Existential band

Press, 18 July 1985, Page 14

Existential band

This month’s award for the most creative band goes unanimously to the Jean Paul Sartre Experience, a new three-piece due to play at the Zetland Hotel next Wednesday, supported by Nicotine.

They also grab the creative packaging award for their new tape, “Crap Rap and Rubbish,” contained inside a personalised JPS Experience tin can, which should be available in a few weeks.

The band, made up of Dave Bass, Dave Drums, and Dave Guitar (as they prefer to be known), want to

carry the Experience through to personalised hubcaps, kitchenware, and other accessories. Thankfully, amongst these concepts are some interesting songs, fifteen of which appear on the tape. A rough sound, and an unfinished feel to some of the songs does not detract from a real spark in the music, especially on the electric side (one side is basically acoustic). The JPS Experience plan on doing some more recording soon, with the possibility of a single, finances permitting.

The Chills (above) and the Netherworld Dancing Toys will play in a double-bill concert at the Theatre Royal on Sunday, July 28, as part of a record release show for both bands.

The Chills also play at Timaru’s Old Mill this evening, followed by the Gladstone Tavern, Christchurch, tomorrow and Saturday evenings. The band are also booked to play at the University of Canterbury on Sunday.

The Dunedin band already have keen interest in Britain for their forthcoming tour there in October, via Australia, partly because Roger Shepherd, the head of the band’s recording label, Flying Nun, visited the U.K. earlier this year.

Also David Swift, formerly a journalist for “The Press” (and a writer for this column) has been introducing hard-bitten British rock writers to New Zealand music in his capacity as a sub-editor for “New Musical Express.”

A Chills compilation album is soon to be released in Britain after Shepherd secured a distribution deal with Creation Records, one of the top independent record companies in the U.K.

The album, called “Kaleidoscope World,” consists of “Pink Frost,” “Flamethrower,” “Rolling Moon,” “Doledrums,” “Hidden Bay,” “Satin Doll,” “Kaleidoscope World,” and “Purple Girl.”’