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Feral Five

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Feral Five
OriginLondon, England
GenresPost punk
Electronica
Alternative Rock
Associated actsThe Woodentops,
Websitewww.feralfive.com
MembersKat, Drew

Feral Five are an English post punk and electronica band. They were formed in 2012 by Kat Five and Drew Five.[1] based in London, England and Kent, England.

History

Feral Five have released 7 singles since 2012. The Performing Rights Society wrote a feature on them in 2016[2]. They have been played by Gideon Coe and Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6[3]. The online music magazine Louder Than War, (created by Guardian journalist, musician and The Membranes vocalist John Robb), reviewed the band, writing that their first EP, entitled 'Skin', was "a modern day alternative classic"[4]. In 2013 they played alongside The Woodentops and DJ Mixmaster Morris[5] The Woodentops frontman Rolo McGinty created remixes for 'Skin'[6].

According to Rough Trade, their single '3D' is a song about using 3D printing technology in "a world where not just body parts, but whole beings are made to order" and "features 3D printer samples as percussion"[7]. This has led to the US 3D print industry website 3DPrint.com interviewing and talking about the band, as well as reviewing their single '3D', saying: "it may just become the song of our times, as 3D printing continues to make a major mark on society as a whole"[8] US-based '3D Printing Industry Limited' have also reviewed the band and said about the single 3D, "3D printing may have its anthem"[9]. As Louder Than War said: "Feral Five have a vision [...] replicating humans via a 3D printer. It's not actually that wild a prediction."[10]. The single '3D' also saw Feral Five begin working with Fluid Mastering in London[11], renowned for their work on the albums for amongst others The Libertines, Killing Joke, Lilly Allen and Seal.

Feral Five's own 3D printer became a part of a musical performance at the Music Tech Fest 2014 at LSO St Luke's in London, when they played an extended version of their track '3D' with Lu Edmonds from Public Image Limited joining the band on stage[12].

In a 2015 interview, Xfm favourites Deux Furieuses[13] cited Feral Five's '3D' as their favourite track of 2014[14]. Deux Furieuses subsequently asked Feral Five to remix their track 'Can We Talk About This?', saying "We actually hatched the plan to have Feral Five remix our first single [...] at Number3London in March [2015]"[15]

Feral Five's single 'Angel Road' was produced by Feral Five with a version remixed by Tim Elsenburg of Sweet Billy Pilgrim. The single also includes the voice of English guitarist and rock musician Robert Fripp.[16]. The track was championed by Steve Lamacq on his BBC Radio 6 daytime show[17].

In November 2014, the band performed in support of Gertrude's "Songs About Women In The 21st Century" (in aid of Focus E15) at The Rhythm Factory in London which was reviewed by Helen McCookerybook who commented on the bands "Lush-sounding electronic noise."[18]

On 25 May 2015 the band released their 5th single: 'Neurotrash', on iTunes. The track was picked up by Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6[19]. Lyrically, it is a feminist electro-punk diatribe which critiques gender bias and stereotyping in science and features lyrics which namecheck Baroness Susan Greenfield and Rosalind Franklin. In their review the Zine jokingly suggested that the Microsoft digital Artificial Intelligence assistant Cortana might have chosen it as their favourite song[20], ironically citing the lyric "My brain is mine" from the song. On 3 August 2015 'Neurotrash - Flip X Remix' was played on the Simon Raymonde Amazing Radio show[21]

The launch event for Neurotrash was attended by Professor Brendan Walker from Thrill Laboratory who demonstrated his neural activity device during the song[22]

In 2016 the band released a collaboration with new materials designer and Wired Fellow Francis Bitonti entitled 'Rule 9' which received airplay from Eddy Temple-Morris. Studio Bitonti supplied the video processing[23] This was followed up by 'Void' which was showcased by Gideon Coe ahead of the release of the #MoreInCommon 'Hope Not Hate' charity album on which it is featured.

Martyn Ware(BEF/Heaven 17) asked the band to perform as part of his 'Everything You Can Imagine Is Real' event at the National Portrait Gallery London, UK in 2017, to coincide with their Picasso Portraits exhibition. The band performed a suite of songs written specially for the event which they called 'Man Cat Doll Machine'.[24]

Feral Five in films

Feral Five's music appears in the film Dressed As A Girl (2015), directed by Colin Rothbart and first screened at the BFI Flare LGBT Film Festival.[25]

Influences

In an interview with Louder Than War[26] the band cited influences including Bjork, The Clash, Goldfrapp, Killing Joke and Tricky.

Online magazine 'The Girls Are' said their "noir pop" "conjures up the nonchalant cool of former Slits guitarist Viv Albertine or 70s punk icon Poly Styrene"[27]

Other work

Drew appeared on stage with Jan Bang and Eska at Berlin Funkhaus in May 2016 performing a unique improvised piece. Feral Five launched Martyn Ware's 'Everything You Can Imagine Is Real' Picasso-inspired event at the National Portrait Gallery, UK in 2017.

