RECYCLER
Imagine the sound of the Chemical Brothers playing football in the park with African Headcharge. Or The Drummers Of Burundi taking a wrong turn on the way to the WOMAD festival and ending up playing a free rave in a car park in Bracknell. Welcome to Recycler, a world where two young Frenchmen take sounds from untold diverse sources, squish it all together and call it music.
In a previous incarnation, Fab and Tcherno (the creative minds behind Recycler) were part of French industrial/rock/dance group MAT, achieving minor success in Europe and support slots with Consolidated and Fugazi. Influenced by the work of Meat Beat Manifesto, MAT had always been about merging different musical elements together to make something new. Forming Recycler, the duo chose to take the possibilities of this fusion further and create dance music unlike anything else.
Big thumping tribal drums, dirty electronic beats, soulful vocals, the intimacy of a sweaty club, the excitement of a rave this describes in part what they capture so well in their recordings and when playing live.
Having toured extensively at clubs and festivals throughout Europe, playing alongside Gary Clail, FunDaMental, Future Loop Foundation, Transglobal Underground and Genetic Drugs amongst others, their live performance is a real treat. The air visibly heats up as Recyclers tribal, infectious beats force even the most unlikely to immerse themselves in a dancing frenzy.
In 2006, the band has been preparing their third album Massa Boom Boom as well as the incredible DANCING FEET EP. Never have they sounded so good! If you were lucky enough to see them play in Reading October 06 then you will understand!
They blew the roof off (quite literally although it has now been repaired). We loved them the first time around which is why we invited them back (Russ Alsop, director of Plug n Play Studios, Reading)
Fans include Dreadzone, which in fact led to Earl 16 lending his exceptional vocals to the track True Lovin (Original mix, Club mix and psychedelic mix can be heard on Dancing Feet EP).
In the studio, Tcherno & Fab remain the creative minds behind Recycler. Onstage, the duo are joined by bass player Eric Mombo, born in the west African country of Gabon but now resident in Paris, and guest percussionists that have included members of The Dhol Foundation, Bloco Electro/Beatroots Bateria, and African percussionists.
Bookings: contact Tcherno wtcherno@aol.com
Licensing: contact Suzie Wrennall suzie@kube-recordings.com
