Lassigue Bendthaus is the electro-industrial project of Uwe Schmidt aka Atom™ or Señor Coconut from Germany. Uwe Schmidt began making music in the early 1980s, first playing drums, then switching to programming a drum computer after he had heard a Linn Drum on the radio. In 1986 he co-founded the cassette label N.G. Medien, on which his first musical work under the name Lassigue Bendthaus, "The Engineer's Love", was released. Soon after, he started to work on what would become his first official record release, the album "Matter". The recordings and production began in 1986 and took almost 4 years, until the album finally came out in 1991 on the German Parade Amoureuse label.
Musically somewhere between late "Industrial" and "Electronic Body Music", yet already anticipating "Acid" and "Techno", this production managed to cause quite a stir, due to its advanced production techniques. Songs pay strong homage to Kraftwerk, approaching the early industrial dance scene with a softer sequential approach than most of his contemporaries. "Matter" is a hermetic reflection about the relationship between perception, nature, science, technology and labor. This reissue comprises the entire 1991 "Matter" LP, as well a bonus 7" record containing 2 tracks never before released on vinyl. All songs on "Matter" were recorded and mixed by Tobias Freund (Pink Elln).
All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl is housed in a jacket featuring the photographic traces of a high-energy photon hitting a proton. Each LP includes a 2-sided insert with original album reviews, press clippings, liner notes by Atom™ and photos.
Belga Films has revealed their upcoming releases. Here’s the full (quite impressive) list.
LES INVINCIBLES (Released on 05/02/2014)
Cast : Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Efira
Site : http://www.belgafilms.be/NL/movie/5499
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEd0FrQTWGE
EYA FJALLA JöKULL (Released on 05/02/2014)
Casting: Danny Boon, Valerie Bonneton
Site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2207072/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8A0u6TlH7M
PRISONERS (Released on 12/02/2014)
Synopsis:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal
Site: http://www.belgafilms.be/NL/movie/5491
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ijF1X2_0u4
MALAVITA (Released on 12/03/2013)
Synopsis:
The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Cast : Robert de Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones
Site : http://www.belgafilms.be/NL/movie/5487
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID2m_KwhLz4
EN SOLITAIRE (Released on 12/03/2014)
Synopsis:
It tells the story of Yann Kermadec whose dreams suddenly come true when he has to replace the DCNS star skipper at the last minute before the start of the Vendée Globe (a round-the-world non-stop single-handed yacht race). After several days of racing, Yann, who is in the lead, has to stop to repair a damaged rudder. This will disrupt his round-the-world journey...
Cast : François Cluzet (Intouchables), Virginie Efira
Site : http://www.belgafilms.be/NL/movie/5510
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4b7N8R8JEw
It had been three years since Jamaica’s debut album ‘No Problem’, when at the end of last year, the duo Antoine Hilaire and Florent Lyonnet emerged with news of their long awaited second album and a brand new track ‘Hello Again’.
‘Ventura’ is that second album, produced by Jamaica and Laurent d’Herbécourt (Phoenix), written and recorded between Los Angeles and Paris; it will be released on March 31st through Control Freak/[PIAS] Cooperative.
After the release of ‘No Problem’ - produced by Xavier de Rosnay (one half of Justice) - Jamaica quickly garnered attention with the killer singles ‘I Think I Like U 2’ and ‘Short and Entertaining’. Having toured the world for two years, they began thinking about their next record, the pair felt ambitious, without any weight or pressure.
‘Ventura’ is fed by fantasies of American culture, gathered from records and films, and also, the reality they discovered while touring in the U.S. They spent a month with Peter Franco (Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories) in LA and mention a discovery in a literal sense: "We thought about for a while naming this album Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria, like one of Christopher Columbus's ships."
In the end, they named it ‘Ventura’. For the musicians, the name reminds them of its literal translation of "luck" and "fate", but also of the 72 Pontiac and of course, of Ventura Boulevard, one of the biggest roads in the San Fernando valley.
