SPELTERINI

Krautrock • France

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Spelterini biography
Founded in 2017, Spelterini are a French neo-krautrock quartet from Nantes and the creative vision of Can/Faust-loving musician Meriadeg Orgebin (who also records as Draache). Along with Orgebin (guitar/electronics) is Nicolas Joubaud (guitar) - both of defunct like-minded group Chausse Trappe - as well as Arthur de La Grandi�re (bass/electronics) and Pierre-Antoine Parois (drums) of Papier Tigre and La Colonie de Vacances. The self-dubbed "drum & drone" band takes their name from Maria Spelterini, the 19th-century Italian tightrope daredevil, chosen to symbolise the aesthetic balance of relentlessly repetitious motorik minimalism and nervy industrial post-punk.

Signed to Nantes label Kythibong Records, Spelterini have a trio of albums to their name - 2019's Perg�lisol / Chor�manie, 2022's Par�idolie and 2025's Hyomon-Dako / Magn�sie - with each LP's material refined through live performance before being committed to record. Spelterini's instrumental approach is often compared by critics to This Heat, with additional influences detected from Sonic Youth, Radian, Heldon and Kleg.