Borbetomagus filmproject
 

Hey all,

I'll be shooting a new documentary in June while traveling with Borbetomagus on a mini-tour to Northampton and Montreal, hopefully Boston as well.

For part of the interview I would like to gather questions from fans or people who just want to ask them something. I would try and include as many questions as possible.

You can send your questions to jef@tapingpolicies.be - please use 'Borbeto question' as header/subject.

Hope to see some of you in June.

Awesome, can't wait to see it.

My ears are still ringing from the racket they made last year. Let's just say that their stage presence is grotesquely fantastic, particularly when they went into a mode that reminded me of the head of someone severely ill approaching the coma state.

Borbetomagus tour dates:

June 9th - Northampton, MA - The Elevens
w/ Sunburned + Fat Worm Of Error
www.elevensmusic.com

June 11th - Montreal, Quebec - Casa Del Popolo
w/ Martin Tetreault and David Lafrance
www.casadelpopolo.com

June 12th - Allston, MA - O'Briens
w/ Heathen Shame + Duck That! + Peace Loving
www.obrienspubboston.com

Awesome.

If someone happens to attend to any of those shows, and could be so kind to buy Jef Mertens a drink on my behalf, that'd be cool :).

Surely those performances will spawn an amazing film. Of course you'll be working, but i also hope you have a lot of fun, Jef!

i would have, had i read this thread before today.


Jef, i saw two guys w/ pro-looking Canon rigs, one white and one black...i assume you were at least one of those.

i shot stills last night.

Thanks, narlus. I know Jef has been on this Borbetomagus short tour, he'll probably post some updates soon. I can't wait to see your photos:)...

i should have 'em done by thurs or fri...going to see Gruff Rhys tonight, and then watch the Bruins win the cup on Wed :D

full set:
http://photos.tinnitus-photography.com/borbetomagus

Thanks!

wow, hadn't checked this thread in a while. The short tour was great of course. Got some great interviews and gathered some good footage.

At the moment I'm still working out how to assemble everything and am also looking for some old Borbetomagus footage which is not an easy hunt.

Narlus, yeah I was the one with the black Canon. Pictures look really good
My footage is way darker as there was only 1 light working.

I will keep you guys posted on the film and you can check the link in my earlier post for updates.

I've put a new website online for the documentary in production.
Including a sneak preview into the 1st part of the film.

http://www.borbetomagusmovie.com

Thank you.

i don't have sound here at work, but it looks nice at least.

good luck jef.

Great!

triple thumbs up

"..who sorta hates everything".

so awesome! and looks great so far... would love to see borbetomagus live someday. I have a most of their stuff on vinyl...

Nifty. Thank you, Jef!

Borbetomagus will be playing a free show in New York on November 10. Info and shit on faceboob:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244743912241665

They look rubbish...

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Nice meeting you at Graag Traag, Jef!
How did the filming go? Your highlights?

mine:

Charlemagne Palestine & Tony Conrad were really impressive, except for Palestine's voice every now and then. To my surprise I didn't see him drinking the whole day... until after his performance, when he was walking around with 2 glasses of wine to make up for the lost time.

Paul Labrecque with Louise Landes Levi in the artspace sounded really great (could've done without the poetry beforehand though)

Sylvester Anfang II (only the second time I've seen them)

Steve Gunn & John Truscinski (hoping to catch them again in Den Haag tomorrow)

I liked Charalambides too, but there was something odd. Christina didn't look good to me. She was shaking constantly and I was wondering if she had a cold. It's been a few years since I last saw them, but her voice was much different on Saturday... maybe it was just illness.

Nice venue as well (both of them actually).

Hey twas nice meeting you too. I think we share about the same highlights.
Also liked ralph white although his set was a bit too long.

The filming went pretty good, still have to check all my footage. I'm also gathering some more footage and trying to work something out. Maybe a small compilation dvdr with above artists, I'll see what comes out of it.

All in all a great fest. Maybe part three next year?

Agreed about Ralp White. I liked that for a song or 5, but after that I was dozing off, also because it was really warm inside that place. I'll definitely try to be there again next year.
Gunn/Truscinski again really good last night.

New update including two new stills from the film:
http://www.borbetomagusmovie.com/update.html

I saw Donald Miller solo acoustic a few years ago, and he has an LP of that material out as well, pretty cool stuff. I also saw him play table-top guitar (heavy use of objects/devices) in a noise/improv band called Death Posture (if I remember correctly) that accompanied butoh or butoh-inspired dancers/performance artists.

Congratulations to Jef Mertens, "A Pollock Of Sound" is now out and can be ordered from amazon!