January 7: Expozone Transit, De Coninkplein, Antwerp
March 3: Villarte Vocaal, Sint-Truiden
March 7: Stuk café, Leuven

(If you attend the concert in Antwerp, you'll also be able to see this thing hanging in the sky!)

More analog Heavenhotel pleasure comes from Tip Toe Topic, who just released their second longplayer No Sleep as a Picture Disc vinyl LP. Also available at HH & JF.

...and as usual there are still plenty of Braakland/Zhebilding performances with Rudy Trouvé scheduled - from February to June 2011, Dwaallicht will travel all across Flanders, and there's one special, re-vamped performance of Dansen Drinken Betalen planned also. For dates & info check the BL/ZB website!

Though it has premiered a while ago, it's still noteworthy to mention theatre group Braakland/Zhebilding have created a new production featuring Rudy Trouvé. Dwaallicht is based upon the famous 1946 novella by Willem Elsschot and is a monologue performed by actor Warre Borgmans, musically supported by Rudy, Gunter Nagels (Donkey Diesel/Prima Donkey) and veteran Braakland/Zhebilding musicians Youri Van Uffelen, Ephraïm Cielen and Tim Liebaert. Check the Braakland/Zhebilding calendar for all the dates. Other than Dwaallicht, previous productions featuring RT (Hitler is dood, Weer over naar jou, Dansen Drinken Betalen) are also still scheduled for future performances.

Blue Velvet are a two-piece band from Liège of which Rudy Trouvé produced their first demo-EP, back in 2006. On September 14th 2010, the duo will present their debut full album 'Level II' at the Botanique in Brussels and Rudy will play along that evening. Have a listen at the band's myspace.

+ new interview at Goddeau.com

One new Rudy Trouvé Septet concert is scheduled: December 30th at Wintervuur, Linkeroever (Antwerpen) (free entrance).

Meanwhile, the re-issue of Worst Case Scenario is available in the shops too. Disc 2 contains the Zea EP, all B-sides from the early singles and a couple of unreleased demo's and live-tracks. Disc 3 is a DVD with live footage from '94-'95, a short VPRO documentary from '95 and a new making-of documentary of ca. 55 minutes long. The documentary is pretty well-made, including some interesting early footage and commentary by all 5 original band members, producers Peter Vermeersch & Pierre Vervloesem, some record company bobo's and the frontmen of British bands Placebo, Elbow and even Snow Patrol testifying the brilliance of Worst Case Scenario. In all, I think the new WCS edition is a pretty good Christmas present, worth buying even if you own the original album already.
Studio Brussel interviewed Rudy about the re-issue: Listen here

Finally, some weeks ago Canvas broadcasted a very nice documentary about Daan Stuyven. The history of Dead Man Ray was obviously part of the program, including some interview snippets with Rudy Trouvé. Though no concrete plans exist, Rudy said he could imagine DMR getting back together someday. So can we, Rudy!
Some tidbits of the program can be viewed here.

Back in 2006, independent publisher De Bries released a comic strip/graphic novel called 'Over naar jou', which came with a soundtrack by Youri Van Uffelen, with the aid of Rudy Trouvé and other friends.
Last month, the follow up strip 'Weer over naar jou' was released with an unchanged concept: text/script by Adriaan Van Aken (Braakland/Zhebuilding), drawings by Philip Paquet and a cd with music by Youri Van Uffelen. The music is performed by the same batch of musicians as the first edition: Youri Van Uffelen, Ephraim Cielen, Rudy Trouvé and Tim Liebaert, this time under the moniker 'Deadmanorchestra'.
'Weer over naar jou' is now for sale in your local comic book shop, as well as a reprint of the first book. A preview of both books can be checked out at De Bries website, where you can also order both books. Antwerp locals or tourists can buy the book in Tse Tse Strips, Mekanik Strip and possibly other shops as well!

Expo + New Rudy Trouvé Septet album coming soon / W.C.S. Re-issue
As reported earlier, during the month october CC Luchtbal in Antwerp has a Rudy Trouvé + Bache Jesper expo running. Photo's from Bache's Heavenhotel archives, some new paintings by Rudy as well as a bunch of short & cool animations. Every friday evening there's a small Rudy Trouvé concert scheduled at the expo. A solo performance and a Prima Donkey gig occurred earlier, the rest of october will be:

• 16/10: Central (Rudy, Jelle Jespers + Michiel Thijs)
• 23/10: "Trouvé, Cassiers & Thielemans" (Rudy, Lynn Cassiers + Eric Thielemans)
• 30/10: The Love Substitutes

November will also see the release of 2007 - 2009, the new album by the Rudy Trouvé Septet.
There's an album release concert at Arenberg, Antwerp on November 19th (double bill with Dez Mona, also presenting their new album). October 26th the Septet will play a try-out at café Kafka in Brussels (Visverkopersstraat 21).
And finally, the re-issue of dEUS' debut album Worst Case Scenario is apparently set for a november 20th release date & promises to contain some interesting goodies to make it worthwhile.

Radio 1 did a 50-minute radio show on the making of dEUS' album Worst Case Scenario, which you can listen/download here. Rudy isn't featured in the show (only Tom Barman, Peter Vermeersch and Frank Vander Linden are), but it's not a bad listen and Tom Barman mentions an upcoming re-release of W.C.S., including B-sides etc and a remastered version of the original tapes. Could be sweet - release date to be confirmed though, so don't hold your breath.

