2 months ago, the label Nothing out there released a compilation about guitar, in it more experimental ways of doing.

As the label says :"The idea is more to gather a group of, though usually not linked together, akin sound artists in that they are particularly interested into the shadowy sides of playing, over virtuosity. Accidents, silences, larsens, amplifier hums, from sheer noise to minimalism and repetitivity... And all the while, all the artists featured here have the unique ability, while being always open to experimentation and research, to develop a craft and an ensemble of techniques of their own, making them both experimenters and performers."

It's a double cdr. And here is the track listing
CD 1 :

1. Melmac ~ Prades Eus Catllar (4:40)
2. Sun Stabbed ~ Les Sociétés Secrètes Et Leurs Agissements (10:40)
3. Ashtray Navigations ~ Sheffield Grinder (6:08)
4. Savage Sons Of Wallonie ~ The Deeper Unreal (10:00)
5. Century Plants - Last Delay (11:05)
6. Jeff Gburek ~ Remote Province IV: Poznan, Lazarz District (9:40)
7. Michel Henritzi ~ Dust - for Harry Smith (3:38)
8. RST ~ Lancasters (6:39)

CD 2 :

1. Gart & Seekatze ~ Kronos (11:06)
2. Przewalski's Horses ~ Just Treading Water (4:02)
3. Guanaco ~ Pillars (5:14)
4. Michael Northam ~ Sunbust Serenade Against The Mental Trolls (9:36)
5. Expo '70 ~ Drowning Under Silver Moon (12:18)
6. Poldr ~ Celeste Mate (11:33)
7. Nappe ~ Spray Fossil (4:50)
8. Gunn Diehl ~ Atlantic Looks (6:50)

Total running time 2h, 7mn, 59s

You can order through the label (http://www.canardsauvage.com/not/not13.html) or you can send us a message as I have some copies.

Thierry

For the cassette "The world upside down" released by Peasant magik "Excellent new tape by this French duo with two long feedback guitar drones. Not as still as either the post-Metal stasisists or purist avantniks, so there are lots of surface molestations and event bubbles to keep things interesting. Which they are. Very." Byron Coley (The Wire #303, May 2009.)

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Sun Stabbed, "The World Upside-Down"

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Written by Anthony D'Amico

Sunday, 15 February 2009

Using E-bows (probably) and sculpted feedback, this guitar-based drone duo from Grenoble, France have achieved a masterful balance between womblike bliss and disquietude.  This is an understated and obscure gem. This cassette-only release consists of two very similar sounding ambient-drone pieces (perhaps two halves of the same piece) built upon what the label describes as "expertly crafted, drifting guitar feedback. Ranging from Sunroof!-esque shimmering skree to glacial amplifier buzz."  It certainly is glacial, no argument there.  As for the skree, I am not entirely sure.  "Skree" is something of a pseudo-word that is not clearly defined, but I believe in this case it means an insectoid hum.  That is equally apt.    Both pieces are based upon a sustained pure, wavering tone and a low drone, and slowly swell and ebb as additional tracks of feedback and hum wash in and out.  It never becomes harsh, but abrupt noises intermittently stumble into the mix (backwards chords, radio noises, some vaguely sinister rumblings deep in the mix that may be mangled speech) to keep things from being totally predictable or one-dimensional.  Listening to this album is not unlike (I suspect), lying in a field surrounded by crickets whose comforting whine is weirdly shifting in subtly psychedelic ways.  Every now and then a darker or harsher tone breaks through the cricket hum, threatening to shatter the nocturnal idyll and remind you that there is an ugly world waiting just outside, but it is always overpowered by your helpful acid-cricket pals almost immediately.   Guitarists Pierre Faure and Thierry Monnier display a striking and egoless command of nuance, control, and patience throughout.  The World Upside-Down never escalates, incorporates other instruments, or really changes mood.  It just floats.  Endlessly and hypnotically. At least, it does if your cassette player automatically flips tapes. Otherwise it only floats hypnotically for two twenty-minute stretches.This is the first Peasant Magik release that I was exposed to. I have historically not followed the cassette-only noise genre too closely (even after being blindsided by the amazing Natural Snow Buildings).  However, I have since heard some other releases from this label and they are also pretty unique and intriguing.  This is still my favorite though.  It is a shame only 99 other people will be able to share my experience (as it's limited edition to 100).

http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7377&Itemid=1

Hi
Another review for the 7''...
And the website of the label doubtfulsounds
http://doubtfulsounds.info/

Revue & Corrigée #77 (Septembre 2008)

Vite fait alors, parce que pas la frite. Certains soutiennent que l’on ne peut pas critiquer bien ce que l’on aime, exceptionnellement on s’en va leur donner raison. Ce premier 45 tours (tirage limité à 300 exemplaires) de SUN STABBED donne de l’agrément. Oui. Pierre Faure et Thierry Monnier sont aux guitares électriques avec moults effets. Leur nom vient des Dead C et la musique bien qu’évoluant dans les marécages grand cru du bruitisme sauce néozélandaise des années 90 s’en distingue par une originalité discrète ; de la douceur. La classe, les mecs. Si. Un 45 tours et deux faces telles, veuillez m’excuser, deux fenêtres ouvertes sur une "poétique" du sonore. Le tout genre ambient. Mais rien de ces débilitantes productions où la mollesse règne en toute quiétude. Ici il faudrait dire les charmes de la rouille et de la répétition, la joie du feedback et la mélancolie, le temps qui, mais oui mon bon monsieur, file, et les rapports complexes qu’entretiennent les faiseurs de boucan de ce type avec la vicieuse invention de Brian Eno puis noter au passage que les plus belles œuvres d’ambient de l’après Eno, vous suivez ?, sont celles de ceux-là. Il faudrait développer mais là, j’ai la flemme.Vous l’avez échappé belle. Bref, ça donne l'impression qu’accoudé à sa fenêtre on contemple une friche industrielle alors que pas du tout. Tout ça est drôlement onirique, reposant et sans niaiseries, c’est sa qualité. Bon maint’nant on va s’rejouer Superfuzz Bigmuff de Mudhoney que Subpop vient de rééditer avec soin. Voilà.

