Placebo Domingo emerged during the lockdown phase as a musical collective and response to this slowed-down period. Based on improvisation, the trio developed an independent sound characterized by a combination of distorted guitar, analogue synthesizers, alienated vocals, extended drums and even flute. This creates musical landscapes that oscillate between chaos, heavy riffs and static structures. The band works together on a “wall of sound” and unfolds its music like a single organism. Structures grow over time, only to be radically broken in the next moment and make room for a new twist. With influences from genres as diverse as noise, contemporary avant-garde, rock and ambient, a sonic spectrum emerges, full of hypnotic beats, quiet beauty and surreal twists.
Line-up
Philip Zoubek
synthesizer
David Helm
guitar, voice, effects
Dominik Mahnig
drums, recorder
Credits
Recorded September 11. - 13., 2022
at Sunshine Studios by Jan Philipp
Mixed by Jan Philipp
Mastered by Ludwig Wandinger
Coverphoto by Jannis Sicker
Coverdesign by Eradj Yakubov
Produced by David Helm & Philip Zoubek