Little Arithmetics on Island anthology

An anthology compilation of Island Records artists was recently released, where Little Arithmetics (from In A Bar Under The Sea) shares CD space with the likes of Roxy Music, The B-52's, Pulp, John Cale or Portishead. Island Records, now part of Universal Music, had signed dEUS back in 1994.

Out Come The Freaks - Island Records Post Punk Anthology (BBC review here)

Tom & Stef @ AB, again

Tom Barman joined Stef Kamil Carlens with Zita Swoon on stage again tonight. With John Parish on guitar, they first played Great American Nude (again) in front of a packed Ancienne Belgique, followed by a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Temptation Inside Your Heart" (again).

Tickets are still available for the third Zita Swoon gig, this coming Saturday.

Tom and Stef playing Great American Nude

Yesterday evening Tom joined Zita Swoon on stage during the first of three gigs in the Ancienne Belgique. And yes, they played a dEUS-song. If you want to see it yourself, tune it at www.standaard.be/zita tonight to catch a livestream of the 2nd gig.

Zita Swoon livestream

Next thursday you can watch the 2nd Zita Swoon gig at the Ancienne Belgique, Brussels LIVE on De Standaard Online. Tune in at www.standaard.be/zita.

Manu Riche's Tom Barman documentary on Canvas

Lifted straight from Arthur's post on the dEUS forum: "Belgian TV station CANVAS will be airing the Manu Riche/Renaat Lambeets documentary 'Tempo of a Restless Soul' about dEUS frontman Tom Barman on Wednesday December 16th at 22h50."

Time is the state of my jeans review

Time is the state of my jeans reviewed by Cutting Edge.

Pinkpop 1995

4 songs from Pinkpop 1995 -- W.C.S., I Suffer Rock (introduced as "20 Something"), Let's Get Lost & Hotellounge.

Time is the state of my jeans review

Michael had the chance to see the Time is the state of my jeans-documentary. His review (in dutch) is available here.

Pukkelpop trailer

Next saturday Acht will broadcast the dEUS-gig from Pukkelpop 2009. Here's the trailer (thx to Michael). The full schedule of the dEUS-week is available here.

Time Is The state Of My Jeans promo clip 5

The 5th and final promo clip for Time Is The State Of My Jeans - The making of Worst Case Scenario. Brian Molko (Placebo) talks about Worst Case Scenario and how he hopes the re-release will find a whole new audience. Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol) makes a guest appearance.

Time Is The state Of My Jeans promo clip 4

dEUS week on Acht TV - full schedule

Here's the detailed schedule of the "dEUS Week" on Acht TV:

Time is the State of My Jeans - The Making of Worst Case Scenario
Vrijdag 4 december - 21u30, herhaald op zondag om 14u30

dEUS: Live op Pukkelpop 2009
Exclusieve live-registratie van dEUS op Pukkelpop 2009
Zaterdag 5 december - 23u05, herhaald op zondag om 10u40 en 19u30, woensdag
9/12 om 13u15 en zaterdag 12/12 om 13u45

Early dEUS: MTV Live 1994-'95
Live-optredens van dEUS op MTV uit de periode 1994-'95
Dinsdag 8 december om 20u40, herhaald op woensdag 9/12 om 22u25 en zondag
13/12 om 15u00

Citate de dEUS
Reeks interviews met de bandleden van dEUS n.a.v. de heruitgave van hun 15
jaar oude doorbraakalbum Worst Case Scenario
Vanaf vrijdag 4 december iedere weekdag om 20u35 en de compilatie op zondag
13/12 om 10u50

Keep on Running - 50 Years Island Records
Documentaire die de geschiedenis vertelt van het prestigieuze label Island
Records
Zaterdag 12 december om 23u05, herhaald op zondag 13/12 om 13u30 en
19u00

Terrific Tom & Stef interview in HUMO

In a lengthy, 5-page interview with Tom Barman and Stef Kamil Carlens, this week's paper issue of HUMO goes back to the early days of dEUS. Why now? Because this Friday, Worst Case Scenario, from the Tom/Stef/Rudy period, gets the deluxe treatment; because Zita Swoon are releasing a best-of album (To Play, To Dream, To Drift, An Anthology); because next week, Tom will be Stef's guest during several special Zita Swoon concerts (tickets still available for the AB one).

