Le Chat Noir are hard-rockin' Transatlantic desperadoes Teddy Hesper and Eileen Spruce. The band formed in the winter of 2006, shortly after Spruce moved to England from her native Los Angeles. <br><br> Since then the duo have hit the European gigging circuit hard and never taken their foot off the accelerator, performing close to 300 gigs in 8 different countries, their full throttle live performances leaving stages soaked with sweat and blood and littered with broken drumsticks. <br><br> Along the way, Teddy and Eileen have shared a stage with acts such as Motorhead, UFO, Saxon (Bulldog Bash, UK, 2009), The Sonics, MC5, The Dwarves, Wanda Jackson, The Bellrays (Sjock Festival, BE, 2008), The Datsuns (Rock Wauberg, BE, 2009), The Gories, The Oblivians (Blast Off!, UK, 2009), Nine Black Alps (Centre Spot, UK, 2009), and The Kids (Nonsense Festival, BE, 2008). <br><br> Le Chat Noir have recorded and released three albums through Garage Sale Records. Lyrically, the albums are a thematic trilogy of gritty tales based in a fictional setting that is part lawless Wild West, part shadowy film noir - featuring stories about femme fatales, hard liquor, murder and dark intrigue. Debut album Tales From Silver City was voted Playmusic Magazine’s Best Unsigned Recording of 2006 and quickly sold out; 2007's Deadwood is also close to being sold out, whilst a third studio album, Postcards From The Dark Highway, was released in May 2009. <br><br>

the original two man band bringing the world noisemusic since 1995, played with fugazi, sonic youth, barkmarket, girls against boys, unsane

“Their sound appeals to mind and body simultaneously. The intensity, tempo and the sheer volume of their frantic performance is a physical sensation. With the deftness of melodic shifts, the delicate control and the casually brilliant assimilation of saxophone the band’s voice says a big HELLO to the mental and critical faculties. No dumbass stoners here and no pointless excursion to the Land of Twee as a means to make the crescendos stand up. These Monsters start big and loud, and get worse. Much worse.” - Sam Saunders at Leeds Festival 2008

Vitas Guerulaïtis comprises three french activists who sought refuge in Brussels. One may wonder what brought the trio together as their drummer (David Costenaro) is an image editor who loves monoskiing and worships Jim Thompson, their keyboard player (Célia Jankowski) specialises in performance and studies the behaviour of flies, and their guitar player (Ismaël Colombani) is a mystical violin player who gives lectures once in a while.

Their debut album has been released on Cheap Satanism Records in conjunction with French label Tandori (Drive with a Dead Girl, Maria Goretti Quartet). Vitas Guerulaïtis are tightrope walkers who prefer to work without a net. They will even do the splits and achieve a subtle balance between dadaist punk and psychedelic kraut rock which will turn your skull upside down.