{"id":88937,"date":"2021-12-23T12:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=88937"},"modified":"2021-12-23T12:46:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T17:46:38","slug":"choreomanic-debut-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=88937","title":{"rendered":"CHOREOMANIC &#8211; Debut New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>CHOREOMANIC<\/strong>&nbsp;saw the light when the world came to a halt in spring 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. With canceled tours and no local gigs, musician&nbsp;<strong>Joost van der Graaf (Pestilence, Dew-Scented, I CHAOS)<\/strong>&nbsp;started writing music in which different influences from his past came together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHOREOMANIC | Joost van der Graaf | &quot;Time to let it out&quot; (Official Bass Playthrough)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VZpFI2A9yoU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;I had just joined Pestilence and was busy with the material, preparing for a beautiful US tour with Possessed. Then the pandemic struck. Tour canceled everything on hold. I suddenly had a lot of time on my hands with all the other work canceled as well (music school closed, no more local gigs) so I decided to record a punk album to get rid of some of the frustration and anger that had built up inside. What I started writing had little to do with punk though\u2026 It was pretty spontaneous from the start and all I knew was that I wanted to create heaviness without any guitars.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>says&nbsp;<strong>Graaf<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/>Somewhere halfway through the material,&nbsp;<strong>Graaf<\/strong>&nbsp;got the crazy idea to incorporate horns. He had never written music for horns ever before so he started experimenting with that.<em><br \/><br \/><\/em><em>&#8220;That\u2019s probably the greatest joy when creating music: having no idea what you\u2019re doing! Being pleasantly surprised by the total sound, I decided to stay on this path. It resulted in something I never thought I would ever do, but apparently, I just did\u2026. Why not go all the way then? Honestly? I\u2019m not even sure there ARE any fans for this, but I do know that listeners of Pestilence for instance, or of one of the other death metal bands I was part of, will probably be a bit surprised at least. I like to think that crazy people (like myself) will appreciate this.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;adds&nbsp;<strong>Graaf<\/strong>.As soon as the material was ready to record,&nbsp;<strong>Graaf<\/strong>&nbsp;reached out to some great musicians friends to help him complete the project. He recruited drummer Koen Herfst (VandenBerg, I CHAOS, Dew-Scented), keyboardist Thijs Ronteltap (Disuse, Epistulum), saxophonist Tommie Freke (Gallow Street), trombonist Jeroen Verberne (Sjef\u2019s Special) along with trumpeter and bugler Gidon Nunes Vaz. Once the full-length was mixed and mastered at Nutsville Noiselab, The Hague, the self-titled debut&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;CHOREOMANIC&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;was a fact and ready to take on the world.The album features twelve bass-orientated tracks experimenting in realms of prog, funk, and everything else on the planet that has musically inspired&nbsp;<strong>Graaf&nbsp;<\/strong>over his thirty-plus year career. The full length&#8217;s lyrical concept explores Choreomania, an uncontrollable urge to dance, especially in a frenzied, convulsive manner also known as the Medieval Dancing plagues.<strong>&nbsp;Graaf<\/strong>&nbsp;explains in further detail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;In 2019, I became pretty obsessed by the mysterious dancing plagues of the middle-ages. I started reading different studies, learning about the different theories about the cause. It\u2019s still one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in history! One of the theories that made the most sense to me is that people had been suppressed by the ruling class (church, inquisition) for generations. There was collective fear of God and let\u2019s not forget about the black plague! So there was this anxiety relief at a certain point that became infectious and caused convulsions and psychotic dancing, resulting in exhaustion, dehydration, and even death. It spread across Europe and there were large gatherings in towns and villages with frantically dancing people, accompanied by traveling musicians and all kinds of interested parties. These things sometimes became true festivals with people selling food, etc. With today\u2019s reality, the phenomenon seems to have become relevant once again! This project is not only a musical statement, but also a call to action against (cultural) oppression. May everyone move and create in freedom!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Recommended for fans of Mr. Bungle, Zappa, John Zorn, Infectious Grooves, and Brian Setzer Orchestra,&nbsp;<strong>CHOREOMANIC<\/strong>&nbsp;is due out February 18, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Digital pre-save is available at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/emubands.ffm.to\/choreomanic\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/emubands.ffm.to\/choreomanic<\/a>\u00a0and limited edition CD pre-order at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/choreomanic.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/choreomanic.bandcamp.com<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/><strong><br \/>CHOREOMANIC<\/strong>&#8216;s debut single\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Time To Let It Out&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>can be heard and viewed via\u00a0<strong>Graaf&#8217;<\/strong>s bass playthrough video above or at<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VZpFI2A9yoU\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/VZpFI2A9yoU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Track Listing:<\/strong><br \/>1. This Is Not A Drill (3:50)<br \/>2. Spun Sugar (2:45)<br \/>3. What You Get (3:26)<br \/>4. Red Flags (2:26)<br \/>5. Choreomanic (2:17)<br \/>6. Walk With Urgency (2:33)<br \/>7. Off With The Figurehead (2:18)<br \/>8. Time To Let It Out (2:08)<br \/>9. Calling God (4:28)<br \/>10. Take The Money Give It To Me Now (2:31)<br \/>11. Story About The Moon (2:46)<br \/>12. Away From The Sun (5:52)<br \/>Album Length: 37:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br \/><strong>Album Recording Credits:<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 All songs performed by: CHOREOMANIC<br \/>\u2022 All songs written by: Joost van der Graaf<br \/>\u2022 Produced by: Michiel Eilbracht &amp; Joost van der Graaf<br \/>\u2022 Mixed by: Michiel Eilbracht<br \/>\u2022 Mastered by: Michiel Eilbracht<br \/>\u2022 Album Artwork by: Yvo Sprey\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Album Recording Band Line Up:<\/strong><br \/>Thijs Ronteltap &#8211; Keys<br \/>Jeroen Verberne &#8211; Trombone<br \/>Tommie Freke &#8211; Saxophone<br \/>Gidon Nunes Vaz &#8211; Trumpet &amp; Bugle<br \/>Koen Herfst &#8211; Drums<br \/>Joost van der Graaf &#8211; Bass, Sampling, Voice &amp; Percussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88942\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-scaled-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-scaled-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/choremanic-1-1170x1170.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>For more info:<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.choreomanic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Choreomanic.com<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/choreomanic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook.com\/choreomanic<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/choreomanic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram.com\/choreomanic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHOREOMANIC&nbsp;saw the light when the world came to a halt in spring 2020 due to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88943,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88937\/revisions\/88943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}