Philipp Roeder

2012-01-31T17:26:00.000+01:00

Maybe playing three times in a row three completely different RRDRR sets is a bit laborious but sometimes things need time to develop. This is a short video (low-fi, sorry) of last week's concert at the Atomino, Chemnitz.

2012-01-18T23:30:00.000+01:00

Here are the dates so far for the Bombee tour in February/March:

14.02.2012 GER / Dresden / Festspielhaus Hellerau
21.02.2012 GER / Nürnberg / K4
22.02.2012 GER / Stuttgart / Cafe Galao
23.02.2012 GER / Freiburg / White Rabbit
24.02.2012 GER / Mannheim / O-Ton Club
25.02.2012 GER / tbc
26.02.2012 GER / Frankfurt / Ponyhof
28.02.2012 GER / Jena / Theatercafe
29.02.2012 GER / Berlin / Bohnengold
01.03.2012 GER / Hamburg / Kukuun
02.03.2012 GER / Chemnitz / Exil
03.03.2012 GER / Oelsnitz / Ragga
05.03.2012 GER / Bamberg / Liveclub
14.03.2012 GER / Breitenbrunn / Wirtschaftskabinett
30.03.2012 GER / Jena / Cafe Wagner

2012-01-17T22:08:00.002+01:00

Playfellow's remix EP is mastered and in the pressing plant right now. I'll post some links where you can buy or download the whole album after it came out officially. There are a some brilliant tracks on that album.
This is the remix of "Where April woods are red" which I did for them.

On the 27th of January there will be the record release party @ Atomino, Chemnitz, Germany. I'll also play an entirely new set on that evening. Come over if you're around.

In addition I'm currently working on No Soap Radio's new album, they just finished mixing and I'll do the mastering for the record. Expect some really spaced out and massive tracks.
(Btw: this is a project from Robert who is also the drummer of Iguana. And yep - hence it's another band you'd never expect being located in a tiny village in the middle of Saxony. Must be the infinite solitude there I guess.)

2012-01-04T18:59:00.000+01:00

band: Bombee
song: _______LS
album: Parallels

2011-12-14T11:34:00.001+01:00

Suralin - Fountain Grove (RRDRR Remix)

Release: Dec 16, 2011
℗ 2011 Cargo

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fountain-grove-rmx-ep/id485259621

2011-11-28T18:08:00.003+01:00

On the 16th of December Suralin will release a remix EP on Cargo Records, I did a remix of their song "fountain grove".

2011-11-28T17:51:00.009+01:00

The new music video for Bombee's "P________" is exclusively featured on motor.de

Production, camera, cutting and everything by Ralf Schupp

2011-11-18T00:04:00.003+01:00

This is another new Bombee song that has been uploaded:

A few days ago we played in Jena (GER), here's a video, the song is called "__R______":

2011-10-28T19:08:00.031+02:00

This is the first song of Bombee's 'Parallels', final mix and master.

Here are some additional facts about 'Parallels':
All songs written by Bombee which means Alexander Seypt and Philipp Roeder
Recording: Nico Lindner (vocals) and Philipp Roeder @ Altes Stadtarchiv
Mastering: Veit Kirsch @ Magnet Mastering
Vocals: Alexander Seypt
Mixing, Instruments and Producing: Philipp Roeder
Additional musicians on some tracks: Markus Altmann (cello, vocals and synths), Matthias Vogel (bass guitar), Katharina Mey (piano), Toni Niemeier (vocals)

2011-10-27T21:13:00.001+02:00

Today I got the mastered files of the new Bombee record, Veit Kirsch at Magnet Mastering did a very well job. There won't be a CD-version anymore, we're just tired of that medium. But you'll be able to download it at all these online stores instead. And there will be an engraved flash drive filled with a video we did and other stuff which you'll get at one of our forthcoming shows. Sweethome Records (Broken Silence) will put it out again and Stereopark Agency will do the booking for us in the future. Here are the dates for this year:

2011-10-26T18:37:00.002+02:00

This one was created by using Rhythm Studio for iPad only. No editing afterwards, just playing around with that app for a while.

