The Eight Immortals
REVEREND SHINE SNAKE OIL Co.
will release 8 new songs that will complete the Anti Solipsism Manifesto…
All ye who enter here… go from here with no less than you brought in… May you find the wisdom you seek whether shallow or deep…
(Chinese: 八仙; pinyin: Bāxiān; Wade–Giles: Pa¹-hsien¹) are a group of legendary xian (“immortals; transcendents; saints”) in Chinese mythology. Each Immortal’s power can be transferred to a power tool (法器) that can bestow life or destroy evil. Together, these eight tools are called the “Covert Eight Immortals” (暗八仙 àn ~). Most of them are said to have been born in the Tang or Song Dynasty. They are revered by the Taoists and are also a popular element in the secular Chinese culture. They are said to live on a group of five islands in the Bohai Sea, which includes Penglai Mountain-Island.
Show Pics from Björn Mager
It was a calm December night, when from cobble stone street in Kreuzberg there gasped a stout shadow of a sound…
Photos by: Björn Mager Lido Berlin December 5th 2014
REVEREND SHINE SNAKE OIL Co. Final show for 2014 “Anti-Solipsism and that Old-Time Religion”
Win tickets to “Anti-Solipsism and that Old-Time Religion” REVEREND SHINE
SNAKE OIL Co. Final show for 2014 by showing up with the code word and
whispering it to that friendly guy behind the counter… Ah where do you
get the code word? Check the event page and our website: “www.shineonline.dk” and Stay tuned… and check back often!
Who or what is Reverend Shine Snake Oil Co.?
The following is a google translation of an article from Music News online music magazine that explores the trends of Austrian and international music scene. Written by: Carina Marie Stiegler See Original article Here.
Who or what is Reverend Shine Snake Oil Co.?
The answer: An energetic Copenhagen quartet with roots in New York, which is somewhere between blues and punk.
Reverend Shine Snake Oil Co. is hardly possible to describe adequately with a few loosely thrown records. Its origins are also shrouded in a dense network of assumptions as the band’s name, the one does not want to open up so easily located. So much is certain: After a long history Claudius Pratt and Justin Moses Gunn pulled together from New York to Copenhagen, where they met Matthias Klein on drums and Martin Olliviierre on upright bass.
Who is the Reverend here?
Influences of the “Big Apple”
What was then sets itself according to information from “punk rock, African Drum Rhythms, early American blues and everything in between together “. Characteristic of the sound are also the New York roots, their influences are clearly audible. Here the musical work of the four musicians is so versatile that a description can ever bring something to sweat. Bonds of gospel , spirituals and soul are equally audible as rockabilly , jazz , folk and indie rock.
Recordings in prison
After three EPs already released end of 2013 it was decided to include the new plant in Gothenburg / Sweden. The choice fell on the Härlanda prison, his last prisoners released in 1997. This experience brought the band members partially true to their limits, but also ensured that the existing 5 songs from “anti-Solipsism pt.1 Creatures” could be taken in one day. This first part already appeared this year as a limited edition vinyl. Together with the second part called “anti-Solipsism pt.2 – Totems & Familiars”, to appear in spring 2015, this will also be available as a regular album.
Of solipsism and Creatures
The five songs of “anti-Solipsism pt.1 Creatures” alone but extend even from half an hour. It is clear: When Reverend Shine Snake Oil Co. is celebrated every second and savored each song, starting with the frenzied “The Candidate”. The driving energy of rhythm and vocals reminiscent of Tom Waits provide a brilliant opening. Little quieter but no less engaging it goes with “The Truth” continues the same times as hugs with the polyphonic singing in the ears, that it no longer wants to disappear so soon from there.
Following this, there is a nice blues-heavy-“Mrs. Brown “, with the Quartett can but the energy level rise as well as continuously during the subsequent” Hey Now “that spreads a special coolness. Is Complete “anti-Solipsism pt.1 Creatures” then of “Home”, which comes atmospherically dense and forms not only by the, again playing an important role, dynamics a worthy conclusion.
A Musical Exhibition
Thus, in the four luggage toured this year already by Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, and also placed a stopover in Norway. On stage can play to their strengths particularly Reverend Shine Snake Oil Co.. They celebrate a musical show, which starts polite and elegant, but then more and more intense, sweaty and unrestrained device. When the next tour you should not miss the more energetic foursome so. To shorten the waiting time until then there are some “anti-Solipsism pt.1 Creatures” on vinyl and the mystery about what the quartet will tell his fans exactly with the following sentence on their website:
“Social music for people of moderate intelligence and fair health.”
Protest for the closing of Volkstheater in Rostock Germany
Here is the news as reported by the German Media…
They start small… They take away your ability to imagine… yes that is what art is, your ability to imagine… Imagine a better world, imagine a cure for what was believed to be incurable, imagine a life less ordinary… Do not let our governments take away our right to imagine… Fight for your right to keep Art programs alive fight for music in our schools fight for a world filled with imagination and wonder… with peace, love and understanding… Fight for your right to be heard… Fight for your rights to live free… Never stop fighting!
Truth’s abstraction & perception…
Image by Brother Grimm
We are caught in, life’s deception, truth’s abstraction & perception, moral convenience & aggression. Fragile, life is a reflection. It’s no secrete, why we do, what we do, when we do…. Lies are simpler than the truth. We are caught in, life’s deception, truth’s abstraction & perception, moral convenience & aggression. Fragile, life is a reflection. It’s no secrete, why we do, what we do, when we do…. Lies are simpler than the truth. We are caught in, life’s deception, truth’s abstraction & perception, Sunspot fade like thoughts in the deep, what do you keep there? Ghost trails like chalk on concert, memories bittersweet yea I would never treat you like that…. I would never treat you like that… You mimic life so shallow in thought no one can drink there. You lead your friends and family to empty place, nothing can live there. In your barren heart, nothing can live there…. You watch as we try to draw water from buckets made of papiermâché. We all drink the glue that they make anyway…. I would never treat you like that…. I would never treat you like that…
Three Days On the Road…
It is a beautiful sunshiny day hear on the road to Stuttgart! It’s been a bit of Ill communication.. No net access, but gotta let all of y’all “Gandy Dancers” know… y’all who came out to see our last three shows, how much we appreciate your presence… Each show has been packed and we are meeting loads of new people. We were in Karlsruhe @ Alte Hackerei last night, for the first time in that town and it was a blow out! Thank you to Plüschi and Patti… Our first night in Dresden at Ostpol was completely packed on a Tuesday night! And Bahnhof Langendreer in Bochum was a smash! Supper sound and very professional crew… Thank you.
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I’m from New York and I’m heading to Harlem…
To all our new friends we made this year traveling through the Netherlands… We are coming back! If Willem Alexander can tour the U.S. (Iowa in fact) then REVEREND SHINE SNAKE OIL Co. shall rule in his stead…. #newkingofnetherlands #snakeoilco