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Sad news from our friends from Urban Trad: Michel Morvan (44), their drummer, passed away this weekend. Sincere condolences and all our love to his family and band mates...
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In August dream catcher will be playing 1 or 2 shows in Singapore... :-)
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Hi all,
never say never again...
No, T42 won't come back, but somehow some of them will share the stage for the first time in many many years... to celebrate a man and a festival they love: Roby Schuler & Rock um Knuedler
20th anniversary
”BACK IN TIME PARTY”
dream catcher vs T42 - with very special guests:
- Esther Pauly
- Tom "Wolli" Weber
- Christian Harpes
- Marc "Max" Welfringer
Plus there'll be some other great acts on the same night: Matt Dawson, Chris Birch Band & Moof
Link: http://www.rockumknuedler.lu/bit.html
dream catcher vs T42 @ Den Atelier
Friday, July 2nd, 1st band on stage @ 20:30
Luxembourg-Hollerich (L)
The new sonic comic "Irish Nights" should now be available in all good bookstore in Luxembourg. It's also in available via our online shop.
We all hope to see you @ Den Atelier.
Cheers,
John & Andy,
dream catcher & friends,
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live in Suhl... with the best audience... :-)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Drusselstrasse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I28sszwKzs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttbu6EmRCaE
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dream catcher's "let's raggle taggle to St Pauli-o" on St. Pauli 100 (Release: 14.05.2010)
Zum 100-jährigen Jubiläum des FC ST. PAULI erscheint die weltweit größte Song-Sammlung, die jemals für einen Verein zusammengetragen wurde: ST. PAULI EINHUNDERT. 100 Songs von 100 Bands auf 5 CDs. Das Boxset ist streng limitiert und wird nur in einer Auflage von 1910 Stück hergestellt.
Eine beiläufige Erwähnung während des Aufstiegsfestes in die zweite Liga vor drei Jahren war der Startpunkt. Sven Brux (FC St. Pauli) erzählte Gunther Buskies (Tapete Records) und Dirk Matzke (Knust) von seiner ein ganzes Regal umfassenden St.-Pauli-Song-Sammlung. Das Jahr 2010 rückte näher und am Ende wurden knapp 200 Songs von über 170 Bands und Künstlern zusammengetragen. Das sucht nicht nur innerhalb Hamburgs seinesgleichen, das ist absoluter Weltrekord! Neben über 60 Neueinspielungen belegen vor allem die Beiträge aus vielen Ländern die internationale Strahlkraft des Phänomens FC St. Pauli: USA (All Torn Up!), Dänemark (King Carrot), Polen (Psy Wojny), Italien (Talco), Schottland (The Wakes), Luxemburg (Dream Catcher), Schweiz (Selbstbedienung), Norwegen (Turbonegro), Schweden (Hellbender).
Dem Boxset liegt ein 80-seitiges Buch bei, in dem alle 100 Künstler zu Wort kommen und für das René Martens (Autor von "Niemand siegt am Millerntor" und "Wunder gibt es immer wieder"), Ronny Galczynski (Autor des "Übersteiger" und der "FC St. Pauli Vereinsenzyklopädie") und Trevor Wilson (www.fc45.com) spannende Beiträge über die Verbindung von St. Pauli (oder Fußball im Allgemeinen) und Musik geschrieben haben.
Die Künstler und das Label Tapete Records unterstützen durch dieses Boxset die Initiative Fanräume e.V. mit einer Spende von 5.000 €.
Parallel zur Box erscheint eine Einzel-CD mit 24 der neu eingespielten Titel (TR179 CD 4047179430029).