Discography

Singles

  • "I Want U", Single 2017
  • "Kiss", Single 2017
  • "Man Cat Doll Machine", EP 2017
  • "Void", 2016
  • "Rule 9 - with Francis Bitonti", 2016
  • "Neurotrash - Flip X Remix", 2015[28]
  • "Neurotrash", 2015[29]
  • "Angel Road", 2014[30]
  • "3D", 2014[31]
  • "Strung Out", 2013[32]
  • "Skin", 2013[33]

Remixes

  • "Can We Talk About This? - Deux Furieuses Feral Five Remix", 2015[34]

Compilations

  • Hope Not Hate, 2016 featuring Void
  • Songs About Women In The 21st Century, 2014 featuring Strung Out[35]
  • Beyond The Marble Ear, 2014 featuring Skin[36]

Film music

  • Neurotrash - Instrumental, 2015 -[37]
  • Angel Road - Instrumental, 2015 -[38]

References

  1. ↑ "[Feral Five are] Made up of Made up of singer and guitarist Kat and composer and beat creator Drew" quote from video review by: Armour, Cheri. Noir pop pairing, Feral Five unveil the futuristic video for their latest single, '3D'. The Girls Are. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  2. ↑ M-Magazine. "30 Second Interview". 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-12
  3. ↑ BBC6. "6Music Recommends hosted by Steve Lamacq". Track 6: '3D' by Feral Five. BBC Radio 6. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  4. ↑ Scott-Bates, Paul. Skin EP Review. Louder Than War. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  5. ↑ The Woodentops Woodentops supported by Spaceheads and Feral Five. Retrieved 2015-02-01
  6. ↑ Newhouse, Molly. "CD Review Feral Five: Skin". Soundsphere. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  7. ↑ Rough Trade. Feral Five 3D. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  8. ↑ Krassenstein, Brian. "Feral Five's New Single '3D' is About 3D Printing Humans – Includes MakerBot Sounds for Beat". 3D Print. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  9. ↑ Chavez, Ethan. "The Sound of 3D Printing: Feral Five's Hypnotic '3D'". 3D Printing Industry. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  10. ↑ Scott-Bates, Paul. "Feral Five: 3D – single review". Louder Than War. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  11. ↑ Scott-Bates, Paul. "Feral Five announce new single". Louder Than War. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  12. ↑ Pyper, Alex. "Gunk - geek punk finale with Lu Edmunds, Feral Five, Fakebit Polytechnic". Kitmonsters". 20 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  13. ↑ Xfm X-Posure with John Kennedy. Track 10: Party of Shaitan by Deux Furieuses. Xfm. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  14. ↑ JL. "Loud and Clear ! Interview with… DEUX FURIEUSES !". 50THIRDAND3RD. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  15. ↑ Ros & Vas - Deux Furieuses on Feral Five. The Zine UK. Chapter 007. October 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  16. ↑ Scott-Bates, Paul. "Feral Five: Angel Road - single review" ;;Louder Than War. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  17. ↑ BBC6. BBC Radio 6 Music: The Steve Lamacq Show. Track 7: 'Angel Road' by Feral Five. BBC Radio 6. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  18. ↑ Reddington, H. "Feral Five - gig review" Helen McCookerybook. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-01
  19. ↑ BBC6. 6Music Recommends hosted by Steve Lamacq. Closing track number 14: 'Neurotrash' by Feral Five. BBC Radio 6. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  20. ↑ The Zine. Feral Five release Neurotrash. The Zine. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  21. ↑ Amazing Radio. Simon Raymonde hosted by Simon Raymonde. Track number 25: Neurotrash Flip.X Remix by Feral Five. Amazing Radio. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  22. ↑ Neurotrash Single Launch Party. "Neurotrash Single Launch Party". The Barge House. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  23. ↑ 3D Print. "UNYQ and Studio Bitonti". Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  24. ↑ "Everything You Can Imagine IS Real". Retrieved 2017-12-12
  25. ↑ "Discover the soundtrack of Dressed As A Girl". Retried 2015-07-19
  26. ↑ Scott-Bates, Paul. "Feral Five Top 10 Albums". Louder Than War. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  27. ↑ Armour, Cheri. "Noir pop pairing, Feral Five unveil the futuristic video for their latest single, '3D'". The Girls Are. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  28. ↑ Hiapop. Feral Five release Neurotrash - Flip X Remix. Wanderings of the Greenfield Cygnus. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  29. ↑ "Feral Five release Neurotrash". The Zine. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  30. ↑ Feral Five on iTunes. [1]. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  31. ↑ Scott-Bates, Paul. "Feral Five announce new single". Louder Than War. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  32. ↑ Fred Perry Subculture. "Feral Five". Fred Perry. December 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  33. ↑ Scott-Bates, Paul. "Skin EP Review". Louder Than War. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  34. ↑ Deux Furieuses. "Simon Raymonde radio premiere for Can We Talk About This? Feral Five Remix".deuxfurieses.com 5 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  35. ↑ "Songs About Women In The 21st Century". Gertogossip. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  36. ↑ :Various - Beyond The Marble Ear (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  37. ↑ Dressed As A Girl (2015).Neurotrash (Instrumental). Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  38. ↑ Dressed As A Girl (2015).Angel Road (Instrumental). Retrieved 2015-07-19.


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