2011-09-21T17:31:00.001+02:00

RRDRR - snooze and slumber

2011-09-06T19:12:00.001+02:00

Promo pictures for Bombee by Chris Gonz.

2011-08-26T19:34:00.001+02:00

RRDRR concert, prison, August 20 2011. Pictures taken by Franziska Kurz (www.ganz-kurz.de).

2011-08-17T21:03:00.002+02:00

A video and...

2011-08-17T18:12:00.004+02:00

...some pictures from the Bombee concert last weekend @ the HeyDays festival.

Photos taken by Philipp Peter Gladsome

2011-08-05T16:23:00.001+02:00

In the past 8 weeks Bombee wrote a bunch of new songs which we'll play next week at the HeyDays festival for the very first time. We'll add a few more dates for December soon, so get in touch if you want us in your city. Aside from that we start recording all the songs at the end of August. You'll be able to download them via iTunes and all that stuff in autumn (distribution over broken silence/sweet home records) or get a really nice and printed flash drive at one of our shows. Next year a 'real' record will follow. Last but not least: here's a demo version of a song we recorded, working title: 013.

2011-07-27T15:26:00.002+02:00

Bombee rehearsal, July 26, 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCCG7PFfu_w

2011-07-07T01:00:00.002+02:00

August will be an exciting month. Bombee will play a first show with a completely new setup at the HeyDays Festival (https://www.facebook.com/theheydaysweekend?sk=wall&filter=12) near Chemnitz.

This week we finished writing and recording songs and we'll prepare to play them live in the next weeks. Basically it's a collaboration between Alex and me, like in the good old days. But from time to time we invite different musicians to play concerts with us, for the festival in August we'll have a great bass player on our side.
As a teaser I'll upload a pre-version of one of our tracks to soundcloud within the next days.

Our home town seems to be a good place to try something new. So I'll play a totally new RRDRR set at the art festival "Begehungen" in Chemnitz (http://www.begehungen-chemnitz.de/). The best thing: it will take place at a former prison:

Moreover Grischa Lichtenberger (http://www.grischa-lichtenberger.com/) will also play on that day and I think the whole festival is for free. So come around if you can make it!

The dates:
12th of August - Bombee @ HeyDays Festival Niederwiesa near Chemnitz
20th of August - RRDRR @ Begehungen Festival Chemnitz

2011-07-06T13:09:00.006+02:00

It's time for some black metal, to be exact: EGBM (East German Black Metal, of course)! I did some sounds and edits for Yldegart, their first record "Mortui Vivimus" just came out on Nerdcore Records. There's also one song up on soundcloud, listen to it here:

And check out the packaging:

http://nerdcorerecords.blogspot.com/2011/07/nc05-yldegart-mortui-vivimus-cs.html

UPDATE
This is a pretty nice review of the record: http://fillmyhead.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/yldegart-mortui-vivimus-cassette/

2011-05-16T16:20:00.002+02:00

RRDRR - Hà Nội

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax_AlhHW6-Y

2011-03-19T05:59:00.002+01:00

April 15, 2011: RRDRR @ Groovestation, Dresden. Very first time playing a completely new set and sound, so better be there if you can make it. It's Mitropamusik's record release which also includes a remix of mine.
http://groovestation.de/
Facebook
http://www.mitropamusik.com/

2011-01-25T19:18:00.001+01:00

The band "Of Quiet Walls" released their new album "Abrissbirne" which is downloadable right here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7pei1l
I'd say it's some kind of Dillinger Escape Plan-influenced hardcore or maybe math-core. Anyway, the last song is my remix of their "Eskapismus, galore!" which I already posted here: http://bit.ly/hVs4gG

2011-01-13T18:00:00.000+01:00

We again were invited to play at the "Mania" at club Atomino in Chemnitz, Germany. This time several bands had to reinterpret songs of The Cure, last year we played Madonna (http://soundcloud.com/roeder/bombee-madonna-medley). The lineup was slightly different: Nico on guitar (Volt), Markus on bass (Bombee, Calaveras), Karl on guitar (Kraftklub, Neon Blocks) and me playing drums. Again it was very challenging for everybody cause Kraftklub were on tour before for about 6 weeks (with Nico as sound engineer for some shows (only the 12k people shows... not kiddin)) and therefore we had our very first rehearsal only one week before the show, at this time the concert was already sold-out. The constellation of people was very new, we never made music together before, nevertheless the song-writing process was very productive and we're looking forward to play another Mania sometime, possibly in another constellation and with less time, of course.
This is the whole concert and contains the following songs: a forest, killing an arab, why can't I be you, let's go to bed and at least 3 other songs as more or less short fragments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1MtXyrOtsQ

