AntiQuark finalized the coversong of “Nothing to do with the dog” by Krisma.
It is available for FREE DOWNLOAD!!! at:
http://www.chybernation.4000.it/

CHyberNation, the tribute to KRISMA from 23 international indie artists, is here!

Krisma (formerly Chrisma) was created in 1976 by Maurizio Arcieri, former member of beat band NEW DADA, who had also published a couple of 7” under his own name.

In 1976, after the start of an artistic collaboration with his wife Christina Moser, Maurizio asked PolyGram to change the name on his contract from Maurizio to Chrisma.

The duo debuted with two 7” (Amore and U), that we could classify in the sexy sound tradition, very alive at that time.

With these two records Chrisma began a collaboration with Nico Papathanassiou (Vangelis’ brother) resulting in
Chinese Restaurant, LP recorded in London, where punk was starting to spread.

After Chinese Restaurant the same team worked on another album (Hibernation). After its release, the band would change its name to Krisma, choosing to play the same innovative and sophisticated electronic music they are still recording today.

Many bands have declared Krisma their models and this is why we decided to build this well-deserved tribute.

CHyberNation, a title which is also a pun on the nature and history of the band, is a collection of Krisma, Chrisma and Maurizio songs by many international musicians.

Volvo Tapes, side project by Enrico Fontanelli of Offlaga Disco Pax, offers a new version of Gott Gott Electron filtered through the vintage sounds of tiny Casio keyboards (Enrico loves them as Krisma do); Andy (Bluvertigo) together with Cosmic Boilers plays a hot version of the seminal song Water, enriching it with his sax reminding of Psychedelic Furs; Roulette Cinese re-reads Cathode Mamma as a contemporary and snappy pop-hit;

American band AntiQuark chooses Nothing To Do With The Dog,
from American album Fido, and plays it aggressively and faithfully;

Californian DJ RedFlag re-writes Skyline, underestimated masterpiece from Iceberg album; we also have Loud Neighbor (We R) from Spain and La Kuizine (I Must Know Your Name) from France.

Some former stars of independent Italian music scene didn’t want to miss the chance to give their own covers: legendary XX Century Zorro of Miss XoX stands out with its phunk version of Many Kisses; awesome Avvoltoi get back to their historic cover of Who’s See Me Feel Me, recorded in Italian by Maurizio after he left New Dada
(Guardami, Aiutami, Toccami, Guariscimi), while mythical Johnny Grieco, former leader of Dirty Action, offers his version of Maurizio’s Cinque Minuti e Poi…

We also have many other bands from the underground scene, like Shivan (with an amazing emo-metal version of Aurora B.), Iso and La Magicienne D’Oz (Fritz Cavallo), El Pulpo, spin-off of Peluqueria Hernandez (a languid Lola, dark-room style), Tupolev & The Spam Lovers (Mandoia with a sparkling touch and Japanese hues), Xelius
Project who winks its eye at Kraftwerk and rearranges Telegram, Riky who gives an Arabic atmosphere to Lover, Adriano Canzian (a version of Black Silk Stocking perfect for DJs), our host Joyello (a deconstruction of immortal song C-Rock), Vico Dell’Amor Perfetto (Signorina) and many others.

Krisma, always active and alert, didn’t want to be mere onlookers and they appear in ChyberNation too. Maurizio Arcieri together with Magnetica Ars Lab offers a new version of Opera Punk, latest techno track produced by the band, and both Krisma step on the stage with Machina Amniotica for a live version of Samora Club, kindly offering
it for reproduction in this collection.

CHyberNation is a Joyello production for Strambelly Netlabel and is available for free download here:

http://www.chybernation.4000.it/
CHyberNation (A Tribute to KRISMA)
dischi strambelly netLabel
© 2009
www.chybernation.4000.it
werkrisma@joyello.net

This wonderful new book includes some pictures that Ant Dakini took at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.

The book can be ordered from the publisher, McFarland:
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4183-9

AntiQuark played at San Diego Pride on July 19th, 2009.
It was an amazing event.
More pictures are at www.myspace.com/antiquark in the picture section.

picture credits: Missi Sampson

Here are a couple of interviews:

AntiQuark played at MTV San Diego at Del Mar Fair on June 14th, 2009.

They presented a Spanish version of their 2 hit songs, Shameless (Descarado) and The Man from Mars (El Hombre de Marte).

Here is a cellphone video of the event, professional videos will be soon on MTV website.

AntiQuark: SkyDancer

by M. Genovese

www.myspace.com/junglamanna

Cosa hanno in comune Torino, Panama ed il mare della California? AntiQuark, semplice no? No non sto delirando! Il duo statunitense AntiQuark raccoglie in sé tutte queste anime a partire dalla sua fondatrice  Ant Dakini biologa italiana con alle spalle alcune pubblicazioni sugli squali fino ad arrivare a Sergio, voce del gruppo, nato negli Stati Uniti ma vissuto a Panama arricchendosi delle influenze tipiche della mistica latino-americana.

Il loro lavoro, SkyDancer, edito dall’etichetta indipendente Hungry Eye Records è l’ultimo di una lunga serie cominciata nel 2002 e si presenta come un lavoro di una certa eterogeneità che ben rappresenta le molteplici fonti d’ispirazione  che influenzano il duo californiano.

The Man from Mars apre le danze con le strutture ritmiche dei synth , abilmente addomesticati da Ant, che si fondono appieno con le ambientazioni profonde della vocalità quasi mistica di Sergio, che chiude il brano quasi sussurrandoci che quest’universo, ad un marziano sembra in fondo in fondo non consentire niente.

Nella seconda traccia, Shameless, basso e beat si inseguono su di un tappeto di pads a dare profondità all’ottima voce di Sergio ispirata ai mitici anni 80. In breve sequenza poi Planet X sunto del pensiero naturalista degli AntiQuark e Drawer 4 dalle atmosfere da scena rave anni 90 scandite dalle melodiche continue e ripetute come un mantra e la voce a rendere il tutto quasi ipnotizzante. La quinta traccia, La Fine, dai ritmi tribali incessanti a far da base ai suoni della natura incastonati nei pads, avvalora ancor di più la vocazione al meltin’ pot degli AntiQuark. La natura la fa da padrona ispirando questo brano in cui i suoni come gocce d’acqua danno vita e dinamismo a La Fine.

In chiusura, prima di una buona serie di tracce remixate da artisti vicini al gruppo, la mia preferita, Aldilà, una favola elettronica, un’ambientazione magica da ascoltare rigorosamente dopo le 23 di un lunedì invernale nelle strade semideserte di una grande metropoli europea. Un cammeo di poco piu di due minuti e mezzo sintesi di tutte le qualità degli AntiQuark. Insomma un album da ascoltare, da ballare e passatemi l’espressione: ”Da meditazione”. Ovviamente  su myspace e antiquark.net.

AntiQuark will be performing on July 19th, 2009 at San Diego Pride in Balboa Park.

More details will be released soon. Stay tuned!

On April 23th, AntiQuark played at the Pride Equality Benefit at the Ruby Room in San Diego, see a minivideo of the performance below.

SkyDancer CD is now also available on itunes.com and amazon.com.
Check it out!

Finally the interview made it on youtube.
More parts are coming up.

AntiQuark – Los De Afuera Mofolive Interview (Espanol) Part 1

Here is another review of SkyDancer appearing in  DARKITALIA Obscurezine.

Original review link