Manngold De Cobre

MannGold De Cobre is a very unconventonial big band. It is the rock band MannGold (Rodrigo Fuentealba and Philipp Weies on guitar; Karel de Backer and Matthias Standaert on drums; and Martin Standaert on bass) extended with a unique brass section (8 horns) led by Peter Vermeersch (also known from Flat Earth Society). The result is a powerful sound, which floats, swirls, rages and rumbles between jazz, psychedelic rock 'n roll, kraut, noise, film noir, Sun Ra and trance.Rodrigo Fuentealba - guitarKarel De Backer - drumsMatthias Standaert - drumsBruno Coussée - bassPhilipp Weies - guitarPeter Vermeersch - tenor saxophoneDree Peremans - trombonePeter Delannoye - tromboneMattias De Craene - tenor saxophoneLuc Van Lieshout - trumpetHans Bossuyt - trumpetKwinten Mordijck - baritone saxophonePeter Verdonck - baritone saxophoneRecorded at studio papa MarisSound: Patrick Van NeckProduction: el NEGOCITO Records &Rodrigo FuentealbaGraphic Design: Mario DebaeneScreen Printing: Smeraldina-RimaPhoto: Caroline De MeyerManngold de Cobre's debute album: wild, energetic, tight and with a strong focus.Recorded with the whole band (13 piece) playing live in a CBGB style studio, with no later embellishments. Tribal repetitive mayhem (2 drums), the horn section sometimes hitting as hard as the MC5-ish guitars, as well as cosmic Sun Ra arrangements and healing scapes as Davis' In A Silent Way. Add some proto space punk and noise and you're in for something really really unique.Some bands are just born to put the stage on fire. The energetic instrumental quintet MannGold (lead by Rodrigo Fuentealba) is one of them. Influences from minimalism and punk to krautrock and free jams merge into an eclectic blend that seduces and inebriates the audience. Add to that an eight-piece horn section (lead by Peter Vermeersch) and you have a thrilling energetic orchestra that surprises you with its tribal rhythms, powerful brass section and roaring guitars. The music grabs you from the first second and doesn't let you go until the last tone. This is the band that kicks a** as much on a jazz festival as on a rock festival.It was a challenge to capture the wild energy and unwavering focus for a studio album. Thanks to he use of a no-nonsense approach in the Vantage Point studio this was largely achieved. The debut album of MannGold de Cobre is everything an album must be: clenched, powerful and wild. A massive wall of sound where roaring horns that remind us of Sun Ra are as powerful as the screaming guitars. Then softly the music moves into cosmic scapes such as"In A Silent Way" and caresses our senses for it to break free again into endless thundering sections that combine primitive rock 'n' roll with proto punk and sexy psychedelics. MannGold de Cobre is definitely a unique band!Guitarist Rodrigo Fuente Alba is a Gent-Chilean who has played with Gabriel Rios, Arsenal, Novastar, Motek and Fifty Foot Combo. He also is engaged in more experimental and free improvisation enclined projects with colleagues such as Bert Dockx, Mauro, Steven de Bruyn, Kapotski, Bart Maris, Teun Verbruggen...Peter Vermeersch, the leader behind Flat Earth Society, is also composer, clarinetist, saxophonist and producer in the rock environment (dEUS, Madensuyu) and composed for danse and theater (Wim Vandekeybus, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Dito'Dito, Walpurgis, Radeis and Josse De Pauw). He also writes music for the Arditti Quartet, Prima La Musica, the Smith Quartet and recently for the Spectra Ensemble.The rest of the musicians come from very different horizons: Intergalactic Lovers, Tuxedomoon, Arno, Kowlier, Arid, Gabriel Rios, dEUS, Fifty Foot Combo, Mauro, Brussels Jazz Orchestra and many more.