Occult Rock ALUK TODOLO Is an Instrumental Power Trio Performing Occult Rock Since 2004
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occult rock ALUK TODOLO is an instrumental power trio performing Occult Rock since 2004. Their music is a methodical exploration of the powers of musical trance. Part occult black metal fiend and part snide kraut menace, the band conjures rabid obsessive rhythms and abyssal disharmonic guitars, subliminal spiritualist vibrations and bizarre, magick summonings. ALUK TODOLO reduces psychedelic improvisation to a bare, telluric instrumentation, in which dry, spare percussion grievously mines the scrapes, shrieks and shimmer of mutated guitar and bass. The band’s sound is monolithic and stabbing, hypnotic but unpredictable, minimalist yet teeming: a dangerous, noxious coil of all things black. The name ALUK TODOLO was brought back from a mountainous region of South Sulawesi in Indonesia, it’s an ancient religion with animist beliefs meaning «the Way of the Ancestors». The band toured in USA in 2009 and 2012, Southern Europe in May 2010 (France, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal), Northern Europe in April 2011 with MENACE RUINE (France, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Czech republik, Switzerland) and Eastern Europe in May 2013 with the one man band LUSSURIA from New York (Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republik, Poland, Austria, Hungaria, Croatia, Solvenia, Italia, France) ALUK TODOLO opened for FAUST (German krautrock pioneers) in New York in October 2009. They have been invited by SUNN O))) to play the Roadburn Festival 2011 in the Tilburg - Netherlands and opened for them in June 2012. ALUK TODOLO released 3 full length albums, a 7»ep, a 10»ep, a live tape, a 4 way split LP, and a collaborative album with der Blutharsch. Their latest double album «Occult Rock» has been released in september 2012 by the cult labels The Ajna Offensive (US) and Noevdia (FR) ; this opus summarizes and transcends all preceding aspects of the band’s discography and perfectly reveals the raging energy that leads them on stage. Shantidas Riedacker : Guitar Antoine Hadjioannou : Drums Matthieu Canaguier : Bass Shantidas Riedacker : Guitar Antoine Hadjioannou : Drums Matthieu Canaguier : Bass Contact : Aluk Todolo c/o Riedacker - 2 rue Botzaris - 75019 Paris - France [email protected] amortout.com/aluktodolo discography occult rock ordre a collaboration DCD - DLP 2012 10ep vinyl 2011 with der blutharsch & the infinite The Ajna Offensive - USA The Ajna Offensive - USA church of the leading hand Norma Evangelium Diaboli - France CD-LP 2011 WKN - Austria finsternis live at the music hall of on the powers of the sphinx reedition CD - LP 2013 williamsburg the first of 4 way split LP 2010 - CD 2013 The Ajna Offensive - USA october mmix with Nightbringer, Nihil Nocturne, Norma Evangelium Diaboli - France Saturnalia Temple Tape 2011 The Ajna Offensive - USA Amortout Productions - France finsternis descension aluk todolo CD 2009 - LP 2010 CD-LP 2007 7ep vinyl 2006 CD on Utech records - USA CD on Public Guilt - USA Implied Sound - USA LP on Public Guilt - USA LP on Riot Season - UK live shows Eastern Europe tour with Lussuria - May 2013 - Swamp Booking : 2013-05-26 Geneve - Switzerland - Ecurie De L’ilot 2013-05-25 Grenoble - France - L’amperage - with St Barthelemy’s Temple, Satan & Blacklodge 2013-05-24 Vittorio Veneto - Italy - Bianconiglio 2013-05-23 Ljubjana - Slovenia - Gromka 2013-05-22 Zagreb - Croatia - Kset 2013-05-21 Budapest - Hungary - Trafik Klub - with Scivias 2013-05-20 Vienna - Austria - Arena 2013-05-19 Krakow - Poland - Kawiarnia Naukowa - with Entropia, Thaw & Outre 2013-05-18 Praha - Czech Republik - K4 2013-05-17 Utrecht - Netherlands - DB’s - with Nadja & Vampillia 2013-05-16 Kortrijk - Belgium - The Pit’s 2013-05-15 Bruxelles - Belgium - DNA 2013-05-14 Antwerpen - Belgium - Kavka - with Grown Below 2012-12-08 Paris - Saint Ouen - Mains d’Oeuvres - Festival Arrache-toi un oeil 2012-12-01 Rennes - France - Le Terminus - with Stephen O’ Malley 2012-11-30 Nantes - France - Le Lieu Unique - with Stephen O’ Malley United States Of America shows - September 2012 - Wonder Booking : 2012-09-23 Tahoe National Forest, CA - USA - Stella Natura Festival - with Blood Axis, Sabbath Assembly... 2012-09-20 Chicago, IL - USA - Ultra Lounge - with Lord Mantis & Murmur 2012-09-19 Brooklyn, NY - USA - Saint Vitus bar - with Lussuria & Villains 2012-09-14 Colmar - France - Le Grillen - Colmar festival de Jazz Off - with Christian Vander ... European Support for Sunn O))) - June 2012 - Odyssey Booking : 2012-06-16 Paris - France - La Gâité Lyrique - with SUNN O))) 2012-06-15 Hoboken - Belgium - Fort8 - with SUNN O))) 2012-06-14 Amsterdam - Netherlands - Milkweg - with SUNN O))) 2012-03-17 Utrecht - The Netherlands - DB’s - with Bunkur & Lebensessenz 2012-03-16 Ghent - Belgium - The Frontline - with Bunkur 2012-03-15 Brussels - Belgium - Magasin 4 - with Der Blutharsch, Deutsch Nepal & Bain Wolfkind Northern Europe shows - October 2011 : 2011-10-30 Tallinn - Estonia - Von Krahl Bar with Edasi 2011-10-29 Helsinki - Finland - Korjaamo - Mega Therion Festival (headlining) 2011-10-28 Durbe - Latvia - Zemlika Festival (headlining) 2011-10-27 Brussels - Belgium - LR6 - with Aksu 2011-10-20 Paris - France - La Miroiterie with Huata & Monarch ! 2011-10-11 Lyon - France - Le Buffet Froid with Stephen O’ Malley 2011-10-13 Martigny - Switzerland - Les Caves du Manoir with Stephen O’ Malley 2011-09-10 Speyer, Germany, Halle 101, The Sinister Howling Festival with Bethlehem (headlining) Northern Europe tour with Menace Ruine - April 2011 - Conspiracy Booking : 2011-04-25 Lyon, France- Grrrnd Zero 2011-04-24 Bern, Switzerland - Rössli Dachstock with Herpes Ö Deluxe 2011-04-23 Praha, Czech Republic - K4 2011-04-22 Berlin, Germany, White Trash 2011-04-20 Malmo, Sweden, Singsang Studio 2011-04-18 Gothenburg, Sweden - Nefertiti with Sabbath Assembly & Earth 2011-04-17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen 2011-04-16 Leipzig, Germany - UT Connewitz 2011-04-15 Tilburg, The Netherlands - 013 venue, Roadburn Festival (Sunn O))) curated’s day) 2011-04-14 Brussels, Belgium - Magasin 4 with White Hills 2011-04-13 London, England - The Borderline with Year of No Light 2011-04-12 Paris, France - Le Point Ephémère with Year of No Light 2011-02-19 Paris, Bagnolet, France - Le Pixi with Lugubrum Southern Europe tour - May 2010 - Gure Hitzak Booking : 2010-05-24 Le Mans, France - La Péniche Excelsior (Allonnes) with Saunterer, Vegemite & Carnalisme 2010-05-23 Bordeaux, France - Hold’em Saloon with Tormenta 2010-05-22 San Sebastian, Spain - Mogambo with Las Sfintters, Los Sfinters & Los Taikonauts 2010-05-21 Gijon, Spain - Savoy Club 2010-05-20 Braga, Portugal - Insólito with Altodêpega 2010-05-19 Porto, Portugal - Fábrica de Som with Eugène Robinson 2010-05-18 Madrid, Spain - La Boite Live with Scumearth vs Dorje & Under Vultures 2010-05-17 Alicante, Spain - Bar Coyote 2010-05-16 Sant Feliu de Codines, Spain - La Fonteta Civic Center with QA’A 2010-05-15 Marseille, France - L’embobineuse with Mein Sohn William & Kill The Thrill 2010-05-14 Lyon, France - Grand Guignol 2010-05-13 Grenoble, France - Le Champollion 2010-05-12 Genève, Switzerland - La Cave 12 2009-10-22 Paris, France – Point Ephémère with Lawrence Wasser & Sister Iodine East Coast tour - Fall 2009 : 2009-10-04 Brooklyn, USA – Union Pool with Malkuth, Castevet & Woe 2009-10-03 New York, USA – Lit Lounge with The Psychic Paramount 2009-10-02 New York, USA – Fortune Cookie with Lussuria, Sentient & Radiation Blackbody 2009-10-01 Brooklyn, USA – Music Hall of Williamsburg (WFMU Festival) with Cold Cave & Faust 2009-09-30 Baltimore, USA – The Golden West Café with Lussuria & Darsombra 2009-09-29 Richmond, USA – God’s Haus with Lussuria & Cave Caverns 2009-09-28 Philadelphia, USA – Danger Danger Gallery with Lussuria & Bee Mask 2009-09-27 Brooklyn, USA – Secret Project Robot Basement with Baron von Wüste & White Hills 2009-09-20 Tilburg, The Netherlands – Little Devil - Incubate (zxzw) festival 2009-09-05 Nancy, France – Bar L’Alhambra with Givdøl & Habsyll 2009-09-04 Paris, Bagnolet, France – Le Pixi (Bagnolet) with Habsyll 2009-05-30 Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Worm with The Psychic Paramount 2009-05-23 Le Mans, France – Péniche Excelsior with Monno 2008-09-19 Bruxelles, Belgium – Le Bunker with Silvester Anfang 2008-05-17 Barreiro, Portugal – Out.Fest with David Maranha, Mike Flower, Chris Corsano... 2008-05-08 Utrecht, The Netherlands – Impakt festival with Alkerdeel & Magic Markers 2007-09-21 Paris, France – Point Ephémère Sessions Magnetiques with Träd Gräs Och Stenar, Psychic Ills 2007-08-03 Paris, France –La Miroiterie live collaboration with Andy Bolus (Evil Moisture) 2005-07-10 Grenoble, France – La Boum with Lucio Fulci films 2004-06-21 Grenoble, France – Rue des Clercs 2004-05-28 Grenoble, France – Le Crocoleus with Zool Arben & Moon Sheep 2004-05-05 Grenoble, France – Ecole d’architecture 2004-04-03 Grenoble, France – Le Crocoleus with Into The Yaya, Breaker of Civilisation & Michell Sardou press reviews aluk todolo : occult rock - 2012 “ Over the course of three albums and a few split releases, French instrumental avant rock trio Aluk Todolo (who take their name from an Indonesian animist belief system translating as way of the ancestors) have carved out a unique space for themselves. Their last release, 2009’s Finsternis, was a Faust ian journey, the relentless, minimalist rhythm rocks- teady through five tracks even as the guitar ventured into psychedeiia, Noise and Metal by turns. But Occult Rock is their most expansive work to date, in every sense. A double disc, as long as Finsternis and its predecessor Descension put together, Occult Rock is an eig ht-track suite that combines all the elements featured on the other two records; but there has been technical improvement (they’re better players) as well as some fairly radical evolution on the compositional front. It begins withjackhammer Black Metal, but later tracks feature the repetitive drum patterns of Can, topped with screaming, stormcloud guitar worthy of Keiji Haino. The group members seem to possess an almost intuitive interplay, speeding up and slowing down repeatedly throughout the tracks (only one of which is less than ten minutes long) without ever losing each other or sounding rehearsed.