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Beth Simpson

“I ended up at Klek’s mother’s place making music in the basement, and we started doing that for… for ever”: Meet Angine de Poitrine, the polka-dotted alien ambassadors of math rock

Angine de Poitrine.

You may not have only recently first heard of Angine de Poitrine, but they appear to be headed for global superstardom. This despite the fact that they are a Quebec-based prog duo who perform the sort of microtonal music that is fiendishly difficult to perform. But is even harder when you’re wearing masks covered with polka dots.

There is, of course, a fine tradition of pop stars wearing masks: think Daft Punk, Slipknot, Orville Peck. But Angine de Poitrine are something else. Covered head to foot in polka dots, they claim, in a fascinating article in last week's Guardian, to be a pair of aliens called Khn and Klek.

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