VELVET CONDOM was formed during
2005, in Strasbourg – France, by Nico (vocals, guitars, keyboards) and
Oberst P. (programming, keyboards).
They consider their music as dirty-pop or weird-wave played by dead
mannequins. As if Synth PoP would meet dark noisy guitars and teenage
angst lyrics.
On one side, the cold and safe synthetics of a condom and the glamorous elegance of velvet on the other.
Their debut EP (8-tracks) was released in 2006, containing minimal electro-wave songs as “Kalter Lippenstift” and “Playgirlz”.
The band has already played more than
200 shows in France, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg,
Italie, Poland, Rumania, Greece, Lithuania, Austria, … and opened for
bands like: Vive la Fete, Who made Who, Autokratz, Ali Love, Fehlfarben,
Schwefelgelb, No More, Psyche, A-Frames, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Fliehende
Stürme, Jad Wio, Swann Danger, The Weegs, Selfish Cunt, Romance, Stereo
Total, Specimen, Noblesse Oblige, Absolute Body Control, …
Live, the band definitely shows a wilder
and noisier side and would mainly use neon tubes and strobe lights to
create a psychedelic robot-noise-pop performance.
In the beginning of 2008 VC has moved to Berlin to catch the spirit of
its creative urban decadence and has released its second Album “Safe
& Elegant”, distributed by the Dutch label Enfant Terrible, which
got very positive feedback from the press and fans.
Managing and producing themselves VC
have gathered an impressing following fan basis during the last years,
their songs got played in clubs all over world (Argentina, Russia,
Paris, Italy,…) and they got invited to headline concerts in Greece,
Romania, Belgium, Poland, and to open for main acts on their special
request!
Now VC is releasing its new Album “Stadtgeil” on which the band mixes
martial drum machines and weird echo guitars with melodic and suave
vocals ingeniously. It’s a story about Love in the City, darkness and
glitter.
