The Pain of our Loss

Last Friday, I was talking on the phone with Jérôme, my dearest friend and recent collaborator of the radio show Douche Froide. We talked about his coming projects, concerts and albums he planned to release on his own label, Verba Scripta. And we joked a lot, of course. He was to come to Toulouse the day after and sleep at my apartment as always. But he never came. Two hours after this phone call, he was on his way to the stars. We loved you so much, Jérôme, and words cannot explain our pain. Many of you might know his music through the records of Porn.Darsteller, his very original analog electronic project, very much inspired by 70s B-movie and porn cinema. He was now working under the name of La Mort de l'Hippocampe, and I had the opportunity to listen to the coming records which were sounding like real artistic masterpieces. I discovered a lot through you, Jérôme, and I have always been fascinated by your talent, ever since we met during the golden days of the Invasion Planete Label. During this last phone call, we talked about our coming radio show which was to focus on Belgian band Club Moral. You admired them a lot and you were to bring pieces from your nice collection of vinyls on the following Monday. I have read today the last email you sent to me and you talk to me about the series Carnivale, which I had given for you to see, and you told me that Adrienne Barbeau was still quite attractive even though she's quite old now. We had so much things to share together, I cannot help but feel this sudden departure as a shock. Today I looked at some old photographs of us together and thought about all these hilarious and wonderful moments we had together. See you soon, Jérôme. We have always laughed at the grotesqueness of life, and I still hear your voice smiling resounding in my head.

We miss you so much.

Jérôme with Hermann Kopp during our last trip together to Barcelona on May 15, 2011

                                  Here, with your favourite "chapka".

La Mort de l'Hippocampe's coming records will be published by the Enfant Terrible label: http://www.enfant-terrible.nl/

DF n°136, Interview with FRIEDER BUTZMANN, June 6th, 2011

Well, this was not really an interview, rather short excerpts of conversation with Frieder Butzmann while we were going to visit Notre-Dame in Paris. This cathedral meant a lot to him since he has a real passion for the so-called Notre-Dame school, people like Philippe de Vitry, Guillaume de Machaut and this kind of composers. It is quite surprising when we know the tragi-comic and grotesque aspect of Butzmann's music. Nevertheless, it was a great gift to spend some time with this great name of the German avant-garde. You could listen to him talking for hours because he has such a great culture and humor. This radio show was the opportunity to play some of our favorite songs by him, and some others that are quite surprising, notably his punk or oï singles.

Here's the playlist:

TZII, Ich bin nicht mehr der ihren

THE CORRIDOR, Texture

VIRGIN PRUNES, Beast (Seven Bastard Suck)

ANNA HOMLER, E’sha Ko’la Kee’yo

L’EGLISE DU MOUVEMENT PERISTALTIQUE INVERSE, Alfonso Hoffmann est mort

CYCLOBE, Brightness falls from the air

TROUM, Bach eingeschaltet

FRIEDER BUTZMANN, Freebeer, Dive Bombers, New Life, In einem netzwerk, Arbeitslied II, Arbeitslied III, Er ist ein Punkstar, Oi! Oi! Oi!, Wolfsburg, Er ist ein Guru, Butzmania, I’m a 7 inch single, Just Drifting – Tales of Death, I am the backside, Incendio

HOROLOGIUM Der Volksmund sagt I – Track 1 & 3

JOHN BENDER, I don’t remember now 36A2, I don’t want to talk about it 36A3

HAUS ARAFNA, You

VINCENT EPPLAY & SAMON TAKAHASHI, Trios: For Synthi VCS3 synthesizer and turntables, music by Tristram Cary.

ANDREW LILES, The first heart attack was the best

DIGEP, Maga Juszt

HEKATE, Per aspera ad astra

INTERFERENCE PATTERN, Gimp Durge

http://www.4shared.com/audio/QJ9sRRSX/DF_6juin2011Butzmann.html

DF n°134, Interview with Wolfgang Muller, May 9th, 2011

Wolfgang Müller is an artist with a rare intelligence, and everything he did either in solo or with Die Tödliche Doris is just amazing. This is much more than music or sound sculpture, it's even beyond that. So it was fantastic to spend a few hours with him and Frieder Butzmann while they were invited at the Sonic Protest festival in Paris. We had lunch together then we went to see Notre-Dame but, as there were strikes in the city and so many tourists, we stopped at a bar and we spoke about his time working with Die Tödliche Doris.

