Kate Clover (US) + Sclavine (FR)

Kate Clover is a songwriter and musician from Los Angeles, California. From the local lineage of bands like X, Germs, and The Gun Club, to the glamorous destitution of the downtown streets, Clover is inspired by the city that raised her, exploring the intricacies of self-discovery, self-creation, and self-preservation in the place where dreams are born to die. With the live-wire energy and crackling force of defiant fists raised in the air, Clover’s music is the rallying cry of a natural born killer. Leading an ace band of rangy, rowdy boys, Clover cuts an electric figure–a next-gen underground hero for the would-be believers.

With Patti Smith and Iggy Pop as her artistic North Stars, Clover mastered three chords and defected to art school, where she learned to play “Chinese Rocks” by Johnny Thunders, and wrote her first song. She cut her teeth playing in various projects but was determined to go solo, seeking independence and total control. 

In 2019 she parted ways with her former bands and was in search of a new start. In need of self-discovery and an escape from her life in America, she headed to Mexico City to write. A four day trip turned into four months, as Clover decided to stay and record her album. Upon her return to the US she assembled a band and quickly carved out a space for herself in the LA scene. Earning a rep for explosive live shows, Clover spent 2019 hitting the road with Death Valley Girls, Crocodiles, King Dude and SadGirl. After independently releasing her first single that same year, Clover’s next offering was an EP titled Channel Zero” mixed by Carlos de la Garza (Cherry Glazerr, Bleached, Paramore, Wolf Alice), followed by her debut album “Bleed Your Heart Out” released spring 2022 followed by a headline National tour. Clover kept her live momentum by embarking on her first European tour selling out multiple shows throughout.

 Growing up within the fringe cultures of skating and surfing, Clover has always been attracted to the otherness of west coast counter-culture– the gritty innocence of the saintly barbarians and dissatisfied kids around her. But it was her brother’s copy of photographer Glen E. Friedman’s book ‘Fuck You Heroes,’ where Clover first saw herself, reflected in the energy and intensity of his punk-rock images. “I didn’t know what any of it meant yet,” she explains. “I was attracted to the rebellion I felt I shared with the subjects of his work. I connected to the bravery.” Within those photos, Clover’s nascent unrest found a cause to cling to. Weekends at the beach turned to weekends going to shows. “I would go home in a cab smiling, covered in sweat, spit, and beer. I found where I belonged.” Determined to enter the fraternity of the artist, she submerged herself in the salvation of rock ‘n’ roll.

SCLAVINE est un duo rock aux déclinaisons inédites. Un garçon mais surtout une fille qui trouve ses sources d’inspiration et de respiration dans les PIXIES, Brian ENO, David BYRNE, TALKING HEADS, Alan VEGA, les STOOGES ou encore Dizzy GILLESPIE. Véronique et sa guitare électrique rageuse ou plus douce, chante les chansons qu’elle compose et écrit. Sur scène et en studio, elle est accompagnée par Laurent et sa basse rythmique « à pédale » basique et mélodique, une approche « less is more » qui met en avant Véronique SCLAVINE, ses compos et sa voix.  C’est ce sillon que ces deux-là veulent creuser, tenter d’en faire un style.  D’abord en se donnant les moyens d’enregistrements de grande qualité.

C’est au Black BOX Studio, la Mecque française de l’Analogique Vintage Spirit, que le duo s’est donné la chance d’enregistrer un premier EP 5 titres produit par Peter DEIMEL. Peu après leur formation, en 2018,auto-produit mais prometteur, il a été salué par la critique rock (disque de l’année pour les Inrocks, Abus Dangereux, Rock Hardi …).Depuis, sans tourneur, ni structure porteuse, le duo farouchement indépendant a enchaîné près de 100 concerts en France ces 2 dernières années principalement en cafés concerts, notamment à PARIS  (Pop In, L’international…) à Evreux (Café-concert Chez Chriss), à Rennes ( Le Gabier Noir, Salle de la Citée) mais aussi en festivals ( Blues autours du Zinc Beauvais, Festival Haute Fréquence en Haut de France, Festival Chants d’Elles à Rouen). Leur premier EP a été diffusé en radios notamment celles du réseau Féra rock.

Toujours totalement auto produit, SCLAVINE souhaite gagner en visibilité, continuer à progresser, tourner encore « plus et mieux », et transformer l’essai de ce premier EP en sortant son 1er Album LP MONEY OR LOVE en 2024.Toujours enregistré au Black Box Studio et produite par Peter DEIMEL en novembre 2023. Dans un premier temps leur LP MONEY OR LOVE sera uniquement et exclusivement disponible dans et sur les lieux de concerts partenaires du MONEY OR LOVE Tour 2024 d’avril à sept 2024