rock and electronic music heavily influenced by blues and country ‘n’ western. The project comes to life fully on stage with the energy of a four-person group.

In September 2014, Black Strobe will release his second album, Godforsaken Roads. The record confirms Rebotini’s rock sensibility and debt to the great American tradition of songwriting, with songs touching on the classic themes of the blues - the randomness of life, the very weight of existence and the strong emotions that run just below the surface (love, lust, loneliness…). He plunges into this world of the bayou, prison and the devil with real passion and the voice of crooner often compared to Iggy Pop or Nick Cave.

Godforsaken Roads contains ten new tracks, including the latest singles Going Back Home and Broken Phone Blues. The digital edition adds Boogie In Zero Gravity and The Girl From The Bayou released as singles in 2012. On the album, Rebotini also reappropriates Folsom Prison Blues, a Johnny Cash classic, once again with the aim of keeping the blues/country ‘n’ western flame alive (the group’s first album already contained a cover version of Bo Diddley’s famous track I’m A Man). This new version, entirely synth-led with not a guitar in sight, transports the song to another space-time continuum with swathes of keyboard worthy of Tangerine Dream, perfectly resuming the spirit of Black Strobe in 2014.

However, don’t think that Godforsaken Roads is all retro - in fact it’s bang up to date, using electronics, sometimes even of a disco slant, to give Black Strobe its futurist dimension. The album allows Arnaud Rebotini to capture the spirit of America’s cowboy era and transport it to the present day with resolutely modern production, much like the spirit of the blues that seeps from the music of electro-pop idols Depeche Mode.

With this new album, layered and feverish, the group is back with renewed faith in the power of the blues and a passion for motivating beats.

BSR016 Black Strobe - Folsom Prison Blues

_Django_, _El Topo_, _Rio Bravo_, _Birdman Of Alcatraz_ : vous pouvez vous amuser à identifier les sources des 86 plans du nouveau clip de Black Strobe, qui illustre la reprise du « Folsom Prison Blues » de Johnny Cash extrait de leur deuxième album _Godforsaken Roads_, sorti en octobre dernier. Bon, en même temps on vous en a déjà donné quatre - que ça ne vous empêche pas de le regarder 10 ou 11 fois pour autant.  
  
  
_Black Strobe continue à arpenter les routes désertées par Dieu à compter de ce soir, les dates sont juste en-dessous :_  
  
_10/12 - Lyon @ Transbordeur_  
_20/12 - La Roche Sur Yon @ Fuzz'Yon_  
_23/01 - Paris @ La Machine_  
_30/01 - Bain de Bretagne @ Festival du Schmoul_  
_07/02 - Magny Le Hongre @ File7_  
_20/02 - Pont Hautdemer @ Théâtre l'Éclat_  
_30/05 - Fully @ Festival Fully Bouge_

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