J&L Defer Stream Genre Defying No Map In Full with Bandcamp Daily
J&L Defer Stream Genre Defying No Map In Full with Bandcamp Daily + Discuss Writing and Recording Their Debut
No Map Out September 2nd via Exploding In Sound / Defer Records
US Tour Dates Announced
photo courtesy of J&L Defer
STREAM THE “NO MAP” LP
J&L Defer, the experimental analog pop project of Disco Doom’s Anita Rufer and Gabriele De Mario, are streaming their upcoming debut album No Map in full today via Bandcamp Daily. Due out September 2nd on Exploding In Sound and Defer Records, J&L Defer sat down to chat with Bandcamp about the songwriting and recording process ahead of the album’s release. While Disco Doom’s sound often invokes the 90s fuzz of their pals in Built to Spill and influences that range from Royal Trux to Silver Jews, J&L Defer (pronounced deaf-er, a combination of the duo’s last names) is a far different band, free of genre restrictions and void of expectations. Following the band’s release show and a pair of Swiss dates with Frankie Cosmos, J&L Defer will bring their mesmerizing show to the US in October supporting Built to Spill, Alex G, LVL UP, and more.
Bandcamp delved into the record headfirst, sharing:
“Making sense of No Map, the debut from Swiss duo J&L Defer, takes some doing. Not because it’s impenetrable or forbidding—but simply because it because it doesn’t operate according to any rule book other than its own. Anita Rufer and Gabriele De Mario, who are also members of the group Disco Doom, took the phrase “Nowhere, to no one” as their North Star for No Map, and set out to make a record that appealed purely to their own impulses. The results are delightfully disorienting … To call it “psych” would be too limiting: No Map has its own agenda, resulting in music as spacious and full of possibility as the pitch-black night sky.”
Speaking about J&L Defer and their desire to head out on a different path than Disco Doom’s more indie centric rock, De Mario told Bandcamp:
“I think it’s really important for us to explore other possibilities in music. We don’t have pressure to sell a gazillion records, so we take that freedom. We don’t want to get bored. We try to explore different stuff. Brian Eno—it’s great that you mentioned him, because if I didn’t know where to go in a song, I would listen to Here Come the Warm Jets. It’s just a great inspiration, the freedom you feel in that record. He did whatever he wanted to do. It’s always great to listen to that record to come back down to earth and get inspired.”
The band are coming over to the United States in October. All announced dates can be found below (with more to come).
UPCOMING SHOWS:
09/08 – Zurich, CH @ Helsinki (Record Release Show)
09/14 – Düdingen, CH @ Bad Bonn w/ Frankie Cosmos
09/15 – St. Gallen, CH @ Palace w/ Frankie Cosmos
09/23 – Lausanne, CH @ Le Bourg
10/08 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony w/ Built To Spill & Alex G
10/13 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern w/ Aan
10/14 – Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar w/ Aan
10/15 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux w/ Aan, LVL UP & Crosss
10/16 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Borough
10/17 – Denver, CO @ Syntax Physic Opera
10/19 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
10/21 – Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
10/22 – Lakewood, OH @ Mahalls 20 Lanes
10/23 – Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
10/27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium w/ Special Guests, Baked & Blessed
10/28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn w/ Special Guests & Bad History Month
11/25 – Lucerne, CH @ Luzern Neubad
ABOUT J&L DEFER:
Anita Rufer and Gabriele De Mario, the core duo of Switzerland’s Disco Doom, are unimpressed by the ubiquitous obligation to always look for the new to only find the old again. Free from the zeitgeist, the duo work at their own pace as J&L Defer, an experimental project independent of all style guidelines and expectations. J&L Defer have spent the past few years playing live at clubs, galleries, festivals, bars, cellars, studios, and garages, developing their sound through unique performances and a desire to create music that expands beyond genre borders and limitations. After years of studio experimentation and songwriting together (in between Disco Doom albums), J&L Defer are set to release their debut album “No Map” on September 2nd via Exploding In Sound and Defer Records.
Bound to no scales or directions, J&L Defer create an infinitely expansive universe from their own extensively explored paths. Sometimes those paths touch upon memories of known patterns only to remind you of their insignificance. Objectives are discarded and expectations are responded to with indifference, as J&L Defer make use of genres only to escape them.
Centered around the idea of “nowhere, to no one,” Rufer and De Mario have created a record without concern for the outside world. Having played together for many years J&L Defer meander through their dreams and ease out their sounds, mixing beats with alienated guitars and voices which seem to come from a far. Repetitive song structures reverberate long after their finish, sticking to your memory with inescapable clarity. The tension built throughout “No Map” gets lost in the flickering of tones as the climaxes shift and the mood of the moment is all that remains.
J&L Defer recorded their ten track debut over the last two years (between tours, shows and production work) at their own studio M.I.R. Tape Rec. Unit in Zurich – a perfect starting point for a new adventure.
No Map is out September 2nd. Digital copies of the album are available for review consideration.
J&L DEFER
“No Map”
Exploding In Sound / Defer Records
September 2, 2016
Pre-Order
1. Transition
2. Hard Fiction Road
3. Vibrant
4. Horror
5. Beach Dark
6. Johnny, Dream
7. Nowhere
8. River
9. Hell
10.Ian’s Room
J&L Defer Links:
Facebook
Bandcamp
Exploding In Sound Records