There's lo-fi and there's lo-fi. And then there's marketing according to Rudy T. from Antwerp. Today I accidently stumbled upon an advertisement by Focus Knack magazine (which, by the way is offering a free home-recorded RT download here), mentioning the release of 'Songs and stuff recorded between 2003 and 2007, part two'. Turns out the damn thing's been out on iTunes since april 24th and pretty much no one seems to know about it. Ai Chiwawa!
Anyhoo, here's the link to purchase the 16-track album on iTunes for the bargain price of 9.99 Euro. Beware - you'll need a credit card, iTunes software and a computer to obtain the goodies.

Tracklist:

1. It's easy
2. Opening theme from landscape with a corpse
3. L'avenir
4. Folk depression
5. It's fysical
6. The sound of a summer evening. Hot sweaty and a lack of air
7. Piano number two
8. A touch of blue
9. So Hannes, do you like Reggae?
10. Car song (home recorded version)
11. Science as we knew it
12. Maintenant
13. Barscene from the family's revenge
14. Till the next time around (home recorded version)
15. Alpinisme
16. Exorcisme

Here's some HH related gigs coming up:

07.08.09: Rudy Trouvé Septet - Dranouter festival, Dranouter
13.08.09: IH8 Camera - Spiegeltent, Antwerp (address: Oosterweelsteenweg)
15.08.09: The Love Substitutes - Linkerwoofer festival, Antwerp
21.08.09: Rudy Trouvé en Eric Thielemans - Scheld'apen, Antwerp
27.08.09: The Love Substitutes - Bar Mondial, Antwerp
28.08.09: Mushi Mushi (jazz with Elko) - Scheld'apen, Antwerp
29.08.09: Tip Toe Topic - Park Spoor Noord, Antwerp
04.09.09: Rudy Trouvé solo - Open Blik Dagen / Oog'n'Blik Art, Puurs
06.09.09: Franco Saint de Bakker - Trix, Antwerp
09.09.09: Franco Saint de Bakker (cd recording!) - A.B. Club, Brussels
30.10.09: The Love Substitutes - CC Luchtbal, Antwerp
+ Elko, Mauro and I Love Sarah's Jeroen are on tour with NieuwZwart, a dance performance by Ultima Vez. According to certain members of the press, the dance performance is only so-so but the music more than makes up for it!
+ This fall, Braakland Zhebuilding will tour again with Hitler is dood, the latest Braakland production to feature music by Rudy, Geert Waegeman and Gerrit Valckenaers. Tourdates to be announced but they'll be anywhere in between november 6th and december 20th 2009.

Let's just pretend the last months never happened, okay? Here are some updates!!

I Hate Camera / IH8 Camera seems to rule the planet! First of all, Andrew Bennett's wonderful label The Jezus Factory released the full length debut of I H8 Camera on january 19th. The disc is a one-track, 53-minute collage of bootleg recordings, cut&pasted by senior Craig Ward. It comprises recordings of about 6 different dates and includes 100% improvised contributions by the following people: Aarich Jespers, Adriaan Van Aken, Bert Lenaerts, Craig Ward, Elko Blijweert, Ephraïm Cielen, Frans Van Isacker, Heyme Langbroek, Jeroen Stevens, Mark Meyers, Mauro Pawlowski, Michiel Thys, Miguel Sosa, Pascal Deweze, Rudy Trouvé, Teuk Henri, Thomas Noppe and Youri Van Uffelen. Exclusively for sale at the Jezus Factory website!
And as if one set of psyched-out improv jams wasn't enough (which it never is), German psychedelica-label Trip In Time are about to issue I Hate Camera's set at Burg Herzberg Festival 2006 on full length disc as well in March. Die-hard followers will recognize the label, as they were the first to ever release an IH8 Camera track on their self-titled compilation cd's. Nice!
A new IH8 Camera gig is also scheduled february 1st at the Stuk-café in Leuven.

Meanwhile, the Rudy Trouvé Septet is still alive and kicking. They've got two live dates coming up: First one is january 6th in De Tunnel (Londenstraat 52, 2000 Antwerpen). A tough choice since I Love Sarah will be presenting their debut album the same moment at Scheld'apen. Second date is February 27th at CC Merksem. A new single & video was also made for 'One day our house will become so heavy that it will sink into the earth'; check it out here!

Avid lovers of Rudy's artwork can hurry to Herentals, where a new exhibition is currently running. Check this link to find out more details - work of Herman Brood (and according to Heavenhotel also of Stef Kamil Carlens) is also included in the expo. Be quick because the expo runs from january 17th till february 8th.

Finally, Rudy is still hard at work at Braakland/Zhebuilding. Again there are reprises of Dansen Drinken Betalen scheduled as well as new performances of Roadmovie. Finally, on may 2nd, a new play will premiere with music by Rudy Trouvé, Geert Waegeman and Gerrit Valckenaers. All info is here and the full Braakland/Zhebuilding calendar is to be found here.

To top it off, some new footage from the Roadmovie play: two music files, a video trailer, more audio clips and another video clip featuring Rudy T.!

