Bark Bark Disco
BBD (Bark Bark Disco) | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Malta & Berlin |
| Genres | New Wave Music, Lo-fi music |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Minty Fresh |
| Members | Ian Schranz |
| Website | BarkBarkDisco.com |
BBD or Bark Bark Disco is a band from Malta and Berlin that formed in August 2011. Their debut concert was with Bonnie Prince Billy in a masonic cemetery in Valletta.
Their debut video for their single "Song for the Lovers"[1] was a tribute to 1970s porn star Brigitte Lahaie, and was taken from Erwin Dietrich's classic film Six Swedish Girls in a Boarding School. It received half a million views on YouTube in under two weeks.
BBD are part of the So Lo-Fi music movement. The band had originally defined their sound as "lo-fi, new wave", mainly because their unofficial debut LP, Your Mum Says Hello!, was recorded in their bedroom.
BBD's main singer songwriter Ian Schranz, also forms part of the indie-rock groups Beangrowers and The Shh.
Recent collaboration work includes amongst others Andre Herman Dune aka Stanley Brinks, Jeffrey Lewis and Alison Galea Beangrowers on the Get Out Of My Songs, EP.
Ian Schranz has survived Bacterial Meningitis 3 times, making him a recurrent meningitis sufferer.
He is also one of the owners of the Hole in the Wall, Cafe and Live Music Venue in Sliema, Malta.
Permanent Band members
- Ian Schranz – vocals, guitar, keys, bass and drums
Guest Band members
- Rebecca Theuma, Yasmin Kuymizakis, Katryna Storace, Daniel Cassar, Daniel Abdilla, Antonio Tufignio, Mark Zizza, Stanley Brinks, Freschard
Discography
Official Album
- Holy Smokes (Minty Fresh, 2018)
Unofficial LP
- Your Mum Says Hello! (Parasol, 2011)
Singles
- "Honey I Love You Now" (Minty Fresh, 2018)
- "Never Let You Down" (Minty Fresh, 2018)
- "Big Love" (Minty Fresh, 2018)
- "Song for the Lovers" (Parasol, 2011)
EPs
- "The Ep from the Sea" (61 Franky, 2013)
- "Get Out Of My Songs" (61 Franky, 2013)
- "Let's Do This" (61 Franky, 2012)