DUCHESS SAYS was created in late 2003 by four influent members of the Church of Budgerigars who decided to collaborate together in a common musical project. Their goal was to insure a faithful representation of the message of the Duchess (or spiritual budgie) through a precise artistic dialog. Composed of A‑Claude (vox, keytar, guit, programming), Ismael (keyboard, guitar, programming), Phil (guitar, bass, feedbacks) and Simon Says (lo-fi beats, drums and doubtful noises).
DUCHESS SAYS is serving us a repertoire of “moog rock” songs strong in images and enormously intense live performances! Their musical influences range from no wave, new wave, punk, to cinema and visual arts. If you pay attention, you could see them perform in the most unusual places such as golf courses, shop windows, vacant building sites etc… DUCHESS SAYS has the mandate to decontextualise the rock and to promote simultaneously their Church on the way. Mathrock, hardcore and metal is combined with samples full of spoken word. No singing, but rhythm and guitar riffs that tumble over each other in songs that explode with energy. The threesome from Luxembourg, HEARTBEAT PARADE is ever so happy to not have a singer. This way the attention of the audience isn’t diverted to a single person and besides they’re not attached to that nasty verse chorus structure. So far the band has only released their music independently. In Feburary 2013, they dropped “Hora de los hornos”, an album in which they’re involved from A to Z. They’re perfectionists, the three gentlemen from HEARTBEAT PARADE and luckily that can be heard.”
DUCHESS SAYS is serving us a repertoire of “moog rock” songs strong in images and enormously intense live performances! Their musical influences range from no wave, new wave, punk, to cinema and visual arts. If you pay attention, you could see them perform in the most unusual places such as golf courses, shop windows, vacant building sites etc… DUCHESS SAYS has the mandate to decontextualise the rock and to promote simultaneously their Church on the way. Mathrock, hardcore and metal is combined with samples full of spoken word. No singing, but rhythm and guitar riffs that tumble over each other in songs that explode with energy. The threesome from Luxembourg, HEARTBEAT PARADE is ever so happy to not have a singer. This way the attention of the audience isn’t diverted to a single person and besides they’re not attached to that nasty verse chorus structure. So far the band has only released their music independently. In Feburary 2013, they dropped “Hora de los hornos”, an album in which they’re involved from A to Z. They’re perfectionists, the three gentlemen from HEARTBEAT PARADE and luckily that can be heard.”