Bertolf

B O M B A Y - B I C Y C L E - C L U B

In the beginning, which wasn’t very long ago, Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, and Suren de Saram were in the same class at school together. They were 15 years old, and they formed a band called Bombay Bicycle Club. (Why Bombay Bicycle Club? Why not?).

Gigs proved hard to come by. They weren’t allowed to enter the school’s Battle of the Bands (some kids from the year above wouldn’t let them), and they didn’t get through the first heat of the school talent competition (passed over in favour of a juggler). Still, they managed to play a couple of scuzzy London venues, and made some demos in Jack’s front room and Jamie’s basement, and entered these into the Road to V competition. When they got the call to say they were through to the finals, they thought it was a prank. It wasn’t. They won, and opened the V festival in August 2006.

By this time, they had a new bass player, Ed Nash, and several thousand friends on Myspace, and were selling out gigs on the local north London circuit. It was at one of these gigs, at the Barfly in Camden, that Jim Abbiss heard them, and offered to produce them. (Successful producers are always referred to as legendary, but Jim really is a legend: he’d done the Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Kasabian, DJ Shadow, and loads of other stuff that BBC love). So in October 2006, they made their first EP with Jim at the Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire.

The EP is called “The Boy I Used To Be”, and BBC are releasing it on their own label, Mmm… Records. It’s got four tracks: The Hill, Sixteen, Open House, and Cancel on Me. People are already writing about their “sheer youthful passion” and “magical choruses that lock themselves in your head”. Jack’s been called a “tripped out Casablancas” and the stage invasions at their gigs are legendary (in Camden, anyway). But what BBC would like is for you to discover their music for yourself. It doesn’t sound like anyone else, not really. It’s about parties and drugs and girls, and talking about the meaning of life, and growing up, and never wanting to grow old. They’re 17, but you don’t have to be a teenager to love these songs. In the words of NME: “Don’t be deceived by their age – there’s a lifetime of experience in these glorious tunes.” © Bombay Bicycle Club

Ryan McGinley

T A K I N G A B R E A K

TEITURE

Teitur, whose full name happens to be Teitur Lassen, has a quiet style; prone, almost. The downcast look he gives on the cover of his latest album Stay Under the Stars is more “can’t bear to look” than “would rather not look,” and it’s a style that fits his tentative, careful songwriting style. Every word, every guitar note is aurally pored over, as if Teitur is thinking carefully about each and every utterance that his lovely tenor voice has a chance to sing. But oh, when that voice sings those words, it is a beautiful sound—his higher register sounds a bit like an everyman’s Antony, quivering and pure but a little broken, while his lower notes are a bit closer to a Faroese Paul Simon.

Nowhere on Stay Under the Stars is Teitur’s approach to performance more on display than in the one cover song on the album: of all things, Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Great Balls of Fire”. Here, “Great Balls of Fire” isn’t so much rock ‘n roll as it is a dirge, the simple slowing down of the song’s “You broke my will / Oh, what a thrill” lending it a new, slightly sado-masochistic (and almost certainly self-loathing) meaning. The fact that the performance that appears here is live and backed by what sounds like a string quartet only heightens the drama, Teitur’s suble guitar tones serving only as texture, gravy on the meat ‘n potatoes of the song proper. It’s an interesting take on the song, and Teitur handles it well—what could easily have been a comical take on the original, intentionally or not, is instead quite ready to be taken seriously as a beautiful think-piece.

None of this is to say that Teiture is completely set on being taken seriously all of the time; as a matter of fact, it seems that pianos bring out Teitur’s fun side, lending a much-appreciated light-hearted sensibility when it’s needed most. “Boy, She Can Sing!” is a bluesy barroom stomp, complete with whoops and hollers, while “I Run the Carousel” is a perfect little ode to pride in one’s place in the world, with lots of big piano-based open fifths giving the chorus a quirky, slightly off-balance charm.

Still, it only takes one listen to realize that Teitur’s true strength lies in his slow, lovelorn odes to things he may or may not be able to have. Opener “Don’t Want You to Wake Up” ("I try to be silent / My eyes are too loud / I sit back in my hiding / While you’re in the clouds") is a beautiful, gentle way to start the album, all perfectly-placed strings and bells and Teitur himself trying desperately to hold on to a moment in time. “You Get Me” is just what its title implies, a slow, thoughtful ode to the one person who truly understands, and the short “Night Time Works” ("Yellow lights spin on rainy roads / And we pass by like fireflies") is replete with beautifully expressive imagery.

