According to urban legend, the Rababou (from the Fribourg patois) was a wood thief. But there was very little firewood in the area. The legend tells that the Rababou went to steal wood from the forests of the Gottéron Valley, which belonged to the rich of the high society. Rababoo is inspired by the creature that represents all vices and bad habits of the town. Every year at Carnival, we put him o
n trial and burn him at stake to celebrate the end of winter and request a rich summer (as long as seasons still exist). Rababoo is about the tradition to celebrate, it is a ritual to reflect the good and the bad. Rababoo is about an acceptance of all kinds of musical backgrounds driven by the same passion for music sharing. Rababoo accelerates the collapse for a better rebuilding.”
Label goals:
Based on the concept of alternance, the purpose of Rababoo is to provide a stage for Swiss and international artists. Our concept relies on the proposition of releasing a Swiss artist at a time with different remixes of which then, one of the remixers (either Swiss or international) can come up with their personal EP for the label, and so on. Rather than focussing on just one musical style, Rababoo is interested in the personal relationship between the music and the artist, the remixer & the label. Our aim is to have at least 2 to 3 releases per year. RABABOO 001 UMA EP by Marcel de Sie
----
New Swiss label Rababoo is proud to present his first release: Marcel de Sie! Oscillating between melodic industrial and shaky psychedelic music, Mr. de Sie overcomes his first 3 tracks with a static approach of electronic low drifts – in that sense, we decided to call it a soundtrack “to schuss'', in dedication to all our ski friends from here and there. The first 2 tracks, “Filter Seq'' and “Mezzo FM'' pitch the tone of the EP and are built as explorations of dance floor narratives, with the purpose to generate a wave state of mind through a real sound experience. While the first track is a relentless technoïd filter-driven smasher which immediately bleeps your mind and floods it with sound, the second track unleashes a cascade of sounds that brings any lost hiker back on track and drives him into a shamanic waltz in the mountains. The title track “Poetic Frame” is a direct response to these soundscapes, where howling, disturbing synths are at times chimera that fractures the pattern and calls you back to reality. For his 1st release, Marcel de Sie is joined by Greek producer Anatolian Weapons (Dark Entries) and Belgian’s Victor de Roo (Stroom) for the remixes. Each one delivers a proper interpretation of the 3rd track of the EP “Poetic Frame”. While Anatolian Weapons explores a tribal trance sonic journey that can drive a Dervish dancer crazy, De Roo makes use of his distinguished style and creates the most abstracted version of this track. Not scared to apply kind of a trap snare ratcheting, he brings us to a space urban take. Put your seatbelt on, seasons will soon no longer exist. Marcel de Sie / RBB001
Music by Luc Bersier
Remix by Aggelos Baltas & Victor de Roo
--------------------------------------------------
© & ℗ 2021 Rababoo Records
Mastered by Andrea Merlini
Artwork by Martin Cramatte
Distribution by One Eye Witness
