RUDY TROUVE
TEEK 00/11/1997 [dutch version] |
Till my eighteenth I wanted to change the world into a better place. Now I
know better than that." "Even I have had my satanic period", does ex-dEUS guitarist Rudy Trouvé (30) admit in these post-Dutroux ages. The confessions of a self-conceited man who likes to make music, paint and wants to create short films in the future. Rudy Trouvé has become 30 this year. Together with dEUS, he experienced the rise of Belgian rock music, presented us a few months ago with Gore Slut the exquisite album "These Days are the Quiet kind", and now he has released another album with his not-so-obvious combo, Kiss My Jazz; 'My Lost Souls Convention'. At home, he still enjoys listening to edgy guitars (old Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers), avant-garde (James White), old jazz (Miles Davis, Coltrane) and crooners which the jazz purists in the world don’t even want to point their finger at (Nat King Cole, Nancy Sinatra). "I'm the type of idiot which can still appreciate a bad song just because it has a strange snare-sound in there somewhere," is one of the things he'll confess to us during our conversation. Teek : Next to a lot of screaming (from Stef Kamil Carlens, a.o.), freaky
horns and extremely personal bits and pieces of lyrics, 'My Lost Souls
convention' (sic) also delivers a series of corny jokes (type : It's
black and white and eats like a horse?... A zebra). Teek : Your lyrics are often build from notes in your diary. Teek : And which answers did you find there? Teek : How does a pessimist look upon the world outside? Teek : A few months ago, Joe Jackson told me that everyone is potentially
equal to each other. Teek : According to him, it all depends on how conscious they are about
all that is happening around them. Teek : You don't preach an all too optimistic vision on life. Teek : Can you be in the same band with the same people for a long time? Teek : But wasn't there also a long tour after the previous Kiss My Jazz
album? Teek : Closer to home, you can also divide your time better between
spending time in cafés, Kiss My Jazz, Gore Slut, Lionell Horrowitz and Miles
Behind. Is it healthy to be in so many splinter-bands? Teek : In "Jesus" (named after "Jesus" by The Velvet
Underground), you sing out loud 'Jesus is alright'. Are you following Bob
Dylan's footsteps? Teek : De cynic in Trouvé. Teek : "Jesus" and the rest of 'My Lost Souls Convention' is
crammed with doubt, oppressions,... Teek : Final question: how much to you apply censorship upon yourself? |
TEEK 00/11/1997 [english version] |
Tot mijn achttiende wilde ik de wereld verbeteren. Nu weet ik wel beter." "Ook ik heb mijn satanische periode gehad", geeft ex-dEUS gitarist
Rudy Trouvé (30) in volle Post-Dutroux tijden grif toe. De betekenissen van een
eigenwijs woelwater die graag musiceert, schildert, en in de toekomst kortfilms
wil maken. Teek : Naast veel gekrijs (van o.a. Stef Kamil Carlens), freakerige
blazers en heel persoonlijke tekstflarden krijgen we op My Lost Souls Convention
(sic.) ook enkele flauwe moppen (type : It's black and white and eats
like a horse?... A zebra) te verteren. Teek : Je teksten zijn vaak opgebouwd rond dagboeknotities. Teek : En wat was de conclusie ? Teek : Hoe ziet een zwartkijker de buitenwereld? Teek : Een paar maanden geleden vertelde Joe Jackson me dat voor hem
alle mensen potentieel gelijk zijn. Teek : Het hangt er volgens hem allemaal van af hoe bewust ze zich zijn
van wat er rond hen allemaal gebeurt. Teek : Je predikt geen al te optimistische levensvisie. Teek : Kan je lange tijd met dezelfde mensen in een dezelfde groep
zitten? Teek : Na de vorige plaat van Kiss My Jazz werd toch ook een uitgebreide
tournee ingelast. Teek : Dicht bij huis kan je ook beter je tijd verdelen tussen op café
zitten, Kiss My Jazz, Gore Slut, Lionell Horrowitz en Miles Behind. Zijn zoveel
splintergroepjes wel gezond? Teek : In "Jesus" (genoemd naar "Jesus" van The
Velvet Underground) zing je uit volle borst 'Jesus is allright'. Bob Dylan
achterna? Teek : De cynicus in Trouvé. Teek : "Jesus" en eigenlijk heel My Lost Souls Convention staat
bol van twijfel, beklemming,... Teek : Slotvraagje: In hoeverre censureer je jezelf? |
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