Prinzhorn Dance School

Although they met in Brighton,it isn't easy to say where they are based. They are nomadic, Suzi has moved seven times since Prinzhorn Dance School began, and 23 times in her life so far.
However, all of the band's music has been written in one location: a room in a disused chapel,beside a motorway, overlooking Portsmouth's dockyard. Suzi: "We started hanging out there and making funny noises with a cheap bass and a crappy drumkit. I'd never played bass before and T had never drummed. The simplicity pleased and excited us. " Simplicity is key to Prinzhorn Dance School. They value a raw, natural sound - "kick drums that sound like kick drums, a snare that sounds like a snare" - and quickly evolved a minimalist aesthetic. The 16 track debut album does not have a single strummed guitar chord on it. Instead, drums, bass and wiry guitar are enjoined in a delicate balancing act where what isn't happening, the space and silence, is just as important as what is.The album, which includes the first single "You Are The Space Invader"and current single "Up! Up! Up!" (on 7" import and digitally), was recorded in a National Trust cottage in Devon, a barn in Sussex and then mixed with "incredibly respectful" help from James Murphy, Tim Goldsworthy and Eric Broucek in NYC. Probably the only new band in Britain not to have a "Murdoch-space" (MySpace) page, Prinzhorn Dance School have already been accused of being diffident, secretive, deliberately mysterious. In reality, they're not Luddites (they have a website), but they do refuse to open up their private lives to "nosey fuckers" online or behave in what is perceived to be a sensible, careerist way. "The internet is to blame," says Tobin. "Everything is easy access. It's too convenient. People expect to know everything. But excitement is not about knowing everything. "




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