Ponyclub Tartiflette is an Amsterdam-based guitar & drum duo. Their music can best be described as provo punk with no-wave influences. It’s simple yet chaotic music in the style of Boredoms, Ruins or Melt Banana.
skug: Can you introduce yourselves: who is Ponyclub Tartiflette?
Ponyclub Tartiflette: A gathering of Shetland pony lovers and stinky cheese eaters, Anatole and Annelies.
How did you meet?
We met in a strip club where Anatole was dancing in a potato costume; he was young and needed the money. Annelies was there to steal money from the dancers. They met when he caught her by the toilet, counting the money she just had stolen from him.
What was the reason you wanted to start a band together?
They both realized that this wasn’t the way to make money, and they were both hungry for fame, so they thought: let’s open a pony club.
What do you have in common?
Nothing but the love of ponies, cheese, and money.
What does the name Ponyclub Tartiflette stand for?
It’s a pony club. Tartiflette is a French meal with stinky cheese, potato chops, onion, and pony whispers.
Which bands do you consider your influences?
Our influences are completely random. Annelies is mostly influenced by Britney Spears, and Anatole loves Luigi Russolo, Merzbow, Melt Banana and Marc Dorcel.
When I first heard your music, I was immediately hooked. Are you the kind of band people either love or hate right away?
Yes, in fact, most people really hate our music, but they still go to our concerts because we look hot; we ourselves think we sound like shit, too.
What are you listening to right now?
Otto Horvath, Nanorisk Akatsuki, Deadwood, Candy Scandale, Nevrose Fluo, Whokare, Ur, Wrong Chicken, Ragnacht, Gachis, Popewives, Painal Flatch, Cartoon Massacre.
