Ventura are monkeys
29.5.09
10.2.09
2009
What are Ventura's plans for 2009?
I'll try to make it clear, because I do not want to repeat myself.
In May, we will record the sequel of Pa Capona, no idea how it's going to be called, but we know where we will record it.
The multi-instrumentalist-recordist-genius Garbiele from Disco Doom has accepted to welcome us in his Doom basement, and he will capture on tape what will come out of our amps.
I have a feeling it will be a lot of fun, and it will sound fantastic.
The record will be released by Get A Life! Records late 2009.
Some gigs will be planned here and there, we'll play anywhere we are welcomed.
And finally, Pa Capona is now available through iTunes. You know, the thing where you can buy music but you don't own it physically.
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28.11.08
Lozane's Burning IX
The now worldwide famous and annual Lozane's Burning evening has been announced, and Ventura will be again part of it.
It will take place on January 10th, 2009.
For all details regarding this evening, please click here.
7.11.08
Christmas with Ventura?
If Santa Claus forgot about you this year, or if again, your grand parents' gift was shitty like every year, come and enjoy some fantastic rock music with us!
We will play on December 26th at Le Romandie with the very old Favez from Lausanne.
One last thing, if you manage to spot what is wrong with this picture below, simply write us an email with your answer to info@vntr.net.
The first 3 winners will get all night free drinks from Ventura.
19.9.08
Gig update
A quick update to announce that we have been asked to share the stage with the great Dianogah, from Chicago.
The gig will take place on Tuesday, October 7th in Geneva (KAB/Usine).
Can't wait to hear their new tracks played live and also to meet the man behind those great gig posters.
So please, feel free to come and see us or get a fucking life!!
8.9.08
Gig with John Sars & Unhold
Our next gig planned will take place on September 26th at Sedel (in Luzern).
We will share the stage with John Sars, who are now part of the Ventura family, and the tremendous Unhold, who have recently released their new record Gold Cut.
If you believe Sunn O))) are real pussies who wear robes for homos and can only play songs tuned in C, come to the Sedel and you will listen to real good music.
9.7.08
26.6.08
The big thing previously announced is now officially out.
Hello (wonderful) Internet World,
We the people of Wentchoura are the proud parents of a seven inch.
It was born without major complications, weighs around 140grams and is now ready to join his
big brothers and sisters (they are three years older, which means they are ten inches).
Here's also a picture of **** (name is known from the Ventura crew) and his shorts
presenting this splendid item that is the seven inch.
Your eagle eyes will have noticed we haven't f***ed with you, we made it CLEAR.
And we also want to make it clear (ha) that it's a limited edition of 500 copies.
Which won't make it easier to sell.
Unfortunately, we have to remind you that we're only one ONE side of the thing.
The other one is occupied by John Sars.
We don't know who these guys are.
Sorry.
Still, we will try to sell those things, as they were very expensive to make (hence the subprimes' crisis).
You will probably find them here you're into telling the whole world what your
credit card numbers are.
Or you could try your luck at one of those shows we don't have.
Apart from that, Germany did beat the Turks 3-2, yesterday, at the St. Jakob Stadium in Basel,
where I used to live when I was a kid. No, I didn't live in the stadium.
And it's hot as hell these days.
We'd like to make a few musical suggestions too :
-(the) MELVINS "Nude with boots" (if you have (a) senile animal you don't need to buy this one, it's more or less the same record, but you can buy it for the cover. now by the way, where's that a senile animal 4xLP that HydraHead was supposed to release ??? )
-James Blackshaw "Litany of echoes"
-Bob Mould "District Line" (the best Sugar record in a very long time, apart from a few very annoying and useless effects on the vocals)
-Coalesce "Salt & Passage" (I have never listened to the same seven inch so many times as this one. Not only did I never imagine I'd hear a new Coalesce song one day, but they managed to re-invent themselves. Not to mention that they will release a whole new album some time soon...hope I live long enough to hear it.)
We wish you all the best, especially our beloved drummer, MIKEY, who is about to leave
for Viet-Nam to finish what the americans have begun.
We will miss him.But our hopes are high that he comes back.
Or not.
Now, all we have to add is ROGER FEDERER FOREVER.
