"Over months of hard gigging, their handmade papier-mache masks had gone soggy from the musicians' laboured breathing. When I looked at mine, I was like: Jesus Christ, did I really play that much with this? says Klek. It was falling apart. It was like putting a Christmas box outside when it's raining. But when the masks disintegrated, it was important that their more robust replacements still looked lived-in."
"People have fallen in love with the band as it's always been, says Khn. So we're not gonna change everything [because] we have a bigger budget now. We're emotionally attached to our old beaten-up costumes that have been in car accidents and are full of snot. We think people love the fact that you can feel they have lived."
"In just a few months, Angine de Poitrine's lore has entered the annals of rock iconography alongside the likes of Kiss, the Residents and Daft Punk. In February, US radio station KEXP published a video of the anonymous duo performing at a French festival: 27 minutes of ludicrously tight, swerving, looping grooves played by two figures who look like some ungodly union of Jar Jar Binks and Dada pioneer Hugo Ball."
"There was undoubtedly a novelty factor, but novelty alone can't fuel you to 13.7m YouTube views. Those are pop-star numbers for genuinely freaky music, a prog-club sound that takes its wayward undertow from Khn's microtonal musicianship playing the notes between the notes, a mode historically found in eastern music and Klek's sewing-ma"
Angine de Poitrine replaced soggy papier-mache heads after heavy gigging caused their handmade masks to disintegrate. The duo, known for alien-like monochrome polka-dotted faces and extruded features, were not born with those looks and instead rely on time-travel lore and handmade costumes. Guitarist Khn and drummer Klek emphasize keeping the replacements robust while still appearing lived-in, full of wear and imperfections. They avoid changing everything despite a bigger budget because audiences love the sense that the costumes have been through real experiences. Their music pairs tight, looping grooves with microtonal musicianship and a prog-club sound, driving large online attention.
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