01.05.1992 – Hoeilaart (B)
Roel, Simon, Buni and Han play their first gig.
Many more were to follow, many of them lost to time.
21.10.1994 – Poëzienacht – CC Bouckenborgh, Merksem (B)
22.12.1994 – Music City, Antwerpen (B)
supporting Stephen Duncan & The Recipe Hour.
18.02.1995 – Musikacademie, Hemiksem (B)
26.03.1995 – De Pomp, Hove (B)
18.04.1995 – De Gigant, Apeldoorn (NL)
support slot for dEUS. From a contemporary review:
Because the concert would start at 10.00pm I didn’t expect to see a support act; especially when there were no extra instruments and standards on the stage. But at once there was music coming from the stage where 4 guys had taken place. In the next 25 minutes Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung from Antwerp performed a very original ‘classical’ concert with violin, accordeon, bass and clarinet. A few songs were covers, such as Break On Through by the Doors and the crowd really got warmed up when they played Suds & Soda.
23.04.1995 – De Zwerver, Leffinge (B)
Date listed on the venue’s website.
06.05.1995 Ahoy, Wijnegem (B)
10.05.1995 – Charlatan, Gent (B)
Date thanks to concertposters.be. It doesn’t say a year but it does say “Wednesday”.
15.-17.09.1995 – Crossing Border Festival, Den Haag (NL)
Aryan Kerkhof produced a documentary on the festival, “A Leisure Society of Severe Preponderance”. The film includes a short bit footage of DAAU performing/rehearsing in their dressing room. It is available online here: https://vimeo.com/109486471
16.10.1995 – Decascoop, Gent (B)
04.11.1995 – Magasin 4, Brussels (B)
16.11.1995 – Cartoons, Antwerpen (B)
01.12.1995 – Tongeren (B)
1995 or 1996 – Instituut Pius X, Abdijstraat, Antwerpen (B)
Free gig at a school.
1996 is the first year for which we have detailed gig listings. Unfortunately, very little from this period survives in terms of photos and recordings.
12.01.1996 – Rockamadour, Dour (B)
13.01.1996 – La Gare, Lauwe (B)
19.01.1996 – Nighttown, Rotterdam (NL) Bazar Curieux
Surprise appearance with Moondog Jr.
20.01.1996 – Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
Support for Moondog Jr.
23.01.1996 – Salle de l’Orangerie, Brussels (B)
Support for Moondog Jr.
25.01.1996 – Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
Support for Moondog Jr. From a contemporary review:
A stunning performance by Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung (DAA) kicked off at about 9.45 pm. During the second song, Stef and Tom of Moondog joined the four Antwerp youngsters to give an impressive ‘Jintro & the great luna – the DAA-way’. One cover was played, and this ‘Suds and soda’ clearly pleased the audience, because a sudden increase in movement could be detected. Of course several ‘Dreislagstelsels’ were played too. Not everyone enjoyed the combo of clarinet, accordeon, cello and violin, but I think some of them did change their opinion at the end of the evening. Many DAA-cds were sold at the t-shirt stand.
Indeed, it ended where it all began: with ‘Spike Smiths’ for all lost goods’, but what a difference there was between the two versions. The first was done in the ‘normal’ way, but the second beat everything. Like at Bazar Curieux, the members of Moondog and DAA paraded through the audience (Stef in front of course). The musicians started the tune at the side of the stage, behind the speakers, and after an appearance of only a few seconds on stage they left again for the backstage area, after which they began their march through the Effenaar, walking during the choruses and halting during the verses.
26.01.1996 – Vooruit, Gent (B)
Support for Moondog Jr.
27.01.1996 – Tivoli, Utrecht (NL)
Support for Moondog Jr. Another ecstatic contemporary review:
Not satisfied with having toured a very big part of Holland and Belgium already Moondog Jr. added some dates to their tour. And once again they have an excellent taste for support acts, this time taking the Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung with them.
I’m not going to introduce them again: just read your dEUS mail from the last week (for web-surfers: check the dEUS reviews) if you’ve forgotten already. The long time subscribers will probably also remember the supported dEUS in Apeldoorn last year. They played an absolutely fantastic set. Although they were on a big stage this time and not in a little room like in Rotterdam last week their music still sounded very warm and every detail could be heard. They played a mix of their own songs and covers, with of course a dEUS cover thrown in. The violinist told the audience the next song was from a band he was pretty sure they knew and they started a great version of Suds and Soda. It was clear they had grown quite a bit since supporting dEUS. At two or three times there were some keyboard playing and vocals added, which was a nice touch. They had an absolutely great time, and Drielagstelsel 3 was a good as the best moments of the Moondog show. They got an amazing applause and were obliged to play an encore. And suprise, suprise for this Stef and Tom joined them for a great Jintro & The Great Luna. Like expected it was the version they practised last week and that was broadcasted on dutch radio.
