Petit Vodo, one man band, has been playing live since 1997 having previously been a drummer for a blues band in his native Bordeaux. He simultaneously plays drums, guitar, harmonica and vocals as well as adding dashes of radio interference and triggering samples when playing live.
On stage Petit Vodo falls somewhere between the eclectic rule-breaking of Beck Hanson, the trash-rock asthetic of Hasil Adkins and the frantic delivery of Jon Spencer. He counts old time blues men (Slim Harpo, Skip James, Dan Pickett, Lighting Hopkins) and current blues (G-Love, Beck, Morphine) as influences, and at the same time draws on the rock 'n roll experimantalism of Doo Rag, 20 Miles and The Lonesome Organist.
Renowned in his native France after supports with France's biggest rock band (Noir Desir) in front of 30,000 people, as well as full European tours with RL Burnside, T-Model Ford and Andre Williams, Petit Vodo has made a name for himself, not only as a mind-blowing one man blues explosion but also as an accomplished and much exhibited painter.
Petit Vodo's debut shows in London saw people being turned away such was the demand to see him play. He has since gone on to support Gallon Drunk and Penthouse in the UK, and has had his songs played on both the John Peel and Steve Lamacq shows and great album and live reviews in NME, Melody Maker, Kerrang! and Music Week.
albums
o Sixty Nine Stereovox (CD et 33 RPM - 2000) Vicious Circle / Butcher's Wig
o Monom # (CD - 1999) Butcher's Wig
o Monom (MCD 20'/33 RPM - 1998) Vicious Circle
singles
o Mister 69 (45/33 RPM - 2000)
o Sixty Nine Stereovox (single CD - 2000)
o Somebody's Dream (45 RPM - 1998)
o Bravo ! (45 RPM - 1998)
compilations
o 10 ans de Ferarock (CD - 2002)
o New Balling The Jack (CD - 2002)
o La Compil des 6 (CD - 1998)
o Un Jour A Bordeaux (CD- 1997)
Press
Low-down dirty blues have been making a comeback of late, whether it's Moby pinching scratchy old records or Jon Spencer taking the 12-bar form for a crazed ride. On his second album, this French one-man band sounds like a cross between Slim Harpo and Beck - all clanking boogie and growling, treated vocals. Cult status is assured.OBSERVER
Live, the raw charm of this self-sufficient blues explosion is considerable. Part circus sideshow, part rock'n'roll epiphany, it's quite a spectacle. There are many slivers of lo-fi brilliance here, like the Beck-ish galumph of 'Kingdomgirl' or the low-rent Jon Spencer mash-up of 'Special Secator'. NME
This is sexmuzik from the back alley with songs juddering and grunting like a couple of pigs mid-shag, underlining the point that Petit Vodo could play with a bag over his head and his fingers would still hit the G (that's for guitar) spot. Franc-ly, it's fabulous. MELODY MAKER
Petit Vodo is a mad frenchman who plays a guitar and drum kit and sings all at the same time. It's an amazing act to experience, as sample backing tracks and beats accompany the bizarre one man band act. Its fractured rock and roll, with more than a smattering of really decent numbers in there. www.manchestermusic.co.uk
It's the blooze which explodes when he smashes his kit, blasts his mouth organ or shreds a few fevered chords on his cheap guitars, with tunes like "Try To Fly" blowing in on the resultant hurricane, but although Jon Spencer is clearly in the house tonight, so is little-known white-trash hero Hasil Adkins. And PV tracks the blues along a rockier route, calling up the ghost of Jimi Hendrix as he goes. MELODY MAKER
Contact : http://vodo.free.fr/ - vodo@libertysurf.fr
