We could just say that Ni is an instrumental rock band. We could just say that, grab a good coffee and look at their last album cover by thinking we’re enjoying the balcony. Wecould just be happy that the spring is coming back and that we can hear the birds singing all afternoon. We could just tell ourselves that we have waited a long time for it.
However, to complicate it a little, we can also say that Ni is a four-headed monster. The big bad Ni has left the linear roads of the French department of Ain – from which it came – in order to live in a complex world paced by electrical sounds and varying polyrhythms. In its temple, shouts of the quartet make the windows crack, a stunning nervousness makes the walls stand and, finally, the strong foundations remove from ages to come all doubts regarding the durability of all these things. Inside, it is always like a squall: children run in all directions and parents dance around the bonfire. The waltz, the 4/4 time signature and verse and chorus structures take one last breath before being burned to ashes at the core of this fire. After two EPs and many terrific tour dates in Europe that have almost broken the stage, it is time for Ni to release an album. « Les insurgés de Rumilly » invites all those who like frantic riffs to a huge party that celebrates a sweet barbarism. No reply is expected.
Anthony Béard : guitar
Nicolas Bernollin : drums
Benoit Lecomte : bass
François Mignot : guitar
Booking : Marius – booking@duretdoux.com
Video
Discography
Pantaphobie (Dur et Doux – 2019)
Les insurgés de Romilly (Dur et Doux – 2015)
Ni II (Jarring Effects / Dur et doux – 2013)
Ni I (Autoprod – 2010)
Links
Tour
PoiL + Ni
6 June 2019Raymond Bar (CLERMONT-FERRAND - FR)
PoiL + Ni
7 June 2019Les pavillons sauvages (TOULOUSE - FR)
PoiL + Ni
8 June 2019Le Cendar (PAU - FR)
Ni
9 June 2019La Loutre par les Cornes - Plateau de Millevaches (TARNAC - FR)
Ni
5 July 2019Espace Noir (SAINT-IMIER - CH)
Ni
6 July 2019Festival Gibloux (VUISTERNENS-EN-OGOZ - CH)
Ni + PoiL
27 July 2019Burg Herzberg festival (BREITENBACH AM HERZBERG - DE)
Ni
18 August 2019Contra Pop Festival (RAMSGATE - UK )
Ni
13 September 2019L'embobineuse (MARSEILLE - FR)
Ni
14 September 2019The Black Sheep (MONTPELLIER - FR)
Ni
15 September 2019Café du Cours (REILLANNE - FR)
Ni
17 October 2019Des lendemains qui chantent (TULLE - FR)
Concerts passés :
2018
10.06 Le Saint-Patrick (ORLEANS – FR)
09.06 Le Plan B (POITIERS – FR)
08.06 La Scène Michelet (NANTES – FR)
07.06 KulturA (LIEGE – BE)
30.05 Les Cuizines (CHELLES – FR)
29.05 Le Périscope (LYON – FR)
28.05 Centre culturel l’Ylliade (GRENOBLE – FR)
13.05 Casal des roquetes (BARCELONA – ES)
12.05 Resferic festival (VALENCIA – ES)
11.05 Veneno Stereo (CASTELLON – ES)
10.02 Marché Gare (LYON – FR)
2017
02.12 Kafe Kult (MUNICH – DE)
