Twaang - we are PETTING! The quintet's French- English Beat-Pop pays its tribute to its roots - Rock'n'Roll, Garage, and the sprouting Punk sound of the sixties and seventies - but the band from Berlin isn't really going in for one - dimensional retrospective. They're playing today and now. You're taken on a tour into Petting's world with the first song on "Voila l'ete", "Tour de France". By listening to the dance hit "Je veux danser", the inscrutable track "An einem hellen Tag", the wonderful song "Boys and Girls", or the energetic title piece "Voila l'ete", you're going on holiday with the right kind of music. One always used to hope for petting. Well - most did anyway, perhaps only most of the boys, perhaps only those who thought themselves too old and too grown-up for smooching. However, petting was the most important reason for going to parties where there would be blues dancing and colour organs. And you can still count on Petting today. Simultaneously you will feel young and old, touched and amused. For two years Petting have been playing the most beautiful Beat - Pop anyone can be wishing for. Malika - that's the name of the lady with the curly hair - sings and shouts beat music as well as chansons and mod music in a charming and melodical manner, trilingually in French, English and German. She builds herself up on stage so attentively as if she'd like to come down in a minute and explain the whole thing to you personally once again. At the same time, guitars are being strummed masterly, now and then bassy surfboards are swimming past, a defiant beat organ is accentuating the music, and the drums are drumming Petting straight into your hips. And that's done cleverly: the five musicians, who have already gained experience with the bands Mobylettes, Krysa, Riff Raff Club, and Lemonbabies, add to their music the just right bit of trash needed to keep its charm, this portion of rock that makes you dance, shake and bob up and down, the passion that makes your heart open up. That’s PETTING: Malika Ziouech - Vocals Peter Weiss - Gitarre, Vocals, Chor Katy Matthies - Orgel, Chor, Percussion Michell Füstmann - Bass, Chor Tom Petting - Drums, Chor Diskographie: 7" 'Galaxy' (Twang!,Petting,2007) Album ‘Voilá l’Été’ (Rodrec,PIAS/RoughTrade,2006) Sampler ‘Bleib Gold, Mädchen’ (MerMer,2005) ‘Tanzwirtschaft Kaffee Burger, Der Sampler Vol II’ (Duplikat,2005) >> bandinfo deutsch