Ik was bang voor Rudy Trouvé. Hij heeft zo'n beetje het imago van een grumpy old man - de wat barse, ingetogen artiest. Maar dat bleek uitstekend mee te vallen. In werkelijkheid is Trouvé vooral een lieve mens. Dat norse imago komt voort uit zijn verlegenheid, vermoed ik.
Enfin, het klikte dus. Dat ik een groot bewonderaar ben van zijn muziek, hielp natuurlijk. Ik hou van die krakkemikkige lo-fi sound van 'm, en ik heb het wreed voor mensen die kleine stoorzendertjes in hun eigen muziek stoppen.

For those who missed their joint performance: 2 centimeters below this line you can find where to download the video.

05/03: Rudy + Elko - Homey Bar, Sint Paulusplaats 24, Antwerp
07/03: Roadmovie - GC Everna Evere (www)
08/03: Rudy + Elko - 't Smiske, Asse (www)
13/03: Roadmovie - Molens Van Orshoven, Leuven (www)
14/03: Roadmovie - Molens Van Orshoven, Leuven (www)
15/03: Tip Toe Topic - 't Kerkske, Kapellen (www)
15/03: Roadmovie - Molens Van Orshoven, Leuven (www)
20/03: Roadmovie - Molens Van Orshoven, Leuven (www)
21/03: Roadmovie - Molens Van Orshoven, Leuven (www)
22/03: Roadmovie - Molens Van Orshoven, Leuven (www)
29/03: Dansen Drinken Betalen - 4AD, Diksmuide (www)
09/04: Roadmovie - CC Den Bogaard Sint-Truiden (www)
18/04: Roadmovie - CC Ieper (www)
19/04: Dansen Drinken Betalen - Petrol, Antwerp (www)
23/04: Roadmovie - Rataplan Borgerhout (www)
27/04: Rudy Trouvé Septet - A.B. Club, Brussels (+Kawada) (www)
03/05: Roadmovie - 't Arsenaal, Mechelen (www)
07/05: Rudy Trouvé Septet - Arenberg, Antwerp (www)
15/05: Dansen Drinken Betalen - STUK, Leuven (www)
27/06: Rudy Trouvé Septet - Dijlefeesten, Mechelen (www)

+ During march & april 2008, 4AD club at Diksmuide is exposing some of Rudy's paintings...

WHIPTIDOODAH!

While I've been busy criminally outdating this website, Rudy T. has been rather productive the past few months. If this ain't time for an update, there never will be one.

• First things first: The Rudy Trouvé Sextet has expanded into a Septet with the addition of new band member Joris Caluwaerts on keys - you may have seen him play before with groups like Franco Saint De Bakker, Zita Swoon or The Go Find. The new Septet has recorded a brand new record which is available in record stores next week: "Songs and stuff recorded between 2003 and 2007 part one". It was recorded roughly at three places: Rudy's home studio, Aarich Jespers' home studio, and the studio of Molens Van Orshoven. Guest musicians and singers include Geert Waegeman, Mauro, Tom Pintens, Nathalie & Jorunn of Laïs and Miguel Angel (Cassini Division). At the HH website, you can download the song Un, deux, trois, soleil - mp3 or a synchronised flash movie with matching artwork by Rudy!
• Rudy Trouvé Septet Live: A one-time opportunity: November 1st at Petrol, Antwerp. No other concerts scheduled so be there!
• Limited edition CD-R's came out last month! At Braakland you can order the soundtrack for Dansen, Drinken Betalen - music by Rudy Trouvé, Ephraïm Cielen and Youri Van Uffelen. At Heavenhotel, you can order the first CD-R of Rudy & The unforgettable Wally's - both at the bargain price of 5 Euro's!
• Rudy Trouvé & Gerrit Valckenaers will make music for Roadmovie, a new theatre play from Adriaan Van Aken by Braakland/Zhebuilding. Première will be on February 14th 2008 at Molens Van Orshoven, Leuven. Later on the play will go on tour in theatres around Flanders - check the agenda here. Afer Lev, Dansen Drinken Betalen and Trust, Roadmovie will be the fourth Braakland/Zhebuilding play with music by Rudy.
• The first Heavenhotel 7 inch vinyl single since the year 1999: a split single of Tip Toe Topic and I Love Sarah. Both tracks are exclusive, non-album tracks so don't hesitate to get one! For sale at the HH website or TTT/ILS gigs.
• Heavenhotel wants you to mail 'm your favourite HH songs from the past 15 years. The goal of it all: a digital compilation release which will be downloadable for free!
  E-mail heavenhotel.presents--AT--gmail.com
• Older releases which you probably read about elsewhere already (1): The self-titled threeway split cd of Craig Ward, Rudy Trouvé and Mauro Pawlowski was released last summer by the The Jezus Factory. The record features 20 minutes of lo-fi mayhem from each of the contributors. In Rudy's case, it's 9 short songs recorded mostly alone & at home.
• Older releases which you probably read about elsewhere already (2): On your house by Pox. Rudy plays guitar on the record but all songwriting & singing is done by Mark Meyers (Kiss My Jazz, I Hate Camera). The record was produced by Craig Ward and also features Jurgen Leclercq (bass) and Koen Van den Camp (keyboards).
• Older releases which you probably read about elsewhere already (3): A rare, totally Rudy-free Heavenhotel release: Tip Toe Topic's self-titled debut album. Totally brilliant stuff featuring Elko Blijweert on guitar, casio and loopstation & Saar Van De Leest on vocals, casio and clarinet. Tip Toe Topic is quite possibly the most underrated band in the universe - check 'm out!
• Older releases which you probably read about elsewhere already (4): Another rare, totally Rudy-free Heavenhotel release: Ow's second full-length, 'Moon Tan'. It's still postrock, yes, but Moon Tan is also a much richer record than the group's previous outing, Nowhere. So don't be affraid to give it a go!! Gow!!
• Rudy's heritage-on-record is now neatly browsable (if I do say so myself) at www.muziekarchief.be. It sort of makes up for me failing to update Rudy's discography on this site. Currently only available in Dutch, but don't let that stop you.
• Myspace invasion: Just for the sake of it, a brief overview of Heavenhotel- and Rudy Trouvé related Myspace pages, in no particular order: Rudy Trouvé, Heavenhotel, Rudy & the Unforgettable Wally's, Elko Blijweert, Heyme Langbroek, Craig Ward, Mauroworld, Pawlowski/Trouvé/Ward, Prima Donkey, Tip Toe Topic, Franco Saint de Bakker, The Jezus Factory, Ow, Dead Man Ray, Mauro Pawlowski, I Love Sarah, I H8 Camera and even then I probably missed out a few.

