Damals oder: diese Farben! Die kleine Plastikorgel. Die grosse Verwunderung, hat Kratzer von No Wave und Rückstände Post-Gaffa. Héloïse steht für dieses Punkderivat ohne abgegriffene Klampfen, klingt nach damals 1983 vielleicht — aber nicht, als wäre vierzig Jahre nichts passiert. Die Zürcher Musikerin Sabina Leone steckt hinter diesem Kniff, sie heisst Héloïse. Héloïse sitzt an ihrem Schlagzeug und vernäht perkussive Patterns mit Stoffetzen aus dem Off. Send me a techrider, aber die Magie kann sich dadurch nicht erklären. Sabina Leone muss auch nichts erklären: Auf dem Sprung seit 1993, dreissig Jahre alles passiert und immer eine Musik im Kopf — auf Italienisch mit Sorelle Leone, auf Crossover und Verderb mit Wemean, damals, als man noch Frauenband sagte. Jetzt ganz Héloïse.
Back then or: those colors! The little plastic organ. The big surprise is that it has scratches from No Wave and residue from post-gaffa. Héloïse represents this punk derivative without worn-out guitars, perhaps sounds like it was back in 1983 - but not as if nothing had happened for forty years. The Zurich musician Sabina Leone is behind this trick, her name is Héloïse. Héloïse sits at her drums and sews percussive patterns with scraps of fabric from the off. Send me a techrider, but that can't explain the magic. Sabina Leone doesn't have to explain anything either: On the move since 1993, thirty years of everything happening and always one music in her head - in Italian with Sorelle Leone, in crossover and spoilage with Wemean, back when still called a women's band. Now all Héloïse!
credits
released September 15, 2023
All Songs written and arranged by Sabina Leone
Voice, Drums, Casio, Loops, Effects by Sabina Leone
Engineered and Recorded by Daniel Hobi
Mixed by Daniel Hobi and Sabina Leone
Mixed and Recorded at Atelier für Ton und Musik, Zürich
Mastered by Daniel Hobi
Photography by Tom Huber
Artwork by Bureau Mia
Video by Michelle Ettlin
Cape Crépuscule by Textile Therapy - Marta Miszkowicz
Thanks to all involved, my family and friends
Realized with financial support of Popkredit der Stadt Zürich,
Kanton Zürich Fachstelle Kultur and Cassinelli-Vogel-Stiftung
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