(Roger, if you read this, could you send us something like, 25'000Chf, so we could go to the US to record another album, at Steve Albini's. Do it, we will send you our record in exchange)
Hope you are all very happy and all.
Los Venturas
And we also want to make it clear (ha) that it's a limited edition of 500 copies.
Which won't make it easier to sell.
Unfortunately, we have to remind you that we're only one ONE side of the thing.
The other one is occupied by John Sars.
We don't know who these guys are.
Sorry.
Still, we will try to sell those things, as they were very expensive to make (hence the subprimes' crisis).
You will probably find them here you're into telling the whole world what your
credit card numbers are.
Or you could try your luck at one of those shows we don't have.
Apart from that, Germany did beat the Turks 3-2, yesterday, at the St. Jakob Stadium in Basel,
where I used to live when I was a kid. No, I didn't live in the stadium.
And it's hot as hell these days.
We'd like to make a few musical suggestions too :
-(the) MELVINS "Nude with boots" (if you have (a) senile animal you don't need to buy this one, it's more or less the same record, but you can buy it for the cover. now by the way, where's that a senile animal 4xLP that HydraHead was supposed to release ??? )
-James Blackshaw "Litany of echoes"
-Bob Mould "District Line" (the best Sugar record in a very long time, apart from a few very annoying and useless effects on the vocals)
-Coalesce "Salt & Passage" (I have never listened to the same seven inch so many times as this one. Not only did I never imagine I'd hear a new Coalesce song one day, but they managed to re-invent themselves. Not to mention that they will release a whole new album some time soon...hope I live long enough to hear it.)
We wish you all the best, especially our beloved drummer, MIKEY, who is about to leave
for Viet-Nam to finish what the americans have begun.
We will miss him.But our hopes are high that he comes back.
Or not.
Now, all we have to add is ROGER FEDERER FOREVER.
(Roger, if you read this, could you send us something like, 25'000Chf, so we could go to the US to record another album, at Steve Albini's. Do it, we will send you our record in exchange)
Hope you are all very happy and all.
Los Venturas
30.5.08
31.3.08
Ventura in Paris
Last week end we played in Paris at the Mécanique Ondulatoire with Grand Final and Enablers.
I just want to thank everyone we met that night, you have made us very proud of being part of this incredible evening.
So in random order, we would like to deeply thank Greg Rejuvenation, Karine "Françoise Massacre", Olivier, Abir for coming all the way from Rennes, Thierry from T-DT-B, Nicolas from Music Fear Satan, Doris from Grand Final, Marixxme, everyone at GTOK? GTKO! and all the others that I forgot....
We hope to see you all soon.
17.3.08
29.1.08
Updates, news and other stuff
We had a blast two week ends ago, playing with Equus in Vevey and John Sars in Zurich at the famous Rote Fabrik.
Thanks again to them for sharing these fine moments with us!!!!
Now, back to the usual news part....
As you probably know by now, we will play in Paris in March with the fucking excellent Enablers, the gig will take place in La Mécanique Ondulatoire (only French can find fucking names like that for a venue!!!) on March 28th.
We will also play in Fribourg at Le Nouveau Monde with our buddies from Berserk for Tea Time.
This gig will take place on April 12th.
And last but not least, the best fucking record label on earth is having its first night!!!!
Get A Life! Records will be celebrating its success, its good taste in independent music and its flourishing future.
Three bands from the Get A Life! roster will blast our ears until our pants are wet, these bands are Yog, Zatokrev and Vancouver.
The evening will take place at Le Romandie in Lausanne on Saturday, February 9th.
Please support the local scene and come to see these three cool bands, or if you don't, get a fucking life for fuck sake!!
14.1.08
Lozane's Burning 2008
Here is the wonder of internet!!!!
If you missed our attempt to cover 3 songs at the Lozane's Burning last week end, don't cry, just click on the following links.
Codeine "Pea"
Flaming Lips "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain"
Pavement "Loretta's Scars"
Enjoy.
11.12.07
With Qui and still alive
Well.....there's nothing much to say about our gig with Qui.
It was fanfuckingtastic!!!!!!
Those guys were great to hang out with, David Yow deserves his reputation.