2011-01-08T23:00:00.001+01:00

This is a remix I did for my friends from Wive. The song is called "Teethy" and is released on their last album "PVLL" via Exile On Mainstream Records. You can listen to the original version here:
http://soundcloud.com/wive/teethy

Listen to the remix here:

2010-12-12T20:00:00.005+01:00

Todays block entry has a little finger-wagging in it. And seeing reason. And change.
I've been playing in loud bands for over 10 years now... and this fact my ears now have to experience - despite the consistent use of ear plugs. It's some kind of a light tinnitus but fortunately not that evil yet, there's probably no hearing loss (17kHz seems okay for my age I guess). But I have to change some things to keep my hearing and prevent damage. First of all I have to leave orchid of doom. As a drummer it's simply too much for my ears. During our last tour I had a ringing in my ears every night, despite hearing protection, of course. I really hope they'll continue without me, it's worth it.
Bombee will continue, but in a different way. Actually it has nothing to do with the tinnitus but with a changed view of music in general. Basically it will be electronic music, but without any external samples, we're recording everything by ourselves and writing and producing new songs currently. Of course it still will be Bombee, so we'll focus on voice, cello and acoustic guitar. In January we'll play some concerts with Playfellow, most probably a mixed set and after my return from Asia in April we'll play a totally new set.
Also my own electronic music got a new shape, I finally found the sound I was searching for such a long time. I'm currently developing a live set which I'll perform in early 2011 for the first time.
Let's end this blog with quoting Bob Dylan: "My ears are ringing, ringing like empty shells. Well, it can't be no guitar player, must be convent bells."

2010-11-16T15:00:00.000+01:00

qc test pattern

2010-11-03T17:22:00.003+01:00

This is a remix I did for Dresden's Mitropamusik. More information (when and how it will be released) soon.

You can find the original version here:
http://soundcloud.com/mitropamusik/02-popmusik-im-blut

2010-08-25T02:00:00.004+02:00

Our beloved friends from Dekor Labor did some really nice merch for the upcoming orchid of doom tour, check this out and CU on the road!

2010-08-10T18:20:00.001+02:00

Orchid of doom has a first song online which was recorded by allorange music on our first concert at Saechsischer Bahnhof, Gera. Allorange also mixed the whole thing and I rearranged and edited it again. Listen to it here:

2010-08-07T16:00:00.001+02:00

Here we go. These are the dates for August and September:

orchid of doom:
Aug 20 2010 Zschopau, GERMANY - Teraxacum Fest
Aug 20 2010 Leipzig, GERMANY - Atari (w/o Julith Krishun)
Aug 29 2010 Dresden, GERMANY - AZ Conni
Aug 30 2010 Berlin, GERMANY - Scharni
Aug 31 2010 Wolfsburg, GERMANY - Ost
Sep 1 2010 Göttingen, GERMANY - JUZI
Sep 2 2010 Mannheim, GERMANY - JUZ
Sep 3 2010 Osnabrück, GERMANY - Substanz
Sep 4 2010 Mainz, GERMANY - Haus Mainusch
Sep 5 2010 Antwerp, BELGIUM - La Campine Kultcafe
Sep 6 2010 Mülheim a.d.R., GERMANY - AZ
Sep 7 2010 Aachen, GERMANY - AZ
Sep 8 2010 Karlsruhe, GERMANY - tba.
Sep 9 2010 Leipzig, GERMANY - Schuppen

