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Justin Ludwig
Dylan Ludwig |
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Amour Fou - Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
After playing together in various punk and hardcore bands for years, brothers Justin and Dylan Ludwig formed Amour Fou in the fall of 2005, in the tightly knit musical community of Regina, Saskatchewan. Largely disillusioned by the increasingly polished, politically apathetic direction of contemporary hardcore, the brothers strove to create a sound that captured the spirit and passion of the music they grew up on and continued to inspire them. Two pieces were all they needed; by restricting instrumentation to just an overdriven bass and drums, the band was forced to create within parameters that didn’t allow for frills or extras, instead thriving on raw, intense drive and the brothers’ unbridled energy. Drawing from Hakim Bey’s Temporary Autonomous Zone, the band’s philosophy was built upon the ideals of educated defiance, community and poetic terrorism. The demo Art Sabotage was recorded that winter, and the band’s early sound was heavily influenced by 80s hardcore, 90s skate punk and Youth Crew fury: the songs were short, fast, and unapologetically scrappy.
Amour Fou began seriously playing shows in the fall of 2006, becoming instant favourites in the Regina scene and going on to share the stage with bands like Propagandhi, The Ripchordz, Go It Alone and Wednesday Night Heroes. Over the course of Amour Fou’s brief career, the band has developed a more varied, experimental sound while remaining true to their thrash roots. In September 2007 the band entered the studio to record its debut full-length, entitled Grow Your Own, and laboured on the album in the months that followed. The result is a culmination of the band’s varied influences and aggressions, a self-determined call for action to a global community at the crossroads. | | Amour Fou - 'Grow Your Own'http://amour-fou.org
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