Eclectic Hard Rock Group Pink Noise has joined the 10th IMAs.  Check out their interview here!

HOW DID PINK NOISE BEGIN PLAYING TOGETHER?

All four of us have been very close friends for a long time, Sharron and Yuval Lion met while serving together in the Israeli Air Force Orchestra, which is probably the second best way to get through the Israeli obligatory army service, the first is going temporarily insane and being declared unfit for service, which is what my brother Itamar Ziegler and myself chose to do. After his army service Yuval headed to Boston to Study at Berkley and Sharron joined Itamar and me in New York where we lived in an eight-musician commune for over a year, Yuval moved to New York soon after. All four of us crossed paths in various projects long before Pink Noise was formed; the band was just the next natural step.

WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND YOUR NAME?  WHERE THERE ANY OTHER NAMES YOU WERE THINKING OF?

Pink is Sharron’s third favorite color. We were “Sharron and the family stone” back in the 70s.

YOU ARE LISTED AS HAVING 2 HOME BASES (ONE IN BROOKLYN, NY, AND ONE IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL) CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW BEING AN INTERNATIONAL BAND HAS HELPED YOU? HURT YOU?

Our home base is, actually, Brooklyn. But, roots are roots and playing in Israel does feel like home. I guess it can only help, having two places that you can call home.

DESCRIBE YOUR LATEST RELEASE.

‘Here is Happiness’ is a 6 track prequel to WWHISFO? It’s 30% Dave Sitek 60% Pink Noise, and 10% Secret Sauce, it’s impulsive, loud and gritty.

YOU HAVE A UNIQUE APPROACH TO MELODY, WHAT STYLES OF MUSIC DO YOU PULL FROM?

Pretty much everything we can get our hands on: from experimental noise-rock to world folk music. Our sound has more to do with our approach to songwriting than anything else.

WHAT IS YOUR WRITING PROCESS?  WHAT UNUSUAL WRITING TECHNIQUES, IF ANY, DO YOU USE?

We are a very rhythm-oriented band, a groove-band-gone-bad. Our songs are a collection of interchanging patterns that complete one another rather than chords and melodies. The vocals are usually the last piece in this puzzle. We almost always write them well after the song is fully arranged.

WHAT ARTISTS HAVE INFLUENCED YOU?

Radiohead, Blonde redhead, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, the Wu Tang Clan (which, like us, are not to be fucked with).

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO SUBMIT YOUR SONG “NOTHING YOU CAN SAY” TO THE IMAS?

‘Nothing you can say’ is a good cross-section of our sound: it is played at an odd time signature, spans from loud to quiet, has a slight pop sensibility, and has lyrics that are pretty politically charged, which, although not the focal point of our music, is not something we shy away from.

WHAT UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTAL EFFECTS DO YOU USE?

On stage I use 4 delay and 5 distortion pedals, my MF-104Z Analog Delay effect loop is going through a hand-built nameless fuzz and it’s my go-to space-ambience-what-is-that effect. Both Itamar’s and my pedal chain ends with a “Lion”, a great pedal built by our friend John Schumann, it makes everything sound better and it is constantly on.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM YOUR NEXT ALBUM, “WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF SOMEONE FINDS OUT?”

WWHISFO is everything a live Pink Noise show is – Super Sized; at the studio we were like kids in a candy shop. We got the basic tracks down and then just layered stuff on top: Nigerian logs, AM radio, xylophone, pump organ, synths and samplers and of course, the amazing brass talent of Stuart Bogie (Sway Machinery).

HOW DO YOU FEEL WORKING WITH DAVE SITEK (TV ON THE RADIO, YEAH YEAH YEAHS) ON YOUR NEXT RELEASE AFFECTS YOUR SOUND?

Working with Dave was great. There’s a great collaborative vibe in his studio, anything could be done, and nothing is off-limits. The sound is very much Pink Noise at the core but Dave definitely opened the floodgates.

DID FANS HELP FUND THIS PROJECT?

Our good friend and “fan” Nicky Mao of Up Died Sound introduced our music to Dave, which got the ball rolling. Soon thereafter, Chrysalis Music got into the picture and funded the album. Also, having a loyal Brooklyn fan base has allowed us to experiment with our sets – contributing to the final sound of the album.

HAVE YOU EVER HUNG OUT WITH ONE OF YOUR MUSICAL HEROES?  WHAT WAS THE STORY?

