The Architect has lost one spot in the Ultratop-singles chart (from #8 to #9) and Vantage Point has also lost one place in the album chart (from #2 tot #3).

The Architect is still on #9 in De Afrekening.

Slow is on #3 in Humo's Top 20 and Vantage Point is topping the album Top 20.

The Architect

• From #5 to #8 in the Ultratop
• On #9 in De Afrekening

Slow

• On #6 in Humo's Top 20

Vantage Point

• Still on #2 in the Ultratop
• On #1 in Humo's Top 20

The Architect is now on #3 in De Afrekening. Slow has entered the list on #30. In Humo's Top 20 The Architect is still at the top, while Slow has moved to 9. Vantage Point is still on 1 in the album chart.

In the Ultratop Slow, When She Comes Down and Eternal Woman have disappeared. The Architect is now on #5, while Vantage Point keeps the 2nd spot in the album chart.

The Architect is no longer at #1 in De Afrekening. It stays on #1 in Humo's Top 20. Vantage Point is still on #1 in Humo's Top 20 Albums. And Slow is on #7 in Humo's Arriba.

dEUS continues their take-over of the belgian singles chart. Stubru reports that next saturday 4 dEUS-songs will be in the chart. The Architect remains on #2. The other songs are probably Slow, Eternal Woman and ???.

This Is Fake DIY isn't exactly impressed by the double A-side-single The Architect / Slow. Some quotes:

'The Architect' is over the top Euro pop tosh that wouldn't look too out of place on a soundtrack to a 1980s spoof movie.

...an embarrassing mess of a single that washes away all memories of dEUS' earlier (and better) output.

'Slow' sounds like something that dEUS could have mustered up in their sleep.

Unless you are a die hard fan, or are looking to bulk out the 'D' section of your CD collection, this is one to best leave behind.

The Architect keeps scoring well in the belgian singles chart. The song has climbed again to #2. Eternal Woman has climbed from 49 to 35 and Slow gained 1 spot (50 to 49). Vantage Point is still topping the album chart.

dEUS has three songs in the Flemish singles-chart this week. The Architect is on #3, while Eternal Woman and Slow have entered the chart at 49 and 50. Vantage Point also remains on #1 in the album chart (although I feared they would be beaten by Madonna's new album). In the French speaking part of Belgium Vantage Point is on #3 after two weeks and The Architect is on #28 after two weeks.

Vantage Point in other countries:

• Switzerland: 57 (1 week)
• Austria: 57 (1 week)
• France: 40 (1 week)
• The Netherlands: 7 (2 weeks)

The May issue of German magazine Visions has an article about dEUS, and on the accompanying DVD you'll find, among other music videos, the video of Slow.

There's also a dEUS feature in issue 68 of Visions Weekly, the magazine's free "e-paper", with Elbow on the cover.

• Tom thinks Vantage Point is a new beginning for dEUS
• Tom says there's a sort of brutality in Vantage Point that reminds him of the early days, but they've got better songs now
• Tom played a different role during the recordings. They've written more songs together (Slow and All You Got are real group-songs
• Lies Lorquet reminds him of Kim Deal and Juliana Hatfield
• The vanishing of Maria Schneider was the result of Tom crooning the song like Iggy Pop did The Idiot
• Karin Dreijer Anderson saw dEUS live in 1998 (?) in Stockholm and screamed for Gimme The Heat
• In Popular Culture he sings about being inspired by popular culture and asking yourself the question if it's ok to do so

Slow is now also available on iTunes all around Europe. Click here to buy it. The Architect should also be available. If you're in the UK, you have to wait until April 21st.

Tomorrow at 22:00, Kink FM will broadcast an old 2 Meter Sessie with dEUS. They've got a live webcast (just hit the large MediaPlayer or iTunes icons on their homepage). By the way, Slow currently tops their Top-40.

[thx to zita sworn]

A bunch of release dates have just popped up on dEUS.be.

