29 January 2004
Belgium special on BBC's Radio 3
Tomorrow at 22:15 GMT (that's 23:15 in Belgium), "Mixing It" on BBC's Radio 3 will be about alternative Belgian music. This includes an interview with dEUS!
Robert Sandall and Mark Russell report from Belgium,
visiting the cities of Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels.
They talk to members of the group dEUS, electronica
artist Eavesdropper, chamber rock drummer Daniel
Denis, electro waste buskers Kapotski, singer-songwriter
An Pierle and robot maker, performance artist and
composer Godfried-Willem Raes.
There is an "audio on demand" page on the BBC website, so you'll be able to hear the show later - it's here.
Magnus videos
Magnus' album The Body Gave You Everything will include a DVD containing the videos for their 3 singles (Jumpneedle, Summer's Here and French Movies). The scheduled release date is February 9. In the meantime, you can have a look at the artwork on the official Magnus site.
25 January 2004
Magnus "The Body Gave You Everything"
Thanks to Kevin on the forum, who listened to a promo copy of the soon-to-be-released Magnus album, called "The Body Gave You Everything", here's the tracklist:
1. Rhythm Is Deified
2. Summer's Here
3. French Movies
4. Soft Foot Shuffle
5. Jumpneedle
6. Hunter/Collector
7. The Pick-up
8. Rock Chick
9. Pistolero Savvy
10. Buttburner
11. Assault On Magnus
Songs 1, 2 & 11 were used in AWTWB (Assault on Magnus didn't appear on the CD)
14 January 2004
ZAMU video awards
ZAMU is the name of the Flemish union of singers and musicians. They're organising awards of Flemish music every year. Here are the dEUS-related nominees.
First, there's a special contest for the "best video of the decade". The nominees are Arno, Hooverphonic, Axelle Red, Ozark Henry, Das Pop, Gorki, Soulwax, Millionaire, Moondog Jr and dEUS (with the Roses video).
Tom is a nominee for "singer of the year", he's the only male in that category. The women are Jo Lemaire, Eva De Roovere & Hooverphonic's Geike Arnaert.
And there's a Vive La Fête song (Noir Désir) and a Magnus one (Summer's Here) among the 50 choices offered for the "best song of the year" award.
A little bit of history: in 1994 (the 1st ZAMU awards), dEUS won in 4 categories: best video, best album, best debut, and best band. In 1996, best video, best album, best band and best single. Surprisingly, they didn't win anything in 1999 (the best album award went to Helmut Lotti, go figure....). In 2001, they won the "best single" award for Nothing Really Ends.
The ZAMU awards website is here. You can vote for the best song and best video. The ZAMU show will be aired on Canvas TV's 'Plankenkoorts' on Feb. 22. [thx to koen]
12 January 2004
"Live" reviewed again
This time it's in Weekend, Walloon magazine Le Vif/L'Express's lifestyle supplement. "Give it a try while waiting for the next dEUS album". Read it here.
AWTWB DVD
The Any Way The Wind Blows DVD will apparently be released in Belgium on February 26 (A-Film quoted on the DVDinfo.be website). Extra features include the theatre trailer and the actors' filmographies. [thx to pale_blue_eyes]
06 January 2004
DJ Tom @ ModFest
On January 24, it's party time at Muziek-O-Droom in Hasselt! Tom will be spinning his favourite plates, but he's not alone on the bill:
ZAAL
THE HACKER (FR/Miss Kittin/Gigolo Records)
DJ TOM BARMAN (dEUS, Magnus)
THE GLIMMER TWINS (Mo & Benoelie/Culture Club)
Stijn (Sexjunkie)
Lowdown (Illtown)
CLUB
SOMNABULA (Mauro Pawlowski's rock fantasy)
Mr Raindeer
Silur
Boudoir Bitch
Dj Berrie Vs Jules X
CAFÉ
Jazz Vs Funk Feat DJ White Jazz & Black Belt Jones
All info needed on the MOD website.
04 January 2004
Tom in Het Nieuwsblad
A full-page interview with Tom in this weekend's issue of Het Nieuwsblad. In it we learn that:
- Tom & Guy's Superaudio CD recording didn't cost them a buck, it was paid for, as some kind of technology test in Europe ;
- Tom was first afraid they'd lost the chemistry, but dEUS have already written half a dozen new songs ;
- AWTWB was sold in 10 foreign countries ;
- he's not disappointed that AWTWB wasn't the Belgian candidate for the Oscars competition.
You can read the article in the press section. [thx to Jonas]
Talking of film... Erik Van Looy's "De zaak Alzheimer" -a thriller set in Antwerp- is a huge success in Flanders, over 500,000 viewers. In the December 17 issue of Knack/Focus, there's a 4-page interview with Erik, winner of the entertainment category of the "Mensen van het jaar" contest - Tom came 3rd with 12.3%. Van Looy says he's surprised that AWTWB didn't have more success in the big movie festivals: "It was the perfect film for them. Pure rock'n'roll." He also thinks that Tom Barman and Koen de Bouw (the main actor in Alzheimer equally deserved to be "mens van het jaar". He picks the AWTWB soundtrack as one of the best albums of 2003 (along with Justin Timberlake & Coldplay a.o.)
Tom interviewed by La Libre
On La Libre Belgique's website, Tom is interviewed by Laurent Hoebrechts (Dec. 30). They talk about the "Live" album, and a little about Magnus and dEUS. Funny detail: the article is posted in the electronic music section. Read it here. [thx to Laurent]
dEUS albums in Blitz top-1000
Blitz, a Portuguese music weekly, celebrates its 1000th issue by listing the best 1000 albums since 1984.
From Tiago on the forum: "They made a list of 50 albums per year. Half of these are in the "Light" category, meaning, albums that hit the streets and were critically acclaimed, enduring in time and maturing as expected, maintaining their brilliance in debut etc etc.... like wine, one might say.
The remaining 25 were albums that are in the "Dark" category, meaning, albums that were overseen as "could be better", or "didn't quite hit the spot" BUT, that after some time, years, revelaed to be very important and really good and a "must have" in a collection... sort of a redemption for not being in the "Light" category in the first place."
All 3 dEUS albums are listed in the "Luz" (light) category.
Vive La Fête's latest album "Nuit Blanche" is also reviewed, it gets 6 out of 10.
Luz top 25 for 94, 96 and 99
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Blitz website:
http://www.blitz.pt/body_discos_items.asp?id=1023
02 January 2004
Magnus delayed
The release date for Magnus' debut album is now set on February 9, instead of January 24 as previously announced.
Tom's new-year letter
Two days ago, Tom was on Radio Klara's "-,Alinea" program. He read a new-year letter that he'd written for Flemish actor and director Josse De Pauw. You can listen to it here (click op -,Alinea Di 30-12-03)
01 January 2004
Happy new yEAR!
So.... it's this time of the year again... But this time it's special!
2004 will be one great year for all of you, dEUS fans.
First, you'll be treated in the coming weeks with Tom's debut album with his electro/jazz/funk project, Magnus (around the 24th).
Second, in March or April, Any Way The Wind Blows, Tom's great film debut, will be released on DVD.
Then... FINALLY... dEUS are currently writing and recording material for the 4th album. It should be released in August or September, and extensive touring will follow. Oh yeaaaah.
Happy new year indeed. Long live 2004 :-)
Tom - gelukkige verjaardag!!!
(and here's your first news item: the transcript of the final part of Cucamonga's dEUS Ex Machina series can be read here. Enjoy!)
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