It’s on Ventura Boulevard where they worked with Peter Franco, they spent a month locked away in a house and its makeshift studio, surrounded by instruments borrowed from local musicians and having lots of guests dropping by. One day, TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe came by to sing soulful vocals on ‘Golden Times’. Another day, Chris Caswell, longtime collaborator of Paul Williams, gave them a hand with a few keyboards arrangements.
When they returned to Paris, they headed to Laurent d’Herbécourt’s (Phoenix) studio and found it the perfect place to finish their album. Unlike most studios, it’s bathed in daylight: "To us, ‘No Problem’ shows a clubby and nightly aspect of the band, while ‘Ventura’ is meant to be the daylight album for Jamaica."
Antoine and Florent's belief in a more organic and analogue sound was strengthened by Laurent d'Herbécourt, who helped to mix the record: "While mixing, he definitely pushed us further towards a "radio" oriented direction, in the most noble and Fleetwood Mac sense of the word. A sunny pop that hides more sensibility when one really pays attention."
Songs like ‘Two on Two’, ‘Golden Times’, ‘All Inclusive’ or ‘Ferris Wheeler’ are fueled by this feel-good music to listen to while driving along the Pacific Ocean. Other tracks reveal new leads for Jamaica, from the post-surf of ‘Turbo’ and ‘Same Smile’ to ‘Rushmore’s power ballad. ‘Ventura’ deserves to be played on a car stereo; the album radiates as much nonchalance as it does sophistication. It toys with the idea of a fantasized West Coast, from San Diego to Seattle, discovered over and over through its past and present times.
Tracklisting: 1. Two on Two, 2. Hello Again, 3. Houdini, 4. Golden Times, 5. All Inclusive, 6. Ferris Wheeler, 7. High Then Low, 8. Ricky, 9. Rushmore, 10. Turbo, 11. Same Smile, 12. Goodbye Friday
Dutch FilmWorks have presented us their releases for February.
ESCAPE PLAN and HET VONNIS are the movies you can find.
ESCAPE PLAN (released on 4th February)
The newest action movie that finally unites Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Synopsis:
When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
Click below to see the trailer.
HET VONNIS (released on 25th February-Flanders only)
The movie in where Jan Verheyen proved that he is one of the best directors of Flanders, Belgium. A picture that shows what can happen if justice forgets the human aspect.
This courtroomdrama features topperformances by Koen De Bouw, Johan Leysen, Wouter Hendrickx, Veerle Baetens and Jo De Meyere.
Dutch FilmWorks also presents two series in February
GOMORRAH CONNECTION (released 25th February), a series about the Italian mob featuring Stefano Accorsi, Giuseppe Zeno and Federico Torre.
Finally they have O’ HANLONS HELDEN-SEASON 2 out (released 25th February), the documentary featuring Redmond O’Hanlon.
DEPECHE MODE, one of true godfathers of electronic (pop) music, will play in the Antwerp Sportpaleis on Saturday 25.01, but did you know it's almost exactly 30 years ago that Depeche Mode played, during their 'Construction Time Again tour', in Trix (back then called Hof Ter Lo)?
Check out the amazing set-list Depeche Mode played on that historical night December 5th, 1983 here!
And that this same venue, Trix (former Hof Ter Lo) is also the home base of the renowned BIMFEST / BodyBeats organization for more than 13 years now?
Well, this and the fact that the Trix is located only 1500 meters from the Sportpaleis were DEPECHE MODE will play same night are more then reasons enough for BodyBeats to host a special DEPECHE MODE AFTER SHOW PARTY in the exact same venue Depeche Mode played way back in 1983.
The perfect opportunity for all Depeche Mode fans & party people to party into the night on good danceable tunes going from Synth-Pop/Minimal/New-wave/Electro/EBM and much more alternative sounds spun by DJ BORG!
Of course a (un) healthy dose of DM songs will be played to comfort those who had to miss out on the DM gig and to give those who did... goosebumps again!
Check out the facebook event en the link below!
