biographical info
Formed in 2005 in Vancouver. Band is Montreal based as of May 2006.
"Grounded and propelled by the boom and tick of a lazy yet indefatigable
old-school drum machine , albeit augmented by occasional percussive
crash, rattle and stick of a genuinely human kind, Anemones are all
deep throb, jangled buzz, ambient drone, shiftless mumbling and,
perhaps most importantly, rolling waves of reverberation so pronounced
and significant as to be structurally necessary. Collected and
combined, these elements make a warm, oceanic, somewhat totalizing
music that operates inwardly, directed towards the uniquely fertile,
semi-liquid quasi-agriculture of the mind. But although often
performatively 'druggy' in character, Anemones' music isn't therefore
'about drugs' in the sense of being 'about being made by means of
drugs' or even 'about being made for or on behalf of drugs,' as if
simply copying such important stylistic and conceptual precursors as
The Velvet Underground, Suicide, Spacemen 3 and the Jesus and Mary
Chain. Rather, Anemones produce a kind of 'post drug' music, which here
refers to a state of 'after-ness' and not prudish abstention or
dumbbell reform. In fact this is a specific aesthetic strategy: after
the drugs and drinks are long done and gone, sound itself remains the
psychotropic trigger par excellence. Hence, altering perception.
Anemones aim to turn listeners on ears first
lineup
Jason Grimmer AKA Remo Gisman Jr. vocals (2005-2009)
Steven Balogh AKA Ghost Ben Veal bass guitar/loops (2005-2009)
Katherine Dube AKA Ukreine B. Death organ/vocals/percussion/other noises (2005-2009)
Dan Colussi AKA Lionel Sid Suca guitar (2005-2006)
Johnny Payne AKA Honey J Pan percussion (2006)
Luc Paradis AKA Paris LeDuc percussion (2007-2008)
Jeremiah Bullied AKA Elder Jimi Beulah guitar (2007-2009)
Annie Laurin AKA Nina La Ruine organ (2008-2009)
influences
Velvet Underground
Scott Walker
Serge Gainsbourg
Faust
The Shangri-La's
Young Marble Giants