I was told about this band today and a coworker showed me a youtube video of what they’re like.
My question is not a joke, but the existence of this band may be?
Help me understand? Wtf this is? Is this an attempt to troll the world that people have accepted as “rock music” so they kept going? Is this “real music” and I’m the idiot?

It feels like elevator music for people in the “Beavis and Butthead” universe.

WTF IS HAPPENING?! (And no I’m not just talking about their absolutely ludicrous appearance, I’m talking about the whole package. The music sounds like LSD fueled song intros looped together without ever reaching a chorus, ever.

  • froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    i’ve read your comments in this thread, and you’re definitely a troll and ragebaiter yourself. replying to everyone and figuratively calliing this shit. i guess “rap is not a real music” bait is no longer in style

  • wador@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I think they are really good. I like progressive metal like Tool, Karnivool and Messuggah so it’s right up my alley.

    I think the costumes and back story is a fun joke. The music is fun too.

    • Reygle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      You would compare them to Tool? Now this HAS to be some mass trolling thing happening.

      That’s pants-crapping levels of crazy.

        • Reygle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Ofc I’ve heard of Zappa. I’d struggle more if I hadn’t learned when I was younger that he named his child “MoonUnit”- that fucked with me for weeks. This ‘music’ fucks with me, and not because I “don’t get it”, but because it’s like auditory torture.

  • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Idk if you need to ‘accept’ them as anything lol, they’re just as much rock as Nickelback or the Sex Pistols or Lulu

    The rumor I heard was that the outfits started as a trick to let the duo play the same club twice in the same week

    Now if it’s just the looping micro-tonal double necked guitar math yeah that’s pretty much a gimmick, but that’s where the art is baybee

    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      These dudes has a hundred times the talent of Nickelback and the Sex Pistols (before PiL, of course).

        • SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I mean, AdP’s music is based on technical proficiency, while Sex Pistols made objectively trashy music.

          Funny thing: Lydon picked Vicious as the bassist, hoping that the latter would learn as he goes, which of course never happened. Then for PIL Lydon picked Jah Wobble through the same method (allegedly), and Wobble went on to become one of the best bassists ever, imo.

          • Aqua Maureen@qaf.men
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            3 months ago

            @SlurpingPus I think if what you want is technical proficiency you should be watching olympic gymnasts’ routines instead of wasting your time on any of this shit but sure.

            Ok boomer.

    • nfms@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I heard something similar regarding the outfits, but it was because they had 2 gigs in a row at the same bar and on the second night they decided to dress up to fool their friends

    • unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth
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      3 months ago

      I caught a bit about them in the news, apparently their outfits are essentially there to give them more freedom, because they also make more “normal” music and they wanted to separate that from this venture, because it makes them anonymous (apparently no one knows who they are and no one knows what the other group is they perform as) and because it’s so crazy that you don’t expect anything normal in the first place.

    • Reygle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      As much as I despise Nickleback, I feel even that comparison is spitting even in their (deserving) faces.

      • Adm_Drummer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        You’re coming off as quite pretentious in a lot of comments here.

        You don’t have to enjoy art for it to be considered art. Frank Zappa sang a song about avoiding yellow snow, The Beatles sang about a yellow submarine and yet both were highly influential in the rock world.

        What is your end goal with this thread? You asked for Angine to be explained to you and yet you refute every attempt to explain that art is in the eye of the beholder.

        You don’t have to understand it but a lack of understanding on your part doesn’t make it not worth listening to you. Are you the art police?

        • Reygle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Comparing those to that only works if their record was skipping for 4 minutes solid.

          • Adm_Drummer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Bro has never listened to psychedelic rock, doom metal, dance/edm/trap, prog rock, ethereal pop/cloud pop, chillhop, hip-hop or any other genre known for long loops intended to entrance the listener.

            Like… What is music to you?

                • Reygle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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                  3 months ago

                  Sleep Token, President, Pink Floyd, I Prevail are the top artists/bands at the moment for me.

      • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Man, if you really think this is any different than Paul McCartney hauling a anvil into the recording studio than I guess we walk paths that are just too different

  • Devadander@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Microtonal looping alien math rock. It’s niche, but still rock and roll to me. You don’t have to get it. On the other hand, I’m catching them on tour later this fall. Should be fun!

  • joelle_ether@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The music sounds like LSD fueled song intros looped together without ever reaching a chorus

    well now you are just making it sound amazing to me lol. I actually still have to listen, I was kind of avoiding it due to the nature of how they keep popping up all the time but I guess that’s not fair

  • new_world_odor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    After reading your description I had to look them up, and wow they fuckin rock! I started listening to a set they did on KEXP recently, just to try to get an idea of their sound. But I actually ended up listening to the whole thing. To answer your question, no I don’t think they’re trolling. They’re just a couple of lovely weirdos with mad skills.

    Here’s a youtube link to the session if anyone else is interested.

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    No, you got it. You just don’t vibe with it. I don’t vibe with TOOL. I also don’t vibe with AdP. “Rock” is a stupidly broad genre that seems to include anything with an electric guitar.