28.01.1996 – Monty, Antwerp (B)
Support for Moondog Jr.
29.01.1996 – Monty, Antwerp (B)
Support for Moondog Jr.
03.02.1996 – Ex Voto, Brussels (B)
05.02.1996 – VPRO radio session (NL)
‘Krapuul de lux’ session.
Doorloop – Drieslagstelsel 2 – Suds & Soda – interview with Luc Janssen
10.02.1996 – Het Paard, Den Haag (NL)
16.02.1996 – CC De Kern-Wilrijk (B)
24.02.1996 – Zuidstation, Antwerp (B)
Nacht van de poëzie, with Tom Barman, Mauro Pawlowski, and others.
29.02.1996 – Tom-Tom, Heythuysen (NL)
04.03.1996 – KIHO, Gent (B)
08.03.1996 – Passage 44, Brussels (B)
09.03.1996 – Media, Eeklo (B)
??.03.1996 – “Repetitiekot” radio set
15.03.1996 – Forum, Enger (D)
Support for Moondog Jr.
16.03.1996 – Willem II, Den Bosch (NL)
Support for Moondog Jr.
17.03.1996 – LVC, Leiden (NL)
Support for Moondog Jr.
18.03.1996 – Vooruit, Gent (B)
Support for Moondog Jr.
22.03.1996 – Le Magasin d’Usine, Ottignies (B)
23.03.1996 – De Nacht van de Poezie, Tilburg (NL)
24.03.1996 – Chill Out, Leopoldsburg (B)
27.03.1996 – Erotica, Paris (FR)
28.03.1996 – La Chapelle, Liège (B)
29.03.1996 – Noorderligt, Tilburg (NL)
Support for Moondog Jr.
Their set consisted of the usual songs (the Dreislagstelsels, one new song, and of course ‘Suds and soda‘), but they were done with great eagerness. Especially Buni was having a great time: the size of the stage enabled him (and Han and Roel) to stroll around during large parts of the show. Near the end Buni told the audience that it was time to go and get someone from backstage. After a few seconds he returned alone; clearly this wasn’t planned, otherwise Stef would be in the neighbourhood. During the first notes of ‘Jintro & the great luna‘ I saw Stef walking from somewhere behind me to the front of the stage, where he watched DAA play for some seconds before climbing the stage. He sang along with his eyes closed and his hands in his pockets.
…
The band left the stage, but I was expecting more. And indeed after a few minutes, the doors at the right side of the stage opened and the sounds of ‘Spike Smiths’ for all lost goods’ in the DAA+Moondog version could be heard. The parade marched to a position just in front in me, while several people were climbing the stage to get a good sight on the 9 musicians. After some minutes they returned directly to the door, from which they entered the audience. I didn’t know exactly what to do at this moment: would the band do some more songs inside, or would there be another outside performance like in Eindhoven and Utrecht in January? I guessed the latter would be the case, and I decided to leave. When I was walking to the exit at the back of the room, I could hear the music coming back. When I turned around I saw DAA+Moondog enter the stage at the left side, and leave it again at the right. Still this was not the end, because some of the guys came back in the audience and were quickly pacing through the audience to the other exit, while they were still doing the ‘Spike Smiths” tune. I left through the other exit and could see that they were indeed going outside. There the four members of DAA and Benjamin moved to the front of the house next to the Noorderligt and performed Boney M’s ‘Rivers of Babylon’. Only about twenty people saw this short miniperformance on the streets of Tilburg, and I’m glad I was one of them. Part of the audience was formed by the people living in the house, in front of which the surprise gig was taking place. They clearly didn’t know what was going on when they pulled the curtains aside.
The five remaining musicians went back inside, but not without being shouted at by some woman from the Noorderligt organization at the entrance. She was really pissed off. She made it very clear that this was not part of the deal and harmless children were disturbed during their sleep. I guess they were lucky she allowed them to re-enter the building, because they of course didn’t have a ticket 🙂 I took the opportunity to go back inside as well, but the outside performance was the last musical event of the evening.
30.03.1996 – Gigant, Apeldoorn (NL)
02.04.1996 – La Luna, Brussels (B)
05.04.1996 – Rockamadour, Dour (B)
07.04.1996 – JH Jonckhove, Aartrijke (B)
10.04.1996 – Zandvloedfestival, Gent (B)
11.04.1996 – Asfaltfestival, Brussels (B)
Also a listing for a gig at Centrum vor Amateurkunsten, which may be the same.
