Kiss Me (Goodbye) by Beauty In Chaos

 

“The music came from a guitar part I was bashing out one night.  Michael and I worked on it a few nights, adding a cool ‘left turn’ section like we have a tendency to do.  After having Julian do amazing work on multiple BIC remixes, I thought this music was finally the piece I had been looking for to work with him as the featured artist.  The guy is an amazing talent, and I was thrilled when he said he loved the music and was inspired to sing.  As always, he had the freedom to take his parts wherever the music led him.  In the end, the low-tuned guitar bashing turned into a pretty infectious song.  What I take form his lyrics, the song is about the dissolution and destruction of a once torrid relationship.  Total chaos in what was once beautiful. I love lyrics that are not too literal and that the listener can interject themselves into what the song is about to them.”

 

Michael Ciravolo describing the the new song “Kiss Me (Goodbye)” from the music collective Beauty In Chaos, featuring Julian Shah-Tayler.

 

With heavy and deep guitars delivering a combination of catchy riffs, memorable hooks and powerful resonance, “Kiss Me (Goodbye) “by musical collective Beauty In Chaos creates an impactful sonic palette.   A dynamic build up is cleverly interspersed with subdued and introspective moments and the song is propelled forward with a growing sense of urgency.  Touching upon universal themes the poignant lyrics explore the disintegration and obliteration of a once passionate and ardent love. The vocals are performed beautifully by Julian Shah-Tayler with imploring power and clarity.  

Links :

YouTube : https://youtu.be/cROoUrprXkI

Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/track/6NJFR4rbnpCdDjU4IW6jIJ?si=QXweUWVKQVGkbx8P_flAkA

Webpage : https://www.beautyinchaosmusic.com/

 

 

Beauty In Chaos

Created in late 2017 the music collective Beauty in Chaos was created by Michael Ciravolo of the bands Human Drama and Gene Loves Jezebel and President of Schechter Guitar Research.   With two constant members, Michael Ciravolo and Michael Rozon, Beauty in Chaos is what Michael Ciravolo describes as a “revolving and evolving” entity that he curates. The project has a long list of amazing artists that take part in it and are what Michael Ciravolo defines as the Beauty In Chaos family. Some members of this collective include Wayne Hussey from The Mission, Simon Gallup from The Cure, Ashton Nyte from The Awakening, Robin Zander from Cheap Trick, Al Jorgensen from Ministry, KE-T, from Body Count, Evi Vine and Johnny Indovina from Human Drama. 

 

The band name was a reflection on the crazy times the world was experiencing in 2017 and is still relevant now as the world seems to plunge further into weird and strange times.  “So much chaos is in almost every facet of the world.  When I was searching for a name needed for this project that I was going to curate, I looked to what was good, not only in my life but everywhere around.” Michael Ciravolo explains.  The name Beauty in Chaos is a fitting title and represents a quest for beauty in a chaotic world. Michael Ciravolo says that “the music we create has equal parts of both.  Some beautiful textures with blasts of chaotic sonics, others dark with angelic elements interspersed.” 

 

Growing up Michael Ciravolo was drawn to Rock and Roll by mid seventies Glam.  Bands and musicians such as T-Rex, Slate, David Bowie, The New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders and Mike Ronson were guitar heroes for Michael Ciravolo.  He says “later, I got more into the darker side of music.” He began to enjoy music by bands like The Cure, Sisters of Mercy and The Mission.  He never played in a cover band growing up and didn’t learn records note for note.  MIchael Ciravolo believes that perhaps his guitar playing “was stunted by wanting to play like Thunders,” but now looking back he feels “I know it defined my sound.”

 

One of the strengths of Beauty In Chaos is the fact that it isn’t musically shackled to a stylistic label. Michael Ciravolo believes “I feel we have, at least semi-successfully crossed Dark Wave, Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Alternative, Dream-Pop and whatever other genres that fit, while having our underlying musical thread that binds.”