    Elevator music existed before it got installed in elevators. It is, in fact, music that people enjoyed.

  • mrmaplebar@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    The fact that it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen or heard before is the point, and in today’s world of unlimited generic AI-produced slop, it’s pretty awesome. You wouldn’t be writing a post like this if they were doing the same thing as everyone else.

    I get that it’s not for everyone. They’re not my favorite band or anything. But I appreciate what they’re doing because it’s fun and surprising, and they still somehow make it catchy.

    Music should be fun.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Microtonal music is not new. A de P just stand out in 2026 in the utter shit pile of music designed for spotify listening.

      These guys never gave a fuck.

      • mrmaplebar@fedia.io
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        3 months ago

        I know microtonal music isn’t new, it’s been played across the world for thousands of years. There are other bands that have brought it into a rock/jam context before, like King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and I’m sure others too.

        The point is that Angine de Poitrine are to microtonal jam rock as Daft Punk was to electronic music: not doing something totally unheard of, but very groovy and refreshingly original in their sound, look, format, and vibe.

        We’re all rightfully quick to complain about big movies, music and media playing it safe, cashing in on trends and rehashing the same old thing. But I can’t imagine many people looked at Angine de Poitrine and said “boooring… heard and seen all this before!”. I think they at least deserve credit for that. They’re not my favorite band ever, but I’m happy to hear and see something I haven’t heard before.

  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Before you attempt to grok or diss AdP, perhaps get through the following:

    • Unattributed 𓂃✍︎@feddit.onlineEnglish
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      3 months ago

      One of the arguments I made in my blog post is that there is a very long history of alternate tunings and microtonality in music. Another composer to get into his Harry Partch, who came up with at 43 tone scale in the 1950s, and had to build his own instruments for an ensemble to perform his compositions.

      I’m surprised you didn’t include King Gizzard in your list – especially Flying Microtonal Banana.

          • radiofreebc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Interesting. My favourite two bands right now are Sleep Token and AdP. I’m kind of surprised you’re not picking up what AdP is putting down, given that Sleep Token is also really complex.

              • radiofreebc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                3 months ago

                Given that Sleep Token is very vocals-driven, maybe that’s what you’re missing in AdP. Vessel is a fantastic singer (one of the best in the game right now), but I’d say that he’s no better a guitar/bass player than Khn. As far as drums go, ii is one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, but Klek is really solid and fits his role in AdP perfectly. Sleep Token is an amazing project, but even those guys might not appeal to you in a different format (since you like heavy music). Have you checked out any Blacklit Canopy? Did Vessel’s previous life as a coffeeshop folk singer appeal to you at all, or do you need the volume turned up to get what he’s doing? Inversely, have you checked out any La Poêsse? Maybe AdP just isn’t hard enough for you, and their previous project would appeal to you more.

                Also…do you like electronic music? I’d say that AdP are kind of a mash-up between rock and techno (my call is that they’re a mix of Buckethead and Daft Punk, haha) and, if you don’t like techno, you might just not appreciate the way they arrange their songs.

                • Reygle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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                  3 months ago

                  I can’t “get” Blacklit Canopy or La Poesse either it seems. I don’t have the ears to compare any of these thing to President, Sleep Token, or even more ‘punk’ sounding grungy bands like Hot Water Music which I also like. Thanks for the effort/time though.

  • Unattributed 𓂃✍︎@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    3 months ago

    So, there are good explanations as to why they are popular, and not a joke even slightly.

    What AdP have done is combined:

    • Pop rock using looping tech and really tight percussion / guitar work
    • Some very technical playing, especially using microtonal instruments with a 24 tone scale
    • A dada-esque aesthetic to make themselves standout
    • Created a lore that allows them to preserve some privacy

    So, no, the music is not a joke. It’s real music, made by musicians that have been performing together since they were ~13 years old (over a decade at this point). If you listened with a critical ear you might realize that many of their pieces are actually satirizing the clichés of pop-rock music. The aesthetic is made to be fun and get attention.

    I’ve written a bit more about them here: The Summer of Angine de Poitrine.

    Oh, and FYI—if this is a joke, it’s one of the most successful jokes in nearly 20 years. They smashed the attendance record set by Stevie Wonder in 2009 for the Montreal Jazz Festival.

  • RockBottom@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I listened to them recently and unfortunately for me a) life is too short or b) there’s too much music to discover (choose one) to keep listening to something that doesn’t win me over on first try. That’s my life long experiment, so I don’t argue about this selective process.

  • mbp@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I think you just don’t get it. You can try to enjoy this type of music or not, there’s nobody forcing you to.

    Like black coffee, it’s an acquired taste.

    I quite enjoy music that does not fit the traditional western structure, think hard bop, so not having a predicable chorus is a positive thing as far as I’m concerned.

    There’s nothing wrong with sticking to what you like but the attitude I’m reading in the comments is one of trying to defend a point. That mindset will not expand your taste horizons. I’m really not sure why this is a post if that’s the attitude you’re taking.