ENGLISH:
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of FC ST. PAULI we proudly present the worldwide largest collection of songs EVER to be written and compiled for a soccer club. 100 Songs by 100 bands spread out over 5 CDs, plus a 100-page booklet. This highly collectable boxset is strictly limited to 1910 copies. Out on May 14th, 2010!
www.myspace.com/welovestpauli
Tracklisting
CD1
Phantastix & Elf - Das Herz von St. Pauli / Rantanplan - Millerntor Roar / Skop - Te quiero / No Life Lost - Vorstopperin vom FC / Kolkhorst - St Punkt P A U L I (2010) / DJ Adler DJ Team - Pauli Pauli / Prollhead - Niemand siegt am Millerntor / Randalierer - Gleich neben der Reeperbahn / Iro Gnaden - St. Pauli - es geht voran / Bazookas - Auswärtsspiel / The Bates - ...Und Ich war jung / Dixies - Sankt Pauli / Tommy Molotow & Soda Boyz - Zick Zack Zeckenpack / Kaphornes - 30.000 Fans / Spielmannszug St. Pauli - Das letzte Hemd / Talco - St. Pauli / Smegma - Göbel und Gesocks / No Exit - St. Pauli (Version 2009) / The Naked Survival - Weisener raus / Selbstbedienung - St. Pauli
CD2
Hengstparade - Tor am Millerntor / Weltniveau - Ich kann heute nicht / DDP - Alexithymie (St. Pauli Version) / Rubberslime - Viva St. Pauli / Teeniemusik - Magisch Rumstehen / Tarantula Krise - Wochenendbeziehung / The Splashdowns - 10:2 Rumble 1974 / Torben Möller-Meissner - Und wen liebst Du? / Carlos Mogutseu - Die Sonne geht auf / Darlo - Das ganze Stadion / The Age Of Sound - Fan (St. Pauli Version) / ...But Alive feat OL - Sie war, sie ist, sie bleibt (St. Pauli Version) / Aussenborder - Trainer von St. Pauli / The Skatoons - Wir geh'n zu St. Pauli / L.A.K. - Mehr als Fussball / MIR - Niemand siegt am Millerntor / Der Fall Böse - Die Frage / Terrorgruppe - St. Pauli ist schuld dass ich so bin / Shredder - St. Pauli / Thees Uhlmann - Das hier ist Fussball (Naki Edit)
CD3
Einsturz - St. Pauli / Turbonegro - I Got Erection (St. Pauli Version) / Neue Katastrophen - Reeperbahn / The Wakes - Pirates Of The League / De Drangdüwels - FC St. Pauli / Millerntor Brigade - Where My Heart Feels At Home / In Search Of A Rose - P Is For Pauli / Gumbles - St. Pauli Skinheads / Psy Wojny - FC St. Pauli / All Torn Up! feat. Rabbi Darkside and the East River Pirates - Together We / Orängättäng - Fussballsong / Riccoraw feat. Schiwecko vs. G.A.S. Hausband - Bullenwagen klaun / No Respect - Halten Sie mich für verrückt? / Zornich - FC St. Pauli 1910 / Recover - Paulizisten (schnell, hart, laut) / Exit St. Pauli - Boys in Brown / Highschool Nightmare - Trick or Treat (St. Pauli Version) / Quadrocks - Win And Fight / King Carrot - 100 Years Of FC St. Pauli / Die Tiere - Der Pauli Song (Anne Eck.....)
CD4
Björn Beton - Dauerkarte / Massive Sound feat. Mellow Mark & Pyro - Ay Muchacho (Radio Mix) / Tod im Strandkorb - St. Pauli / I-Fire - Young Rebels / K-Mob - Das Herz von St. Pauli / The Arby Lottman Outfit - St. Pauli - Yes We Do / Pär Lammers Trio - Aux Armes / Station 17 - St. Pauli der hat heut Geburtstag / Pascal van der Straaten - Klaus Thomforde / Dubtari - Forza St. Pauli / TäTäRä - Das Herz von St. Pauli / Chaoze One - Chaoze One ist braunweiss (100 Jahre Special) / Mistah Bomsh feat. TemmyTon - Sankt P.A.U.L.I. / Adrion & Eger feat. Ras Krass - The original Pokalfinale / Fonotone - Young Rebels / DJ Elbe - San Paule / Münster's Old Merry Tale Jazzband - Der FC St Pauli (das ist unsere Mannschaft) (Pokalversion) / Ras Krass feat. Stan 'Dub' McCloud - Pirates of the League (2007/2008) / Bo Flower & Biba - Die ultimative Alternative / Hot Club Of St. Pauli - Aux Armes
CD5