“Certain things are best kept for nighttime / Like makin’ tea, makin’ babies”, Teitur sings in that latter song, and it’s easy to add listening to Stay Under the Stars to that list. As a whole, it’s admittedly unremarkable, but it’s unremarkable in such a unique, gratifying way that one cannot help but be drawn to it. It’s an album to play amongst silence and darkness, an album to take in, rather than merely listen to. And it might just be the little treasure you’ve been looking for. (by Mike Schiller)

http://www.myspace.com/teitur

PERSONAL : NOTE

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Von Indy

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dear reader-viewer ... i will be off for a little while ... going to malaysia for a tv commercial shooting with:
director fred garson, dop riego van wersch and silvia & marc --> twin film düsseldorf.

hope to have a great time & fun there with my dear colleague and cd manuela and ending up with a great piece of ad work.
ok, lets see.

yours

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yOuTh gRoUp : : : fOrEvEr yOuNg

RAPHAËL

Raphaël Haroche (born 7 November 1975 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France) is a French singer who performs under the name Raphaël. His father is russian and his mother is from Argentina. He began his public career with the song "Sur la route", a duet with Jean-Louis Aubert. His current partner is Mélanie Thierry (actress and model).



http://www.caravane.c.la

AARON PLATT : Cinematographer

Work:

Pull (2008) (announced)
Junction (2007) (post-production)
The Lodge (2007)
Lords of the Underworld (2006)

The Pacific and Eddy (2007)
Rolling (2007)
The Grass Grows Green (2007)
Time and Tide (2006)

"7 Deadly Hollywood Sins" (4 episodes, 2006)
- Pride (2006) TV Episode
- Lust (2006) TV Episode
- Envy (2006) TV Episode
- Gluttony (2006) TV Episode

Fast Inc. (2006) TV Series
Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006)



Hooligan's Valley (2005)
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis (2005)
Godly Boyish (2004)
American Fame Pt. 1: Drowning River Phoenix (2004)
The Cold Ones (2004)
Bobbycrush (2003)

BILLIGFILM

http://billigfilm.de

THE CHIMNEY POT

The Chimney Pot Oslo was founded in February 1998, aiming to build a world class post-production facility in Norway. TCPO combined the most talented artists and support staff with the most advanced technology, yielding a truly creative and innovative post-production environment.

http://www.chimney.no

http://www.chimney.pl

FINAL FANTASY aka Owen Pallett

"Ich habe großes Glück, mit solch wilden, lebendigen Emotionen gesegnet zu sein", erklärt sich Owen Pallett, Kopf und Hauptakteur des Projekts Final Fantasy. "Ich empfinde täglich Ekstase und Verzweiflung. Gestern spielte ich den ganzen Tag auf meiner Geige und weinte mich in den Schlaf aus Freude über mein gutes Leben." Umso schöner, mag manch einer etwas egoistisch denken, dass Pallett auch die Transformation solch aufwühlender Gefühle in Popsongs bestens gelingt.

Aber nicht nur, weil er im Angesicht einer guten Tasse Kaffee feuchte Augen bekommt, ist der ausgebildete Violinist aus Toronto etwas Besonderes. Seine Eigentümlichkeit wurde dem Sohn eines Kirchenorglers bereits im Alter von zwölf Jahren gewahr. Damals schreibt er neben Hausaufgaben und Tagebuch mal eben den Soundtrack für ein populäres DOS-Videospiel. Eine Leidenschaft für virtuelle Welten pflegt Pallett bis heute, wie schon der Bandname aufzeigt: Bei Final Fantasy handelt es sich um ein legendäres japanisches Fantasy-Rollenspiel.
Mit 16 kreiert er die Tonspur dreier kleiner Filme, mit 21 schreibt er zwei Opern. Eine davon, "Ionesco's Foursome", wird auch tatsächlich aufgeführt und im landesweiten TV ausgestrahlt. Genervt vom Zeitaufwand und der finanziellen Abhängigkeit, bricht das Musiktalent dann aber seine Klassikkarriere ab, schnappt sich die Gitarre und zieht mit der Panic-Folk-Gruppe Les Mouches (dt.: die Fliegen) durch die Clubs. Wiederum gelangweilt von seiner Gitarre, greift der Kanadier zur Violine und einem Loop-Pedal.

