1. Where You Are 2:49
2. Personal Lodger 3:04
3. Low Files Tropical 2:43
4. Go Back To School 3:09
5. Carpet Madness 2:06
6. I Don't Want To Sleep Alone 2:02
7. L.A. 3:00
8. Police & Thieves 2:57
9. Baby Baby 3:24
10. Jungely 3:06
11. Sick 3:11
12. King's Song 1:40
Now comprising a 5-piece band based between London and the South of France, Get
Back Guinozzi! is the brainchild of two French friends, Eglantine Gouzy and Fred
Landini. Front-person Eglantine is someone FatCat have been talking with for a
while, having posted three of her solo tracks on our online demo MP3 archive way
back in 2004. having remained in regular contact, in Spring 2008 Eglantine (at
the time living alone deep in the jungle in India whilst recording a solo album)
mailed us a CDR of the band project she d been working on with Fred, which
immediately enchanted us
The roots of Get Back Guinozzi! lay in Fred s composing fifteen one-minute
tracks for a contemporary dance company, using a minimal set up of a guitar
rhythm box, and only one keyboard sound. These compositions yielded the melody
for the song L.A. Having already collaborated with her on some previous
tracks, he sent London-based Eglantine an early instrumental version of the song
to work on and loved what she did with it. Fred then sent her the music for Go
Back to School and the pair were so excited by the results that they decided to
form a band. More tracks were sent across the internet during Winter 2007, with
Eglantine adding vocals, some keyboards, percussion and weird electronics, until
a full album worth of material was formed. Following further meetings and
conversations, tracks were sharpened, more songs were recorded, and the album
was eventually re-mixed by Michael Beckett (alias Schneider TM s Kpt. Michigan)
and set for release on FatCat in October 2009. A five-piece band (drums, bass
guitar, keyboards, vox) was formed and played their debut shows in September
2008
The band s music is infectiously poppy, quirky and breezy, with a strong French
slant and a wide range of influences taking in the likes of Talking Heads, The
Feelies, The Smiths, New Order, early B-52 s, King Sunny Ad , Lee Perry, Rip Rig
& Panic, Ariel Pink, The Slits, The Cure, Robert Wyatt, The Residents, Animal
Collective, Jonathan Richman, and Serge Gainsbourg. Also heavily infused with
the exoticism of reggae, dub, African music, Tropicalia, and Cambodian music
from the 60s, the breadth of sources it draws on and Eglantine's skewed
narratives and heavily-inflected English give the project a distinctive
individuality
Fred describes Eglantine s lyrics as being replete with fantasy and a kind of
dark humor. It s Eglantine s view of the world. It s an attempt at Zouk or
tropical music with these lyrics that are a little bit spooky. Influenced by
singers like Ari Up (The Slits), Pygmies, Laurie Anderson, Serge Gainsbourg
Allison Staton (Young Marble Giants) and Donna Summer, Eglantine likes to
imagine my own little movies where I can be different characters. I can make
doubles of myself, I can transform myself - a real schizophrenic, sometimes
within the same track
Following some time out after the recent birth of Eglantine s first child, Get
Back Guinozzi! are set to undertake their first proper bout of live touring this
Autumn. The band s debut single ( Low Files Tropical ) will be released on
September 14th and followed a month later by the album, Carpet Madness.
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