Schlimm! - St. Pauli Millerntor / Achim Reichel - Song für den FC St. Pauli / Barmbeker Briet - Unser Hamburg ist braun/weiß / Willy Puma - St. Pauli Rap / Bela B & The Tikiwolves - You'll Never Walk Alone (8-0 Mix, englische Version) / Die Toten Ärzte - FC St. Pauli (Immer auf die Hundert) / 18auf12 - Back To Saint Pauli (18auf12 Mix) / Millernchor - St. Pauli, St. Pauli / Scream Team - Über 7 Trainer musst Du gehen / Noiseaux - Romance In White And Brown / Hellbender - Dynamite / Die Zauntitanen - Wir lieben die Stürmer / St. Pauli Rock 'n' Roll Kids - Mädchen aus St. Pauli / Flint - Der FC St. Pauli / Dream Catcher - Raggle Taggle to St. Pauli-O / Niko Lampio - St. Pauli (Du lebst länger) / Team 1-9-10 - St. Pauli Song / Radau & die 2. E-Jugend des FC St. Pauli - St. Pauli - das sind wir! / Heiligengeist Sextett - 1.0 St. Pauli vor / Millerntorboys feat. Pascal van der Straaten - 1910
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Thank you so much!!! From the bottom of our...!!! It was a great, beautiful, marvellous, fantastic, heartbreaking, screaming night...
You made us really really really happy and I hope we did too...
Thank you again!!!!!
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The new sonic comic is now available in our online shop. In both languages. :-)))
Libo & Ernster libraries should have them on their shelves too. Supermarkets should have them too, by the end of the week the latest.
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- Rehearsals at 2 p.m.
- Show at 8 p.m.
Hi all,
just a quick word to remind you of tonight's release concert @ the Centre Culturel opderschmelz in Dudelange (L).
Andy will be drawing pix into the new sonic comic "Irish Nights" while dream catcher & beoga will raggle taggle on stage. Dad & Junior will be there too. And we'll show you our brand new movie that was shot in Hamburg by Kim Frank.
Please come and support us. It's been a hell of a work for this one and it'll be a hell of a night. We'll start at 8 p.m.
Hope to see you there. Thanx for your love & support.
Andy & John, dream catcher & beoga, Dad & Junior
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Rehearsals à gogo...
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Today's menu: - Buy a treehouse!!! - Discover the Director's Cut of "Barbara fades away" - Listen to RTL's Hitmaschinn (thanx for voting) - Rehearsal at 6 p.m. - Perform "Don't go" @ RTL TV - Télévie Show (10.30 p.m.) - Be happy!!!
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- RTL Musekexpress: interview at 3 p.m.
- 100komma7: interview (to be aired tomorrow)
- RTL TV rehearsal for tomorrow's Télévie show
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Today's "Le Quotidien" features a great article about the new sonic comic plus John will be live @ DNR at 2 p.m. today.
Super article dans Le Quotidien d'aujourd'hui et interview en direct sur DNR à 14.00 hrs
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Release Party: 1 week to go... Get your tix... It'll be great!!!
And for the lucky ones, try this:
http://www.lessentiel.lu/entertainment/concours/story/13226876 |
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Hi,
tickets for our release concert (it's gonna be great :-)))) are now available at all usual sales points. We've put a lot of energy, time, money, love and enthousiasm in the making of the new sonic comic & into this show and we'd be more than happy if you could support us on this particular night. Plus Beoga will come from Ireland to join us on stage. It would mean a lot to us if you were @ the Centre Culturel in Dudelange on April 26th.
You can find some info as well as ticket links @
http://www.opderschmelz.lu/index.php?id=10;event=416
We would also kindly ask you to vote for "Don't go" @ RTL's Hitmaschinn: http://radio.rtl.lu/musek_express/hitmaschinn/
Thanx!
John, Andy, dream catcher, Dad & Jr
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Salut,
mol eng Kéier eppes fir d'Family:
den Andy an ech sinn e Sonnden, den 18. Abrëll vun 10 Auer un, an der Coque an ënnerschreiwen alles wat kënnt... d.h. hien molt an ech... eh... ech probéieren iech z'ënnerhalen well hien sou laang brauch...