Als Freund und Stehgeiger Patrick Wolf dann einen Eröffnungs-Act für ein Konzert in Toronto sucht, springt Pallet ein – Final Fantasys Geburtsstunde. Ohne lange darüber nachzudenken, schließt er Geige an Sampler und beginnt, mit brüchiger Stimme zu singen. Per Loop-Pedal schichtet er ganz allein, Overdub für Overdub, einen dichten, orchestralen Sound auf.
So gewinnt Pallett die Aufmerksamkeit von Win Butler und Régine Chassagne - besser bekannt als Arcade Fire. Der große Durchbruch steht den beiden noch bevor, als sie den jungen Geigengenius kurzfristig zur Vorband ernennen. Weil der aber so etwas wie eine Band gar nicht sein Eigen nennt, rekrutiert er seinen Freund und Drummer Leon Taheny, um ein Album aufzunehmen. Eine Woche lang dauert der Schreibprozess, eine weitere Woche der Studioaufenthalt.
Während der folgenden Konzertreise rechnen die Final Fantasy-Mannen mit nur wenigen Kaufwilligen am Merchandise-Stand, doch einem begeisterten A&R vom Label Tomlab sei Dank setzt es wenig später gleich den ersten Plattenvertrag. "Has A Good Home" erntet hervorragende Kritiken von kanadischen, französischen und deutschen Journalisten, floppt hingegen in den Staaten und in Großbritannien. Palletts Zufriedenheit über das Debüt weicht dessen ungeachtet schnell der Selbstkritik.
In Barcelona zieht er sich zurück, um am Nachfolger zu werkeln. Drei Prämissen definiert der Computer- und Musiknerd, heute inoffizieller, aber fester Tourgeiger von Arcade Fire, für diesen Zweck. "He Poos Clouds" soll aus Songs bestehen, die 1. versuchen, die acht Charakterschulen von Dungeons & Dragons zu modernisieren (wie sollte es anders sein: ein PC-Rollenspiel), 2. ausschließlich für ein Streicherquartett und Stimme geschrieben sind und 3. jeden, der die CD zu hört, für immer von Selbstmordgedanken abbringen.
Letztlich hält er nicht jede seiner Vorgaben ein, auch für Cembalo, Klavier, Pauken, Hörner und Kinderchöre öffnet er das Konzept. Mehrere verworfene Entwürfe und einen Datenverlust später erscheint das zweite Album Palletts, der seine Homosexualität selbst als große Inspiration bezeichnet. Darauf präsentiert der Perfektionist sich erstmals als Arrangeur eines erweiterten Kammerensembles, spannt eine Unzahl begeisternder und erfrischend unverbrauchter Melodiebögen über bösartige Fabeln. Bleibt nur zu hoffen, dass ihm die Übersetzung von Gefühlen in Notenschrift auch in Zukunft so leicht von der Hand geht. (laut.de)



http://www.myspace.com/owenpalletmusic

Patrick Wolf

Calvin Harris

M E T H O D

http://www.methodstudios.com

SOUL FINGERS

Name: IAN
Age: 24
City: Chicago, IL
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Country: United States
Occupation: Muse, Creative Director, Director, Director..
Companies: Ifilm, Lakeshore Marathon, Crobar, Acme Co., Editing/Producing/Directing Freelancer
Interests & Hobbies: Filmmaking and documenting life.
Movies & Shows: Charlie Rose, Actor's Studio, Home Movies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Music: I appreciate all types of music but my favorite always will be the classic Standards of the 40's and 50's.
Books: Alice In Wonderland.

http://notedinaninstant.blogspot.com

chkchkchk.net

http://www.chkchkchk.net
http://www.myspace.com/chkchkchk




07.Apr.2007 20:00 Razzmatazz 2 Barcelona
08.Apr.2007 20:00 Garorock Festival Marmande
10.Apr.2007 20:00 Olympic Nantes
11.Apr.2007 20:00 Bataclan Paris
12.Apr.2007 20:00 AB Box Domino Festival Brussels
13.Apr.2007 20:00 Motel Mozaique Rotterdam
14.Apr.2007 20:00 Molotov Hamburg
16.Apr.2007 20:00 Vega Copenhagen
17.Apr.2007 20:00 Voxhall Aarhus
19.Apr.2007 20:00 Debaser Medis Stockholm
20.Apr.2007 20:00 Fabrikken Oslo
21.Apr.2007 20:00 ? Malmo
23.Apr.2007 20:00 Maria Berlin
25.Apr.2007 20:00 Flex Wien
26.Apr.2007 20:00 Orpheum Graz
28.Apr.2007 20:00 Coachella Festival Indio, California
01.Jul.2007 20:00 Eurokeenes Festival Belfort
13.Jul.2007 20:00 Summercase Madrid
14.Jul.2007 20:00 Summercase Barcelona
31.Aug.2007 20:00 Electric Picnic Dublin