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Are You In The Mood For Love? – out in Germany September 3rd!

My latest album  ”Are You In The Mood For Love?” will be released in Germany next Friday, September 3rd, on Divine Records / Broken Silence. I will play a release concert on August 31st (w/ Man Meets Bear) at Madame Claude, Berlin (Kreuzberg), and then head out on a German tour with The Funz in September. You can see all the tour dates under “shows” or on Myspace. So far “Are You In The Mood For Love” has gotten some positive reviews in the German press, you can read them here:

Plattentests.de
DIABLO / Mox
Schallgrenzen
Rote Raupe
Auftouren

Pink Mountaintops

The other day I started listening to an album, that has gathered dust on my shelve for too long. It is “Outside Love” by Pink Mountaintops, the solo project from Black Mountain’s front man Stephen McBean. I remember buying it after hearing a few song on his Myspace, when it was released in 2009, and I was immediately sold. The songs are deeply touching, swelled in reverb, has a lot of layers, and some amazing contributions from female guest vocalists. Just listen to the stunning duet “Outside Love” with Jesse Sykes. I think I have to go see Black Mountain when they play in Berlin this October!

Fantasy Film Festival – Berlin

This week I have seen a couple of films at the Fantasy Film Festival in Berlin, what a great festival by the way! I watched the English director Gareth Edwards monster movie “Monsters”, where you follow two peoples journey from the “alien infected” areas in South America, to the borders of The States. Its a great movie, with focus on the actors, their relationship and their journey (inside & outside). It’s a beautiful, exiting and very well acted film, even though the actors, beside the two leads, are locals who happened to be there, when the small film crew arrived. A very nice thing is that the whole “monster”-aspect is more insinuated than “in your face”, as you often see it. This is more like “Jaws”, where you know the shark is there, but you rarely see it.

The second film I went to see, was Sean Byrne’s Australian horror movie “The Loved Ones”. I really didn’t know what to expect from this movie, after watching the trailer, where a dad kidnaps a guy who won’t go the the prom with his daughter. It turned out to be a fantastic genre movie. It was (of course) really morbid, but with a lot of “black” humor, amazing acting, a very good script, and visually it was just extremely cool. If you like the genre, then this film is a must, its original, and as others has written, its an instant cult classic.

PRE-ORDER: Utyske! 7″ yellow vinyl (limited, 100 copies)

FORUDBESTIL: Utyske! 7″ gul vinyl (begrænset oplag, 100 stk.)
Jeg har indspillet to sange med dansk tekst af Kasper Rønberg Schultz. Disse udkommer d. 16. august 2010 på Kasper’s nystartede pladeselskab Kaptajn Bjørneklo på 7″ gul vinyl, i et begrænset oplag på 100 stk. Du kan allerede nu forudbestille et eksemplar via nedenstående link (samt høre sangene). Læs desuden mere om projektet og Kaptajn Bjørneklo nedenfor.

Utyske! kan forudbestilles i Kaptajn Bjørneklo butikken (du får ved bestilling et omgående download af Utyske!):

Kaptajn Bjørneklo butikken (pre-order Utyske!)

Om Utyske!:
Den 16. august 2010 udgiver Jacob Faurholt & Kasper Rønberg Schultz en eksklusiv skriggul syvtommer i begrænset oplag på 100 styk; “Utyske!” er titlen.

Kasper Rønberg Schultz har skrevet teksterne til udgivelsens to dansksprogede sange, ”Vildt og jæger” og ”Boldtræet”, alt imens Jacob Faurholt har tonesat teksterne, fundet de helt rette keyboardlyde, indspillet, sunget og mikset. Musikken, som er både smuk og truende, er trukket ned i et tempo, man kan danse kinddans med døden til.

For tiden er Jacob Faurholt bosiddende i Berlin, så det tætte samarbejde mellem de to afsendere er foregået ved hjælp af flittige mail-skriblerier og en god gammeldags stabil bredbåndsforbindelse. Under tilblivelsesprocessen har sangene ikke så få gange pendlet frem og tilbage mellem Tyskland og Danmark, og undervejs er råmaterialet blevet raffineret til det færdige produkt.

Om pladeselskabet Kaptajn Bjørneklo:
Kaptajn Bjørneklo er uafhængigt pladeselskab, som har valgt udelukkende at udgive dansksproget musik. Kaptajn Bjørneklo agter at arbejde for, at dansksproget musik kan forvandle sig til et mangehovedet monster.

Alle udgivelser vil udkomme digitalt og i begrænset oplag på kulørt syv- eller tolvtommer. Vinyludgivelserne vil være personligt nummererede, og når man køber sit eksemplar i Kaptajn Bjørneklo butikken, bliver det obligatorisk at de tilsvarende lydfiler følger med i en lynende fart. Man vælger selv filformatet. Det bliver naturligvis også muligt kun at købe lydfilerne.

