GARAVENTA – Casual Drama

Description

Geneva-based Synthwave and Krautrock band GARAVENTA have announced the release of Casual Drama, their debut album, on 21 February 2025. Celebrating their many influences from the past (Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Patrick Cowley, Brian Eno, DEVO, Tangerine Dream, Suicide, Prince) and the present (Working Men’s Club, Snapped Ankles, TVAM, Warmduscher, Fat White Family, Osees) Casual Drama lays the foundations for Garaventa: a glam vibe, a strong taste for dancefloor punk and a constant search for psychedelic trance.

Although firmly rooted in the contemporary post-punk revival, Casual Drama claims a genuine filiation with the electro/techno advent of the late 70s and early 80s, and even more so with the Italo-Disco and Synthpunk movements. The use of electronic drums and synthesizers are at the heart of Garaventa’s music. They evolve in vintage and generally disco textures, and are typical of the Synthwave and Hi-NRG movements of the 1980s as well as those of EBM and contemporary techno, with a more modern sound treatment.

In the early days of the band, its members suffered a tragic event when a loved one died suddenly. Casual Drama evokes dark, melancholy themes: death and the fascination that surrounds it, mourning, the loss of loved ones, the absurdity of existence and the fragility of life. Darkness, literally and figuratively, is an integral part of the band’s essence. In a way, Casual Drama evokes the daily and inevitable tragedy of the passage of time.