Quintron
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Internal Feedback 001-011 , 6/10
Satan Is Dead , 7/10 (EP)
These Hands Of Mine , 6/10
The Unmasked Organ Light-Year of Inifinity Man , 6/10
Are You Ready For An Organ Solo (2003), 5/10
The Frog Tape (2004), 4/10
Too Thirsty 4 Love (2008), 5/10
Sucre du Sauvage (2011), 6/10
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Quintron (also known as Mr Quintron) was an eccentric character who played all instruments at the same time, a veritable one-man band, and did so with delirious, savage intensity. He also builds oddly tuneful instruments that complement his exuberant lo-fi (outrageously lo-fi) symphonies. His music is wildly improvised and can incorportate just about any theatrical element and stylistic nuance, but, ultimately, Quintron is aiming for dance/party music, albeit in a uniquely bizarre way. Quintron, based in New Orleans and often accompanied by his wife Miss Panacea Pussycat, is a hybrid between Frank Zappa's protege` Wildman Fischer, no-wave masters Mars, minimal toy-rockers Half Japanese, and synthesizer's inventor Robert Moog (and a touch of Flying Lizards when he covers rock and roll classics).

Internal Feedback 001-011 (Bulb, 1996) is a manic exploration of the subliminal (and not so subliminal) power of percussions, that are pounded and scratched every possible way (Sound of A Passing Train).

The mini-album Satan Is Dead (Bulb, 1998) is a more musical affair, with seductive organ phrases that lend it a nostalgic appeal (as in a demented parody of 1960s' tv sountracks) and dance beats that could haunt disco lovers for decades: the swamp-rock with wavering organ of Do The Stomp, the feverish beach-party twist of Road Hog, the epyleptic stomp of Nonstop Danger, the grotesque zombie surf of Ninth Ward Breakdown. The chronically distorted and out-of-tune melodies from outer space of The Bridge, the surreal circus gag of Organ Solo and the confused baroque hodgepodge of A Hymn add new dimensions to the genius of this musical clown.

The Amazing Spellcaster documents a live performance. The First Two Records (Bulb, 1997) is an anthology of the first two albums.

After one of his deranged interludes ("Sound Of A Train"), the songs on These Hands Of Mine (Skin Graft, 1999) are surprisingly infectious Meet Me At The Club House and Dungeon Master are the new classics.

Quintron has also released two volumes of Drum Buddy Demonstration (Skin Graft, 2000), "drum buddy" being one of his inventions.

The Unmasked Organ Light-Year of Inifinity Man (Bulb, 2000)
Tracks: Rhinestone Commercial , Mysterious Rangers , J. Monque D. is Wrong, 9-4-9 , Hurricane , Push Pull or Drag , Certain Girl , GQ-21 , You Don't Own Me , Peter Pan , Latin # , Slumber Party , Birds.

Quintron is virtually undoing the history of western music.

Are You Ready For An Organ Solo (31G, 2003) is another varied and amusing merry-go-round of ideas, but this time Quintron uses the studio as an instrument (which is always a metaphor for "sells out") and even pens catchy hooks worthy of mainstream muzak (Underwater Dance Club) and sculpts beats worthy of the dancefloor (Miniature Breakdown). Miss Pussycat's vocals play second fiddle to a score of guests. The result is rarely thrilling (Teenage Antoinette).

Half of The Frog Tape (Skin Graft, 2004) is taken up by his patented otherworldly folk ballads. The other half is simply a lengthy field recording of... frogs.

Swamp Tech (Tigerbeat6, 2005) is gentler and more straightforward by the standards of their albums.

If Too Thirsty 4 Love (Goner Records, 2008) was perhaps too clownish, on the other hand Sucre du Sauvage (2011), recorded at the New Orleans Museum of Art by Quintron and his wife Miss Pussycat, and divided in one half of garage-rok organ-driven ditties and one half of music based on field recordings, was as serious as the musician could get.

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