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September 26, 2006

Meet Miss Violetta Beauregarde

What's more ridiculous: Calling your album Odi Profanum Valgus Et Arceo, or calling yourself Miss Violetta Beauregarde? We were still mulling that question –- and many, many more -- after spinning this Swiss-Italian's record, which hits with 16 weird, "grindcore" tracks, each clocking in under two minutes, and each rendered with bizarre bleeps, snarling-then-screeching vocals, and at breakneck BPM. The New York Times says she's "like Lydia Lunch was long ago," and quotes liberally from her bio:

I dont listen to electro or techno or whattafuck. i just do it. 3 years ago i found out it was funny pushing buttons and rotating knobs to make stupid noises and make fun of those pretentious indie electroassholes. hey youuuu, i know it's just noise and screams, you dont need to remember me i know what i'm doing.
She's looking at you, MSTRKRFT!

Miss Violetta Beauregarde – "The Unbearable Lightness Of A Farm Tractor" (MP3)

The Kundera reference? Add it to the list of questions.

More deviant downloads at MySpace.

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21 Comments

awesome love it

Posted by: fred at 09/26/06 12:35 PM | Reply
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have you heard grindcore? this aint it.

Posted by: nick at 09/26/06 12:49 PM | Reply
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Isn't Odi Profanum Vulgust et arceo Sympathy for the record industry's label motto or something.
"I detest the ungodly rabble and I keep them at a distance" Very uncharming

Posted by: matt hawker at 09/26/06 12:54 PM | Reply
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http://suicidegirls.com/girls/Aiki/

Posted by: Claude at 09/26/06 1:08 PM | Reply
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she calls her music "ghettotech/electro/grindcore" on her myspace. maybe she doesn't know? her english is questionable. that pic of her breastesses on suicidegirls linky is nice, though. almost as much fun as the track. almost.

Posted by: thomas at 09/26/06 1:21 PM | Reply
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nothing like seeing a really obviously culturally immersed person try to deny the influence culture has had on their "art." fucking idiots.

Posted by: chris at 09/26/06 1:41 PM | Reply
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"she calls her music "ghettotech/electro/grindcore" on her myspace. maybe she doesn't know?"


huauhauhahuauhauhauhauhauha
you guys need a sack of irony to bring with you. in case of emergency.
sorry my english is not so good, wanna try to speak italian?

Posted by: violetta at 09/26/06 1:55 PM | Reply
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I just reached into my irony sack and it told me that this is really boring. It also mentioned something about Suicide Girls thinking they're musicians...I couldn't quite make it out.

Posted by: Sean at 09/26/06 2:19 PM | Reply
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The Knife does this shit so much better.

Posted by: Pete at 09/26/06 2:22 PM | Reply
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I just heard something about bloggers thinking they're musicians...I couldn't quite make it out.

Posted by: DDP at 09/26/06 2:52 PM | Reply
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"nothing like seeing a really obviously culturally immersed person try to deny the influence culture has had on their "art." fucking idiots."

nothing like seeing a really obviously self loathing person try to critique the music of someone who is far less cynical and way more productive than he or she is. time for another mountain dew, mouth breather?

Posted by: Kerry at 09/26/06 3:20 PM | Reply
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1. What the Knife does is WAAAAAYYYYY different. They have polish, production, extended compositional skills and professional quality gear. They are far less aggressive in their creepiness. They don't scream about Wonder Woman or have an alter ego appearing on Suicide Girls.
A better comparison would be Peaches, who lost her edge about two albums ago, when she stated letting other people into her studio. Or a female derivative of what Magas is doing, at least in spirit.

2. Miss Violetta Beauregarde is an alter ego as well.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violetta_Beauregarde)
It is obviously a bit of a joke. A well constructed, well performed and compelling joke. The indie kids in attendance need to forget about acoustic guitars and whining for a second. There is so much more to music than heartfelt sincerity. In fact, Violetta may well fit into a pocket of performance art engendered by Tracy and the Plastics or Planningtorock.

3. She owns me. I hope she does a Stateside tour. I will lose my shit. All hail the new, more authentic Peaches.

Posted by: Wesley at 09/26/06 4:02 PM | Reply
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Hey Wesley, nice mention of Magas.

I can't stop listening to May I Meet My Accuser. I brought that cd over to a friend's house with a super fancy home stereo, and the louder it got the better it sounded. The subwoofer made my teeth rattle.

You peeps need to check out Magas.

Posted by: seiche at 09/27/06 9:48 AM | Reply
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Thanks, I've been looking into her after hearing about this weird little thing...her website is winderfully odd. As is this tune. It's refreshing to see someone who doesn't clearly take themselves and their music way too seriously.

And seriously, why would you even compare this to The Knife? What is there to compare? Absolutely completely different in aesthetic, sound, message, style, and so on. In my opinion anyway. I really have to agree with wesley and seiche here.

Posted by: a is for applebits at 09/27/06 7:13 PM | Reply
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Here she is getting a refreshing splash of scrotal grind. I dont belief its decaf either....

http://www.pornotube.com/media.php?m=1403

Posted by: Sanka at 10/10/06 4:43 AM | Reply
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maybe when she calls her music "ghettotech/electro/grindcore" it's ironic too..wake up guys..

Posted by: Marco at 12/06/06 5:55 PM | Reply
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maybe when she calls her music "ghettotech/electro/grindcore" it's ironic too..wake up guys..

Posted by: mark at 12/06/06 5:56 PM | Reply
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i stumbled onto her page on my space and loved it. here's my blog about her:

http://echoplex.blogspot.com/2007/02/try-to-misunderstand-this-girl.html

Posted by: ocular spectra at 02/23/07 12:08 PM | Reply
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Helloojk - this is just a testing, don't worry about it

Posted by: Testeryns at 04/08/07 11:07 PM | Reply
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Hellozio - this is just a testing, don't worry about it

Posted by: Testerezt at 04/28/07 4:00 AM | Reply
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what the hell are you taking about

"nothing like seeing a really obviously culturally immersed person try to deny the influence culture has had on their "art." fucking idiots."

well then, big up for being aware of your sofisticated thoughts and conclusions, especially the "fucking idiots" bit

"her english is questionable"

cheers for pointing that, extremely important...

sorry, not trying to sound rude or something but go get a life...

Posted by: Subb at 12/28/07 8:38 AM | Reply
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