Barberos

Barberos are a progressive electronic / noise trio from Liverpool UK. They communicate their polly-rhythmic, tribal, math-jazz-core with their line up of two drummers, synthesizers and effected vocals. They first performed in late 2008 and since then have been touring relentlessly throughout the UK, Western Europe, Skandinavia, The Baltics and Russia. Barberos' members have been involved over the last few years in a vast number of musical projects, including Stig Noise, a.P.A.t.T., Stealing Sheep, Union Jacques, running Wet Room bookings and co running UPITUP Records. So far, they have have shared the stage with the likes of Charles Hayward (This Heat), Melt Banana, Kayo Dot, Dalek, Tim Exile, Liars, Capillary Action, PoiL, Action Beat, Ruins Alone, to mention just a few. ***DISCOGRAPHY*** 2012: 000 // 12” LP / Limited Edition Cassette / Digital Download // Human Feather (ES-UK-ITA), Attila Tralala (BE) and Et mon cul, c'set de Tofu? (FR) and Wet Room (UK) 2011: SPLATTER // Live EP / Digital Download / Limited Edition Cassette // Self-produced 2010: Vs. Stig Noise // Split 12” Vinyl / CD / Download // POSTMUSIC REVIEWS // May 2014 // Spin Magazine, The 10 Best Things We Saw at Primavera Sound 2014: http://www.spin.com/articles/10-best-things-we-saw-primavera-sound-2014 // 16th July 2010 // Barberos then. Four fine young men with a fetish for full body silver spandex (who doesn't share that fetish? Come on), cacophony and beating drums hard enough for Boredoms enthusiasts to lip bitingly be urged to scream out their 'safe' word, take to the stage before a hungry, tanked up, piled in crowd. It's. Good. A dystopian noise scramble of brain digging which ventures between malevolent sound scores of the satisfyingly viscous and toe curling sublime, all framed by back screen visuals of discordance and facial squirm play. They're the noise of nights bled hedonistically into early mornings, of searing sunrise in wrung out pupils, of a brain squirming inside the skull perilously drying itself foul of chemicals, rapid and inane thought processes and spirit soaked alarm bells. A barrage of manipulated doom siren synth, and dual drummers in place of vocal and word heavy vocalists, the narrative of the set is hell bent on staggering, insufferable rhythm, the lost laconic, the fevered, the unrelenting. The crowd is understandably sick for it. A bleating united urge of beat grabbing mass who holler throughout, pounding palm to palm excitably, and refuse to surrender at the will of each songs end. My god the drums are ridiculous. Ferociously charged, they're succinct to the beatings of unimaginable pace. Are feral and incessant - the heaviest, most beautifully aggressive poundings which go off on unreal tangents which seem to have a dialect and vocabulary of a language you only wish your lover's tongue could learn. So good it's almost exhausting. But who wants to sleep after that? We cheekily procured a copy of the Stig Noise MMX vs Barberos split EP on vinyl, and strongly urge you all to get yer grubby mitts on a copy. You'll wanna experience em both live, but as a 4AM backing soundtrack of discord to discord (if that's what you're into, like...), this is the best you're gonna get without attempting to smuggle them into your living room after a few too many rounds of escapist snacks. True Story. Get onto it. // *bleached hem* 2010 // BARBEROS are an electro / prog / avant-noise band from Liverpool, UK.