01.12 Schieszhaus (ZEULENRODA – DE)
27.11 Zollkantine (BREMEN – DE)
30.11 Tiefgrund (BERLIN – DE)
29.11 Huhnermahattan (HALLE – DE)
28.11 Blackfleck (POTSDAM – DE)
26.11 Labo (DOUR – BE)
25.11 Hijack Café (BOULOGNE – FR)
23.11 Les Abattoirs (BOURGOIN – FR)
26.09 Pavillons sauvages (TOULOUSE – FR)
25.09 Périscope (LYON – FR)
28.07 Festival Abeille Beugle (VAUNIERES – FR) + Gwyn Wurst
06.05 Neubad (LUZERN – CH)
05.05 Festival Circasismic (BESANCON – FR)
04.05 La Machine (NANCY – FR)
30.04 Festival l’Etrouneur (CAEN – FR)
29.04 La Rumeur (LILLE – FR)
28.04 Festival Palmipède (PALAISEAU – FR)
24.03 La Colombe (AUREL – FR)
23.03 Embobineuse (MARSEILLE – FR)
2016
03.09 La Tannerie (BOURG – FR) + PoiL + Icsis + L’Effondras
05.06 Immerhin (WÜRZBURG – DE)
04.06 Schieszhaus (ZEULENRODA – DE)
03.06 Vera (GRONIGEN – NL)
02.06 Römer (BREMEN – DE)
24.03 Zapperlotti Festival (GYSENSTEIN – CH) + PoiL
23.03 L’Ampérage (GRENOBLE – FR) + PoiL
12.03 Mixart Myrys (TOULOUSE – FR)
2015
27.12 Monsters of Närmberch (NÜRNBERG – DE)
30.10 Café du Cours (REILLANNE – FR) + PoiL
29.10 IPN (TOULOUSE – FR) + PoiL
28.10 Barhic (RENNES – FR) + PoiL
27.10 Chien Stupide (NANTES – FR) + PoiL
26.10 5ème Avenue (ORLEANS – FR) + PoiL
25.10 Ateliers Prisma (CHERBOURG – FR) + PoiL
24.10 L’Etourneur (CAEN – FR) + PoiL
23.10 Cave à Musique (MACON – FR) + PoiL
02.08 Burg Herzberg festival (BURG-HERZBERG – DE) + PoiL
21.05 La Bobine (GRENOBLE – FR) + PoiL
20.05 Le Périscope (LYON – FR) + PoiL
16.05 Picolo (PARIS – FR) + PoiL
15.05 MJ Rixensart (RIXENSART – BE) + PoiL
14.05 Magasin 4 (BRUSSELS – BE) + PoiL
11.05 La demeurée (CAEN – FR)
07.05 CSS (TULLE – FR)
06.05 ODC ( BOURGES – FR)
02.05 Hangar de Maleragues (THOIRAS – FR)
01.05 Hicam (MONTOISON – FR)
24.04 Magneto (BAYONNE – FR)
23.04 La Dynamo (TOULOUSE – FR)
22.04 Celticpub (TARBES – FR)
08.04 Noumatrouff (MULHOUSE – FR)
2014
06.12 Bars en Trans (RENNES – FR)
29.11 Marché Gare (LYON – FR)
20.09 Rock In Opposition (CARMAUX – FR)
07.02 Marché Gare (LYON – FR)
23.01 L’Usine (GENEVE – CH)
18.01 Raymond Bar (CLERMONT – FR)
17.01 Le Fil (SAINT-ETIENNE – FR)
16.01 La Tannerie (BOURG-EN-BRESSE – FR)
2013
14.09 Ca fait Zizir (LYON – FR)
31.08 Festival Freakshow (GIGORS – FR)
15.06 Festival Match & Fuse (OSLO – NO)
25.05 La Ferme Blanche (CLAMECY – FR)
05.05 Périscope (LYON – FR) + PoiL
04.05 Festival Jour de Mai (GENEVE – CH) + PoiL
03.05 Freakshow Minifestival (WURZBURG – DE) + PoiL
02.05 Clearing Barrel (KAISERSLAUTERN – DE) + PoiL
30.04 PDZ (BESANCON – FR) + PoiL
29.04 Stereofish (GRENOBLE – FR) + PoiL
28.04 Celtic Pub (TARBES – FR)
27.04 Emergence (TOULOUSE – FR)
26.04 Festival Paradox (LA PALME – FR)
19.04 Festival Phil Grobi (CLERMONT – FR) + PoiL
2012
03.08 L’Abeille Beugle (POET CELLARD – FR) + Herr Geisha & the Boobs + Vile Imbeciles + ⊙