Introduction to Angine de Poitrine
Angine de Poitrine is the coming together of two talented musicians and alien ‘brothers’ Khn and Klek – from Saguenay in British Colombia, Canada (part of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region with a lake, fjord and the town of Saguenay itself sandwiched – perhaps like a hotdog? – in between).
Sporting opposingly polka-dotted costumes and delightfully playful papier-mâché masks, Khn de Poitrine plays a microtonal double-fretted guitar and bass; while Klek de Poitrine constructs relentlessly groovy drum beats. Both Khn and Klek provide vocals, in their own inimitable style, consisting of delicious screams, excited gurgles and the occasional word that sounds close to something in your own language. Maybe.
The band's name, “Angine de Poitrine” roughly translates to, “chest pain or pressure, usually caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart” a.k.a. Angina Pectoris (wikipedia).
Angine de Poitrine's official Bandcamp page contains the following blurb which goes some way to linking the medical condition to their music:
- En réveillant les notes qui dorment au fond des craques entre les touches du piano, ces deux êtres incongrus aux grandes tronches de papier mâché vous feront ressentir un stimulus auditif comparable au serrement délicieux et lancinant qui précède la crise cardiaque.
...in English:
- By awakening the notes that sleep deep in the cracks between the piano keys, these two incongruous beings with large papier-mâché faces will make you feel an auditory stimulus comparable to the delicious and throbbing tightness that precedes a heart attack.