Fabrice Eglin

http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=3578

The e-bow may be, in a way, a bit of an overrated accessory in the contemporary guitarist's toolbox. Still it's hard not to recognize that some of its users have developed a very valuable skill at it; think Charalambides' Tom Carter, or Portland's Subarachnoid Space, to name a few. And as a guitar duo, Sun Stabbed (Pierre Faure and Thierry Monnier) may, at first, bring to mind their American counterpart, Zaika, formed by Tom Carter and Marcia Bassett, with the same mood for noisy soundscapes where plucked strings now appear like the accidents in a drone environment. But the French Sun Stabbed has, since their rightfully named "Radio" on Pseudo Arcana two years ago, developed a sound of its own, mostly based on radio-like sounds and parasites, and sparser ambiances.

This new release, second in the discography of the duo, is comprised of two snippets of live recordings from 2006, and marks the debuts of Thierry Monnier as the head of the label Doubtful Sounds. A 7-inch is not a bad way to start things and everything is here beautifully packaged and illustrated. Now, thess kinds of noisy, improvised guitar works are often hard to appreciate on short formats, creating deceptive pieces, too much edited down, where a couple more minutes would have helped in setting up the mood, instead of falling into a kind of abstract miniature-genre. Well luckily and surprisingly, considering the longer tracks they've released so far, Sun Stabbed manages here to avoid this format annoyance. The two tracks, reminding one of Fly Pan Am by their names (but only by their names), manage to restitute their live nature in less than five minutes. Surely the fact that the A side "De l'ambiance sonore dans une construction plus étendue" has been captured in a live show, away from the stage, helps at giving that live and "alive" feeling. The second track, "Toute l'eau de la mer ne pourrait pas…" is already closer to what I called an abstract miniature, setting aside the live sound and concentrating more on short, noisy loops; but the ability of the duo to quickly change their sound, and not to get imprisoned by their loops, gives this three minute track a very worthy diversity and progressivity.

So this is a real success, I think, as there's not a moment too much nor too few in these ten minutes. A beautiful way to start the Doubtful Sounds label and a nice one to keep us posted on the French duo activity, too. 8/10 -- Constantin Dubois (30 July, 2008)

http://www.vitalweekly.net/637.html

You could wonder if the format of a 7" is suitable for the music of a band like Sun Stabbed. Its a duo of Pierre Faure and Thierry Monnier from Grenoble, France and exist since 2005. Both members play guitars, effect pedals, electronics, amps and objects. The two pieces here are from 2006, and on one side, 'De L'ambiance sonore dans une construction plus etendue' is an ambient piece, using a large empty room with sounds from outside (cars, people, birds) coming, mingling with the feedback like rumbles of the two and other sonic events happening. An atmospheric recording, due to the use of microphones. The b-side is taped from the mixing board and results in a more clearer sound. Here they play a more nervous, hectic and a more noise based piece of music called 'Toute L'Eau De La Mer Ne Pourrait Pas...' which shows a good combination of improvisation within given limitations. Both pieces, though very different, are quite good, but both may have lasted a bit longer too. Perhaps next time a 10" or LP? (FdW)

Sun Stabbed new 7'' on Doubtful sounds.
2 tracks : A. De l'ambiance sonore dans une construction plus étendue. B. Toute l'eau de la mer ne pourrait pas...

Deux sélections live de 2006, dans différents contexte, du duo de guitare Sun Stabbed.
Une première pièce enregistrée à l'occasion d'une exposition, dans un grand espace (aujourd'hui disparu) de St Etienne.
La prise de son a été faite par Christian Malfray de Nappe, loin du boucan, avec une bière à la main. La musique se mêle avec l'environnement. De l'ambiant drone à la guitare.
La deuxième est issue de la sortie de la console du Sonic, à Lyon. Ici c'est plus brut, plus tendu, plus lo-fi également. Deux facettes très différentes de ce groupe.
Le tout est emballé dans du papier blanc, épais sérigraphié par Cotoreich.
Si vous êtes intéressé, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter.

Two different live cuts from 2006 of the guitar duo Sun stabbed.
One was recorded in an empty big space, playing for an exhibition at St Etienne. The live was recorded out of the room by Christian Malfray of Nappe, while he was drinking a beer. So the music is made of guitars and ambiant noise with people, animals and cars. An ambiant drony shit track made with guitar feedback and effects.
The other selection, was directly taken from the mixing board of the Sonic at Lyon. Here, it was more nervous, noisier and lo-fi.
All of this is well wrapped in a thick white paper, silkscreened by cotoreich.
If you are interested, feel free to contact us, we are nice (haha)

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