Another new record to expect is On Your House, the first outing of Pox. A sort-of cd-release concert will be held thursday March 29th at Café Tsjaplin in Deurne. Details on the release are still somewhat sketchy but apparently the album will be for sale that night. Craig's move to Berlin also brought a change in the band line-up: former Kiss My Jazz percussionist/saxophonist Dirk D'Hooghe now fills the seat behind the drums.

More RT-news in the form of a guest appearance: Rudy plays electric guitar on three tracks of Tom Pintens' new, titleless solo debut - out now on V2 Records.
Some Braakland tidbits: Trust and Dansen Drinken Betalen will be performed once more in Amsterdam at De Brakke Grond - a new video teaser of Trust can also be found at Youtube.

Finally the new Heavenhotel night also deserves a marking in your agenda: May 18th at VK, Brussels (ft. The Love Substitutes, Pox, Ow and Tip Toe Topic). The wonderful Tip Toe Topic (about to release a full album soon) will also play at Scheld'Apen, friday April 6th.

It's been a few relatively quiet months on the Rudy-front (ignoring a few Prima Donkey gigs and the Franco Saint De Bakker CD+livetour), but that's no excuse for the lack of action on these pages recently. In any case, it's time for an update!

* Heavenhotel.be put online some new year's resolutions for 2007 - check 'm out!
* One of 'm is a new record by the Rudy Trouvé Sextet, and a record scheduled for a September release.
* Trust, the new Braakland/Zhebuilding play featuring live soundtrack by Rudy and Mauro (audio / video) is about to kick off: Première on thursday February 15th in Leuven, then touring the country & passing by in Kortrijk, Strombeek, Berchem/Antwerp, Brasschaat, Beveren, Hasselt, Mechelen, Lier, Sint-Niklaas, Bilzen, Heusden-Zolder, Ieper and Waregem. In between, Dansen, Drinken, Betalen -also with a Rudy-soundtrack- will make a one-off return on March 1st in Leuven. www.braakland.be for all dates!
* The Love Substitutes have a new website and some new gigs in the pipeline!
* New I Hate Camera gig scheduled: February 20th at the library of Leuven. The line-up will include Rudy, Craig, Yuri & Ephraim of tRAM, Jeroen from ILS and more!

De Bries, an Antwerp publisher of graphic novels/comic strips has just presented 'Over naar jou', a new comic strip written by Adriaan Van Aken (Braakland/Zhebuilding) and drawn by Philip Paquet. The strip is available for €12, but a limited number of copies also carry a music cd, a soundtrack to the comic strip. On the cd is music by Youri Van Uffelen, with Rudy Trouvé, Ephi Cielen en Tim Liebaart. You can download one track for free ('Everything clears') at the Braakland website!
According to the Braakland site, there will be an expo about the comic strip in Antwerp, also suggesting a live performance by the musicians.

Additionally, Rudy wrote one song for the newest album by 'Junior Jazz'. The track is called 'Here it comes now'. And it's actually quite nice.

Prima Donkey's Rythme Exotique
Prima Donkey, the Donkey Diesel spin-off with Rudy Trouvé and members of DAAU, Laïs and Internationals, have assembled cuts from their first two gigs at the Ancienne Belgique, and compiled a live album called Prima Donkey's Rythme Exotique. The record features ten songs and a bonus track, featuring three Rudy Trouvé compositions: 'Crash By River' (Gore Slut), 'Trash' (Kiss My Jazz) and 'Leave me alone' (new). Some new Gunter Nagels tracks are also present, as well as covers of Ministry and Kim 'Kay. The new CD will be presented tonight (August 29th) at Feeërieën and is released by DAAU's own imprint, Radical Duke Entertainment. Distribution by PIAS.

Donkey d'O
From the Donkey Diesel website:
"Trijn Janssens, Geert Waegeman, Rudy Trouvé, Kike Noviello, Jen Vandermeesch, Jules Lemmens, Bjorn Eriksson, Han Stubbe & Gunter Nagels will be providing the musical backdrop for La Fille d'O's "Cake, Cats & Curiosity"- presentation on 24th of august. Call it Donkey d'O."

The Jesus Factory
Time to fly to www.jesusfactory.com: the newly founded British label presents a new and free compilation album featuring tracks by Pox and The Love Substitutes, as well as Creature With The Atombrain, Sukilove,...

