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Madame Edwarda was a post-punk / goth band from Japan, formed in 1980 and fronted by vocalist Zin-François Angélique. Highly influenced by the british early goth scene. They disbanded in 1985 but reformed in the recent years mostly to perform as resident act of Club Walpurgis, a goth club located in Tokyo, founded and held by Zin himself since mid 80's, it could be regarded as the Japanese Batcave.
The band's name comes from Georges Bataille's book "Madame Edwarda", published in 1941.
Discography:
1984 - ヒステリックな侯爵夫人 (LP)
1985 - LORELEI (12" EP)
1985 - La Vie en Rose (12" EP)...
I'm an improviser. I started to perform my solo with the name of Madame P. In the past I was a co-founder and member of the seminal all-female band Allun. I was founder of Rosas Y Tulipanes duo. In 2004 I started collaborating with Luca Sigurta' in the highly experimental project Macaya, and with Tommaso Rolando and Marco Ravera - guitarist and doublebass player of the acclaimed jazz/fusion band Calomito - in the impro/jazzy ensemble called Toba.
My live sets are focused on the wide range of my vocal techniques: I experiment with my voice sampling it in real time...
Jean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine in 1943. He was particularly well known as an associate of Serge Gainsbourg and for arranging scores for film in the 1960s, though he later became a solo recording artist in his own right. His musical style was influenced by jazz, baroque, klezmer, Asian and rock forms.
He was originally a record producer but was kept from working with more "commercially important" clients and forced to produce for Arabic clients. This was, according to Vannier, an opportunity to explore further the...
