View basket “Flash” has been added to your basket. Diabolique L'épée SKU: AUK133LP Barcode: 5055869543255 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: A Recordings Released Date: 6th September 2019 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info A stellar combination of the talents of The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe, cinematic femme fatale Emmanuelle Seigner and ice-cool pop provocateurs The Limiñanas (Lionel and Marie Liminana), L’Epee transcend artistic and traditional borders. “We are living in very culturally insular times, so it feels really good to be swimming against the tide,” says Anton of the band’s bi-lingual, cross-continental approach.“There’s something really positive about branching out, collaborating and taking risks.” Far from being defeated by a world seemingly regressing into turmoil, L’ Epee’s strength comes from a long history of challenging the status quo. From Anton’s legendary battles with ‘The Man’ with The Brian Jonestown Massacre to Emmanuelle’s eclectic screen career to The Liminana’s community-minded ethos- setting up their own record shop, L.G.D.C, and promoting gigs by the cream of the world’s garage rock scene ( New Bomb Turks, Oblivians, Fleshtones, Revelators) -they share a fierce intelligence and an outsider aesthetic which, over the decades, has been sharpened to a razor’s edge. Fitting, then, that their name translates as The Sword. “It came to me in a dream,” explains Anton. “I woke up and there it was, ‘The Sword’. Someone told me there had already been a band with that name so I flipped it into French. It suits the band because we’re united in a common cause.” This pent-up creative energy has been channelled into their extraordinary debut album, Diabolique. Named in tribute to Mario Bava’s 1968 cult classic ‘Danger: Diabolik’, it’s a musical masterclass where elements of garage, ye-ye, sleaze rock, cult soundtracks, sci-fi, spaghetti westerns and girl-group pop noir are combined with the cut-and-thrust zeal of a band bursting with ideas and energy. All delivered by Emmanuelle in a sultry Gallic drawl which will send a frisson of recognition through anyone familiar with her iconic roles in, among many others, Frantic, Venus In Fur and Bitter Moon (all directed by her husband, Roman Polanski). “I’ve loved rock music since I was a kid,” she says, namechecking Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground and The Stooges as key influences. “I always wanted to be a musician, but it wasn’t so easy in France as I couldn’t meet the right people. Then I became a model and then very quickly after that I did Frantic and became an actress. It worked for me, but in my heart I always wanted to do music.” Having asked close friend Bertrand Belin to provide lyrics for three further tracks (‘Grande’, ‘On Dansait Avec Elle’ and ‘Lou’), the trio set to work at The Limiñanas’ studio in Cabestany, Southern France, in November 2017 -with Emmanuelle, ever the perfectionist, fine-tuning them the following February. Satisfied with the results, the trio flew to Berlin to hook up with Anton and (Liverpudlian engineer) Andrea Wright at his Cobra Studio in Berlin Utilising a treasure trove of vintage equipment (“I’ve got way more ‘60’s gear than The Beatles and The Stones had, I’m mad for that stuff”, explains the BJM man), Anton set to work, re-recording the drums with Marie and adding -and deleting- tracks so that the shifting layers of sound suited the mood of each individual track. “I’ve got plenty of other ways to express myself, so I really enjoyed taking a backseat, creatively,” he explains. “Lionel is such a great composer. There’s a very visual sense to his songs and I was very conscious of not stepping on his intentions too much. There were some really interesting sonic things I would add, like a track of the craziest feedback, to give a song a weird ambient quality. It’s the role that Brian Jones had in the Stones, or Warren (Ellis) has in Nick Cave’s band. Musically, they’re all over the map, but they make things happen.” “It was so inspiring to see Anton work,” says Emmanuelle of seeing him in action. “When we sent the songs to him they were good, but they were nothing like how it ended up. He’s so talented, like a genius. He made the whole thing darker, more interesting and more psychedelic.” The band are touring Europe starting at Levitation in Angers France on 20th/21st September. Artist L'épée Genre Rock And Pop Label A Recordings Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1) Une Lune étrange 2) Lou 3) Dreams 4) La Brigade Des Maléfices 5) On Dansait avec elle 6) Ghost Rider 7) Grande 8) Springfield 61 9) Un Rituel Inhabituel 10) Last Picture Show Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico Le Bataclan 1972 Rock And Pop | Easy Action | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 17th February 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico Le Bataclan 1972 £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Easy Action SKU: EARS163LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 17th February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Busted Half Way There Rock And Pop | Warner Records | 1LP Released 8th February 2019 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Busted Half Way There £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Records SKU: 0190295524890 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th February 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l Rock And Pop | 4AD | 1LP Released 18th April 2011 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: CAD3106 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th April 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pulled Apart By Horses Blood Rock And Pop | Sony Red | 1LP Released 1st September 2014 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pulled Apart By Horses Blood £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Red SKU: 88843082761 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Sam Ryder Somebody 7″ – National Album Day 2022 Rock And Pop | Parlophone | 7", Single Released 14th October 2022 £9.99 £13.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Sam Ryder Somebody 7″ – National Album Day 2022 £9.99 £13.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Parlophone SKU: 5054197297922 Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 14th October 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View A Certain Ratio ACR Loco Rock And Pop | Mute | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 25th September 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders A Certain Ratio ACR Loco £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mute SKU: STUMM454 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paul Simon Graceland Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 9th October 2020 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul Simon Graceland £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music SKU: 19439801821 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Damien Jurado In The Shape Of A Storm Americana / Country | Loose Music | 1LP Released 11th April 2019 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Damien Jurado In The Shape Of A Storm £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Loose Music SKU: VJLP248 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Meshell Ndegeocello Bitter Rock And Pop | Run Out Groove | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th May 2022 £48.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Meshell Ndegeocello Bitter £48.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Run Out Groove SKU: 0081227880637 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rozi Plain PRIZE Rock And Pop | Memphis Industries | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th January 2023 £21.00 - £22.00 Select options Rozi Plain PRIZE £21.00 - £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Memphis Industries Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th January 2023 Read More Select options See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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