During this radio show, we played the following songs:

MASKA GENETIK, Ernste Stunde

HOROLOGIUM, Père Lachaise 1

CYCLOBE, Inevitable Black Horn

REUTOFF, Land of Outcasts

HAUS ARAFNA, What you said

FLINT GLASS & POLARLICHT 4.1 TRANSISTOR, The Ice People

DIE TÖDLICHE DORIS, Tanz im Quadrat, Ungerichtigkeit, Stop der Information, Nachdenken, Gedächtnis und Gesang, Rythmus Im Blut, Krieg der Basen, Zwei Herzen, Privatparty, Erste Regel, Kavaliere, Stümmel Mir die Sprache, Der Tod ist ein Skandal…

WOLFGANG MÜLLER, Hab’ Sie Gesehen!

NICO, It has not taken long

SCHLEIMER K, The Office for the Dead

BLACK ICE, After the Dawn

ENEMA SYRINGUE, Idioten

PSEUDO CODE, Cut up

FLINT GLASS & ARX KAELI, Circumbaikal

THIS WILL DESTROY YOU, Communal Blood

DEUTSCH NEPAL, Heartbomb

ATTRITION, Heaven is my home

http://www.4shared.com/audio/M8j8EGx-/DF_9mai2011_Wolfgang_Muller.html

DF n°133, Interview with Goz Mongo Alliance, April 25, 2011

During this show, we had an interview with Swedish band Goz Mongo Alliance as they were invited to perform in Paris for the Sonic Protest festival.

Here's the playlist:

T.A.G.C., Ha

GOZ MONGO ALLIANCE, Frank

SCHLEIMER K, Hope Deep Inside

GENEVIEVE PASQUIER, Today the Disco

MARTIAL CANTEREL, Playfair

DOXA SINISTRA, Ruhrgebiet

MILLIGRAM RETREAT, Orbang

THOROFON, Our Day!

TRENDY STORE, We are alone

NIMAN SPREGLEDA, Industrial Manners

GOZ MONGO ALLIANCE, What the Hell, Put me on your Frequency, Days Go By, Die for This, Keine Angst für die Krank, Against My Will, Johnny, Keep It Real, Take me back

INYURMANIA, This Could Be the Final Frontier

RICHARD H. KIRK, Information Therapy

MINNY POPS, Dolphins

THE GRIEF, Get Up # 3

FALL OF SAIGON, She Leaves me alone

JOHN FOXX, Destination

DOLINA, Shall we?

ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL, Never Seen

PSEUDO CODE, Indian Copyright – The Dance

WIRE, A Touching Display

THE FALL, Hit The North

THE YOUNG GODS, September Song

LES JUMEAUX DISCORDANTS, The Sailing Ship

CURRENT 93, Where The Long Shadows Fall

O PARADIS & NATURE MORTE, El Hombre de las Ultimas Cosas

ASTARON, In an abscence

23 SKIDOO, Porno Base

http://www.4shared.com/audio/04jdOA6G/DF_Goz_Mongo_250411.html

DF n°129, Interview with ALLERSEELEN, March 14th, 2011

As we went to Barcelona in February to see an acoustic show in the forest by Arnica, a band we love, we met Gerhard Hallstatt from Allerseelen who was on holidays in Catalonia, but who was also working on his next album on which Nuria from the Barcelona-based band Der Blaue Reiter is going to sing. This interview was part of a very happy moment, around good food and good drinks. A lot of nice people were there, Demian from O Paradis, Sergio from Escama Serrada, Isaac from L'Horrible Passion, David from La Esencia and Francisco from zine Sekuencias de Culto. Even though it was raining, Gerhard took the microphone and sang some of his classic songs after Arnica's concert. A very memorable moment.

Here's the playlist:

LUFTWAFFE, Cultural Hell / Death by Division

ARTEFACTUM & HOROLOGIUM, Stillborn

SLEEP CHAMBER, Reality Revealed

ANDREW LILES, Xenograft (Three Invisibles)

LAURENT PERNICE, Fausse Route

TESTING VAULT, Charlotte’s Glass Eye

SACHIKO, Dusk

SIGHTINGS, Internal Compass

CLUB MORAL, Lies

SCORPION VIOLENTE, Christopher Walken

RADIKAL SATAN, Espacio

FELIX KUBIN, Lumière Belge

GOZ MONGO ALLIANCE, Kein Angst für die Krank

CLUB MORAL, Bodies

ALLERSEELEN, Die Bergen Werden Leer Sein, Sacred Wine, Goldene Dämmerung, Mit Fester Hand, Heimat, Zauberblut, Diese Nähe ist gefahr, Eiche aus Eisen, Schlussbild, Heiliges Blut, Mit der Sonne

