RARAFRE + AM - S/t TAPE techno slinking guzheng and chirping birds

slinking guzheng and chirping birds weave in and out of focus whilst booming kicks drive forward

and letting go of the need for performers to engage in interplay

the generousity of human spirit yet lamenting the strains of sadistic entitlement in our current states

Punk is their background

Only a glance at the vast catalogs of cousins Mike and Nate Kinsella shows how wide their musical interests have always been

RARAFRE + AM - S/t TAPE techno slinking guzheng and chirping birdsThe quartet RaRaFre+Am Rafael Cohen, Raquel & Franke Vogl and Amelia Saddington was a rarity in the D. C. punk scene around the year 2000. The group explicitly pursued a tightly plotted chamber music, orchestrated for guitar, oboe, accordion and standup bass. Their sound can feel like a contradiction: these densely woven, dirge like miniatures careen from section to section with a prickly insistence, while at the same time exhibiting a trademark sense