Mir verkafen och eis ganz Integamme an den Erléis geet un dës Aktioun:
www.kigalimarathon.com
An da kënnen d'Kanner och nach schéi Kadoen bei eisem Molconcours gewannen. Family Day halt.
Bis dann, dann, dann...
John (& Andy) |
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"Irish Nights", the second sonic comic is off to the printer.
The preparations for the release party on the 26th have taken over now. Please be there. We'll need your support and love. It's been a hell of a work this time, but it'll be a great second part.
Barbara fades away:
Kim, Mira, Eva, Moritz and some more great people just shot a beautiful short movie in Hamburg... You'll discover it on the 26th at the release party!
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John, Eric & Richard (& maybe some surprise guests) will be playing a short set at the Luxembourg Artists For Haiti Festival @ the Foires Internationales @ Luxembourg-Kirchberg (L) this Sunday, March 21st.
They'll be on stage @ 5 p.m.
More info:
http://www.luxembourgartistsforhaiti.lu/sunday-21-03/
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As the band is about to rehearse the material for the forthcomin tour, and as Andy and John are working on the final stories, the tickets for the release party are now available:
http://www.opderschmelz.lu/index.php?id=10;event=416
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Last Saturday ,Andy & John were part of the VIP All Star Team who once again were defeated by the tremendous ZAK Warriors...
Here's what it kinda looked like:
http://www.zak.lu/index.php?option=com_joomgallery&func=viewcategory&catid=32&Itemid=30
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The line-up as well as first details for the Haïti Charity Night @ Rockhal have been announced: dream catcher, Ezio, Benny & The Bugs, Kate, Kate, Nukular, Babyoil & a surprise guest... will be performing @ The Listen To Haïti Festival at Rockhal on March 13th. The entrance will be free but donations will be more than welcome and desperatly needed by the people in Haïti!!!
More info: www.listentohaiti.lu
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Good news from the studio front. The music for the 2nd sonic comic is mixed and is currently being mastered.
"Don't go" appears to be the first single. Alongside an album version, 7 more songs will be on the cd.
On the writing/drawing front, things are progressing and halt of the comic is done. 2 more weeks and it should all go into production.
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As you all know, dream catcher - and years ago T42 - have always helped people in need. Not out of fashion! Not because "IT" makes you feel better! Not because it's a great media platform! But just because it's part of who and what we are. Therefore both bands have participated in numerous campaigns, not all of them with high media profile. But with lots of smiles on the faces at the end...
dream catcher will appear at one or two Haïti benefit festivals in the next weeks. More details will follow soon.
Meanwhile Indie Label CDBaby, who's distributing dc's albums too, has the following action up and running:
CD Baby will donate $1 toward Haitian earthquake relief
for every CD and album download sold.
The earthquake and its aftermath in Haiti have touched all of our lives. Many in the CD Baby family have already contributed as individuals, but we wanted to do more to help the victims of the horrible earthquake tragedy. By selling your music on CD Baby, you can help raise funds towards those affected by the disaster.
Starting on Monday, January 25th and continuing for two weeks, we will donate $1 of our cut from every CD sale through our website, and $1 from every download sale over $8.99 on our site, to the American Red Cross and to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based relief organization with a large presence in Haiti. With your help, we hope to raise tens of thousands of dollars.
www.cdbaby.com
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Happy New Year to y'all!!! And may 2010 be great.
John recorded last week different lyrics for "raggle taggle gypsy". The "new" song called "Let's raggle taggle to St Pauli-o" will appear on a compilation about St Pauli... :-)
Meanwhile Eric's recording some backing vocals for "hello, hello...". Marcus also recorded some additional double bass lines in December.
John will be back in the studio next week-end to do the final mixes of the "Irish Nights Sessions" with Marcus.
The comic's coming along too. Andy's currently working on pages number 8 and 9.
The release party will be held at the Cultural Centre opderschmelz in Dudelange on Monday April 26th. And Beoga will be there...
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Saturday night with Benny & The Bugs was pure fun.
