Vialka / Kitty Hands
December 3rd, 2010 | Published in Listings
Vialka hail from deepest France, via everywhere and
nowhere. They are a devilishly high-spirited guitar/drums duo
who tour hard and fast across the world. Their music skips
joyfully across borders, channeling desert blues, Chinese folk
songs, scatter rock and European gypsy song dynamics in a
whirlwind of dervish energy. Their endless gypsy punk folk
rock tales, hard hitting poly-rhythms and yelps and howls
make for a danceable and intoxicating brew.
The dynamic duo of Marylise Frecheville and Eric Boros have been lugging their nomadic turbo folk sound
and modus vivendi all over the planet since the turn of the century, originally as the rhythm section of the
performance striptease jazz-punk trio NNY, and since 2002 as Vialka. They have resided in Switzerland,
Slovenia, Canada, and are currently calling a remote village in France their home between tours. Deriving its
influences from traditional and modern underground music from around the globe, Vialka’s music is based on
the frenetic interaction between Marylise’s syncopated drumming and singing and Eric’s orchestral guitar
playing – and is delivered with ecstatic energy, humor, lust for life, and a sophisticated musical language and
subliminal connection all their own.
Support comes in the form of Kitty Hands - Kitty hands is James on harrys westone and matt on drums. Hairy people playing hairy music….