 

Not being a typical band the creative process for Beauty In Chaos is a little unique.  Having used the same songwriting process as they adopted for their debut album in 2018 Finding Beauty In Chaos, both Michael Ciravolo and Michael Rozon create music. Michael Ciravolo confesses “To me, this music does not become a ‘song’ until the singer adds their lyrics and melody.  Then it has a name.”   He does not direct the singers on what the lyrics should be for the music they write instead he says he “is blessed with the artist to match with the music.”  He explains that the musicians they send music to are always inspired by what they create. Michael Ciravolo says “I look at our process as combining poetry with soundscapes.  It just seems to work and for that I am grateful.”

 

Staying creative is easy for Michael Ciravolo as he loves the joy of “creating, making sounds that turn into something special and the challenge and reward of finding the right artist for the music.” He describes the experience of receiving finished vocals back from an artist that they send music to as a “jolt” and a “Christmas morning feeling”.  Michael Ciravolo describes the whole ongoing creative process “as much work as it is as an indie artist, I love seeing the culmination of the whole album, the concept, the cover, the full experience.  Also, I can’t stress enough the fun element of doing Beauty In Chaos with Michael Rozon.  It isn’t work, its two children with a bunch of weird toys and red wine.”

 

Being the curator of Beauty In Chaos Michael Ciravolo is involved in all aspects of the band.  He does acknowledge that input from fellow musician, Michael Rozon is instrumental to the success of the band.  Michael Ciravolo  describes Michael Rozon as “the man is a wizard in the studio and allows me to bring the sounds ghat I hear in my head to life, all the while we are having a fucking blast doing it!”

 

Not designed initially as a typical stage band Michael Ciravolo, a seasoned performer who loves playing live would someday like the challenge of putting Beauty In Chaos on a stage.  He says “the who, where and how” are the current hurdles faced by Beauty In Chaos when contemplating a live performance.  Michael Ciravolo admits “I have played live a bit over the past few years with my former bands Human Drama and Gene Loves Jezebel.  The latter with my wife Tish and Michael Aston, both who are Beauty In Chaos alumni.” 

 

The band interacts with their fans via social media and streaming.  Michael Ciravolo confesses he is not a fan of either but he knows they are necessary for independent bands to maintain a presence.  

 

“Beauty In Chaos never rests and always has a plan.”  According Michael Ciravolo and what the future holds for the band.  The duo are writing new music which will serve as building blocks towards a new album which they hope to release by the end of 2023 or early 2024.  Michael Ciravolo says that he has a title and a painting for the cover art of the planned album already in mind.  He says that Beauty In Chaos will do what it does best which is “revolve and evolve.”

 

For new listeners to music by Beauty In Chaos Michael Ciravolo has these words, “I would say have fun creating. Use technology, but don’t use it as a crutch.  Be true to yourself and don’t chase anything.  It will come.  And don’t get discouraged by bullshit, especially on social media.  I always ask that our listeners dive into the deep and diverse catalogs of the artists that have graciously given their time, talent and heart to being part of Beauty In Chaos.  I guarantee you will find some new favorite music.  And as always, if you like it, please support the artist by buying their music.”  

Links :

Website : https://www.beautyinchaosmusic.com/

Instagram : https://instagram.com/beautyinchaosofficial?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/beautyinchaosmusic

Twitter : https://twitter.com/_BeautyInChaos

Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/2TwN2egUCb7rbS0Bfkdsd0?si=34kXo1ywTpKrrX5M6x5gdQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Takes A Long Look And Then The Kitchen Sink by The Noise Who Runs

Dark Electronic Rock band The Noise WhoRuns describe their single “Takes A Long Cold Look And Then The Kitchen Sink” from their album Preteretrospetive.