Heavenhotel night in Amsterdam
October 2nd, there will be a Heavenhotel Night at De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. A new "Heavenhotel Big Band" will play a concert first, followed by a special set of The Love Substitutes, playing covers of other bands and HH labelmates.

Solo gig at Trix
Trix, the new Antwerp club next to Hof Ter Lo, welcomes Rudy Trouvé for a solo performance at the Trix Café on October 7th. Rudy will be supporting American singersongwriter Denison Witmer; Entrance is 5 Euro's.

Dansen Drinken Betalen encore
The Braakland Zhebuilding music theatre play 'Dansen Drinken Betalen' (w. live music by Rudy Trouvé, Ephi Cielen and Youri Van Uffelen) will be performed once more, this time at Scheld'apen in Antwerp on October 10th.

Together with directors Stijn Devillé en Adriaan Van Aken from Braakland/Zhebuilding, Rudy participated in a one-week project in Estonia, where they created a musical theatre play 'Why am I in Scotland? I have no reason to be in Scotland!' with amateur actors and musicians from Belgium, Netherlands, Estonia and Letvia. Music-wise, Rudy formed a new trio 'Rudy & The Unforgettable Wally's' with participants from the project, Emanuelle and Anneleen. BZB is kind enough to have put online some nice mp3's for us to enjoy: go here. Finally, according to BZB, both ladies will be featured on the upcoming Rudy Trouvé Sextet record, due later this year (TBC).

Rudy will perform a jamming session with Ken N'diaye, a percussionist from Senegal on August 3rd. For Amusee-Vous, Rudy will hold a guided tour in the Africa-museum of Tervuren (Brussels) between 2 and 5PM, ending with the jam session where anyone attending is invited to participate (or just listen). (A bit more) info: StuBru-program Brandend Zand; click "Luister opnieuw" and fast-forward to ca. minute 37. [Thanks Wouter]

* Rudy and Mauro will be making music together for Thrust, a new theatre play by Braakland Zhebuilding. They are looking for old cassette players/recorders of this type - if you have one of those lying around, drop them a line.

* Heavenhotel mentions a new Rudy Trouvé art exhibition from september 8th 2006 to the 24th at L'espace Doun in Rognes (fr)

* Craig mentions on his weblog there's a Love Substitutes track coming up for a new British compilation by Andrew Bennet, and a I H8 Camera recording for a Burg Herzberg Festival sampler-CD.

Sunday May 7th: Rudy solo + Craig Ward solo : Plaza Real, Borgerhout (Kattenberg 31)
June 7th + 8th : Franco Saint De Bakker - recordings of new CD!
July 15th : Pox at Kinky Star, Ghent
July 28th : Pox at Mini-Rock, Olmen
July 22nd: Burg Herzberg Festival (d) (tbc)

In case you've missed the Heavenhotel newsletter, you've probable already seen and heard the Dansen Drinken Betalen podcast at the Braakland website. There's also a nice trailer of the play with some video footage up for download.

Finally, it looks as if Mark Meyer's band Pox is still very much alive, and now features Craig Ward also on guitar, next to Rudy Trouvé. Two gigs are scheduled: 05/05/2006 (Zaal Belgie, Hasselt) and 18/05/2006 (Libertad, Leuven).

1. Love Substitutes 12" vinyl-only EP "The Velvet Sailor EP" appeared on HH/Lowlands earlier this year. YES it is worth tracking down, as none of the four tracks on the EP will be featured on the next Love Substitutes full album.
2. The next Love Substitutes full album More songs about sailors and hangovers has been slightly delayed from january to march. Lazy days, busy days and Mauro on the road in Europe with dAYS have caused the small delay.
3. Fitting nicely into a gap of the ongoing dEUS tour, The Love Subs played a handful of concerts in London, Glasgow, Antwerp and Brussels. During the latest gig at the Brussels A.B. Club, jazz drummer Teun Verbruggen played along on a new chaotic interpretation of Meet The Love Substitutes while the house is on fire.
4. Currently, no more Love Substitutes concerts are scheduled. Mauro will get his ass back on the road with dEUS this year, write songs with Tom Barman AND record a fifth dEUS record at the end of the year. Gigs of The Love Substitutes in 2006 will be, unfortunately, rather sparse.
5. Rudy Trouvé has stepped into Mauro footsteps and has been invited by Kelvin and Bobo of The Wack Attack Barrack/Bootleg Bar for a superbly interesting podcast. Rudy wraps up his 20-year old carreer in making music, and allows an insight on unreleased material from some of his known and lesser known bands. Ever heard of Monique? Charles Manson Quintet? Rudy and Sigrid? Sixty-five minutes of great obscure sound clips, including Rudy's very first recording, dating back to 1984. If you wanna download this excellent (free) treat, you gotta do so using iTunes, a chunky piece of software which is primarily used by gross iPod yuppies!
6. In case The Bootleg Bar provided you an overdose of Rudy's music, you could always head towards Trix/Hof Ter Lo in Antwerp on April 12th (20h), when Rudy will be spinning some of his favourite records and talk about them a little. Entrance is free and we've heard previous of these Listening sessions have been very cosy indeed.
7. Lev-time! The theatre tour of Rudy Trouvé, Geert Waegeman and Dirk Buyse is almost over, but in case you missed it you can always jump to www.braakland.be, where you can download a full (audio-) recording of the show.
8. The new Braakland theatre play with Rudy's music, Dansen Drinken Betalen, will premiere next week! Check the agenda for all dates. Before the show goes on tour in Flanders/Netherlands, it will be performed several times at Braakland's homebase; Molens Van Orshoven in Leuven.
9. At the Molens Van Orshoven, Rudy played a superb improvised set last week together with Geert Waegeman and Gerrit Valckenaers.
10. The scheduled gig with Elko at De Nachten had been cancelled apparently. Reportedly this is why there was virtually no audience present at De Singel that weekend.
11. Arty smarty: during his Bootleg Bar, Rudy mentioned there would be a new exhibition of his at the Glamor is Undead house/gallery in Antwerp, september 2006.
12. More things to look out for: a CD-R by Central (later this year) and a new Rudy Trouvé Sextet album (September also).
13. Rumour has it a new live Franco Saint De Bakker album is in the pipeline. This time there will be more compositions by FSDB members, and Rudy is very very likely to be featured on the recordings.
14. Donkey Diesel has entered the nineteen-eighties and released their previously vinyl-only album 'Charm!' on Ye Old Compact Disc. Obviously there are no vinyl-praising linear notes by Rudy on the backsleeve this time.
15. The Heavenhotel newsletter just informed us there will be a monthly HH night at Scheld'apen from now on, starting march 31st. Teuk Henri and Tip-Toe-Topic are already confirmed to play.
16. Rudy is featured on Wouter Van Belle's first solo output. Rudy is credited for making Noise on the tracks Sterker and SM. Koningin. Check www.woutervanbelle.be for details. Daan did the artwork, and all other Dead Man Ray members contributed on the record as well. The record should be available as a double CD in most record shops next month, but if you're really eager to get it you can also visit the Popshop to buy the release already.

