Writes Gunter on Facebook:
Bruno Melon, Jules Lemmens, Buni Lenski, Gregor Engelen, Enrique Noviello and myself have started preparations for the 4th DONKEY DIESEL release : “GUSTO!!!!” set for 2016-2017. Et Alors Avantissimookes…
This is great news. This was (and probably still is) a great set of musicians and the concerts I saw in 03-06 were loads of fun.
DAAU will perform live music in the Netherlands until January, accompanying a dance performance by the Trash ensemble.
Watch the trailer below, and see the upcoming concerts page for performance dates. (Looks like it’s only Han, Roel and Hannes for these performances.)
TRASH – AUF WIEDERSEHEN from trashdanceweb on Vimeo.
I can’t pretend that I have been keeping track of side appearances by DAAU members, but here is a nice one that appeared this year. DAAU appears on the track “Scales In Orange And Grey” on the 3rd album by Tape Cuts Tape, “Lost Footage“.
It’s been some time since I wrote anything here. Although I have not seen a DAAU concert myself in almost four years, I have tried to keep up with the group’s activities, albeit from a distance.
In retrospect, 2014 was something of a slow year, with only a handful of gigs compared to other years. As we know by now, the band does not often communicate, but some Facebook banter suggests that the tour supporting “Eight Definitions” officially ended with a gig in Berchem in December of last year.
Since then, the animals have retreated to the woods to have some long and well-deserved sleep.
Now, Toutpartout has confirmed a new DAAU date at the prestigious Incubated festival. Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung will play in Tilburg, Netherlands on December 11, 2015.
This is good news, and I am hopeful that this is only the first sign of more good news to come…
A brand-new DAAU track! Filmed by VPRO at the Into The Great Wide Open festival, and it is already on Youtube.
At this very moment, the band is preparing to unveil their new live set this weekend at ITGWO and OPEK, it’s high time to bring you some updates!
The album now has a confirmed release date of October 11, and I am guessing that it will be available to order directly from the Radical Duke shop again. Their prices and postage tend to be lower than anywhere else, so it’s worth taking a look here once it’s out, and buy directly from the source.
In the meantime, the name of the album has also changed, and it’s now officially “Eight Definitions“. I wonder what happened to the two others! Also, while Simon and Buni both appear on the album, they may join the tour when they find the time to do so.
Things keep changing, and that is a good thing. By all accounts, the new album (which I haven’t heard) is once again a different, ambitious, challenging and rewarding listening experience.
And how many other bands can say that at 21 years of age?
DAAU announced the date for the presentation of their new album today: Their first gig in quite a while will take place on October 2nd at de Singel in Antwerpen, followed by a date in Amsterdam the next day. Eric also writes that more gigs will follow “in Benelux and beyond”. All that and a cute photo of a cat on Facebook!
The concert announcement is very interesting because it mentions the new band line-up. Never mind the old press photo.
Yes, that’s Buni right there… back on the violin after being off duty for the first time since 2006’s Domestic Wildlife.
The page also says “Ten Definitions” ….. name of the new album possibly?
Steven Cassiers you may know from Dez Mona among other bands. He is one of the rare drummers to have his own website.
So much good news!
This news from the cello department is a few months old now.
I just discovered it, but it is still good news.
The cello duet consisting of Simon Lenski and Bo Wiget are playing together again, supplying live music for the theatre opera piece “Het spookhuis der geschiedenis” (The haunted house of history). You can find more info about the performances at the site of the Wunderbaum group. The piece is described as “Wagnerian”, and fittingly, Wiget/Lenski are re-interpreting the music of Richard Wagner for the play.
Actually, when Bo announced this on his website, he didn’t use the words “interpretation” or “arrangement” that ordinary people would typically. Instead he used the German word “eingerichtet“, which could be translated by saying that the music was “re-installed” or “re-furbished” for this opera.
Does that mean something? Is it on purpose? I don’t know. But it is really nice way to think of music as something that lives in a physical space.
Anyway, the facts …
The premiere took place on May 25 on the Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam, with performances scheduled until June 3. The piece will be on the road for the rest of the year, with performances scheduled for Den Bosch, Amsterdam, Berlin and Groningen.
If you don’t know who Wiget/Lenski is, I saw them play a concert in 2008 when they had just released their album, “Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde“, which is still very recommendeded, and – of course – available on itunes. I’d imagine that friends of experimental noise music may well enjoy this album; as it definitely holds some of the most abrasive and dissonant sounds in the entire DAAU orbit.
Tonight in Antwerp: Higgs Boson Session #5 at Houtdok Zuidkaai.
Featuring at 23u: Existentieel Crisisproject Management.
Never heard of them? Me neither! They must be so new, they don’t even have anything on youtube yet. But here’s who plays:
Buni Lenski – viool
Fien Maris – zang
Juno Kerstens – cello
Hannes d’ Hoine – bas
Tijl Piryns – drums
I don’t have any further information available, but this sounds intriguing enough so I’m passing it on. I think I’ve been to this place once, it’s certainly perfect for a summer evening outdoors.
One more screening of “Hiver Dernier”, with DAAU playing a set afterwards, next Wednesday in Liège.