Bombee:
Sep 13 2010 Berlin, GERMANY - Weinladen Kreuzberg
Sep 14 2010 Rostock, GERMANY - Momo
Sep 15 2010 Hamburg, GERMANY - Spielbudenplatz
Sep 16 2010 Halle, GERMANY - Hühnermanhatten
Sep 17 2010 Jena, GERMANY - Ali Alster
Sep 18 2010 Netzschkau, GERMANY - Borweark Club
Sep 19 2010 Freiburg, GERMANY - White Rabbit
Sep 20 2010 Basel, SWITZERLAND - Cafe Hammer
Sep 21 2010 Köln, GERMANY - Vorstadtprinzessin
Sep 22 2010 Nürnberg, GERMANY - Wohnzimmerkonzert

2010-06-16T02:00:00.002+02:00

Orchid of doom will be on tour with Julith Krishun in August and September. Right now we're about to book shows in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France but if you want us to show up in your city feel free to drop a line and we'll see what is possible.
Right after that I'll be on tour with Bombee which will start at the 13th of September. Same here: we're currently booking the dates for Europe and if you want us to play in your city we're happy to read your requests.

2010-06-16T01:00:00.002+02:00

Okay, web 2.0 technology is not enough. Although soundcloud's audio quality is way better than myspace or other crap, it's everything but satisfying for me. Especially when working with different and mostly extreme compression settings, glitch sounds that base on extreme frequencies and sound structures with a lot of different layers it's like squeezing everything through a sieve and the result hasn't much to do with the one I actually created. Compression artifacts haven't been such a big thing on previous tracks but since analogue sounds and very high or low frequencies became a cornerstone streaming means almost remixing for me. However, that's another reason to buy vinyl.

That fuckery could lead to another and more essential question. The whole music world or better: music business is changing nowadays, record labels become more and more irrelevant and the internet as a possibility for everyone to promote, release and organize their music worldwide takes their part, which of course has advantages as well as disadvantages, like every other development has, too. So far, so good, except some record companies that still refer to their pseudo-power they had in the nineties and earlier and some magazines everybody got it. By implication it means that a majority of the music consumed by everybody comes out of youtube, myspace or other streaming pages, which reduces the sound quality for the consumer basically of course. Does that again implies that musicians don't need expensive recording studios, studio monitors at home or other equipment that provide their high quality sound anymore? ...or let's say in the near future? Not to mention the fact that returns from record sales got lower and lower the last 10 years, and these were at least a little help to finance SOMETHING related to making and releasing high-quality music. I especially talk about smaller labels that work on a usually non-profit base and give almost every earned coin (and frequently more) back to the musicians somehow. Cynically it implies: these two developments, the lower quality coming out of the speakers and the lower earnings, they just go hand in hand. Problem solved!
Of course this is just one-sided. The possibility to consume every kind of music everywhere (online all day, yay), the possibility for musicians to share their visions without restrictions to, at least theoretically, everyone and much more; I'll never want to do without it. Anyhow also pure consumers should spare a thought about that. There are two possibilities I see now: the quality of music gets worse more and more and/or the musicians get paid mainly by live concerts which thereby get more and more expensive. Both happens today already. And both isn't really acceptable.

I know this is not a usual "this is what I've done, listen to this, go to that concert" blog entry but especially because I know a lot of musicians follow this blog and in my opinion it's also not uninteresting for non-musicians to think about this and that I decided to post these thoughts here. And yep - I also know that 90 percent or something will only read the first sentence but if you still read this: let's go out, meet in real life and play with wood. Similar to: let's buy some new vinyl and listen to it through our beloved ME Geithain speakers.

Oh, and not to forget, this is the track I was talking about at the beginning. It's called triple-glazed. I needed some tries and got the best result by leaving a lot of head-room (which means it's much quieter but with less compression artifacts), so turn your equipment as far as it will go:

2010-06-09T03:03:00.005+02:00

News for June 2010. The short Bombee tour starts in a week and we're all excited to hit the road with Dead Western. There are just a few dates (check our myspace for the current dates) but despair - we're on tour again in September. Dates will follow very soon. Our new album "black keys" is out now on Exile on Mainstream records and although we're everything but new to that universe we're pretty happy to be part of it with our little baby Bombee. It feels like being home, father Kanzler takes care of us. Thank you.