We had a chance to play with a lot of great musicians in New York but I would say the highlight was opening for Thourston Moore of Sonic youth as well as opening for TV on the Radio in a benefit for our favorite local bar Zebulon.

FINISH THIS SENTENCE:  THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS…

remove “is” insert question mark.

HOW CAN FANS FOLLOW YOU?  WHERE IS YOUR MUSIC AVAILABLE?

The best place to find out about the band is through our website (www.pinknoiseny.com) or on Facebook.

Pink Noise - Dive - Live @ vibromonk studios from Pink Noise on Vimeo.

Directed By:
Geoffray Barbier
Filmed By:
Tatiana McCabe
Alexandre Sevirici
Till Neumann
Florent Barbier

May 7 10pm at the Viper Room

May 11 10pm at the Spaceland

hope to see you there!

The members of TV on the Radio are busy fellas—crafting some of the most beloved albums of the decade, touring extensively behind each one and talking to the hounding press. Not to mention the surely-countless hours spent on facial hair maintenance and upkeep. So it makes sense that now, coming off a mountain of Dear Science hoopla, the band has decided to take some time off. TVOTR frontman Tunde Adebimpe told MTV at Outside Lands last weekend, in a statement that just surfaced yesterday, “We’ve decided to take, well, the going theory is to take about a year off, because you have to go and live a life and change things up.” But lest you think the band will be sitting on couches eating Hot Pockets and watching So You Think You Can Dance, various solo and side projects are already released or in the works. Rain Machine, the new moniker for guitarist/singer Kyp Malone, has an album due Sept. 22 on Anti; Dave Sitek has already been working with Israeli act Pink Noise for a soon-to-drop release; and Adebimpe is featured on a new jam by Massive Attack. Phew, these folks will be keeping busy.

Pink Noise Live at Union Pool from Pink Noise on Vimeo.

Pink Noise Live at Union Pool.
Directed by Margarita Jimeno
Filmed By Geoffray Barbier, Sebastian Mlyanarski, Phillip Angert and Margarita Jimeno

Tuesday July 7th 9:00pm

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MNDR, Wagner, Pink Noise, Modwheelmood (members of nine inch nails)

New York City – based quartet Pink Noise has blasted their way onto the indie rock scene with their debut album, Come on Senses. This album seamlessly combines the unique musical ideas of four individuals into a soundscape that smacks you upside the head with its intensity and intelligent mix of stylistic tricks.

For a CD that was produced in the band’s Brooklyn apartment, Come on Senses surprised me with its depth. Pink Noise makes liberal use of vocal effects and sampling, but never in a way that diminishes the overall sound. Even on more “rockish” tracks such as “static”, the band exhibits a polished, practiced mix of unique and familiar ideas - the hallmark of competent, thinking artists.

One of the things I like best about Come on Senses is the way it keeps you thinking. The first track, “bound”, completely changes gears when it hits the chorus. Some people might find this sudden shift a little jarring, but I think it’s powerful. The lyrics, by singer Sharron Sulami, get bogged down in symbolism at times, but she more than makes up for it with a smooth hypnotic tone quality that turns into a beautiful roar on “golden times”. The free form rhythm and meter, provided by Yuval and Itamar Ziegler and Yuval Lion, struck me as odd at first; after listening to the CD a few times the rhythmic changes made sense as a complement to Sulami’s poetry.

Come on Senses now has a semi-permanent spot in my CD player. Pink Noise has created a unique, powerful CD that reveals new secrets each time you listen to it. The band plans to tour the US in the near future, and their second album should be out later this year. Definitely pick up a copy and go see these guys if you get the chance

Some of the Pink Noise membership met in the Israeli Army and also includes old friend of VP Itamar Ziegler in their line-up. Sharron Sulami’s voice drips both breathily and pollutedly sharp at various points, like PJ Harvey in her lo-fi youth. The musicianship is top drawer too, ‘Come Over’ swashing like Beefheart’s ‘Best Batch Yet’. Post-punk but not in a retro-fabulous way, more so that they apply just enough of a nod toward the avant garde in their pop musing. Spidery guitar on ‘It Never Happened’ leads headlong into a gloriously bitty and chaotic climax.