With Ventura, we all wish to play in his new project called Kleine Vagina.
Here are short previews of the night:
Video one
Video two
Video three
1.11.07
Fresh news
Hi everyone.
We have some cool news to announce regarding concerts and future release, because we're working our ass off!!
First the concerts.
On December 6th, we will support the amazing band Qui the night they'll play in Le Romandie (in Lausanne). So it means that I will surely shake David Yow's hand that night.
On January 12th 2008, we will play again at the now famous Lozane's Burning VIII.
This year's theme will be announced soon, but as always, you can expect from us to cover songs from bands we're the only one to know.
If you wanna come, you better buy your tickets in advance, because it's always sold out.
And finally, we've been invited by Noise Magazine to support the very good Enablers from San Francisco.
The gig will take place on March 28th 2008 at La Mécanique Ondulatoire in Paris.
A future release is in process for Ferbruary/March 2008, it will be a 7'' split vinyl that we'll share with the fabulous John Sars, also from Switzerland.
And again, it will be release through Get A Life! Records.
17.10.07
It's been a long time....
...since the last review.
This is why this one deserves a post.
The review comes from the French music blog Papercuts, which means it's in french and it's rather good.
Between you and me, why are we always compared to Nirvana???
VENTURA Pa Capona
Get a Life records! - 2007
3,5/5
“Simply the best fucking band on Earth”. Il fallait oser, VENTURA l’a fait. Voilà comment s’annonce le groupe sur son MySpace. Autant dire qu’à la lecture d’une telle phrase on attend un truc énorme derrière. Et derrière, on a donc ce “Pa Capona”, premier album du trio suisse composé d’ex-ILLFORD/SHOVEL/ISCARIOTE, qui vient arpenter la sphère indie rock. Premier contact avec la bête: digipack somptueux limité à 1000 exemplaires numérotés et dont les pièces internes semblent avoir été faites main. On perçoit déjà en VENTURA le groupe désirant se démarquer des autres sorties et de ce point de vue, la réussite est totale.
Dès les premiers accords de “Back To Sender”, on sent dans le trio la volonté d’accoucher d’un album au son brut et cradingue, renvoyant directement au début des années 90 quand NIRVANA et SONIC YOUTH balançaient leurs accords dissonnants avec ces prods rugueuses si particulières. Intemporel, VENTURA reprend donc le flambeau de ces formations, sans se soucier de ce qui marche actuellement. Les 13 titres présentés ici sont dans un pur esprit rock, articulé autour du sacrosaint tryptique guitare/basse/batterie, le tout accompagné d’un chant clair et écorché authentique. Ne cherchez pas ici de démonstration technique, de hargne ou de fougue, VENTURA est un groupe qui envoie sa musique à la face du monde avec ses tripes, jouant sur les émotions, les nuances, les ambiances, avec une volonté certaine de faire réagir l’auditeur.
On trouve ainsi de purs moments de bonheur mélodiques avec “Back to Sender” et “Ovens” mais également des pièces bien plus âpres comme “The Question” et “The Colour of My Dope”, voire bruitistes comme “Kidneys” et “I Keep Position”, ou totalement envoûtant comme sur “Limits”.
On a l’impression à l’écoute de “Pa Capona” de rentrer dans un univers unique au fur et à mesure que les minutes filent, avec un sentiment de malaise qui déboule crescendo, comme on le resentait avec SONIC YOUTH à sa grande époque, cette sensation de décadence sonore qui vous envahit, dont on ressort interloqué et qui peut autant séduire que répulser. Reste la voix de Phil, parfois limite, qui se fond très bien dans l’esprit d’ensemble mais qui a tendance à agacer à la longue. Affaire de goûts…
VENTURA est une formation qui se fout des modes, qui lève son majeur en direction de tous les groupes qui jouent la carte du mainstream, du formaté et du trop propre. Les suisses osent s’affranchir de tout, évoluant dans leur propre sphère, quitte a choper le statut injustifié de groupe mort-né… En tout ceci, VENTURA a résumé l’essence même de l’esprit rock originel et c’est déjà énorme. A découvrir pour adorer ou détester.
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This is why this one deserves a post.
