Promotion of independant rock music through a 2 hours radio show, podcasts on mixcloud and articles, links, reviews and interviews of various bands mostly postpunk/gothrock/electro/darkwave/alternative rock...
1.Can you present
your band in a few words ? When and how did it all begin ? Where are you from
and does it have an influence on your music ?
"We like saying that Saigon
Blue Rain is a gothic band with hints of colors and light in a global dark
universe.
Franck and I started the
project at the end of the year 2012 quite unexpectedly after we composed and
wrote a song to the memory of my grandparents, dead a few days before. We've
thought that it was a good cold dream pop song, so we've composed a few other
tracks in the wake and that's how our first EP « Stupid Bitch
Reject » was born.
We are both from Paris but
this city has never really had influence on our music because the scene we belong
to is quite inexistent here and we've always felt like strangers to the urban
atmosphere which reigns there, it's so far from what we try to communicate
through our music and from our ideas."
2.How many albums have you already released ? How did
you manage to release it ?
"First of all, we've released a
5 tracks EP « Stupid Bitch Reject » in March 2013. Then, our first
album « What I don't see » was out in September 2014. And at this
very moment, our new brand album « Noire psyché » is about to go out
in a few days. We autoproduced each one of them."
3.What is your most important news for the moment ?
"The most important thing is
obviously our upcoming album which we've been working on like crazy. We've
already revealed three tracks of it on Soundcloud and we're really looking
forward to introduce it as a whole."
4.So you have decided to launch a crownfunding campaign
to go on tour in Germany and Switzerland…can you talk about it ? Give us the most
important informations about your campaign and why you had to launch it ?
"Sure, so, we're not gonna beat
around the bush, we've decided to launch this crowdfunding campaign to help us
to cover the costs of a tour that we'll make in support of The beauty of Gemina
on next fall. This campaign is a necessity because everything will be on our
own charge and we won't get any support of any kind (label or tour promoter).
By the way, we've reached the half of
our goal for now and we shall never thank enough those who's helped and supported
the band."
5.Talk to us about touring ? Is it something you are used
to ?
"Well, we've made a few gigs
since 2014 in UK, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Holland, Switzerland and
France most of the time as support band or in festivals. But the first big one
tour for us will be the one we spoke about before with TBOG, it's gonna be a
big step for Saigon Blue Rain and we hope that it will just be the beginning."
6.What are your favorit artists and how do they influence your music ?
"They are plenty but we have
some favorites of course : The Cure, Depeche Mode, And also the trees,
Cocteau Twins, Sonic youth, The Chameleons, Dum Dum girls, Wovenhand, Warpaint,
Dead can dance, Chelsea Wolfe, Slowdive, The Smiths, Alcest, Katatonia, Tool,
Clan of Xymox, Porcupine Tree, Bat for
lashes, The Smashing pumpkins, Crime and the city solution, Interpol, The
Smiths... and the list is still long. They all have fed us of their different
styles for years, inspiring us to try creating our SBR style."
7.What kind of
music do you compose and why ? Who writes the lyrics ? The music ? What is your
inspiration for your songs ?
"It's always difficult to
classify our stuff in a genre but we make something we like between Coldwave,
Ethereal wave, Dream pop and Shoegaze.
We both compose the music and
I write the lyrics. Sometimes, I already have ideas of subjects which
cross my mind, even before the phase of composition, inspired by thoughts,
feelings, books or movies and I tell myself that it could be a good subject of
writing. But sometimes, we compose the music and the atmosphere which gets out
of it inspires me some haunting images, colors or landscapes that I need to
stick on it."
A very big thank to Ophelia for answering so quieckly to all my questions ! Don't forget to click on the first link about their Kisskissbankbank campaign !
Saigon Blue Rain have already been aired on The Loneliest Sound Show and will be in the next show to support their crowdfunding campaign !
Before beginning to work on a radio show, I began in the music industry as manager of THE INSIGHT. So it has been more than 2 years now that I promote the band and have helped them to find a way to release their 3rd album "White Noise". I even found a record company for the band and we signed on it in 2014... BUT...After many troubles with this label in 2015, when the album was ready to be released, we had to stop this very bad collaboration with them, as they did not follow the rules of trust and good work ... so we have finally broken the contract and went back to independant ! I have launched a crowdfunding campaign for the band in summer 2015 and we have reached 40% of our goal, and with a lot of hard work of promotion and advertisement on many social networks, we have also drawn attention of 2 records companies that finally helped us to produce and distribute "White Noise", but ... the band stayed unsigned !
So "White Noise" has been released officialy on special digipack edition on september 2015 and a special double LP has been also released in january 2016. The band has also won The Dark Music Awards 2015 of Terra Relicta Magazine for best dark album of the year 2015. The band is aired since months on many radios around the world and has had many great reviews on several magazines for this great album.
All this work on the promotion of the band gave me contacts with radios and magazines, and also fruitful meetings with passionate people... And that finally gave me the opportunity to have my own radio show at first on Fasching Webradio (Canada).
As my show was working well on Fasching Webradio and thanks to many great contacts, it is now aired also in UK on Sword Radio UK , in France on Radio Fréquence Bordeaux and soon in Australia on Banks Radio Australia !
(Click on the links on the right to listen those radios----> )
It is a great opportunity for me to help and promote not only "my" band but also many other bands ! It's a 2 hours radio show in french and english mostly about postpunk, gothic rock, dark electro, alternative rock ... but also many other genres when I just like it !
I'm always looking for new bands and new music to air ... so do not hesitate to contact me !
A page to discover my shows and podcasts ! Informations and link to bands, you tube videos, bandcamps , soundclouds and mixcloud and of course playlists of the shows.
So let me introduce myself : I'm Karo ! I'm at first manager of the french post-punk band THE INSIGHT and since a few months I have a radio show that is aired on several webradios around the world : my show is THE LONELIEST SOUND SHOW and you can find my podcasts on #mixcloud.
My show is mostly about post-punk, gothic rock, alternative rock, electro and independant bands ! But sometimes I air some other genres of music as i just love it !
I do this show to help and promote great artists that are not usually aired on FM radios !
I am always looking for new music and bands, and I can be contacted on Facebook
I hope you will love the music and like the articles I will add here for more informations about bands.
For those about to rock ... We salute you !
Karo.
Bienvenue sur mon blog !
Une page pour découvrir mes émissions radio et podcasts ! Informations et lien vers les groupes, clips sur YouTube, bandcamps, soudnclouds et Mixcloud et bien sûr les playlists de mes shows.
Alors permettez-moi de me présenter : je suis Karo ! Je suis avant-tout manager du groupe français de post-punk THE INSIGHT et depuis quelques mois, j'ai une émission de radio qui est diffusée sur plusieurs webradios du monde entier: THE LONELIEST SOUND SHOW dont vous pouvez trouver les podcasts sur # Mixcloud.
https://www.mixcloud.com/karo-theinsight/uploads/
Mon show est principalement axé sur le post-punk, le rock gothique, le rock alternatif, électro et les groupes indépendants ! Mais parfois, je diffuse d'autres genres de musique car ce sont des coups de coeur !
Je fais ce show pour aider et promouvoir des groupes qui ne sont habituellement pas diffusés sur les radios FM!
Je suis toujours à la recherche de la nouvelle musique et de nouveaux groupes, et je peux être contactée sur Facebook
---> Https://www.facebook.com/LoneliestSoundShow/
J'espère que vous allez adorer la musique et les articles que je vais ajouter ici pour plus d'informations sur les groupes que je diffuse For those about to rock ... We salute you ! Karo
