May
Because we are bipolar and because we love ourselves the way we are, we have reissued our album with new cover art. This is also the cover art that will be used in our physical release, which will be available starting on July 4th. We have removed the other edition from digital distribution and it will soon disappear. Special thanks to DrugLord Records for accommodating us on this matter <3
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The LaBiancas – Charles Manson Is Jesus Christ
iTunes URL:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/charles-manson-is-jesus-christ/id648885120
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May
Our good friend and brother, Matthew Roberts - Charles Manson’s son - is now on Tumblr:
http://www.newrisingson.tumblr.com
Please add him and say hello! <3
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May
††† CHΔRLES MΔNSON IS JESUS CHRIST †††
NEW. FAVORITE. ALBUM.
The LaBiancas are the only thing I care about right now (besides Crystal Castles, that’s a given)
Hail new Manson Family <3
May
The LaBiancas - A Family Portrait by Michael Kronenberg, artist and co-founder of 950 Hart Gallery
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May
The LaBiancas - Charles Manson is Jesus Christ
Druglord records, 2013Few figures have taken the U.S. and possibly the world as controversially as Charles Manson. Is Manson an unrecognized genius and philosopher? Is he the embodiment of all wrong in society? Is Manson both of these? Regardless, Manson has left a huge influence on popular culture for the past half-century, being covered and sampled by such bands as Marilyn Manson, Psychic TV, and Crispin Glover. Few artists have hailed him openly, with exception possibly the former Radio Werewolf vocalist Nikolas Schreck, who once proclaimed, whether in out of provocation or genuine thought, that Charles Manson is “One of the greatest philosophers of our time.”
The legacy of Charles Manson’s marking of popular culture is far from gone, and The LaBiancas stand as a testament to that. A Charles Manson concept band based in New York City, they are somewhat of an underground super-duo, composed of JJ-Brine, whose solo album, President of Mozambique, was released to critical acclaim earlier this producer Lena Marquis. The band’s debut album, the well-titled Charles Manson Is Jesus Christ, presents an almost delirious soundscape evolving around the Manson family history and philosophy through a ranging electronic sound palette.
Sonically, the album jumps in pacing and mood from track to track. The band’s cover of “Helter Skelter”, and”10050 Cielo Drive” give one the feeling of being at a 90s techno-house rave. “Famous For” could pass as an out-take from Brian Eno’s Taking Tiger Mountain, while the album’s title track echoes the electroclash movement of the early 00s.”Family Jam” feels like Portishead on a bad acid trip, while “I’ll Never Say Never” is a lullaby nightmare. Despite the variation in sound, the tracks on Charles Manson all share some unifying qualities: droning and unisoned vocals, and a clashing of haunting negativity with poppy beats.
It is this hauntingness that makes Charles Manson possibly among the ugliest dance albums to be released in recent years, and in the best way possible. This album turns the euphoric intentions of the rave scene on its head, leaving a mark of discomfort and darkness upon the listener. While in terms of instrumentation, this album is far from groundbreaking, it is thematically unlike any other electronic dance album… ever. Whether or not The LaBiancas achieve any sort of popular success is not up to question, but this album will surely live in the minds of many as being one of the strangest albums of our times.
Can we put a rating on this? We can’t. It’s too bold of a statement to be pinned to a number.
∞/10
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May
JJ Brine + Lena Marquise
†††New Manson Family†††Debut album Charles Manson is Jesus Christ available now.
May
The LaBiancas are champions of justice for Charles Manson, America’s top political prisoner, and have the LOVE to fight in the ongoing WAR in the service of ATWA (Air, Trees, Water, and Animals). Their debut album, Charles Manson is Jesus Christ, will allow for the passage of revolutionary events that will promote mass awareness of the changes that must be made if there is to be any hope for the continuation of human life on planet earth.
May
Charles Manson Is Jesus Christ
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May
Dear Air,
We know what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. Sometimes we wonder if an explanation is in order when we want our actions to speak for themselves.
Every system is dependent on the laws that construct and sustain the conditions of its ongoing sustenance. What system saw its own survival as incumbent upon the designation of Charles Manson as evil incarnate, so that it could define goodness in antithetical terms?
A system that is dependent on lies must make a villain of the truth. The truth is called a lie so that it can maintain and reproduce the symbols that support its inversion of reality.
What man is good or evil, evil or good in the abstract? A man doesn’t exist until he is told that it is so, and is given the words to understand what he is told so he can repeat them in the way they were meant to be heard. Those words won’t explain anything other than what they want him to say; otherwise they can’t hear anything. But there is something truer than truth as it is told. For the telling of truth in words is a tale we’ve never heard.
WIthout a system to contextualize the intrinsic values of our actions we are simply ourselves, unsorted and undefined. How, then, do heroes and villains act, if not in accordance or opposition with their roles? And so we act out the parts that we must play so that the system can retain and reproduce the authority to authorize more roles and more rules. And rules can only tell us what we cannot do.
What would the Devil be without the Lord to judge Him, and what would the Lord be without the Devil to judge?
Love,
The LaBiancas
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
May
DrugLord Records is proud to announce the release of the first LP by The LaBiancas, a Charles Manson concept band consisting of New York artists JJ Brine and Lena Marquise.
Charles Manson is Jesus Christ
1. Charles Manson is Jesus Christ
2. I’ll Never Say Never to Always
3. 10050 Cielo Drive
4. Famous For
5. Many of Us
6. I Killed Sandra
7. Love is War
8. Helter Skelter
9. Family Jam
10. Hey Now
11. Conspiracy
12. 10050 Cielo Drive II
13. The Lord Doesn’t Like Demands
14. Come Around
May
Most amazing moment whenever the LaBiancas start following me on twitter! :D
May
Fan video for JJ Brine’s “Innovation” by Hunter Texas.
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