The review comes from the French music blog Papercuts, which means it's in french and it's rather good.
Between you and me, why are we always compared to Nirvana???
VENTURA Pa Capona
Get a Life records! - 2007
3,5/5
“Simply the best fucking band on Earth”. Il fallait oser, VENTURA l’a fait. Voilà comment s’annonce le groupe sur son MySpace. Autant dire qu’à la lecture d’une telle phrase on attend un truc énorme derrière. Et derrière, on a donc ce “Pa Capona”, premier album du trio suisse composé d’ex-ILLFORD/SHOVEL/ISCARIOTE, qui vient arpenter la sphère indie rock. Premier contact avec la bête: digipack somptueux limité à 1000 exemplaires numérotés et dont les pièces internes semblent avoir été faites main. On perçoit déjà en VENTURA le groupe désirant se démarquer des autres sorties et de ce point de vue, la réussite est totale.
Dès les premiers accords de “Back To Sender”, on sent dans le trio la volonté d’accoucher d’un album au son brut et cradingue, renvoyant directement au début des années 90 quand NIRVANA et SONIC YOUTH balançaient leurs accords dissonnants avec ces prods rugueuses si particulières. Intemporel, VENTURA reprend donc le flambeau de ces formations, sans se soucier de ce qui marche actuellement. Les 13 titres présentés ici sont dans un pur esprit rock, articulé autour du sacrosaint tryptique guitare/basse/batterie, le tout accompagné d’un chant clair et écorché authentique. Ne cherchez pas ici de démonstration technique, de hargne ou de fougue, VENTURA est un groupe qui envoie sa musique à la face du monde avec ses tripes, jouant sur les émotions, les nuances, les ambiances, avec une volonté certaine de faire réagir l’auditeur.
On trouve ainsi de purs moments de bonheur mélodiques avec “Back to Sender” et “Ovens” mais également des pièces bien plus âpres comme “The Question” et “The Colour of My Dope”, voire bruitistes comme “Kidneys” et “I Keep Position”, ou totalement envoûtant comme sur “Limits”.
On a l’impression à l’écoute de “Pa Capona” de rentrer dans un univers unique au fur et à mesure que les minutes filent, avec un sentiment de malaise qui déboule crescendo, comme on le resentait avec SONIC YOUTH à sa grande époque, cette sensation de décadence sonore qui vous envahit, dont on ressort interloqué et qui peut autant séduire que répulser. Reste la voix de Phil, parfois limite, qui se fond très bien dans l’esprit d’ensemble mais qui a tendance à agacer à la longue. Affaire de goûts…
VENTURA est une formation qui se fout des modes, qui lève son majeur en direction de tous les groupes qui jouent la carte du mainstream, du formaté et du trop propre. Les suisses osent s’affranchir de tout, évoluant dans leur propre sphère, quitte a choper le statut injustifié de groupe mort-né… En tout ceci, VENTURA a résumé l’essence même de l’esprit rock originel et c’est déjà énorme. A découvrir pour adorer ou détester.
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23.8.07
Ventura on tour
Ventura and Berserk For Tea Time will be touring France during the first week of October, from Septpember the 30th and October the 6th 2007.
We still need some help to find some dates.
If you feel like helping us, contact us through info@vntr.net
Thank you.
16.7.07
The most surreal gig
On behalf of Ventura, I wanna thank everyone who came last saturday to the dollhouse in Môtiers.
I can honestly say it was the most surreal gig I've ever done and the hottest too.
For your eyes only, here we were playing Back To Sender
Check out Emmanuelle's Youtube or Ventura's Youtube for more videos from this awesome day.
A special thank to Simon, Emmanuelle and Jean-Luc.
9.7.07
Next week end
Just a quick reminder to tell you that we'll be rocking the dollhouse in Môtiers next week end, on saturday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
We strongly advise you to come early, not because it will be sold out (ahahahahaha!!! joke of the week!!! Ventura and a sold out show), but because it's part of an outdoor art exhibition and you can have a nice 2 hours long walk in the countryside.
And finally, enormous congratulations to Ventura's God, Roger Federer who won Wimbledon for the 5th time in a fucking row.
11.6.07
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