Kaptjan Bjørneklo – Myspace

Kaptajn Bjørneklo – Blog

About Utyske!
I have recorded two songs, with Danish lyrics, by Kasper Rønberg Schultz. They will be released August 16th 2010 on Kasper’s new record label Kaptajn Bjørneklo. The release will be a limited (100 copies) 7″ yellow vinyl entitled Utyske!. You can pre-order it HERE and get an instant download of the two songs.

Why Write? & solo tour!

In September I am going on a solo tour in Germany to support the German release of my latest album “Are You In The Mood For Love?”, which will be out on Divine Records/Cargo August 27th. In October I will tour in France with Annabeth Mcnamara as Why Write?. Hope to see you!

Solo tour:

08.31.2010 – Berlin, DE (Madame Claude) #
09.03.2010 – Kiel, DE (Prinz Willy) #
09.04.2010 – Leipzig, DE (NBL) #
09.08.2010 – Stuttgart, DE (Cafe Galao) #
09.09.2010 – Unna, DE (Spatz & Wal) #
09.11.2010 – Saarbruken, DE (Sparte 4) #
09.17.2010 – Berlin, DE (Sowieso) #

#with The Funz

Why Write?

10.09.2010 – Mordelles, FR (Ker Boui Boui)*
10.10.2010 – Cotes d’Armor, FR (House show)*
10.11.2010 – Nantes, FR (TBA)*
10.12.2010 – Bordeaux, FR (TBA)*
10.13.2010 – Toulouse, FR (Les Musicophages)*
10.15.2010 – Loubieres, FR (House show)*

* with Annabeth McNamara

Mauer Park

Today I bought some classic albums on vinyl at the wonderful market in Mauer Park, Berlin.

Television – Marquee Moon

Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed

Lou Reed – Transformer

R.E.M. – Reckoning

Concerts in Berlin

The Hold Steady – June 16th

I just recently started to listen to The Hold Steady, and actually I just bought tickets for this show in the last minute. I had heard that The Hold Steady would be worth seeing live, and that was true! Craig Finn & company entered the stage with an energy that was stunning, and it lasted the whole concert through. They played, of course, songs from their new great album “Heaven Is Whenever”, but we also got a bunch of older songs, among them a very intense version of Hornets! Hornets! from “Separation Sunday”. All in all it was a great intense show, with a lot of great songs!

John Grant – June 17th

Years ago I went to a concert with John Grant’s old band The Czars. I remember it as being a good concert, but I never got to listen to any of their albums. That may change soon. I have been listening a lot to John Grant’s solo debut “Queen of Denmark” lately, it is an amazing album and shows that Grant is one of the finest songwriters around. He writes beautiful original lyrics and he has a unique talent for writing catchy melodies, and one of the most beautiful voices I have heard. Therefore I was very happy that he was playing in Berlin, at the small venue Comet Club. He started the concert alone by the piano and then the band joined him on stage. It was a very intimate evening, and Grant & Co. played, I think, all of the songs from “Queen of Denmark” plus a couple of new ones. It was like being in a living room with the band, which was perfect, and as a little bonus John Grant spoke German! A great great night, that I wont forget anytime soon.

Kellermensch – June 19th

I first saw Kellermensch live at the Spot Festival in Denmark a couple of years back. Then they totally blew me away with their extremely intense live show and their amazing songs, that combine metal with very catchy melodies and a “dusty” sound. The concert at Lido in Berlin did not disappoint. It was short, intense and in your face, and they played new songs from their new EP Narcissus. I highly recommend buying Narcissus which shows new sides of the band. They still sound like Kellermensch, but they show that they have a huge pallet of colors to pick from, when they are writing music, which I think is very promising for future releases.

Why Write? is seeking band members in Berlin!

I am looking for Why Write? band members in Berlin. Drums, bass, maybe another guitar… Write if you are interested: jacob.faurholt@gmail.com

About Why Write?

Coming all the way from Denmark is Why Write?, Jacob Faurholt’s new project. Surrounded here by friends and long-time collaborators, the Berlin-based songwriter trades the intimate vocals and acoustic guitar of his latest album “Are You In The Mood For Love?” for a spacey sound that sent me back to the early 90’s, when I was 17 and looking forward so much to put my hands on Jesus & Mary Chain’s “Honey’s Dead”. No surprise then that Why Write?’s debut-EP was mixed and mastered by legendary-producer Kramer (Low, Galaxie 500, Half Japanese). Words by Cyril / What A Mess! Records.

FREE EP + ALBUM!

I have been digging in my old recordings from when I played with the group Sweetie Pie Wilbur. In 2005 our debut album was released through the Danish label Quartermain Records, and now 5 years after you can download a new retrospective EP with 5 songs from that very special period, and absolutely for free! This month (June 2010) you can also download our debut, and one and only album, without paying a dime, if you want the complete Sweetie Pie Wilbur catalogue.

FREE EP + ALBUM DOWNLOAD