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 Aleks and The Drummer's Profile |
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album is here!! |
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| Location: | CHICAGO, Illinois |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 6, 2008 (535 days back) |
About Me |
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thank you to all who attended the record release party!! Whew! damn! yes! check out our critic's choice for the show in the Chicago Reader. Yay!!!! PLEASE JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Our EP is out. Our release show was sweaty fun. You can buy it at all Reckless Records in Chicago and also Permanent records. They have www's but shipping is $$. And yes, David Sitek produced the sound. WOW. If you'd like to be notified of shows in your town, join our list by sending us a message here or emailing aleksandthedrummer@gmail.com. Please let us know what city you are from. If you ever signed up before, and you haven't gotten any emails, a little squirrel came by and ran off with it. Please sign up again. we try to be professionals, but really we eat our own poo. .. this means something i try to suppress any unjust aversions to catchy-ness as enough unusualization happens by intuition in alignment with a premonition. so what do we sound like? people ask, I don't know. come to a show. alert Please keep the images you comment with small, thanks! or don't be sad if they go gone. loading the big obnoxious ones can plug the player up on slower connections and we want people to hear our music.. :) videos ok. and we love to see your pics from our shows. olso make the effert to spel my name rite if your premoting an event were part off. Its a peve Ive had sints childhod. ALEKS, NOT ALEX. thanx. - Aleks Tomasczhewvshschszski reviews, press, ink, ink blots, spots, stains 2008/June : Chicago Reader : CRITIC'S CHOICE The drums sound like a horde of Krautrockers on horseback, the organ like an incoming storm—Sitek ran it through four amps at once—and Tomaszewska sounds like the raving art-school Valkyrie who’s running the show. 2008/ June : flavorpill.com Aleksandra Tomaszewska lays twisty Farfisa runs over drummer Deric Criss' Ege Bamyasi-inspired mix of taut timekeeping and manic fills. The way Aleks' spooky warble mingles with her circus-like keyboard lines can give you the creeps (in the best possible way), but the band's mesmerizing brand of minimalism is completely its own. 2008/March : Spin.com 2008/February : Centerstage : "the duo is one of the most original acts to come out of the local music scene in the past few years." 2008/February : UR Chicago Online Review of our show with Liars and No Age : "Chicago’s own Aleks and the Drummer took a break from working on their forthcoming EP to warm up an icy crowd. Deric Criss’ tight, driving rhythms combined with Aleks’ circus-organ riffs and dark, melodic voice made for a pleasant, albeit unexpected, surprise. Charging through a set that included the brooding tunes, “I Want to Melt His Eyes” and “SZCZ,” Aleks and the Drummer set themselves apart from the current herd of guy/girl combos getting press as of late." - Rob McGee 2007/ : Oh my rockness "I've never heard a band quite like Aleks and the Drummer. Maybe that's why I keep listening." 2007/January : Chicago Reader : sharp darts "It sounds bizarre when all you can do is read about it, but when you use your ears, it's enchantingly gorgeous." 2007/November : Chicago Sun-Times 2007/November : UR Chicago interview (PDF) "Even the wordiest individual with an expansive knowledge of music would be hard pressed to define the sounds that emit from Deric Criss’ drum set and Aleks Tomaszewska’s slight figure and Farfisa organ. It reminds you of the scary music that plays once you reach the boss level of an old-school Super Nintendo game or the trills of a Slavic woman inexplicably singing a Japanese anime theme song. " 2007/September : Radio Free Chicago live review of show opening for Stereo Total 2007/August : Avant/Chicago Outdanced! show review "the erie-hypnotic sounds are a treat to the mind. Their 45 minute set was entrancing." 2007/July : Chicago Tribune interview 2007/July : peoplewithanimalheads.blogspot.com : "Chicago's Aleks and The Drummer are definitely not a band you have heard before... wholeheartedly unique and inspiring. Singer/keyboardist Aleks Andra Tomaszewska perform music so intricate and interesting that you can be left a bit speechless." 2007/May : gapersblock.com : opening for Celebration : "...Their sound is part erie nightmare, part polka and part hypnotic dance music. Quite a mix, huh? It needs to be heard to be understood." 