Conquering Animal Sound

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5...according to our Clinton on Fri 04 Feb, 2011.

Coming seemingly out of nowhere (actually Glasgow, Scotland) Conquering Animal Sound are one of those bands who if you see live you'll fall in love with immediately. The man spends his time looping up a multitude of instruments, fingerclicks into mikes, technofied beats, dreamy synths and simple guitar chords while the lady sings intriguing lyrics into a variety of microphones, looping them up, harmonising, twisting, distorting. That's all very well but how are they on record? Well brilliant actually, this is a supremely assured debut of expertly produced lovelorn glacial electronica. Singer Anneke Kampman is the secret weapon, possessing not only a great voice (most reminiscent of Bjork) but a never ending supply of ideas of how to use it in new interesting ways. Their songs usually start with naked beats, simple melodies, gradually adding layers of instrumentation, ephemera and vocal. The most obvious comparison is as I say to Bjork and the minimalistic beats and whimsy of Mum but the most striking is to lost 90's dreamers Insides who you may not have heard of but please do check out their stunning debut 'Euphoria'. This is experimentalism with musicality, they are restlessly creative yet always song based, winsome at times yet never twee. Go seek.

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* CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND hail from Glasgow, Scotland (having recently departed their home in Edinburgh) and
comprise of Anneke Kampman and James Scott.

* KAMMERSPIEL is essentially pop music but in the way the likes of Fever Ray or Bjork portray pop music. Where
Conquering Animal Sound differ is in their love for tape hiss and childrens toys. There is no doubt, with this record they
are in a world of their own.

* The duo formed in 2009 and were soon making waves in the fine city of Edinburgh. A host of labels came knocking and
subsequently a split 7” single (featuring the song Giant) with Debutant was released via Gerry Loves Records in May
2010 and agreements were put in place with Gizeh and mini50 Records to release debut album 'Kammerspiel' in 2011.

* Live; the duo perform the majority of what you hear on record, it is something of awe-inspiring greatness, creating
loops, beats and samples out of anything and everything with Anneke’s sumptuous vocal’s carrying the sounds to what
seems like a new world. In 2010 Conquering Animal Sound took to the road for their first UK tour, performed at
Wickerman Festival (Scotland), De Affaire (Netherlands) and played shows with the likes of Tunng and Zola Jesus.