Vantage Point will be released on April 18 on the European continent, on April 25 in the UK & Ireland and on May 21 in Japan. But the digital release will be on April 14 in Europe, on the 18th in Belgium and on the 21st in the UK. Nothing yet about the American release date.

Slow and The Architect will be released on a single disc (a "double A-side").

• The CD single will be available in Belgium on April 1st
• The 7" vinyl picture disc ("very pretty", I've heard) will be released in Holland & Germany on April 11, and on April 21 in the UK
• Digital release on April 7 in Europe and April 21 in the UK

Found on the Vantage Point product page at Amazon.de: this promotional video for the album, with the band rehearsing Bad Timing, a part of the Slow video, and a message to "girls & boys" by Tom.

"hello girls & boys! i'm tom barman, from deus. we're recording our new album, vantage point, in this studio, in antwerp, belgium. we're bringing it out on april 18th. we hope you like it as much as we do. bye bye!"

On that page there's also a review of the album in German, with some info about Popular Culture: there's a line that goes "If you don't come from the States you will always be late in popular culture", complete with a children choir.

[thx to britzelbeere]

Update: Bart put the video on YouTube
Update 2: dEUS put the video on their YouTube profile

There's a very interesting interview with Tom on Austrian public radio FM4, in German. The ORF website also has an article titled "Die belgische Schule des Rock", about dEUS and Mintzkov. A summary of the interview, with my limited knowledge of German. Contributions welcome:

• TIC/PR: 6 years hiatus, PR/VP: 2 1/2 years - Why? The band didn't want to start looking for a new guitarist right after Craig left (for the first time) in 2000, then Tom started his short movie project, which became AWTWB, then there was the 2004 debacle, and Pocket Revolution was finally released after the new line-up was gathered. Vantage Point comes so soon because the band started rehearsing right after the PR tour, and having their own studio definitely helped.
  
• On producers: while Eric Drew Feldman (IABUTS) was a very arty and creative producer, and David Bottrill (TIC) almost had to act like a psychiatrist for a troubled band, for VP Dave McCracken had a much more song-oriented approach, which led to more compact songs. His work with Depeche Mode perhaps also fave VP a more electronic feel, even though it was recorded the old-fashioned way and with just a few synth sounds.
  
• Tom loves Tool.
  
• About Slow: the interviewer brings up the discussion we had on the forum about the Slow lyrics. "Slow Up" is a play on words, and it's also the name of the first album of X-Legged Sally, whose members Vermeersch & Vervloesem produced WCS. There's a whole part I don't understand, but apparently "Vantage Point" stems from the different ways Tom & Mauro look at things. Slow is very much the key-song for the album. It's also the very first time all band members sang together on one song.
  
• About Mintzkov's Lies Lorquet, who sings on Eternal Woman: she's got that 90's Kim Deal kind of voice that Tom was looking for. Asked about the similarities between Mintzkov & dEUS, Tom thinks the new generation of Belgian musicians isn't looking for a dEUS sound, but for a dance sound, like Goose have.
  
• He's happy that his band mates have side projects, but dEUS must remain a priority. He is very grateful to Rudy for all the things he learnt thanks to him. Mauro is working on new Love Substitutes material.
  
• About the state of the music industry: even if Tom knows about Radiohead & NIN's experiments in digital distribution, he's not that interested in technology. From his point of view things aren't that different: they still record albums, he still gives interviews and tours with the band... But he's sad about the disappearing of the album as a standard, he regrets that today's youngsters don't rush out to get their favourite band's next album and play it from A to Z. He misses vinyl. VP has 10 songs: 5 songs for the A-side, 5 for the B-side.
  
• They've listened to 10.000 days by Tool before each gig of the last tour

ORF also have a rather nice concert review from 2005.

[thx to lovedeus for the tip]

Update: a Dutch translation by Wouter Verschelde
Update 2: an Englisch translation by lovedeus