ENTRE LES MAINS DES ROBOTS (vinyle)

Description

Formed in 2019 from the encounter of members of the Toulouse rock scene (Commando Percus, Ulster Page...), OSLO TROPIQUE sees its music as an outlet. The name is a climatic oxymoron, and the band wants it to remain so: after all, we're not in such a hurry to sip mojitos in Oslo. A duality clearly found in their music. On one side, powerful, electric rock, ranging from garage to stoner... On the other, the poetry of the vocals, with a rare timbre, which can both seduce and chant. The writing style oscillates between disillusioned Kafkaesque realism and psychedelic absurdism à la Prévert. OSLO TROPIQUE released a first eponymous 4-track EP in 2021, which garnered over 140 media mentions, some of which see them as one of the revelations of "made in France" rock in 2021. This year, the band presents its first album 'Entre Les Mains Des Robots' ('In the Hands of Robots'): a futuristic projection and an allusion to the technology that constantly invades our daily lives. The lyrics of OSLO TROPIQUE address themes typically linked to the decadence of the 21st century: (over)consumption, technological dependence, our frantic race to pursue ever higher goals than the previous ones, as for example in the track 'Par-dessus-bord' ('Overboard'), or the ecological crisis and the resulting self-perception as in the track 'Les camions bennes' ('Dump Trucks'). --- 'OSLO TROPIQUE bets that the sweat of a mosh pit can awaken consciousness and reflection.' On stage, the band has attracted the interest of venue and festival programmers and, despite a very complicated health context, completed a tour of about fifteen concerts in 2021 throughout France (Le Bouillon, Le Cargo, El Mediator, the Off des Nuits de Champagne...), alongside figures of the French rock scene such as Pogo Car Crash Control, Parpaing Papier, Fabulous Sheep, or Guadal Terraz. Extremely shocked by Emmanuel Macron's "I really want to piss them off" statement stigmatizing the unvaccinated, the band launched a tour ironically titled "I really want to piss you off" ahead of the presidential election. These were concerts held in private homes and private venues where no one would come to "piss anyone off."