ARNICA, Corona de Moncayo

IOSOPHIS, M track 1

ARTEFACTUM, La Belle Dame sans merci

GNOME & SPYBEY, Kosmos

NOCTURNE, Songe / Rachel

10, 10

PETER ANDERSSON, Agnus Dei

Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?i88xfljyiy2j868

DF n°128, Verschwende deine Jugend, February 14th, 2011

As the French publisher Allia edited a French translation of the book by Jurgen Teipel, Verschwende deine Jugend, we decided to pay tribute to the German post-punk scene he is dealing with in this impressive volume. We have always liked the creativity of that era so it was a real pleasure to listen to these 30-year-old tracks.

During this show, we played:

P1/E, 49 sec Romance

MATTHIAS SCHUSTER, Ich war da, Leergebrannt

ALU, Halt dich fest

WELTKLANG, VEB Heimat

PALAIS SCHAUMBURG, Glücklich wie nie

MANIA D., Kinderfunk

DER PLAN, Gefaehrliche Clowns (manisch-depressiv)

DER MUSIKANT, Armer Tropf

NEON, Neon

MONA MUR, Jeszce Polska

HERMANN KOPP, Im Himmel

MALARIA!, Desire

ASMUS TIETCHENS, Kreuze des Suedens

PYROLATOR, It always rains in Wuppertal

DER PLAN, Leb doch

DIE TOEDLICHE DORIS, Tanz im Quadrat

DAF, Nacht Arbeit

AINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Abfackeln

DIE TOEDLICHE DORIS, Rhythmus in Blut, Kavaliere

FRIEDER BUTZMANN, I’m a 7 inch single

DER PLAN, Adrenalin laesst das Blut kochen

ANDY GIORBINO, Besen Fressen

DER MUSIKANT, Warten auf das grosse ha-ha

DAF, Ein bisschen Krieg

STRATIS, Herzlos

MONO 45/UPM, Romantic Adieu

MONA MUR, My Lie

ALU, Schachcomputer

X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND, Zeit

KOSMONAUTENTRAUM, Stolze Menschen

MALARIA!, Your Turn to Run

EISKALTE ENGEL, Kinder aus Asbest

DIE UNBEKANNTEN, Against the wall

PALAIS SCHAUMBURG, Gute Luft

MANIA D., Herzschlag

HARALD SACK ZIEGLER, Margeriten

DER PLAN, Rot Gruen Tot

ALEXANDER VAN BORSIG, Hiroshima

MATTHIAS SCHUSTER, Der Schwarze Engel

MITTAGSPAUSE, Militürk

DAF, Kebabträume

EINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTEN, Seele brennt

HAAS BARTEL, Metal

MONA MUR, Eden

DER PLAN, Der Grottenolm

FOYER DES ARTS, Wissenwertes ueber Erlangen

DER MUSIKANT, Es ist Kalt

SPRUNG AUS DEN WOLKEN, Gegen den Strom

DAF, Verlieb dich in mich

X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND, Vito (Peel Session)

DIN A TESTBILD, No Repeat

MATTHIAS SCHUSTER, Für alles auf der Welt

ASMUS TIETCHENS, Energie-Dossier

http://www.4shared.com/audio/T6iNloJz/14022011Verschwende.html

DF n°125 Tribute to Rozz Williams, January 3rd, 2011

This show revolved around a book published by Camion Blanc and written by Sébastien Michaud. The title of this book is "Rozz Williams: Le Théâtre des Douleurs". It was the opportunity for us to talk about this artist and to read some of his poems.

Here are some tracks we have played of ROZZ WILLIAMS, with CHRISTIAN DEATH, PREMATURE EJACULAION, CONTROLLED BLEEDING, DAUCUS KAROTA, GITANE DEMONE, DAVID E. WILLIAMS or HELTIR :Neue Sachlichkeit, Currents, The Luxury of Tears, The End is Here, Exit, Mother, Gleichschaltung, Burnt Offerings, Alone with the Devil I &II, Cervix Couch, The Evil Ones, When I was Bed, The Agents of Death, Electra Descending, Doubtful Origins, Desperate Hell, Deathwish, The Stranger, As Evening Falls, Flusterwitze, Visitation, No Soldier (Clock of Shit), Poison, Frozen Roads, Cavity, Strong Arm Tactics, Stairs, Uncertain Journey, Ruptured Walls, The Fleeting Somnambulist 

http://www.4shared.com/audio/Peok6hC1/30111_RozzW.html