Next Orchid of Doom. We began as a project just for one evening with the offer to record the show (what we did) and release it on Apocaplexy records. But we changed our plan. The concert was great fun, writing songs and hanging around with each other was amazing, we got a bunch of offers to play shows almost everywhere in Europe although they never heard even one tone and it feels just right to continue, so we decided to go one step further. At the moment we're pondering on what to do and although we haven't decided anything by now let me tell you: there will be a very special series of (probably) 7"s on several labels, there will be more than one tour and the number five will play a major role.

Also with my electronic stuff I have some stuff to announce. The last few months I was playing around with new equipment, new perceptions, new conceptions and new impressions. I'm everything but at the finish but musically I learned a lot lately. Basically I can say that my chaos-breakcore-the-faster-the-better-times are over. I did this kind of music a long time, had a lot of fun while playing live (in my opinion the breakcore community is so similar to the hardcore community, in a positive way, there were more than enough shows I played where I was frightened for my equipment, what is more than great) and enjoyed doing that music a lot. But now it's time for development. That's a first step:

2010-05-03T22:30:00.005+02:00

Here you can see some pictures Franziska Kurz(http://ganz-kurz.de/) did for an exhibition("facecarnival"). The series includes different views on several musicians and I'm pretty happy to be involved in such a project.

UPDATE
These pictures were taken during the soundcheck at Club Atomino(Chemnitz).

© Franziska Kurz

2010-04-28T12:00:00.002+02:00

Since there are still 4 weeks until Bombee's "Black Keys" will be released we decided to upload 2 more songs to make you wait eagerly. So here it is, "Wasted Time To Say" and "Funeral Walk".

http://soundcloud.com/roeder/bombee-wasted-time-to-say

http://soundcloud.com/roeder/bombee-funeral-walk

2010-04-25T13:00:00.010+02:00

There's a new band to announce. My friend Maik(Dekor Labor, Ponyhell Records, Apocaplexy Records) organizes a concert in Gera on the 29th of May with Traktor and Zann. He asked me to start a project just for this evening and here we are: Orchid of Doom contains Paul and Konrad of Julith Krishun and the Tangled Lines(Dresden), Ehud of Suckinim Baenaim(Tel Aviv), Kay of the band Of Quiet Walls(Chemnitz) and me. The concert will be recorded and there are already some plans with it but let's see what happens.

As early as next week the first two Exile Trust shows will take place, for more info go to http://www.theexiletrust.net/ and come to these two shows. Also the short Bombee tour with Dead Western is taking shape, dates are below.

On the 5th of May I'll play my first rOeder set after quite a few months at Atomino, Chemnitz. It's a birthday party but there's no guest list and the entry is free, so you can come around, have a beer and listen to my new set.

Here are the dates again:

1st of May - Gera/ Saechsischer Bahnhof - Exile Trust Show (Bombee, Don Vito, Ruptur)
2nd of May - Dresden/ AZ Connie - Exile Trust Show (Bombee, Osis Krull, Ruptur)
5th of May - Chemnitz/ Atomino (rOeder)
29th of May - Gera/ Saechsischer Bahnhof (Orchid of Doom, Traktor, Zann)
17th of June - Chemnitz/ Aaltra (Bombee)
18th of June - Potsdam/ Kuze (Bombee, Dead Western)
19th of June - Mannheim/ Der Bock (Bombee, Dead Western)
20th of June - Leipzig/ Conne Island (Bombee, Dead Western)

2010-04-21T02:30:00.013+02:00

2010-04-12T16:00:00.002+02:00

I finished the remix for the band 'of quiet walls' which will be released on their forthcoming album. It's the first time I used only the tracks recorded by them, no external samples, no synthesizers. Final mixing and mastering by salsa basalt and me.