This new Brooklyn Israeli band has crafted a self produced album that is shockingly great. Its surprisingly great, because they recorded it in their own apt, but as many of you know that is the future of recording. The album sounds as if they recorded it in a huge studio as the guitars soar loudly with Sharron’s voice reaching angelic heights. Fans of Curve, Siouxsie, and Pj Harvey should check this band out. (release date 2006)

I had a listen to quite a few CDs yesterday (100 or so) - as I have to assign them to our writers soon. I wanted to mention a few that I thought deserved attention: Pink Noise, play a cool blend of edgy indie rock with Industrial influences with strong, dark female vocals. Recommended for fans of Garbage, NIN, PJ Harvey.

For a few years now there’s been a surge of Israeli musicians flocking to New York . They populated Williamsburg and formed a musicians community in which they collaborate in different musical projects, one of which is Pink Noise […] I saw Pink Noise Live after hearing their debut album Come On Senses which åcame out over a year ago and was characterized by a rugged sound, reminiscing of early PJ Harvey, and with bursts of surprising melodies […] currently the band is releasing All is Nu their latest album. It seems like the band has been hard at work, their sound is more evolved and the arrangements are much more complex, with unorthodox drum patterns and guitar parts that complement each other while interchanging solo and rhythm parts. The lead singer was the main attraction, in an incredible stage performance she kept deceiving the crowd, at one moment caressing them with sweet melodies then mercilessly whipping them [...]

Beg Yr Pardon #4 happened last night @ The Delancey. There were good times, great songs, many drinks, dancing and laughing and…well, yeah, all that and then some. Pink Noise closed the night out with a bang. They arrived late due to car trouble but once they took the stage everything was instantly better. Actually, there were problems then too with some power issues but once those got sorted everything was peachy. More so. They rocked and jammed like Sonic Youth of 15 years ago and I was once again extremely impressed with a band I’d never really even heard of before. Shame on me.

Last Tuesday night saw the Beg Yr Pardon event coast gracefully into its fourth edition. As always, the brownies were good, the barbeque optional, and the beer eventually free. The most important guest of the evening was a thriving AC unit, allowing a person to move around a bit without unwittingly changing the color of their shirt. The momentum seems to be picking up, with an increasingly full room of looky-loos. The swelled numbers were treated to a line-up that was meaner, darker, and more to my liking [...] Pink Noise took this week’s prize for favored act, mining a spooky PJ Harvey vibe that is very close to me heart. Despite the occasional equipment troubles, the brooding never stopped. The lead singer was bubbly and charismatic in spite of the prevailing darkness, turning what could have been a gloom parade into a crstalline Blonde Redhead art attack. They also had a mysterious band manager in a fedora, for whatever that’s worth.

As much as Sonic Youth and Siouxsie, Brooklyn’s Pink Noise bring a powerful angularity and impressive tightness to L’Escogriffe, 4467 St. Denis St. 10pm

You might as well have a good story, and a three man/one women band whose members met in the Israeli army is a good story. Pink Noise singer Sharron Sulami and drummer Yuval Lion played in the Israeli Air Force big band and served in the occupied territories. Guarding a barracks surrounded by people blood-sworn to loathe you will prepare you for live performance in New York […] Several weeks ago in a club called Rothko, Pink Noise moved resoundingly beyond a Siouxsie label into controlled territory whose fringes are patrolled by Sonic Youth on stage Sulami has the voice and presence of a post-Goth Valkyrie [...] No, precision is the watch word here, from Lion’s remarkable powerhouse drumming ( from Bonham swing right out to avant-rock beats) to the angularity of brothers Yuval and Itamar Ziegler (These two were part of Israel’s first Hip Hop group, Sideffect.)[…} The Album, All is Nu, was mixed by Victor Van Vugt, who worked with P.J Harvey. The goal is to maintain the integrity represented by an art band like Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But horizons are broadening […]

Pink Noise is a local art rock quartet who strives to keep their audience guessing. Standing on the shoulders of bands like the Pixies and fellow NYC ground breakers Sonic Youth, Pink Noise don’t rely on any infectious pop hooks or catchy dance beats .Instead their latest LP, “All Is Nu”, produces a tremulous vibe, a feeling, a notion simultaneously disarming and eerie. Their sound moves nimbly from amorphous, ambient buzz to more traditionally structured rock with a flick of the wrist. lead singer sharron sulami’s voice is reminiscent of PJ Harvey’s throaty whisper. Unafraid to keep her voice restrained as long as possible, she waits till the perfect moment to let out a howl. the guitars are colorful but not flashy, adding texture but not pretension. for the full Pink Noise experience, check out their live show. they are precise almost to a fault, like four musicians playing with a shared brain. the result is tight, complex, and fascinating.