16/11/05 (20.00h) - Vooruit, Gent (b)
17/11/05 (20.00h) - De Toonzaal, 's Hertogenbosch (nl)
19/11/05 (20.00h) - Philharmonie, Essen (d)

De tentoonstelling die de spits afbijt bestaat uit schilderijen en blow-ups van Rudy Trouvé, gecombineerd met akoestische optredens van de man en zijn muzikale vrienden. Trouvé maakt in thematisch opzicht geen onderscheid tussen zijn diverse artistieke uitingen. Zijn plastisch werk kan een cd-hoes zijn dat daarna als een blow-up wordt getoond maar ook zijn schilderijen gaan naadloos over in de muziek die hij al verschillende jaren in verschillende combinaties ten beste heeft gegeven. Glamor Is Undead hoopt met andere woorden dat een bezoek aan ons pand in de Geuzenstraat 8 een uitnodiging wordt in de wereld van Rudy Trouvé, en deze manier van werken zal typerend zijn voor de toekomstige projecten die hieronder worden aangekondigd.

More baby
Craig's weblog brings wonderful news - many congratulations to the happy couple!

D/L Woe!
Mr. P.Deweze was kind enough to grant me permission for putting online this mp3 of Woe, as performed by the wonderful Sukilove and the wonderful Rudy Trouvé @ Trix, Hof Ter Lo, 11/05/2005. Enjoy!
Also thanks to Arne for passing on the recording!

new pics site!
The (also wonderful) Greet G. has a new pictures website of her own online: Hop over to www.gracelicious.com, browse the music section, and find (among others) some fine pics of The Love Substitutes!

"Mark Meyers, which you might remember as singer in Kiss My Jazz and of the band Superelmandrado, has formed a new band with the name Pox, and will perform live on the 29th of December.

JH Nootuitgang
Parklaan, 159
2650 Edegem
Fort V
Doors : 21.00h / Music : 22.00h.

Line-up : Bekin Ratta, Jurgen DeClerq, Mark Meyers, Rudy Trouvé, Koen Van Camp

Free Entrance : should not be used for children or adolescents because of the associated risk of Reye's syndrome, a rare but life-threatening condition."

21/01/2005 : Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (nl)
22/01/2005 : Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (nl)
17/02/2005 : Molens Van Orshoven, Kulturama festival, Leuven
18/02/2005 : Molens Van Orshoven, Kulturama festival, Leuven
19/02/2005 : Molens Van Orshoven, Kulturama festival, Leuven
01/03/2005 : MIM, Brussel (15.00h)
02/03/2005 : MIM, Brussel (14.00h)
09/03/2005 : Aula Q (VUB), Etterbeek - Brussel
10/05/2005 : GC De Kruisboog, Tienen (Minderbroedersstraat 15)
19/06/2005 : festival, Rotterdam (nl)

Daan music
Fans of Daan Stuyven will be pleased to know two films with his (unreleased) music will be broadcasted very soon :
- Meisje (2002) wednesday 22/09 at ARTE (22.40-00.15h)
- Un Honnet Commerçant (2002) monday 27/09 at RTBF La Une (21.50-23.15h)

Love Substitutes
fri 17/9 at Pekfabriek, Kattenberg 93, Borgerhout cancelled
fri 24/9 at Wonderbar, Pacificatiestraat, Antwerp
(Be there or be square!)

