** TALIBAM!


"...This deconstruction of classical form, like all these pieces, seemed at times innocent and uncomplicated (funny how punks age) and not quite so alive as the mischievous play between Matt Mottel and Kevin Shea of the band Talibam!, whose raucous performance of David Linton's witty collage score, "The Simpleton's Guide to the World's Greatest Music," was one of the night's highlights." - the New York Times (3/6/09)


"Ornette Coleman playing on Soft Machine's Fourth in hell... Talibam!'s brand of shitstorm skronk is grounded in more intelligent thought and dynamic group exchange than many of the more hyped transmissions from the contemporary American 'noise' underground." - Tiny Mix Tapes Dot Com




"...Agro-improv troupe Talibam! will surely harsh your mellow. A cross between noise-rock, free-jazz and unabashad fuckeduppedness, Talibam! is audio terrorism at its most playful. Led by drummer Kevin Shea and the hideous gurgles of what might be Speak & Spells (Matt Mottel, synth) suffocating under distortion pedals (Ed Bear, feedbacksaphone)." - Chris Weingarten, Village Voice


"Gonzo jazz rock fusion at its most inspired." - Paris Transatlantic



"...spastic, impossibly octopoidal drum splatter is all over this disc, a stuttering spastic free jazz soundscape dense and impenetrable. Above this tangled percussive squall, the synth and the sax do battle. And this is a serious fucking knock down drag out battle to the death. The synth seems to come out on top turning what could have been more of a free jazz record into a seriously fucked up freenoise record.
Mottel is like Keith Emerson on a serious PCP bender, spitting out thick snarling sheets of synth buzz, spraying it like machine gun fire, melodies are tangled and complicated little knots hurled into the fray like cannonballs made out of steel string and roof nails. The sax is all over the place, adding tonal color, mad squawking, chittering chirps and deep fuzzy moans, this is a massive chaotic free for all." -Aquarius Records

"The music matches the mania of the packaging perfectly as the trio let loose a... blast of sonic sludge that gleefully destroys everything in it's path, as if on a mission." - Edwin Pouncey, The Wire





photos by Anna Positano, Federico Tixi & Joel Brock



Matt Mottel should be familiar to anyone who's been going to shows in NYC in the past 8 years. He's been hanging around NYC clubs since he was like 16, and dropping electric mind bombs with his synthesizer in diverse projects including Shadowmaps and syntony. (2)


Kevin Shea's drumming and stage gymnastics have been gazed at with wide wonder through his membership in bands like Storm & Stress (Touch & Go), Coptic Light (No Quarter), and People (I and Ear).

guest appearances by:

Matthu Stull (aka Sexy Bitch no. 2) appears scandalously disturbed perpetualy spitting provocative stunt guitar.




for more info/contact:
http://www.myspace.com/kevinshea

** BANDS:
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice -o- Wolf Eyes -o- Victory and the Lads -o- Spires That in the Sunset Rise -o- Lance Romance -o- Marc Ribot -o- Mr. Quintron -o- People -o- Peeesseye -o- Moppa Elliotts' Mostly Other People do the Killing -o- Miranda -o- the Nihilist Spasm Band -o- Magik Markers -o- Lightning Bolt -o- Headwar -o- Great Lakes -o- Exploits Of Elaine -o- Dynamite Club -o- Jesse Dulman -o- brownvsbrown -o- the Broken Family Band

** VENUES:
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