2010-03-28T16:30:00.004+02:00

The Band Radar published the remixes for their album "Rollsplitt" on soundcloud. So you can stream all 8 tunes(including remixes by Benjamin Brunn, D.I.S. and Cupca) for free as well as my remix of "Armstrong". Check it out here:

http://soundcloud.com/radarradar/sets/radar-remix

Sweethome Records released the 3rd edition of their "Psychosomatic Love" sampler series which includes "Away"(which I already posted here before) and the track "Somatic" which I edited for Bombee. Listen to it here:

http://soundcloud.com/roeder/bombee-somatic

2010-03-03T19:19:00.009+01:00

Howdy! Bombee's new record "Black Keys" is in the pressing plant right now and will be released on Exile On Mainstream in June. Here you can listen to the title track:

And don't forget: next week the Euro tour with Wive finally begins. Check the dates out here and come over!
click here

2010-01-25T19:00:00.001+01:00

directed by Sander Houtkruijer
assistent director- Alina Rojas
camera by Mariel Baqueiro
assistent camera- Lauro Cress
gaffer- Carlos Vasquez
band- celan
song- Sinking
location- 'Stammtisch' in Berlin/Neukölln

2010-01-15T01:00:00.002+01:00

We decided not to proceed with dissolver. It's just a problem of different perceptions and approaches. The songs we wrote so far were admittedly good but we more and more had the feeling that our continual search of compromises destroys the spirit of the music. That's just the way it is.

2010-01-10T22:00:00.010+01:00

The new Bombee record named "Black Keys" is almost done and will be released this summer through Exile On Mainstream Records. As announced Hannah(Wive) played violin on two tracks. Get ready for a step forward!

In March we'll be on tour with Wive, the brand-new band of Hannah and Matt of ex- a whisper in the noise. So we're both "new" "old" members of the Exile family.
These are the dates:

14.03.2010 CZ Hradec Kralove, La Putika
15.03.2010 CZ Prague, 007
16.03.2010 AUT Vienna, Arena
17.03.2010 GER Munich, Feierwerk
18.03.2010 GER Freiburg, White Rabbit
19.03.2010 GER Tübingen, Schlosscafe
20.03.2010 GER Braunschweig, Nexus
21.03.2010 GER Chemnitz. Weltecho

Moreover we'll hit the road in summer '10 with Dead Western and there are already plans for touring in fall '10.

2009-12-29T23:00:00.005+01:00

On the 25th of December Bombee played at the Madonna Mania(Club Atomino, Chemnitz, Germany) which was great fun. It's an event taking place every year where several bands reinterpret songs of a special artist. The lineup was: Nico(Volt) - drums, Alex(Bombee) - voice, Markus(Calaveras, Bombee) - bass guitar and me on a 2nd bass guitar and synth. During a rehearsal we recorded these 4 songs with just one microphone and I did this short medley just to recall the nice evening:

2009-12-09T15:00:00.004+01:00

Since my 7" (the one released 2008 on Hirntrust Grind Media) is available on several download pages I also offer downloading it here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/318471263/rOeder_-_Hirntrust_7inch.rar
Good quality, some nice pictures included etc.
Nevertheless I have some copies of the 'real' vinyl left(apart from iPod, iTunes and all these stuff there are still some vinyl lovers out there - like me). Just drop a line(or order it here: http://www.hirntrust.at/index.php?id=5) to get one. Thanks!

2009-12-03T22:30:00.008+01:00

Funny - fifth place @ rock-a-rolla top 30 albums of 2009: click here

Here we go again - the echos and dust top 40 albums of 2009:
click here

2009-11-27T22:00:00.003+01:00

A sicko DJ set my buddy Caedes did including tracks solely released by Hirntrust Grind Media as well as a tune of my 2008 released 7":

http://www.hirntrust.at/fileadmin/user_upload/mp3/hirntrust.mp3

2009-11-03T11:00:00.005+01:00

Because of several recordings/touring with other bands and so on we took a short brake with rehearsing with Dissolver. But we'll continue asap. Before that brake we recorded all songs we finished so far in our tiny rehearsal room. Very crappy, just one microphone and a cheap tape recorder, actually just for us. With the help of that samples and a funny TTS tool I created a short preview for myspace. You can listen to it here:

2009-11-02T17:00:00.008+01:00

I'll place the track "away" on the next "Our Psychosomatic Love". This is a sampler where almost the whole "Sweet Home Records" - family releases some special songs. This track is already on my myspace page but you can listen to it here in a much better quality. Moreover a Bombee song will also be on that sampler. Maybe. Alex, Boris, Markus and me almost finished recording 12 new songs for the next album. We record the last stuff these days and will send some songs to our mates Hannah and Matt. Recording on two continents - that's band 2.0, huh?