12.04.1996 – Plug (Morocco), Madrid (ES)
13.04.1996 – Plug (Morocco), Madrid (ES)
16.04.1996 – Las Cuevas, Valdevimbre (ES)
17.04.1996 – A Caso do Patin, Santiago de Compostella (ES)
18.04.1996 – El Cairo, Coronna (ES)
19.04.1996 – El Cekan, Leon (ES)
20.04.1996 – Café Antzoqui, Bilbao (ES)
21.04.1996 – Café Popular, Madrid (ES)
25.04.1996 – Kunst Jr. Festival, Den Bosch (NL)
26.04.1996 – Cactus Club, Brugge (B)
27.04.1996 – Burgerweeshuis, Deventer (NL)
28.04.1996 – Theatercafé 1900, Turnhout (B)
30.04.1996 – Nighttown, Rotterdam (NL)
With Metal Molly and Evil Superstars.
03.05.1996 – Tivoli, Utrecht (NL)
10.05.1996 – Bazar Furieux – Velinx, Tongeren (B)
11.05.1996 – Bazar Furieux – Velinx, Tongeren (B)
15.05.1996 – De Vage Belofte, Wijtschate (B)
16.05.1996 – De Zwerver, Leffinge (B)
17.05.1996 – Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
24.05.1996 – Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL)
25.05.1996 – CC St-Truiden, St-Truiden (B)
27.05.1996 – Limelight, Kortrijk (B)
02.06.1996 – Virusfestival, Eindhoven (NL)
21.06.1996 – Salle de la Madeleine, Brussels (B)
22.06.1996 – Festival, Terschelling (NL)
23.06.1996 – Festival, Terschelling (NL)
14.07.1996 – Dour Festival, Dour (B)
17.07.1996 – De Valkhof Affaire, Nijmegen (NL)
28.07.1996 – Klinkers, Brugge (B)
??.08.1996 – Boulevard, ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL)
02.-04.08.1996 – Dranouter Folk Festival (B)
23.08.1996 – Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen (NL)
24.08.1996 – Pukkelpop Festival (B)
06.09.1996 – Züricher Theaterspektakel, Zürich (CH)
07.09.1996 – Züricher Theaterspektakel, Zürich (CH)
12.09.1996 – Crossing Border, Den Haag (NL)
14.09.1996 – Spiegeltent, Arnhem (NL)
15.09.1996 – Leffingeleuren, Leffinge (B)
21.09.1996 – Leet, Ieper (B)
28.09.1996 – LVC, Leiden (NL)
04.10.1996 – Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
Supporting Flowers For Breakfast.
07.10.1996 – Olympia, Paris (FR)
Support for Arno.
13.10.1996 – brtn studios, Brussels (B)
“De Zevende Dag” session
13.10.1996 – Atlantis, Alkmaar (NL)
17.10.1996 – Vera, Groningen (NL)
18.10.1996 – Para, Breda (NL)
With Kiss My Jazz
19.10.1996 – Jazz Pulsations Festival, Nancy (FR)
24.10.1996 – Atak, Enschede (NL)
26.10.1996 – Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
27.10.1996 – Gigant, Apeldoorn (NL)
??.11.1996 – Festival Musiques Volantes, Metz (F)
02.11.1996 – CC De Brouckère (B)
08.11.1996 – De Herbakker, Eeklo (B)
09.11.1996 – Den Blank, Overijse (B)
12.11.1996 – Nighttown, Rotterdam (NL)
Support for The Dirty Three.
14.11.1996 – Elzenhof, Elsene (B)
15.11.1996 – Liebrechtcentrum, Mortsel (B)
16.11.1996 – CC Leopoldsburg (B)
19.11.1996 – Minnepoort, Leuven (B)
21.11.1996 – CC Hasselt, Hasselt (B)
22.11.1996 – CC Belgica, Dendermonde (B)
23.11.1996 – Waregem (B)
26.11.1996 – Kopergieterij, Gent (B)
Drieslagstelsel 5 – Si – Drieslagstelsel 6 – Smells Like Teen Spirit – Drieslagstelsel 1 – Doorloop – Drieslagstelsel 2 / Broken – No Rule – Drieslagstelsel 4 – Paint it Black – ? – Nix
A fascinating tape of this gig survives.
Other sources say 27-28 November.
29.11.1996 – CC De Warande, Turnhout (B)
with An Pierlé.
30.11.1996 – Diest (B)