Benjamin Schoos
china man vs chinagirl - out april 9

22/06 : Fête de la musique- Bruxelles
22/07 : Francofolies de Spa- Spa
25/07 : Nocturama festival Centre d'art contemporain de Seville
18/08 : Brussel Summer festival
25/08: le Parc Liege
18,19,20/ 10 : L'étuve Liege

"Ambitious debut from francophone producer and multi-instrumentalist ***'
Q magazine

" A dazzling debut. You will find a long-player that takes the chanson to new and interesting places while tipping its chapeau to the gallic great. 8/10" NME

'La Chinoise' underlines Schoos as a genetically engineered musical magpie, as he borrows the brilliant chord progression and melodic thrust of Tortoise's 'Blackjack' Drownedinsound.com

"High-Flying Melancholia, it sets the tone for the rest of the album perfectly. Swooping background synths overlaid with a drawling saxophone almost drown out the unmistakable thump of a heartbeat and it feels a bit like a loss when it's over. The sound is one you could listen to indefinitely on a loop; a little bit droning and hypnotic, but with a tinge of excitement" MusicOmh.com

"a record with sumptuous strings that has something of the old chanson de variété' ... a mort l'amour one of the highlights on a fine album." the stoolpigeon uk

"It's Sadier that lends her gorgeous vocals to the galloping, heart-burstingly lovely Je Ne Vois Que Vous. Inspired by orchestrator and Serge Gainsbourg collaborator Jean Claude Vannier, whom he met in 2006, it's a song that makes you want to run around the streets of Paris with a Super 8 camera and a coy but knowing smile on your face." www.guardian.co.uk/music

" A multi-faceted record which slips between soaring, 70's inspired pop tracks and deep, ponderous song with an almost disturbing ease." Narco

Benjamin Schoos on Freaksville Record



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