PEOPLE PLEASE
I'm seeking acknowledgement for the fact that Franco Saint De Bakker is SUCH a brilliant band.
Last sunday, they played a set at the (still-not-dead) Scheld'apen, and all I can say is w-o-w.
Rudy joined in for three songs, among them a Sun Ra cover. (Live-) album coming early next year, one to hold your breath for !

end transmission

March 4th / 20.15h / CC Strombeek, Strombeek / (0)2 263 03 43
March 5th / 20.15h / CC De Kern, Wilrijk / (0)3 821 01 36
March 8th / 20.00h / CC Hasselt, Hasselt / (0)11 22 99 33
March 13th / 20.00h / CC 't Getouw, Mol / (0)14 33 08 88
March 19th / 20.15h / CC De Boogaard, Sint Truiden / (0)11 69 39 90
March 25th / 20.15h / Stadsschouwburg, Mechelen / (0)15 29 40 00
March 26th / 20.00h / Wagehuys, Leuven / (0)16 22 21 13
March 27th / 20.00h / Wagehuys, Leuven / (0)16 22 21 13
April 3rd / 20.00h / Magdalenazaal, Brugge / (0)50 44 30 60
April 7th / 20.15h / Limelight, Kortrijk / (0)56 22 10 01
April 16th / 20.15h / CC De Adelberg, Lommel / (0)11 55 35 11
April 24th / 20.15h / CC De Muze, Zolder / (0)11 53 05 50
May 12th / 20.00h / Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerp / (0)3 224 88 44
May 13th / 20.00h / Vooruit, Gent / (0)9 267 28 28

- it's a noise-combo
- Rudy calls it postfolk : folk music but played so loud and distorted it becomes unrecognisable
- Which means : somewhere in between Sonic Yoyth and Fairport Convention.
- The originally scheduled concert of 30/01 has been postponed to somewhere in february, as the band only has 3 songs so far
- Radical Zero will only exist in times of dEUS-rehearsals, as Craig Ward is still living in Scotland

" 2002 - 2003 The Rudy Trouvé Sextet in an introvert but danceable mood, is een nieuw solo-album, nog minder solo dan het vorige, want ditmaal opgenomen met groep. De nummers werden gerepeteerd en geschreven in de periode van 2002 & 2003. Het album werd op 10 dagen analoog ingeblikt tijdens de zomer van 2003. De muziek valt min of meer te omschrijven als postfolkpunkjazzcountry-achtig. Wij bezitten platen van bands zoals Brigitte Fontaine, The Fall, Chet Baker, Leonard Cohen, The Feelies, Eno, Les Ypersounds en duizenden anderen en ongetwijfeld zal dat wel zijn sporen hebben achtergelaten.
Vermoedelijk is deze plaat haast onder pop te klasseren omdat alle sferische, instrumentale dingen die we in 2002 & 2003 hebben gemaakt, voor soundtracks zijn gebruikt en enkel de meer nummer gerichte dingen zijn overgebleven.
Alle nummers van dit album gaan over eenvoudige dingen, omdat wij Rudy Trouvé (ex-dEUS, ex-Kiss My Jazz, Horrowitz, Gore Slut, Centrãl, Dead Man Ray, Radical Zero), Elko Blijweert (Ex-Kiss My Jazz, Franco Saint De Bakker, Ow, Morf, Dead Man Ray, Star Club West), Sigrid Van Rosendaal (Lionell Horrowitz, Franco Saint De Bakker), Geert Van Bever (Ex-Red Scarf), Dimitri Daggelinckx (Ploink, Lionell Horrowitz) en Aarich Jespers (Ex-Kiss My Jazz, Zita Swoon) zijn.

Ik hoop dat u ervan zal genieten."
Rudy Trouvé

26.02: Handelsbeurs, Gent (www.handelsbeurs.be)
27.02: De Warande, Turnhout (www.warande.be)
28.02: De Spil, Roeselare (www.despil.be)
29.02: CC De Doos, Hasselt (www.cchasselt.be)

A small update on some Rudy-issues :
-Like heavenhotel.be said, Rudy and Craig Ward have agreed to start a new band. Current name for the band : Radical Zero.
-Unlike what the Guerilla site says, Rudy will play with Elko, not Viking Dave Robertson for the Johnny Cash tribute at Hof Ter Lo 19/12. Rudy will sing, Elko will control a synthesiser and a beatbox.
-Central, the band which played the soundtrack for some projections at the Antwerp train station two years ago, is rehearsing again and will at some point release an album. A CD-R release of one of the sessions 27 and 28/10/2001 will also happen.
-The exposition at Arenberg only features real paintings, no blow-ups. Most of the work on display is old though, only a handful of new paintings will be exposed. The exposition at De Warande next February will contain a lot more new paintings.

Oh and it seems you can already visit the mini-Rudy Trouvé expo at Arenberg Schouwburg in Antwerp, though possibly only if you're going to a concert there. (more info when i get it). The last day of the expo will be the day Rudy plays solo at the same Arenberg, sunday November 23rd.

Plus : some good news at heavenhotel.be !

www.heavenhotel.be (third draft)
Heyme has been working his socks off to get a redesigned version of the Heavenhotel website online, go check it out !

chateau dead man ray
Some photo's of Dead Man Ray playing at the Pukkelpop festival are here.

