Biographie
perverts in white shirts are nathalie dreier (vocals, lyrics, quijada, guitar, electronics, graphics) and dave phillips (electronics, recordings, bass, arrangements), formed in zürich, switzerland in 2011.
’power to the sheeple’ is their first album. recorded at home between 2011 and 2016 through a series of non-reconstructable processes and with the mc-303 roland groovebox as a main instrument, the result is a broad mix of musical genres. the album has been powerfully mastered by riccardo mazza. play loud!
‘power to the sheeple’ is available as: a free download via the band’s bandcamp and soundcloud pages and, at the end of january 2017, an lp released by cruel bones in zürich, and a tape by black horizons in california.
a video for ‘favour’ was launched on the day of release, directed by ana hell, featuring perverts in white shirts as ‘secret friends’, a creation of ana’s that went viral earlier in 2016. check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RHcDIfo0Zw
an album teaser in form of a video for ‘overfucked and understimulated’ was put online on 9/11, video by nathalie, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noZTqeO2D5g
nathalie photographs, her self-portrait project with ana is called ‘red rubber road’.
dave has been sonically active for 30 years, mostly solo but also in various bands and collaborations, in the wide field of experimental subculture.