I’m still very happy with that giant title for a single. Commercial suicides R US. It was an old song, from 1996, so the last year of something like 18 years of non-stop Conservative governments, pretty much like there is in the UK now. And sometimes stuff you’ve forgotten about pops into your head and keeps popping up again and again, so I figure it’s happening for a reason and act on it. So I reworked pretty much completely, different chords, everything, but the lyrics to the verses must have been what I was after and they’re exactly what they were 27 years ago. Isn’t it alarming that the same lyrics could sum up the level of dissatisfaction, disgust and contempt with exactly the same problem as three decades ago, in another century? I find it more than alarming. From that point of view, Preteretrospective is kind of like your early warning alarm system kicking in - it’s an exploration in broad-strokes and microcosmic detail of the state of decay and neglect, the betrayal of the very short-lived ideals of the post-war dream and the aspiration to break the eternity of corruption and exploitation, sometimes general, sometimes personal, mostly both all at the same time. And it’s also weighing that in the context of the whole history of humanity and finding that nothing much has changed down the centuries and with the state of things so far this century, it genuinely has to.


With a perfect blend of Electronic and Rock elements while transitioning effortlessly through periods of quiet introspection and swirling hypnotic energy, “Takes A Long Cold Look And Then The Kitchen Sink”, is superbly produced. Nostalgic sounding vocals with emotive and haunting lyrics, the song envelopes the listener into a dark, beautiful and menacing sonic landscape. A thought provoking track “Takes A Long Cold Look And Then The Kitchen Sink, captivates listeners leading them entrancingly into the songs emotional depths. 

Links :

Webpage : https://thenoisewhoruns.com/

 

The Noise Who Runs

Anglo-French Dark Electronic Rock duo Ian Pickering and Felipe Goes make up the band The Noise Who Runs and although in the future they may recruit more members for the band at the moment they perform as a pair. A literal translation of a French phrase, Le bruit qui court, The Noise Who Runs, chose their band name in honor of a restaurant they frequented called O Bruit Qui Court. When band member Ian asked what the restaurant name meant he was told it meant nothing in English. “I’d been trying to find a name for the band for a long time, since before I recorded Left-Handed Tendencies as Ian Pickering in 2014, band names are the hardest thing about music, genuinely, and when I heard that : ‘it means nothing’ - literally, the noise who runs, I was away with it, everything fell into place like a Big bang movement.” admits Ian. On a personal level for Ian the band name also has significance explaining the name “coincides with me moving to France to be with the woman I love, finally getting sober for good, its been six years now, and kind of late in the day as it is, increasingly demonstrating to myself, my fullest potential, artistically.” Although in’ French, the term hints at gossip and rumors the band interpret the meaning of the name as “voices of the unheard growing louder and stronger and demanding in a better way”.

Although Felipe doesn’t recall when he first got interested in music he admits that his mother would listen to music and sing while cooking and cleaning when he was small. When he was a teenager Felipe picked up a guitar and from there his passion for music grew. Ian always had music as a part of his life but when he turned around eleven or twelve he explains “ I first started writing song lyrics and that remains the most satisfying and pleasurable part of the whole process for me. I am easily at my most contented when I’m doing lyrics”. Ian also credits his oldest friend Liam Howe from Sneaker Pimps as being a fundamental influence on his music and style. Ian explains that he and Liam “started working on our own music from an early age, me writing words, him working on music, sound engineering, production, with whatever we had available , notably an upturned plastic bin and a Casio VL-Tone, then a Roland SH101.” As Liam’s father updated his equipment Ian was able to experiment on the older equipment and foster his music writing. This resulted in Ian and Liam making albums with Sneaker Pumps.

Ian has a casual approach to songwriting and he doesn’t force the process. He describes his songwriting as “basically its like Mr Bump, the accident-prone Mister Man, the blue one covered in white bandages. Basically, he has a nightmare doing anything because he’s gonna break something, spill something or hurt himself (I’m also literally like that, sadly), but eventually he gets his ideal job - apple picking. And he just walks around the orchard not even thinking about apples and every so often he crashes into a tree, an apple falls down, he catches it, job well done.”

The process of songwriting begins like this for Ian “All I do is read, listen, watch, talk, discuss and at some point, all those tiny snapshots and fragments coalesce into a bigger picture that I always feel like has been there forever. And once you get that first step out of the way, the only trick to writing, recording and producing is to devote all your time to it. ALL your time. I don’t think about anything else unless someone’s talking to me or I’m teaching.”

