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<P><B><FONT SIZE=7 FACE="Helvetica">Petit Mal</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Helvetica">Crisis In The Credit System</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Emusic:</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.emusic.com/album/Petit-Mal-Crisis-in-Credit-System-MP3-Download/11290115.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.emusic.com/album/Petit-Mal-Crisis-in-Credit-System-MP3-Download/11290115.html</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">iTunes:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Helvetica">Myspace</FONT><B></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Helvetica">www.myspace.com/petitmalpetitmal</FONT><B></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Helvetica">Crisis in the Credit System</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> - the first (and only) great pop song about the financial crisis. Combining an elegiac-compulsive piano riff, twanging synths and waves of spooked electronics with sparse, melancholy vocals this is a unique and addictive electro anthem for the end of capitalism as we know it.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Helvetica">Petit Mal,</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> AKA</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Ben Seymou</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica">r and</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Melanie Gilligan</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica">, fuse '80s synth pop and '00s electronica to create emotional, intelligent and irresistible new music. Poetic, oblique and compelling,</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Crisis in the Credit System</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> collides a Pet Shop Boys-style pop drama with autistic vocal repetition a la Lora Logic and ends up somewhere completely unique and contemporary. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Helvetica">"They've got that arty/accessible duality down pat, the sort that early '80s synth-duos used to have, so that before you even realise it, you're humming and moving along to ideas that are quite high-falutin' and complex." </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Helvetica">The Guardian - Band of the Day</FONT>
<BR><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Helvetica"><<A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/10/newbandoftheday.387.petit.mal" TARGET="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/10/newbandoftheday.387.petit.mal</A>></FONT></U>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Helvetica">Crisis in the Credit System</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> was written four years before the credit crunch, when</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> Petit Ma</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica">l became obsessed with the mysteries of the global financial system. Given the increasing presence of economics in culture and of culture in the economy,</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Melanie</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">decided it would be interesting to make a pop song based on a prophecy of financial apocalypse. </FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Helvetica">Crisis in the Credit System</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> is featured in a 4-part fictional</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">film</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> of the same name that</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Melanie</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> has scripted and directed, released online</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">September 29th.</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Making the connections between 'Northern Rock' and 'Das Kapital', the film fuses philosophy and The Financial Times with an original soundtrack and extra dialogue from</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Ben. </FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Helvetica"><A HREF="http://www.crisisinthecreditsystem.org.uk/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.crisisinthecreditsystem.org.uk/</A></FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Helvetica">Ben</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> and</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Melanie</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">already have a cult following as members of London musical collective</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> Antifamily.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Helvetica">Excited critics and devoted fans described their debut album as an instant classic. Similar accolades can be expected for the forthcoming album from</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Helvetica">Petit Mal</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Helvetica"> to be released later this year. </FONT></P>
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