Also, a list of the LEV theatre tourdates has been released, here you go :

March 4th 2004 - 20.15h - tel : (0)2 263 03 43
Strombeek, C.C. Strombeek

march 5th 2004 - 20.15h - tel : (0)3 821 01 36
Wilrijk, C.C. De Kern

march 8th - 2004 20.00h - tel : (0)11 22 99 33
Hasselt, C.C. Hasselt

march 13th 2004 - 20.00h - tel : (0)14 33 08 88
Mol, C.C. 't Getouw

march 19th 2004 - 20.15h - tel : (0)11 69 39 90
Sint Truiden, C.C. De Boogaard

march 25th 2004 - 20.15h - tel : (0)15 29 40 00
Mechelen, Stadsschouwburg

march 26th 2004 - 20.00h - tel : (0)16 22 21 13
Leuven, Wagehuys

march 27th 2004 - 20.00h - tel : (0)16 22 21 13
Leuven, Wagehuys

april 3rd 2004 - 20.00h - tel : (0)50 44 30 60
Brugge, Magdalenazaal

april 16th - 2004 20.15h - tel : (0)11 55 35 11
Lommel, C.C. De Adelberg

april 24th 2004 - 20.15h - tel : (0)11 53 05 50
Heusden-Zolder, C.C. Muze

Elko also mentioned Rudy will be doing guest vocals on MorF's next gig at the Gentse Feesten, in the Handelsbeurs. This will be either july 25th and/or 26th (probably 26th), exact timing currently not known to me.

(or, watch the space at www.moid.be, as they once again have a bunch of cool new dead man ray photo's online !)

12/06 : Roter Salon Club, Berlin (d) - www
20/07 : Boomtownlive, Gent - www
23/07 : Paléo festival, Nyon (ch) - www
09/08 : Haldern Festival, Haldern (d) - www
24/08 : Zomerparkfeest, Venlo (nl) - www
03/10 : CC De Lessines, Lessines - Rue de la Déportation 37 (tél : 068/331.426)
11/10 : Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerp - www
24/10 : Nijdrop, Opwijk - www

And Killerbob was also kind enough to send me an article about DMR in London last month, enjoy !

29/05 : Festival Sacrés Belges - Arras (fr)
30/05 : Glaz Art - Paris (fr)
11/06 : Showcase Berlin (location tba) - Berlin (d)

The DMR tourschedule is updated again and includes a visit to Switserland and a gig in hometown Antwerp.

08/04 : Domino festival, A.B. Brussel (support for Interpol)
16/04 : Kulturfabrik, Esch-sur-Alzette (lux)
17/04 : Rotown, Rotterdam (nl)
19/04 : Viva Velinx festival, Tongeren
23/04 : Showcase at Barfly, London (uk)
15/05 : 013, Tilburg (nl)
23/05 : Gigant, Apeldoorn (nl)
23/07 : Paléo festival, Nyon (ch)
09/08 : Haldern Festival, Haldern (d)
03/10 : CC De Lessines, Lessines
11/10 : Bourlaschouwburg, Antwerp

13/02: Mezz - Breda (nl) - support : Nona Mez - www
15/02: Patronaat - Haarlem (nl) - support : Nona Mez - www
07/03: Handelsbeurs - Gent - support : Nona Mez - www
20/03: Doornroosje - Nijmegen (nl) - support : King Me - www
22/03: Hedon - Zwolle (nl) - support : Lampshade - www
08/04: Domino festival - AB Box - Brussel - also w. Interpol - www
16/04: Kulturfabrik - Esch-Sur-Alzette - www
17/04: Rotown - Rotterdam (nl) - www
19/04: Viva Velinx festival - Velinx, Tongeren - www
15/05: 013 - Tilburg (nl) - www
09/09: Haldern pop festival - Haldern (d) - www

At last night's De Nachten gig, the band played Blue Volkswagen 10:10 AM for the first time on stage.

+ some nice & new Dead Man Ray shots at moid.be - of the gig at A.B. 16/11/2002 this time.

... and did I mention already there are a few Rudy Trouvé Quintet (live at CC Spinoy 11/10/02) photo's at moid.be ? Well now I did !

Also, an updated Dead Man Ray tour schedule :

01/02: De Nachten Festival - De Singel, Antwerp (01.00h)
13/02: Mezz - Breda (nl)
16/02: Patronaat - Haarlem (nl)
07/03: Handelsbeurs - Gent
19/04: Viva Velinx festival - Velinx, Tongeren
09/09: Haldern pop festival - Haldern (d)

ctrl+c / ctrl+v
www.heavenhotel.be has interesting news about Rudy's plans for 2003 !
I did the un-honorable thing and copy/pasted it here :

Rudy is really busy, he is making 2 soundtracks, one for a film in France, and one for a filmmaker in Luxemburg, for whom he made a short soundtrack earlier with Lionell Horrowitz & his combo in 1998. If any of this is going to be released is unclear at this point. He could also tell me that 'De Warande' in Turnhout is organizing an exhibition in 2004 of his work. Since the place is huge he needs to start painting a lot for this, so we won't see him on stage for a while except for the Dead Man Ray gigs.
Nice thing about the exhibition in 2004; The organisation is done by several Cultural Centra, who gave Rudy a free hand in organizing the live music. Rudy invited Lou Barlow, who already said yes...

Also, as said before, the forthcoming expo at CC Spinoy (see news of 17/11/02) will publish a catalogue including an exclusive cd.
On the disc will be a new song by the Rudy Trouvé sextet (apparently the former Quintet is no more), called 'Boy is Yr Friend' - previously only played live on two or three occasions.
The full tracklist of the catalogue-CD is at the CC Spinoy expo page.