Paranoid London
Tournée
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05/042024WonderlandClichy
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11/102024BadaboumParis
Paranoid London est devenu synonyme de dépouillement de l’acid house jusqu’à ses fondements. Le duo, composé de Gerardo Delgado et Quinn Whalley, s’est rencontré en 2004, il y a près de 20 ans. Ils avouent qu’en studio, ils ont d’abord cherché à reproduire les sons d’autres personnes – des vogues de salle de bal de Derrick Carter à Danny Tenaglia – et la plupart des résultats sont restés inédits. Ce n’est que lorsque Quinn a demandé à Del, « Mate, what are you really into ? » et que la réponse a été « Banging acid house », que les choses ont vraiment pris forme. Sous le nom de Paranoid London, les deux compères sortent de la musique depuis plus de dix ans. Leur premier single – sous le nom de One Last Riot – est sorti en 2007. Leurs débuts sur scène ont eu lieu un an plus tard.
English
Paranoid London have become synonymous with stripping acid house back down to its basics. Rescuing the sound from smiley faces, rave, and sugary excess. Referencing instead its gay, black, American roots. Taking the underground overground. Knocking out not hands-in-the-air anthems, but rough, rude, raw jack. Not safe, slick, or soulless, but joints purposely over-driven, distorted, and full of tape hiss.
The duo, of Gerardo Delgado and Quinn Whalley, met in 2004, nearly 20 years ago. They confess that, in the studio, initially they were chasing other people’s sounds – ballroom vogues from Derrick Carter to Danny Tenaglia – and much of the results are unreleased. It wasn’t until Quinn asked Del, “Mate, what are you really into?” and the answer was “Banging acid house”, that things really took shape. As Paranoid London – a name born in the aftermath of the July 7th 2005 suicide bomb attacks – the pair have been releasing music for well over a decade. Their first single hit – under the moniker One Last Riot – hit select stores in 2007. Their live debut took place a year later.