You can read excerpts from the interview on the HUMO website. It's all in Dutch, mind you.

Someone should translate it into English, cause it's frankly amazing to read all those stories about early-90's dEUS, 13 years after Stef left the band. There's stuff about why Stef (and Rudy, and Craig) left dEUS, how the band at first all lived together in Antwerp, how they coped with early success (and how very differently), ...

A must-read.

Time Is The state Of My Jeans promo clip 3

Tom Barman explains the link between Lenny Kravitz and Suds and Soda to Stef Kamil Carlens.
And Brian Molko (Placebo) talks about the keyboards in the middle leg of Suds and Soda.

Acht trailer

The trailer for the broadcast of Time is the state of my jeans on Acht.



(thx to Michael)

dEUS week on Acht TV

As previously announced, Flemish TV channel Acht is having a "dEUS week" to celebrate the release of the deluxe reissue of Worst Case Scenario. Things kick off on Friday Dec. 4, to coincide with the release day, with daily items up to Dec. 12.
Here's the full schedule, as posted by Acht TV on the dEUS forum:

-Vrijdag 4 december: de Docu: Time is the State of My Jeans -
The Making of Worst Case Scenario
-Zaterdag 5 december: dEUS live: Pukkelpop 2009
-Dinsdag 8 december: Early dEUS: MTV Live
1994-'95
-Dagelijks: Citate de dEUS: groepsleden blikken
terug

Thinking about Stef all the time

Tom joined Stef on stage during a session for Radio 1 yesterday evening.

Time is the state of my jeans - promoclip 2

The second promoclip for Time is the state of my jeans, featuring Vicky Bruce of Island Records and Gary Lightbody(Snow Patrol).

Time is the state of my jeans promo clip

dEUS will be posting 5 promo-clips for the Deluxe edition of Worst Case Scenario on the official Youtube-channel. The first clip is online and features David Gilmour (Island Records) talking about his first impression of dEUS.

Deluxe tracklist

A couple of webshops already have pre-order pages for the deluxe edition of Worst Case Scenario. Below is the tracklist as listed on a couple of shops. The remastered version of the album is the Island Version (but Let Go is on the b-sides-album).

Disco 1
Intro
Suds and soda
W.c.s. (first draft)
Jigsaw you
Morticiachair
Via
Right as rain
Mute
Let's get lost
Hotellounge (be the death of me)
Shake your hip
Great america nude
Secret hell
Divebomb djingle

Disco 2
Zea (intro replica)
Zea
Texan coffee
It. Furniture in the far west
Violins and happy endings
Great america nude (strip mix)
Niche
Jigsaw you (live)
Whose vegas (is it anyway)
Morticiachair (live)
Let go
Suds and soda (die anarchistische abendunterhaltung)
Kinderballade
Dea (demo)
Suds and soda (demo)
Secret hell (live)
Mute (live)

Disco 3 (dvd)
Time is the state of my jeans (making of worst case scenario)
Suds and soda (live at london astoria ii - mtv 1994)
W.c.s. (first draft)(live pinkpop 1995)
Let's get lost (live pinkpop 1995)
Great american nude (live at london camden underworld 1995)
Hotellounge (be the death of me)(mtv most wanted 1995)
Shake your hip (mtv most wanted 1995)
Via (live mtv 120 minutes 1995)
Whose vegas (is it anyway)(live mtv 120 minutes 1995)
Jigsaw you (live mtv 120 minutes 1995)
On the road in england (vpro tv nomaden 1995)

WCS reissue

From dEUS.be:

Universal Music and Island Records will re-release dEUS’s Worst Case Scenario on December 4th 2009. The album will be released in a Deluxe version, consisting of two CD and a DVD.