Here are some pix:
http://www.ennerwee.net/Galleries/Benny09/
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Today, Saturday, Eric, Rësch, Joël and John will perform their children's show in Pétange (unfortunately on invitation only) and will then head to the Sang & Klang in Lux-City (again) to perform a song at the Benny & Bugs X-Mas Party. :-)))
Meanwhile Andy has completed the first 2 stories and is working this weekend on one of the key stories "Fisherman's Blues", while John's writing new scenarios.
Also, the sonic comic is now available at CD Baby for all our US friends. And everyone else, too, of course. The songs should now also be available on itunes & other legal download platforms.
There's some diary updates too.
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Andy & Lucien Czuga are releasing the final part of their trilogy "De leschte Ritter" this weekend. It really rocks... so to say...
Check it out at the Walfer Bicherdeeg if you're around. John will be hanging around too if you need a signed copy of the sonic comic.
Here's the official press release (in German):
De leschte Ritter:
D'Reider vun der Apocalypse
Warum ist Johann der Blinde durch die Zeit bis ins heutige Luxemburg gereist? Wieso musste Eddie Black, sein Gegner aus vergangenen Zeiten, durch die Hand seines Gehilfen Stick sterben? Und wird es den 4 Reitern der Apokalypse Tod, Hunger, Pest und Krieg gelingen, Luxemburg und danach die ganze Welt zu zerstören oder können Pedro und seine Freunde sie in letzter Minute daran hindern? Antworten auf diese Fragen findet der Leser im gerade erschienenen 3. Teil der Fantasy-Trilogie "De leschte Ritter-D'Reider vun der Apocalypse".
Andy Genen, der Zeichner und Lucien Czuga als Szenarist liefern in diesem letzen Band der mittelalterlich/neuzeitlichen Comic-Trilogie einen spannenden und bis zur letzten Seite unterhaltenden Abschluss der Geschichte. Actionszenen, humorvolle aber auch besinnliche Momente wechseln sich ab und der Mix aus geschichtlich belegten Wahrheiten und erfundenen Ereignissen machen diesen Comic zu einem Muss für jung und alt.
"De leschte Ritter: D'Reider vun der Apocalypse" ist ab diesem Samstag im Buch-und Zeitschriftenhandel zum Preis von 10,75 € erhältlich.
Die Autoren unterzeichnen ihr Werk am Samstag, den 21. und Sonntag, den 22 November auf den "Walfer Bicherdeeg", jeweils von 10.00 bis 18.00 Uhr, am 6. Dezember in der Librairie Ernster in der Belle Etoile, von 15.00 bis 19.00 Uhr und am 19. Dezember in den Messageries du Livre, von 15.00 bis 18.00 Uhr.
ACHTUNG! EXCLUSIV AUF DEN WALFER BICHERDEEG:
EIN LIMITIERTER KOFFER ALS IDEALES WEIHNACHTSGESCHENK!
Exclusiv auf den Walfer Bicherdeeg können die treuesten Ritter-Fans einen wunderschönen Koffer mit den 3 Bänden der Trilogie, einer Schampus-Flasche samt Etikett der "Cuvée spéciale De Leschte Ritter" sowie eines Original-Bildes von Andy Genen aus dem letzten Band für 49,75 Euro erwerben. Da die Auflage auf 50 Exemplare limitiert ist, heisst es sich sputen, um dieses ideale Weihnachtsgeschenk sein Eigen nennen zu können!
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John, Eric, Claude & Rësch will performing at the CD Release Party "LëtzRock fir Afrika" @ Sang a Klang next Friday, Nov. 27th. Stage time around 10 p.m.
Come & support this great project for which dream catcher have donated the acoustic version of "happy in my treehouse".
Release Concert vun der Compilatioun "LëtzRock fir Afrika" as den 27/11/09 am Sang a Klang an der Stad am Paafendall. Et geet um 20:00 lass an et as gratis Entrée....et spillen Lupo & Friends, Dream Catcher an Wry Experience.