2009-11-01T20:00:00.003+01:00

Two more slideshows. Copenhagen and Paris. Again. Celan tour, September/October 2009.

Photos taken by Jakob Sievers. Copenhagen.
http://www.myspace.com/jsievers

Photos taken by Alexperimental. Paris.
http://alexperimental.free.fr/

2009-10-18T20:00:00.008+02:00

A slideshow including pictures of all venues we've been at. Celan tour, September/October 2009.

2009-10-02T07:00:00.001+02:00

Some pictures of the Celan show in Paris @ le Nouveau Casino.

All pictures taken by Christian Ravel.
http://www.myspace.com/christianravel

2009-10-02T05:00:00.005+02:00

There are a few youtube videos of the Paris show of Celan. Cameras: Arno, Amandine, Benoit and Mariexxme. Edit: Mariexxme. Location: Le Nouveau Casino. Date: 22/09/09.

Some other videos of the same concert you can find here:
Celan - (#1) - Live @ Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, 09.22.2009
Celan - (#2) - Live @ Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, 09.22.2009
Celan - (#3) - Live @ Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, 09.22.2009
Celan - (#4) - Live @ Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, 09.22.2009
Celan - (Encore) - Live @ Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, 09.22.2009

Another 3 of the show in Lausanne:
Celan live (part 1/2)
Celan live (part 2/2)
Celan [Live on "Le Romandie"

Also Lausanne:
CELAN Live at Le Romandie Weigh Tag
CELAN It's low Live at Le Romandie

Here's a vid of the London show:
Celan - A Thousand Charms live at the Borderline London, 19th September 2009

And Praha:
Celan - Sinking - Praha 2009
Celan - It's Low - Praha 2009

And Jena:
CELAN live@KASSABLANCA 30 09 2009 #1

And Copenhagen:
Celan - Instrumenal + It's Low (Live in Copenhagen, 10/06/09)
Celan - Train of Thought (Live in Copenhagen, 10/06/09)

2009-09-13T05:00:00.000+02:00

OK, I moved to blogspot now. It seems that this is the better place to write some news and stuff. I copied all the entries from myspace to this place and won't update the myspace blog anymore.

2009-09-08T17:00:00.001+02:00

Here we are - news for September so far(I get better with writing this blog as you can see).
Finally we got a name for our new band: it's Dissolver. We uploaded a short teaser(of course we already have a myspace page, every goddam rehearsal-room-band-that-never-played-live-before has such one!). We had a rehearsing marathon last week and recorded the songs we got so far in a very simple way. You can listen to it here:
http://www.myspace.com/dsslvr
As you can hear in the teaser - we already have some songs and are ready to record the stuff soon. Currently we're thinking about where to record and who should do the mixdown. Let's see.

I also worked a lot on electronic stuff last days. You can listen to one new tune here:
http://www.myspace.com/rroederr

Next week the Celan tour starts and we're looking forward to hitting the road finally. Our very special merch is also done - look at these nice notebooks the Dekor Labor did for us:

The artwork for the shirts and the notebooks did our buddy Kurt Karacho - also known as the guitar player of Julith Krishun and the bass player of the Tangled Lines. He also designed our Flu.ID shirts some years ago.

Right after the Celan tour we'll hit the studio with Bombee to record our next album. Nico - the bass player of Volt who also will do the sound on the Celan tour - will record us again. Basically all songs are written and we're curious about hearing the songs with cello and all the other instruments.

CU on the road!

2009-07-01T17:00:00.001+02:00

Howdy! There are some news about Celan. One week ago we played our first show at the Astra Club in Berlin with Neurosis. It was very great and we can't wait to hit the road in September/October.
Here are some pictures:

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A few more will be added within the next days.

And here's a short vid on youtube:

click here

In Europe 'Halo' is already available on Exile On Mainstream Records - US will follow in September.