The original version of Worst Case Scenario has been re-mastered in London at the Metropolis Studio under supervision of Tom Barman (front man of the band); this is CD1. The second CD includes their first EP Zea (very rare) and a collection of B-sides, unreleased live tracks and demos.

The DVD is a brand new documentary ('Time is the state of my jeans') about the making of the album + Unreleased live performances recorded in 1994 and 1995.

A 24 page booklet with liner notes packed with new information, pictures and other memorabilia and liners notes from Mark Paytress completes the Deluxe edition.

Time Is The State Of My Jeans

Some more news on the Worst Case Scenario-reissue. As mentioned before the reissue will have 2 cd's and a dvd. One cd will contain the remastered version of Worst Case Scenario, the other other one will contain the b-sides (including Zea) from that era.

The most interesting part will probably be the dvd. It contains live-footage, photographs, a VPRO-documentary about the album and the brandnew documentary Time Is The State Of My Jeans: The Making of Worst Case Scenario. The documentary not only tells the story of WCS, it also contains items where Brian Molko and Guy Garvey en Gary Lightbody tell about their WCS-experience.

The documentary was co-produced by digital tv-station Acht. The week before the release will be dEUS-week at Acht. They will broadcast the new documentary and a compilation of the two Pukkelpop-gigs that week.

(thx to Michael)

Tempo of a restless soul reactions

Tempo of a restless soul reviews

Some reviews of Temple of a restless soul:

• Cutting Edge
• Focus Knack
• Studio Brussel

Tempo of a restless soul review

Mixed feelings. That's what I have about Tempo of a restless soul, the Tom Barman-documentary that was screened for the first time wednesday evening at the Vooruit in Ghent.

Since it was the première almost everybody who was in the movie, was also at Vooruit. Tom, Stephane, Alan and Klaas (no Mauro), Christian Pierre, Tom's mother, Renaat Lambeets, Manu Riche, etcetera.

I didn't really know what to expect. To be honest, I was really looking forward to the movie, until I saw the trailer last week. It wasn't tempting at all. But it was only the trailer...

The prologue was rather original. Tom, his sister and his mother are discussing the documentary and his sister clearly isn't very happy with it (at that moment). The documentary itself gives us a nice view on the period between the release of Pocket Revolution and the gig at Werchter 2008. Since Manu Riche and Renaat Lambeets have recorded about 100 hours of material, they probably had a difficult job reducing it to about 90 minutes.

And probably that's the problem I have with Tempo of a restless soul. Ofcourse it offers us a nice view on life on the road. And ofcourse it's nice to see the little discussions about some errors played during Suds & Soda. But it's too fragmentaric. And we have to guess where and when the band is, since there are no indications of time and place in the movie. As a heavy dEUS-follower I was able to add that context myself, but I can imagine there's other people who can't.

Tom's bond with his mother is more or less the red thread of the movie, but again it lacks depth. Why is this bond so special? Since the working title was Portrait of a young man as an artist, I really was expecting a deeper glimpse into Tom's soul. A depth interview with Tom would ofcourse be a better way to discover that then the fly on the wall-style of filming.

The most intense part is probably the scene two days before the start of the recording sessions of Vantage Point where Alan turned out to be stoned as a monkey. At that moment we get to see Tom worried about Alan (as a friend), but also angry (as frontman) since Alan's timing is really bad. Alan was taken to rehab and they started the sessions with the songs where Alan is less important.


The big episodes of the last three years are all in the movie (first time at Vorst, touring the USA, 0110, Werchter 2008), but as a fan I'm still a little bit hungry. I would have been nice to see Tom's mother during the Vorst-gig. Or to see more of the preparation of 0110. And why isn't the Werchter-fireworks not shown? We see Tom talking about his plans during the final notes of Suds & Soda, but we don't get to see wether his plan came out.