In cultivating The Noise Who Runs’ particular style the band can’t really identify how many genres have influenced the bands sound. Felipe explains that he “listens to all sorts of music but I don’t think of one artist or band in particular every time I make music.” He challenges listeners to discover what the band influences may be by listening to their music. For Ian he believes that a pure genre of music is elusive and and he think that the evolving genres are being named in more and more ridiculous ways in attempt to classify music. He likens it to the children born during the pandemic with ludicrous names given to them by parents hoping in some way to make them seem individual. Ian says “I was born in the 1970s, was a teenager in the 80s and was trying to make it in music for most of the 1990s, before Sneakers took off.” He describes The Noise Who Runs as a “kaleidoscope of everything that occurred in those decades that had an impact on me.” Ian believes that the music that influenced him most in his formative years was anything that he could relate to and was relevant to his life. This is why through the music of The Noise Who Runs the duo are trying to convey “the desperately unfair state of play in the world and add a poetic voice to what I believe is now the growing clamour for fundamental changes to save the chances of a decent future.”

To stay inspired musically Ian says “I’ll tell you what I definitely DON’T do to stay inspired and creative and grow artistically. What I don’t do is buy those fucking Brian Eno bastard Constraint cards and get all fucking pretentious about recording a song using only the door of a broken washing machine, a shaved guinea pig and a raspberry ripple while hopping on one leg to record palindromic vocals backwards. What I DO do is care, very sincerely and wholeheartedly - about people, about the state of things, about the thin end of the wedge and the short-end of the stick, about inequality in society, about the lack of political will to enact change. Staying inspired and growing as an artist, these things come as naturally as breathing - and if they don’t, you should really find something else to do. “ Felipe has developed a love for trying new things musically and admits to enjoying learning new concepts, genres and instruments. Felipe says “Doing stuff other then music also feels helpful to stay inspired, just do not as me to share my drawings !” Ian has promised that he will put some of Felipe’s drawings on the band website.

Unintentionally fostering a dark aesthetic, the duo admit to never actually discussing an aesthetic for the band but instead allowed it to grow through osmosis. Ian explains that they do have control over the growing aesthetic through the very personal songwriting. He says that the fundamental thing for the band is “the hand-prints from prehistory on the cave walls, that mark left to posterity, the clear statement ‘We were here’ calling down through the ages like a slower than glacier kind of social media post.” With what Ian says is an optimistic approach “that’s where the aesthetic for all the visual side begins and that’s now evolving on its own, kind of instinctively.” Ian jokes that’s so much happens for the band instinctively that they “really should sit down sometimes and talk about all these things more often”.

An experienced live performer Ian admits “ I absolutely love playing live and I’ve kind of done it at both ends of the scale - big gigs and festivals with Sneakers and pubs the length and breadth of England with transporter. I don’t like impromptu performances, I don’t like jamming. For Felipe, since we got stopped in our tracks with COVID in 2020, just as we were ready to start playing live, now we’re starting to rehearse again and will hopefully gig before the end of the year, just a few small shows to cut our teeth, I think it will be his first time. So the first The Noise Who Runs gig will be the absolutely first time for Felipe. That’s gonna be quite kind of momentous.”

When asked how they engage with and stay connected to their fans Ian amusingly says “What, Felipe’s mum and my mum? They both said you can ask them directly so we’ll give you their email addresses if you like.”

In the future The Noise Who Runs will be attempting to make new and engaging music by adding and removing various elements to and from their sound. They hope to perform live soon.

For new listener to The Noise Who Runs, Felipe wants people to know that he enjoys making the music so hopes people enjoy listening to it. Ian describes their music “there’s always something more to offer each time you hear it. And it’s possible that The Noise Who Runs is the soundtrack for the times. Smoke something, relax, let the album and the songs work their peculiar magic.”

Links : 

Webpage : https://thenoisewhoruns.com/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/thenoisewhoruns

Instagram : https://instagram.com/thenoisewhoruns?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Youtube : https://youtube.com/@thenoisewhoruns2291

Bandcamp : https://thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com/