The latest tour dates:

Sep 18 2009 Incubate Festival (ZXZW) NL Tilburg
Sep 19 2009 The Borderline UK London
Sep 20 2009 Cabaret Electric FRA Le Havre
Sep 21 2009 La Peniche Excelsior FRA Le Mans
Sep 22 2009 Le Nouveau Casino FRA Paris
Sep 23 2009 Le Grillen FRA Colmar
Sep 24 2009 Le Romandie CH Lausanne
Sep 25 2009 Dachstock CH Bern
Sep 26 2009 Salzhaus CH Winterthur
Sep 27 2009 Stadtwerkstatt AUT Linz
Sep 28 2009 007 CZ Prague
Sep 29 2009 Beatpol GER Dresden
Sep 30 2009 Kassablance GER Jena
Oct 2 2009 AJZ GER Bielefeld
Oct 3 2009 4ADigital BEL Diksmuide
Oct 5 2009 JAZ GER Rostock
Oct 6 2009 Loppen DK Copenhagen
Oct 7 2009 Hafenklang GER Hamburg
Oct 8 2009 Bastard GER Osnabrück
Oct 10 2009 Conne Island GER Leipzig
Oct 11 2009 Lido GER Berlin

It seems to be that Bombee has a cello player! After playing with Hannah as violin player last tour it was nearly impossible to continue making music without strings.
Here's a vid of our show with Hannah in Hamburg:

click here

Currently we're working on new and old songs with cello which is great fun. If everything works well we'll record our next album later this year. The new songs are basically finished and are waiting to be recorded. While we used a very minimalist setup on the last two records we want to take a step forward now and not only use more instruments and layers and involve more people but dare using other styles than before. Of course we'll be on tour with this record next year. And of course that will be the best Bombee record so far haha
Here's one song of our limited live- DVD 'chamber stories', there are still some left:

click here

If you're in East Germany around Christmas you shouldn't miss to come to a very special Bombee show on 25th of December. That is for sure: you never could imagine that we can sound like this. More soon.

The nameless band with Steffen and Xavi will continue working on the songs next weeks/months to record the stuff soon and there's still a lot to do with my rOeder electronics...

That's it for the moment.

Update 1
I found some more pictures of the Celan show in Berlin (taken by Mike Menzel). Here are some thumbnails, if you want to see the full pictures click here.

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Update 2
Celan Tour. Jena and Rostock added.

2009-01-02T05:00:00.001+01:00

The Celan record is finally done and you can listen to some tracks on our myspace page: www.myspace.com/celanband
Listen to them and add us if you're interested.
The Neon Blocks Remix I've done as Roeder is now online, too. You can listen to it here: www.myspace.com/rroederr
Also for Ruptur I'll do some interludes and maybe a remix for their first record which will be finished very soon.
Moreover I have a very new band - which is still nameless. We're rehearsing in Leipzig and besides Xavi who also plays drums in Celan and played in flu.ID Steffen(Statics, ex-Perth Express, ex-Men In Search Of The Perfect Weapon) plays guitar in that band. We already finished some songs and are looking forward to playing live sometime this year. More information soon.

2008-12-01T17:00:00.001+01:00

There was a lot goin on last time so I decided to drop a line. It's time to promote some new bands and projects. Here we go.
There's a new band called Celan. We already recorded at the andereBaustelle studios in Berlin and in a few days the songs will be mixed by Andrew Schneider in NY. Celan consists of Chris (Unsane), Niko (Oxbow), Ari (Einstürzende Neubauten), Xavi (ex-flu.ID) and me. Tour in September 09.
Another new band called Ruptur (they are looking for a bass player) recorded their first LP at the allorange studios, they asked me to play bass guitar on the record.
Bombee+ will release a DVD for their tour in March 09. Violinist Hannah (a whisper in the noise) will join us in this 2 weeks (btw: we're looking for a violinist). New album in fall 09.
If you're in Dresden this Friday (12/19/08) - as rOeder I play in a club called Puschkin. Furthermore I'll do a remix of a new song by a band called Neon Blocks. Currently they are at the Larox studios recording their new album.
There's more to come.

Update 1
Most of the myspace pages aren't really done for now but it's worth checking them regularly:
http://www.myspace.com/celanband
http://www.myspace.com/ruptur
the rest (bombee+, roeder, a whisper in the noise, neon blocks, unsane, oxbow etc.) you might know already.