20h30 lupo
22h00 dreamcatcher duerno fal'cero
23:30 wry experience
LëtzRock fir Afrika
Eng Compilatioun mat lëtzebuerger Bands fir de Bau vun enger Schoul op der Côte d'ivoire ze ënnerstetzen.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=165934728151&ref=mf&v=info
Op der CD:
Serge Tonnar - Zap Zoo – Eternal Tango – Babyoil - No Name - Wry Experience - Versus You – Metro - falc’{ER}o - Lincoln Hawk – Sulivan - Lupo & Friends - The Disliked - Daniel Balthasar - Sonic Season - Karin Melchert – Thorunn - Dream Catcher. |
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Having moved closer to the homebase, Andy will start working on the 2nd sonic comic in the next couple of days... :-)))
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A couple of months ago, Andy and John were invited by the Coque (Luxembourg's National Sports Arena) to create a series of cartoons around the Arena's activities. As everyone in Luxembourg knows, there has been a major disagreement between the Coque Arena and the promoter of the Luxembourg City Marathon.
As both Andy and John are not involved in this discussion, they are also not interested in discussing it in public. Which is also a reason why it was decided not to treat this subject in a cartoon. At that point, enough oil had already been poured into the "running" fire...
Last week, Andy & John were more than surprised to read a letter by the President of the National Olympic Comitee's about one of the cartoons published in the Coque Flash (= their magazine). Subject: the Coque's organisational problems to satisfy all clients' demands.
Apart from the fact that it's a CARTOON, it was completely misunderstood and misguided. Here's Andy's comment (in Luxembourgish) and there's not much to add:
http://news.rtl.lu/commentaire/lieserbreiwer/44585.html?dnl=1
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John completed his gigs' diary.
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Last studio update online!
8 songs were recorded in less than 5 days... Everyone's really happy!!!
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First feeds from the studio...
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dream catcher and Beoga are currently in Bad Iburg @ Mühle der Freundschaft to record the music for the second Sonic Comic. Marcus Praed will be leading the live recording sessions.
Check out John's Blog for newsfeeds from the recording room...
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Check this out:
http://www.happy-friends.de/4images/categories.php?cat_id=2343
Pix by Rainer Ruber. Cool... :-)
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For those of you who haven't got a personal copy yet, who desperately need a present or who want a "special & personal copy": Andy and John will be drawing and signing @ LIBO Luxembourg-City (11, rue du Fort Bourbon) on Monday, August 31st, from 11.00 till 15.00. That's the end of summer sales days... If you're around, rop by and have a chat...
And there'll be a special little present with every copy that is bought !!
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dream catcher will be back at Mühle der Freundschaft from Sept. 6th to 12th to record the music for the second sonic comic. They'll be accompanied by the great Irish Musicians from Beoga (http://www.beogamusic.com).
Once again, Marcus Praed will be the master of ceremony.
Meanwhile, John has started writing the stories for the follow-up to "when we were young".
Andy Genen is currently finishing the 3rd and final episode of "De leschte Ritter".
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dream catcher, denkerskind and Eric Fish & friends will play @ the castle in Kastellaun Reihnland-Pfalz, Germany on August 22nd, more info @ www.liedermacht.org
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dream catcher will visit Berlin, Frankfurt & Wiltz in October.
Mamer - July 17th:
Merle Krammer and Martine Siebenaller will be dream catcher's & HGM's special guests in Mamer on Friday.
While the first part of the evening is dedicated to a show set by the HGM, dream catcher will start the 2nd set on its own before being joined by the HGM.
The concert will start at 21.00. Doors will open at 20.00. The entrance fee is 10€. There's no presale. Don't miss this one. It'll be quite unique!!!
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Since the band likes to share their reviews with you, this one shouldn't be missing:
http://www.land.lu/html/dossiers/dossier_rock/cd_dream_catcher_260609.html
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dream catcher will perform 4 sets each day, each consisting of a 15-20 minutes' set. ND! and the band will of course sign the sonic comics. And there'll be a little present for every album sold...
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John will be live at Radio Ara on Monday June 29th, from 6.30 to 8.00 p.m. He'll be talking about the sonic comic and about a selection of local artists that he picked and that will be played in the programme.
Another interview is planned with Mike Tock @ Radio 100komma7.
Check this out too:
Indy Media:
http://www.indymedia-letzebuerg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26813&Itemid=29
RadioAktiv 106,5:
http://www.roy.lu/radio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58
And please keep on voting for "when we were young" @ http://radio.rtl.lu/musek_express/hitmaschinn/ |
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| Thanx to you, we've reached number 5. Please help us get further up by voting again. It's much appreciated!!! |
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We've just updated our press section with new reviews.
