The very first Babel 17 album is being reissued on vinyl for the first time. Babel 17 was part of the Touching-Pop French scene back in the late 80s/early 90s with bands like Asylum Party and Little Nemo but was a bit darker with a gothic touch.
Hard-edged French coldwave act Babel 17 officially formed in 1989. Members of the band had been playing together under various names since 1983, scrapping, rewriting, and experimenting with songs and ideas before settling upon their official name and sound. The first incarnation’s drummer would go on to join Little Nemo, who helped the newly formed Babel 17 land a record contract with the prestigious Lively Art label (And Also The Trees, Little Nemo, Asylum Party…).
The band released two albums and a series of singles before splitting in 1993, just as their peers were folding and Lively Art closed its doors.
Released in 1990 Celeano Fragments is now reissued on vinyl for the first time.
For fans of Clan Of Xymox, The Danse Society, New Order, Trisomie 21, Asylum Party…
Valeria Golina and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, two of Italy’s leading actresses, star in Human Capital, a new thriller based on Stephen Amidon’s best-selling book of the same name that twists love, class, and ambition into a singular, true-life story.
Small-time estate agent, Dino (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), seizes a chance to climb the local social-ladder when dropping his beautiful daughter Serena (Matilde Gioli) off to visit her boyfriend Massimiliano (Guglielmo Pinelli) – the son of Giovanni Bernaschi (Fabrizio Gifuni), a hot-shot hedge-fund investor, at a large villa on the edge of town. Making up the fourth man in a game of tennis doubles, his natural sporting ability and opportunistic eye provide him an unlikely entrance to a world where making money is both easy and fast. Depending on your access to the right amount of capital, that is.
When Giovanni suggests Dino join his latest fund scheme, with a mere €500,000, Dino, is so desperate to be a part of the Bernaschi circle that he puts his own house and business up as collateral.
When a cyclist is the victim of an accidental hit-and-run after a school awards ceremony one night just before Christmas the destinies of these two families are catastrophically interwoven and a mystery emerges from the accident that centres around the two misunderstood and emotionally neglected teenagers. Coinciding with the sudden onset of the financial crisis – a situation that threatens the immediate security of the rich and aspiring-rich alike, cracks quickly start to emerge. From the rich and bored wife Carla (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), with misguided aspirations of artistic patronage, this multi-layered human drama serves up an absorbing treatise on how the rich can ride roughshod over the ‘little people’ when their security is threatened
Human Capital, is a gripping and thrilling drama with a mystery at its centre – who was driving the jeep that fateful night and what will the consequences be – for all involved?
Human Capital will be released by Arrow Films in select cinemas across the UK on 26th September.
Bob Mould has unveiled a new video for "The War" off his critically-lauded album Beauty & Ruin (Merge). The video, which captures the sweaty, rollicking shows Bob and his band are known to put on, as well as other aspects of touring life, is directed by Dave Markey (1991: The Year Punk Broke). Stay tuned until the grand finale, when a special guest makes a sly appearance. Join Bob and his bandmates Jason Narducy and Jon Wurster on tour in "The War".
Bob and director Dave Markey will chat with fans on September 9 at 3:30pm EST during a Reddit AMA session. Ask Bob and Dave any burning questions you have pertaining to the new video, Beauty & Ruin, the history of Punk Rock or just about anything else.
Experience the exciting and cathartic nature of Bob's live show when he brings it to a nearby city. As the Minneapolis Star Tribune witnessed over Labor Day Weekend during a secret show that was announced the day prior and took a mere10 minutes to sell out:
"Mould didn’t allow his bandmates time to catch their breath during most of the first set before tearing into the next song. There was even less room in the second run... he struggled to read the set list at his feet toward show’s end, but that was because he had to take off his glasses. No exaggeration: The lenses kept fogging up from the steam coming off the stage."
Live Nation and Yahoo will be live-streaming the September 5 kick-off of Bob and the band’s next run of dates in its entirety live from the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia. This Bob Mould event is one of 365 concerts to stream over a 12-month period on the Live Nation Channel on Yahoo Screen, and will go live at 10:10pm EST/7:10pm PST on September 5 at https://screen.yahoo.com/live/event/bob-mould.
Bob and his band will be making stops in the US and Europe throughout the fall. See where they are heading next by visiting http://bobmould.com/tour/.
