Han Stubbe: Clarinet
Roel Van Camp: Accordion
Hannes d’Hoine: Double Bass
Guests:
Buni Lenski: Violin
Simon Lenski: Cello
Steven Cassiers: Drums
All music composed by DAAU
Excelsior Recordings / Radical Duke, Belgium
Released as CD and LP on October 11th, 2013
Tracks:
01. 1992
02. Werkende Mieren
03. Dansende Mieren
04. Feniks
05. Delete Alt And Undo
06. Osloër Strasse
07. Anbau
08. Berlin-Deventer-Antwerpen
Also available on vinyl.
This is the first album where DAAU officially appears as a trio, and the first where Simon appears as a “guest”. When the album was released, word was that the Lenski brothers would join the band on stage if and when the opportunity presented itself; but I have not heard of this actually happening.
The album release was celebrated at De Singel in Antwerpen on October 2, 2013. Jeroen Stevens was the drummer for all concerts of the tour.
Toutpartout briefly used different promo artwork, where the album title is given as “Ten Definitions” (see blog post). I am guessing that there might have been two additional tracks that were cut from the album, but it is also possible that the tracks were simply split up differently for the final master. I really have no idea.
Elaborating on the song title “Feniks” (= Phoenix), Hannes d’Hoine says in the press release:
“We leven in donkere tijden. Dagelijks worden we geconfronteerd met doemdenken en negativisme, dus vonden we het belangrijk tegen die zwartgalligheid in te gaan. In plaats van je te laten meezuigen in een neerwaartse spiraal, kun je net zo goed stellen dat het einde van ieder tijdperk een nieuw begin inluidt. Precies daarom kozen we als hoesillustratie het beeld van de feniks die uit zijn as verrijst.”
“We are living in dark times. We are being confronted daily with stupid thinking and negativity, and it was important to us to act against this melancholy. Instead of letting yourself getting sucked into this downward spiral, you might as well say that every ending is a new beginning. That’s why there is an image of a phoenix on the cover: the bird that rises out of its ashes.”