John appeared at the "20 vir 7" Magazin on RTL TV on Thursday June 11th, if you missed the show, watch it online @ rtl.lu
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THANK YOU to every one who's already bought the sonic comic and thank you for your lovely comments!!!!
For those who want a "special & personal copy": Andy and John will be drawing and signing @ LIBO Dudelange (42, rue du commerce, Dudelange) on saturday june 6th from 11.00 till 14.00.
And there'll be a special little present with every copy that is bought !!
Then again, please (register and) vote for "when we were young" at rtl.lu and help us move from 12 to higher. Every vote counts and it is really important to us.
Please tell your friends about the sonic comic, email the cover, spread the word ....
Thanks a lot for your support |
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"When we were young" is a possible newcomer at RTL's Hitmaschinn.
Please (register and) vote for us at http://radio.rtl.lu/musek_express/hitmaschinn/
Thanx. |
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dream catcher has teamed up with www.kafen.lu to offer a better a faster online shop. All currently available cds are now just a couple of clicks away...
kafen.lu also allows payments by credit card. |
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dream catcher's first sonic comic "when we were young" is now officially released and available in all bookstores and supermarkets in Luxembourg.
No need to tell you that we're still all excited. Let us know what you think... (why not on facebook). |
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| See dream catcher live @ "moist corner" in Suhl on youtube.com |
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John just posted the first comments.
Read what happened on the first days on tour at john's blog.
Eric's also changed the lay-out of the site. With a little input from our dear friend Andy Genen. Hope you'll like it. We're currently adding new content and making changes almost every day. |
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Wow, just got the news that the Moist Corner show in Suhl is "sold out"!!!
For 4 weeks already... Wow! Wow! Wow!
Thanx a lot. |
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As some people already asked whether the new sonic comic would be available at the forthcoming gigs, we're very pleased to confirm that the English version will be available from the first date on.
The Luxembourgish version will be available for the first time at the Centre d'Intervention concert in Dudelange on May 17th. This is an avant-première as the release date is set on May 19th, day of the release party at Sins Lounge Bar in Dudelange (L). Andy Genen will be present at both gigs to draw nice little pix and help the band sign the sonic comics.
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The release party of sonic comic number 1 will take place at Sins Lounge Bar in Dudelange (L) on May 19th, 8 p.m.
If you haven't received an invitation yet and you really really want to be part of it, drop us a line at john@dreamcatcher.lu
dream catcher will be playing a short acoustic set. Furthermore Andy Genen will be present to draw nice little pix and help the band sign the sonic comics. Pascal Schumacher has confirmed his presence too. |
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We're delighted to announce that Editions Schortgen have decided to team up with Dad & Jr, eh, sorry, dream catcher & Andy, to release the forthcoming sonic comic 1: When we were young.
And if everything works out fine, and with your support, that could lead to a great collaboration. With the know-how, support and the enthousiasm of Manuel Schortgen's crew, the sonic comic number 1 should be available at every book store and press shop as well as selected music retailers.
Furthermore, Revue Magazine & L'Essentiel will be partners of our adventure.
No need to tell you that we're all very excited.
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| Today, Monoposto sent us the mastered version of the EP. And once again, Michael has done a terrific job. We can't wait for you to discover the new tracks. |
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Marcus Praed just finished the mixes of the following tracks:
1) when we were young
2) would you?
3) happy in my treehouse (acoustic radio version)
4) strings
Especially on "when we were young", we were very surprised that he managed to get so many different tracks in an order & mixture that more than satisfied us. Clap clap clap...
He's definitely the master of disaster.
Shall we mention that once again we felt great at Mühle der Freundschaft? It's become dream catcher's second home and made us realize that recording and mixing can be real fun after all! :-) |
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| The Leopoldquartett just added a beautiful string part (written & arranged by Pascal) to "when we were young". Happy! |
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The first EP of the Sonic Comic Trilogy will be mixed over Easter. And should be available at the beginning of May. There'll be 2 new tracks "When we were young" and "Would you?" as well as an acoustic version of "happy in my treehouse". A couple of days ago, Pascal Schumacher and John rerecorded bit and pieces for "Would you?" and Marc Demuth added a brilliant double bass performance. Eric's currently working on his contributions.
