Winter Family's 4th album tells a lot of stories; that of the musicians themselves and their loved ones, those of their territories, of their life in Jerusalem, Paris or Lorraine; that of women, "witches", conspiracy myths; that of capitalist and colonialist Europe; that of the blindness and violence of Israeli society and the indoctrination of its population; that of the occupation of Palestine; that of eternal lockdown and a laboratory rat; and maybe yours, too.
The duo from Jerusalem and Lotharingia formed by Ruth Rosenthal and Xavier Klaine has been developing for around fifteen years a unique universe, to say the least, alternating synthetic punk sounds and dronic prayers of a society on the edge of the precipice. Nourished by metal and baroque music, multidisciplinary theater and African-American culture, they continue to trace a unique path by defending a radical discourse that is aware of its contradictions. They play across the world in clubs, galleries and churches, music that is minimal, dark, political and abrasive, between magic, chaos and melancholy.
Winter Family also create documentary theatre performances produced by major European theaters. Sometimes their daughter Saralei plays with them.
We hear layers of pump organs and harmoniums, an old piano, distortions and celestial white noise, sirens—the sound of marching boots—breathing during sleep—stun grenades at checkpoint 56 in Hebron recorded by Xavier, the flows of Saralei's flutes, beats played on an iPhone and Ruth's voice.
We dive into all these contemporary stories haunted by History, feeling of a leap into the void, a state of dissociation or a feeling of liberation.
Winter Family is a
weird wave music duo composed of Ruth Rosenthal & Xavier Klaine living in Tel-Aviv. They published several albums on the labels
Sub Rosa, Alt.Vinyl and Ici D'ailleurs. They play and record in clubs, galleries, museums and churches around the world since 2004 and create documentary theater performances in Centquatre / Paris and The Vidy Lausanne Theater.
