These italian dudes are totally rockin your screamo collection! after a lot of great split 7"s they released a 10" on react with protest records full of heartbreaking songs in such a beauty, it makes you cry. The band's guitar sound is jangly but harsh while maintaining a razor sharp sense of melody that is sorely lacking in most chaotic hardcore bands today. not only being in this band, the members are a big part of the italian scene, playing in other bands and having own record labels. we have a deep friendship with this band, some of the best mafiosi we know! they have toured nearly every country in europe, and after a long time of preparation they discovered even the usa with a tour this summer together with the phoenix bodies. |
DISCOGRAPHY
split 7" with acrimonie (life of hate records)
split 7" with the apoplexy twist orchestra (heroine records)
split 7" with catena collapse (heroine records / adagio830 records)
split 7" with k.c. milian (cragstan astronaut records)
split 7" with the pine (broken hearts club)
la fine non e la fine cd (heroine records) / 12" (gasping for breath records) / 10" (rwp013)
split 10" / cd with louise cyphre (electric human project)
tenpeun collections cd (perpetual motion machine)
selftitled 7" with video cd (pure pain sugar)
"considerazioni sul peccato" on V/A - the microwave says to the peacemaker compilation 2 x 7" (slave union records)
"lettere che avevo intenzione di scrivere" on V/A - wayfarers all compilation 12" (owlsa records)
"la parte sinistra del corpo" on V/A - this is your life compilation 2 x 12" (ape must not kill ape records)
"la parte sinistra del corpo" on V/A - benefit compilation against Morini breeding cd
"una vita veloce" on V/A - emo armageddon compilation 7" (rwp014)
one song on v/A - memento mori compilation cd (sons of vesta records)
SOUNDS
| METEMPSICOSI ...(mp3) from La Fine Non E La Fine 10" |
VIDEOS
videos on youtube
9 minute video of CMAR2006
REVIEWS
"Do you like City of Caterpillar? How about Orchid? Anything put out by Level-Plane, Electric Human Project, Robotic Empire, or Three One G? Have you heard La Quiete yet? WHAT, you haven't? That's unfortunate. It seems you've been missing out on one of the best chaotic hardcore bands since the early 90s San Diego/Gravity records scene. Tenpeun 01-05 is a collection of several splits, 7"s, and comps by this Italian band. Thanks to the Perpetual Motion Machine (the same folks who brought us the awesome Wow, Owls! LP last year), you can now play catch-up with La Quiete for the price of a single disc. Collected here are splits with The Pine, KC Milan, Catena Collapse, Apoplexy Twist Orchestra, Acrimonie, a few compilation tracks, a demo, and two unreleased tracks - 19 songs in all. There is a whole lot of good stuff here. I only wish someone would release the band's La Fine Non e la Fine on CD here in the US. Like the aforementioned City of Caterpillar and Orchid rolled into one with an accent, La Quiete is one of the best bands this genre currently has to offer. The guitars are jangly and angular at the same time, similar in style to Antioch Arrow before that band developed an unhealthy fixation with The Birthday Party. This aspect in particular helps La Quiete stand out in a genre absolutely overrun by bands that seem to be sharing the same guitar pedals. I'd sum up the La Quiete sound by saying that it's beautiful and brutal at the same time, although that doesn't do it nearly enough justice. Hopefully this compilation will raise even more awareness about the European hardcore scene. There are so many great bands like this, and the ocean is literally keeping them from being more well known here. Raein (with whom La Quiete share members), Umbrella, Louise Cyphre, and Shikari are all great examples. If you've listened to all of your Orchid and Reversal of Man records a thousand times and you're ready for something slightly different, La Quiete has the goods in spades."
about the tenpeun collections cd by Joe Davenport from delusions of adequacy
"Europe is breeding quite the fertile scene in regards to the harder, more dissonant, raw and intense side of emo, the one whose term has become so "misused" that its meaning may have to begrudgingly be accepted as having altered content. This is why one may avoid using the word as it could place a band in an entirely different context for some readers. Perhaps this is why it's being so inherently revitalized in foreign lands, including Italy, which La Quiete is taking by storm. The band manages to draw from a wealth of global influences for their sound. Quietly drawing from part Envy's subtle twinkle and part Orchid's furious grind overtones and moreso that latter band's rapid tempo changes, La Quiete compose an incredible amount of depth, variance, and emotion on Tenpeun `01-`05, which is also incredibly cohesive for a compilation that seems to draw from what looks to be 8 or 9 different releases. Any discrepancies in recording quality among tracks seem dreadfully vacant, a trait welcomed with open arms. The variation on Tenepun is what's truly impressive. La Quiete have a willingness to constantly mix it up and it keeps things refreshing. The instrumental piece "Musica per un Giardino Segreto #3" feels friendly despite its dim mood, with a concise, soft drum roll and following it an abbreviated buildup and let-down of guitar. Its counterpart in "#1" is an equally pretty, moving track, its first minute especially seeming to nod in Embrace's direction. In "Fiori Heri per Ivan Illich," the band is manically chanting "Non vi è musica pi ù dolce delle tue grida / ad ogni frase una mossa improvvisa, disorientante ([English: There isn't sweeter music than the one coming from your cry / every sentence as an unexpected move, disorientating." "*" closes out with a beautiful, brief piano ballad with the screams chaotically layered on top, and yet it works. A fluid second half keeps things strong. "La Maestra non sa Che Illich Mi ha Parlato del Programma Occulto" fills 2 minutes up with multiple stop-starts in the rhythm section, and "Istruziori Sul Funzionamento Della Macch na di Arthur" provides a frantic, jangly display of guitar work coated in flange. "Alle Fogelle" even feels like a closer, providing musical rays of hope in between the cold, pained screams and spazzy drum fills. Completing the package is a visually pleasing, clever layout from Angelo Milano, using closeups of several arts and crafts materials, making the owner wish it really was yarn stitched into their front cover. Tenpeun `01-`05 is a very complete, accomplished release from both La Quiete and The Perpetual Motion Machine label, though it makes one wonder just how powerful the former's forthcoming full-length will be."
about the tenpeun collections cd by Brian from Punknews
MEMBERS
Cebio, Michele, Rocco, Angelino, Boris and Fulvio
CONTACT
Michele Camorani
Via Somalia 70
47100 Forli
Italy, Europe
tothelaquiete@libero.it
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