BOB MOULD
2014 WORLD TOUR
11/06/14 – Berlin, Germany – Bi-Nuu
11/07/14 – Cologne, Germany – Gebaude 9
11/08/14 – Wangels, Germany – Rolling Stone Weekender
11/10/14 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso North
11/11/14 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rockhal
11/12/14 – Leuven, Belgium – Het Depot
11/14/14 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell
11/15/14 – Glasgow, UK – Oran Mor
11/17/14 – Bristol, UK – The Fleece
11/18/14 – London, UK – Village Underground
* solo electric set
Bob Mould - The War from Merge Records on Vimeo.
A Swedish film won the Golden Lion for Best Film, the highest prize awarded at the 71st Venice film festival which ended here on Saturday.
En duva satt pa en gren och funderade pa tillvaron (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence) by Swedish director Roy Andersson is the story of two traveling salesmen peddling novelty items.
The salesmen are an unlikely pair who sell grotesque party masks and quarrel continuously, like a modern Don Quixote and Sancho. Sam, who considers himself the brains of the operation, ceaselessly patronizes his companion. Jonathan is slow and phlegmatic, finding happiness in the simple act of eating. The pair inspires hilarity through a series of rich and surprising events. They show to the audience beauty in one moment, pettiness in another, as well as the humor and tragedy within humanity and life's grandeur next to human frailty.
"The film has 39 scenes, and my ambition is that each can deliver an artistic experience to the audience," Andersson said. "It aims to generate reflection and contemplation, regarding our existence with a large slice of tragicomedy, lust for life, and a fundamental respect for human existence," the director added.
Rising French star Paul Romain won best young actor prize for his role as a boy who meets his father in Alex Delaport's Le Dernier Coup de Marteau.
DUTCH VERSION
Gouden Leeuw voor Roy Andersson's A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE en de Marcello Mastroianni Award voor Beste Jonge Acteur of Actrice ging naar Romain Paul voor zijn rol in LE DERNIER COUP DE MARTEAU van Alix Delaporte
A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE van regisseur Roy Andersson ('You, the Living', 'A Swedish Love Story') ontving afgelopen zaterdag op het Filmfestival van Venetië de Gouden Leeuw voor Beste Film.
Zeven jaar na 'You, the Living' komt Roy Andersson, de koning van de absurde Zweedse humor, met een nieuwe film.
'A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence' volgt een verkoper van bizarre gadgets en zijn mentaal onstabiele kompaan. Als een moderne reïncarnatie van Don Quichote en Sancho Panza nemen zij ons mee op een kaleidoscopische tocht langs de humor en tragiek in elk van ons. Ondertussen reflecteren ze over de absurditeit van het leven, met al zijn grandeur en zijn kwetsbaarheid.
Romain Paul, de jonge hoofdacteur uit LE DERNIER COUP DE MARTEAU van Alix Delaporte ('Angèle et Tony') mocht dan weer de Marcello Mastroianni Award in ontvangst nemen.
De 14-jarige Victor woont met z'n moeder in een caravan op een strand in Zuid-Frankrijk. Hij heeft zijn vader nooit gekend en maakt zichzelf wijs dat hij hem ook niet nodig heeft. Maar wanneer hij hoort dat z'n vader, een bekend dirigent, in de nabijheid aan het repeteren is met zijn orkest, voelt Victor plots wel de drang om een band met hem te ontwikkelen.
Releasedatum in België: 11 maart 2015
What's the first thing a musician says when he moves to LA?
"Would you like fries with that sir?"
The new album by True Zebra will be made available on october 13.
ADOREMOTION is the second album by multi-intrumentalistic producer Kevin Strauwen.
Electrock Recordings will be releasing a very limited and personal hard copy edition including 9 tracks.
The album can be ordered at the True Zebra site and at some of the finest indie record stores.
The standard album 8 tracks will be available at the most popular digital stores.
True Zebra: ADOREMOTION
1. Push
2. Shame
3. Forget
4. Feel
5. Hunt
6. Happen
7. Lose
8. Transition
9. Make (*Limited edition only)
Written, recorded, produced and performed by Kevin Strauwen.
True Zebra is Kevin Strauwen.
A musician, songwriter, engineer and producer who received excellent reviews
with his official self-released digital debut album as True Zebra.
Conceived as rock but mistaken with electronic tries and techniques,
True Zebra transmutes an alternative view into the electro rock and dance scene
with tight-grooves, industrial-esque rhythms and spookish melodies.
True Zebra's live reputation is becoming clearly visible.
Leaving behind memorable impressions and performances at Ancienne Belgique, Trix and many others.
Currently a resident in Belgium.