2007/March : Mule Magazine : As they started to play, the group quickly became one of my favorite Chicago live acts... hypnotizing "Castlevania" (the videogame) style organ in a non-cheesy way. The sound in an old-school Nintendo game fashion is fun in its own right, but the melodies are downright beautiful, picked up from somewhere in Eastern Europe... Watch out for the band's takeover and please pressure them to record an album, so you won't have to be lucky enough to just stumble upon them -- Thomas Cordova 2007/June : Schubas Backstage Audio Inteview : Ever wondered if we like dogs or cats more, find out here! 2007/february : radiofreechicago.com : "Her voice is a force. Its powerful, urgent and wicked..." -- of deric's beats:" If I had not been there to observe it myself, I might have assumed they used some fantastic drum track." 2006/August : toomuchrock.com : Review of one of our first shows 2006/August : Chicago Reader--This local duo is one of an apparently dwindling number of bands gutsy and straightforward enough not to hide behind outfits or effect pedals or laptops. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it's always worth watching. Aleksandra Tomaszewska sings deadpan and wobbly, often in her native Polish, and it's like she just has to or her chest will burst; she scribbles her fingers over a Farfisa and occasionally barks orders at the Drummer (aka Deric Criss), mostly to tell him to slow down. Their Gypsy emo is in the spirit of Victorian high drama--you want to have the smelling salts handy in case someone gets so hysterical she passes out. -- Liz Armstrong, The Treatment -- Note: we have nothing against effects pedals, and Aleks is really into outfits! Note 2: and Deric just got a new MacBook Pro. Hit him up to video chat. Or not. Thank you good friend Todd Leibov for recording our first myspace recordings. Aleks and the Drummer is a band |
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Music:Member Since: 5/12/2006Band Members: Our EP is on sale at reckless all 3 locations in Chicago. Also Permanent Records. Off you go to buy it now! :) If you live out of town write to aleksandthedrummer@gmail.com. If you work at a record store and like us and want to help, PLEASE let us know. Aleks Andra Tomaszewska (toh-ma-SHEV-ska) singerka keyboarderka Deric Criss percussioner we are nice people. Influences: heartbeats, silence, explosives Sounds Like: crazed beats born of diseased hearts, viscous opalescence, victorious and sad dance music, nintendo adrenaline, tearful resolutions, middle-eastern candy, operatic desperation for the useless, obsessive nature of complex paper cut-outs, and meandering melodies among ancient trees. thank you for visiting and enjoy us please. Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Surf / Grime / Breakbeat) |
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My Blog |
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UK DATES |
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| though our 2nd time being invited to the UK, a rare occasion nonetheless at least for now, to see us live. so please come support us, sorry for the last minute notice. send some friends if you k... Posted by Aleks and The Drummer on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:58:00 PST |
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Big SXSW Party Today 8/13 |
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| We are playing this great free party so if you are at SXSW, you should come see us!Schubas 12th Annual SXSW Round-UpThursday March 13th@ Yard Dog Gallery1510 S CongressFree!THE BUILDERS & THE BUTCHERS... Posted by Aleks and The Drummer on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:13:00 PST |
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night scribble |
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| hola amigos. aleks here. a rundown of the past couple of months. i got back from mexico a month ago, didn't make it very far down this giant country this time around but i'll be going back again surel... Posted by Aleks and The Drummer on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:45:00 PST |
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Recording |
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| dear peopleWe will be finally recording something very soon. Stay tuned. That's all you get suckers.Ok, here's a little bit more: probably with the most talented creative playful artful person out the... Posted by Aleks and The Drummer on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:09:00 PST |
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resting force |
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| I'll be trying the blog thingoid. i heard they're really popular in australia. . so i float along the streets of the city that had me until 1983. it's a beautiful gloom that makes me practic... Posted by Aleks and The Drummer on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:28:00 PST |
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our show/ intonation afterparty |
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| So we played 3 shows so far pretty close to each other. danny's, the beauty shop, and the intonation afterparty at 1x?. If you have any ideas for us babies for another show, let us know. so far we did... Posted by Aleks and The Drummer on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:54:00 PST |
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