The most interesting scenes for me were the dressing room scenes. The stress before the gig, the rituals before they get on stage, the exitement afterwards and the discussions about song X or Y being not that good as the other night. The backstage-meetings with fans and the frustration about a no smoking-sign in a dressing room in the USA.


I may sound a little negative, but that's probably because I really had high expectations. Don't be afraid to go and watch it if you get the chance. If you're a dEUS-fan you're definitely gonna enjoy it (and the demo-versions of songs in it). If you're no dEUS-fan you'll get a glimpse of the busy and energetic way of life of Tom and the band the past years. Let's hope some stuff from the 100 hours of recording material, finds its way to us through a dvd or the website.

Beavis & Butthead

About a year ago I posted the video where Beavis & Butthead are commenting Suds & Soda on the blog. It seems to have dissappeared both from Youtube and my harddisk. Is anyone out there who happens to have saved the file and is willing to send it back to me? Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Update: apparently the episode with Suds & Soda is still on Youtube (while my snippet was removed due to a copyright claim by MTV). Enjoy!

Tempo of a restless soul

There's a big article on the Tom Barman-documentary in De Standaard today. It gives some background on a couple of scenes. Most important thing may be the fact that apparently the movie is now called Tempo of a restless soul instead of Portrait Of A Young Man As An Artist.

The new title is taken from the lyrics of Slow.

Tickets are still available here.

dEUS on / after Pukkelpop

A new episode of the dEUS podcast was published earlier this week. It contains nice stuff from Pukkelpop. Enjoy!

Le poinçonneur des Lilas (Live at De Wereld Draait Door)

Tom Barman sings Le poinçonneur des Lilas (Serge Gainsbourg) on the Dutch TV show De Wereld Draait Door. This was an extra recording and not included in the TV broadcast.



(thx to Gainsnord)

WCS reissue

The reissue of Worst Case Scenario will be released on November 20th. The package includes a remastered version of dEUS' debut-album, an extra cd (including the Zea EP, b-sides, demo's and live-recordings) and a dvd with a documentary about the recording of the album and live-footage from 1994 and 1995.

(thx to Kevin Wouters)

Portrait of a young Man as an Artist trailer

Below is the trailer for the documentary about Tom by Manu Riche and Renaat Lambeets. Tickets for the screenings at the Ghent Filmfestival are available here.

(Source: Filmnatie)

Tom and Zita Swoon

Tom Barman will be one of the guests during the Zita Swoon-anniversary-concert at the Ancienne Belgique on December 9th. Other guests are John Parish and Arno.

Tickets are still available here.

(Update: Marc pointed me to the info about the Zita Swoon-gig in Amsterdam. Tom will also be a guest over there)

Tom Barman & Guy van Nueten on Dutch TV

Last night, Tom and Guy played 'Le Poinconneur De Lilas' by Gainsbourg on Dutch TV.

(thx to Kevin)

Portrait of a Young Man as an Artist

The Manu Riche-documentary about Tom Barman will have its premiere at the Ghent Filmfestival on October 14th. The title of the documentary is Portrait of a Young Man as an Artist. Riche and camera-man Renaat Lambeets have followed Barman from the release of Pocket Revolution until the headlining slot of dEUS at Rock Werchter 2008.

Here's a small synopsis from the documentary.

Gainsnord

Nice. The Barman and Van Nueten-version of Le poinconneur des Lilas will feature on Gainsnord, a compilation of Serge Gainsbourg-songs by a couple of bands from Belgium and The Netherlands. The album will be released on September 18th. More info here.

The Architect (Live at Pukkelpop)

Bad Timing (Live at Pukkelpop)

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Setlist overview

A quick overview of last week's setlists

18/08/2009 - Oosterpoort, Groningen, The Netherlands
19/08/2009 - Atak, Enschede, The Netherlands
21/08/2009 - Pukkelpop, Hasselt, Belgium
22/08/2009 - Pukkelpop, Hasselt, Belgium

Check out older setlists here.

Hotellounge (Live at Pinkpop 1995)