ALSORISING

The title of Istanbul duo JAKUZI’s (left) haunting, haunted debut album, Fantezi Müzik, “is a reference to Roxy Music – and a sarcastic reference to a sub-genre of Turkish Arabesque music from the early ’80s,” explains bassist Taner YŸcel (on right). Sarcasm, Yücel explains, because Jakuzi’s own ’80s-redolent sound – post-punk synth-rock – eschews the macho stance of the ‘old’ Turkey. “In Arabesque music,” he adds, “the singer judges his partner in the relationship, he doesn’t reflect. But Jakuzi lyrics are about judging your own mistakes and faults. For this, we are better off using the mood of new wave and punk.” Martin Aston

Tyneside’s PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS (left) have taken avenging sevenfold to new extremes, raging at everything from globalisation to heavy-handed policing via their name’s porcine repetition. Fittingly, their music tilts at doom-prog riffola through a filter of post-hardcore gnarliness. Renowned at home for their Buckfast wine-charged live shows, singer/keyboardist Matt Baty claims they only listen to one song (eponymous, death knell opener of Black Sabbath’s debut album) plus local black-metal originators Venom. The rampaging 15-minute-plus wig-outs on their debut, Feed The Pigs (Rocket Recordings), suggest additional lashings of lysergically crazed Butthole Surfers. Andrew Perry