I need to start smoking and move to Hackney Wick! My friend Ben shot this video last week when I was spending time in the outskirts of Denmark writing new material and drawing horses. He had total creative freedom to do whatever he wished – this is the result:
Directed, filmed and edited by Ben Dawlatly
Shot in Hackney Wick London, autumn 2011
Girl: Tat Vateishvili
Boy: Edward Collinson
Thank you.
“Musically it is superbly put together from beginning to end, and the singer, I have no words.”
“I’m almost ecstatic about the soundscape, it’s so unconventional, the intro is brilliant and the vocal is simply provoking and seducing.”
In general art is that release caused by the friction of life.
That is the way I approach music.
I look around and see how things are in harmony
and look to the thing that are out of balance
and try to tell that story.
I am drawn to the friction.
A violin is a piece of wood that has been manipulated out of its natural shape
and twisted and bent and dried
and you take the strings
and stretch them across
very tense
very stressful
and then you take a bow
that is very straight and tight
and you drag it across with the friction
and the resulting sound
that release is the art
that is the story.
From the nice little documentary The Heart Is A Drum Machine.
Lachrymosa are victorian era tear catchers, or tear vials. sometimes worn on a necklace, sometimes merely held, they were used the gather the tears wept by mourners at funerals. one type of lachrymosa had a special top which allowed the tears to evaporate (signifying the time to stop mourning), others had a sealed top to allow the tears to last for a year, at which point they would be poured on the grave of the person whom the tears were wept for. Via You are remarkable.
Even down to the date and time.
No sale.
These guys actually have something to sing about. Metal from Iraq.
Anno 1910. Like walking around in an old movie.
The most offensive and at the same time attractive smell ever. Love it.
Saints Alive.
I highly recommend everyone with a weak spot for cold wave, new wave and general awesomeness to check out Wierd Records. My new friend Marc, with whom I share a childish excitement about everything synth, took me to Home Sweet Home a few weeks ago where Wierd were strutting their stuff including Frank (just Frank) performing live. The room is just as cold as the music and the sound level keeps your ears on the brink of eardrum hara-kiri. You know you like it.
It turns out that Led er Est that I have been a fan of for years are on Wierd Records – there you go. And check out Xeno and Oaklander as well. Bonus info: Lis from the band is part Norwegian. Vikings 4 ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVaY2Dh27vg
Protest album featuring a bunch of awesome Copenhagen underground acts? Count me in. I have contributed with the track ‘Krimi & René’ and the entire album is available for free here. Spread the word…
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga
Rose geranium
Words
Red ribbon from Denmark
Louise Bourgeois
Wow. My first EP is done. It feels strange but good. I’m writing this post with a a stomach full of celebration brownie and a feeling of immense gratitude – the creation of this EP has been very special, surprising and above all fun. Will I do it again? Yes mam. Right now I’m back in New York writing new songs for chapter two.
The EP is on iTunes for everyones convinience. On Bandcamp you can download the tracks for FREE the entire month of June starting today. Just enter 0 at checkout. You can also set your own price if you feel like it. All the money raised from downloads on Bandcamp will go directly to Danish-Indian Childcare (they clearly don’t spend their money developing fancy websites, but they rock).
Cover/booklet design by Morten Knudsen.
A massive, huge and expansive thanks to everyone involved in the project. A special thanks to Kristian Baek, Mario J. McNulty, Michael Adler Miltersen, Cristiaana Sabella, Morten Knudsen, Marie Louise Munkegaard and the people who inspired me to write these 3 songs. You know who you are.
Very soon the EP is available on iTunes, Amazon and a number of other online outlets. But what about the real world? Instead of printing a bunch of CD’s, I have decided to make these little fellows. They will be available in a small amount from my Bandcamp site, and will be the only physical way to purchase the EP. They will contain the 3 tracks, the digital booklet, the ’42 Inches’ music video and will come in a little blue envelope that might also contain a secret message from me, if you are lucky. The keys are 1 GB, so you also get a little extra space to store your German soft porn, cat pictures or whatever your preferred drug is.
For the digital distribution I have worked with Valleyarm. By chance I met Naja and Kim from the Berlin office at an Autolux concert in December, so I contacted them a month ago to get some advice.
It’s so simple it hurts using Valleyarm, you can upload everything yourself and they take care of the boring stuff. I can highly reccomend any independent artist using Valleyarm. And follow them on Twitter – they post great tips for the little warriors all the time.
A Girl in a Rat Suit 