Andy Genen and John are also putting the final touches to the comic that will hold the EP. All we can say so far is: it's f... brilliant! At least, that's what we're thinking; carried on a wave of euphoria... :-)
Dad and Jr will be the new members of the dream catcher world. :-)
There'll be lots of gigs this year, most in the duo or trio version, but the band appearances will be very special too. Watch out for more details.
And lost but not least: We are so happy to be back on the track! :-) |
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Boris, our live engineer, has just recorded a couple of bits & pieces that we're gonna use for an EP due to be released in May. There'll be some more recording in Bad Iburg (D) next week.
John co-wrote a couple of songs with Pascal Schumacher (yeah the jazz guy and a good friend btw). "When we were young (sun)" is probably gonna be the title track of the next EP. And then there's "would you"... John's favourite these days...
There's so much happening on the writing & recording side, that some news should be appearing in the diary pretty soon.
And then there's Andy. But, shhhh, that's a secret for now. He's f... brilliant.
There's a new dream catcher era just around the corner... :-)
Oh yeah, first Poland gig announced... |
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John & Christof will be supporting The Stranglers at Le 112 in Terville (F).
Ticket & info: www.le-112.com/ |
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ArtfullSounds from Gera is currently booking dream catcher in Germany.
http://www.artfullsounds.com/dreamcatcher
Contact: daniel@artfullsounds.de |
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This year will be better than the last...
Singles, album(s?), tours... 2009 will be busy... :-)
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Annick & Eric are the proud parents of a little Anna...
They're all fine and rocking.
Shall all their dreams come true... |
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And here's something completely new. John will be performing alongside many talented artists at the 2nd Coque Gala Night. Since tickets sell fast, hurry up if you wanna spend a great night with breath taking acrobats, renown national artists , good food and of course drinks.
Here's some more info:
For the Gala Evening 2008, which will be taking place on 12 December 2008, the Centre National Sportif et Culturel d’Coque offers you a fabulous gala dinner and show introduced by Dan Spogen.
A selection of the best moments from the famous Moscow Circus on Ice, interspersed with performances by famous Luxembourg artists including Pascal Schumacher, Thorunn, Marc Demuth & Sofi a Ribeiro, John Rech and Brass Machine, will enthral you by the skills of acrobats, tightrope walkers, talented musicians and more.
The evening will be a delight for gourmets and gastronomes, and will be followed by an “After Show Party”.
The Gala Evening is offered at a price of 135 euros ( all taxes included ) per person
(without postage) and includes a welcome aperitif, the gastronomic buffet and
accompanying drinks.
For more information and to book your table, call 43 60 60-320 or contact us by mail to gala@coque.lu |
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Eric and his brother Rësch (ex-Stories to tell) are releasing their first common album:
falc'{ER}o "he's lost"
If you wanna hear something before the release party, here's a cool link: http://web.me.com/falchero
And for those who wanna experience it live, be at the Ratelach (Kulturfabrik) in Esch/Alzette (L) on October 21st or 22nd. |
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dream catcher's appearance at the Multizik Festival in Athus (B) has been rescheduled. The band will appear at 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 23rd.
As the festival won't happen on Sunday, Ezio's performance had unfortunately to be cancelled. More info as it gets available... |
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While dream catcher are busy writing new songs, some special events are being programmed up to the end of the year: gala night, revival night (tiiiifotuuuuu)...
Currently, several writing sessions for the new album are being held at different places involving members of the last line-up as well as close friends. 5 songs have so far seen the light of the day... more to follow... |
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YES!!! Or how dreams sometimes come true...
Today, we got the confirmation that dream catcher will be opening up for the Counting Crows at the Rockhal on May the 31st. You just can't miss it!!!
Further info & tickets: http://www.rockhal.lu/fr/program/2008/05/31/counting_crows/index.php |
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After quite an interesting duo Tour in April, dream catcher are back as a band for a couple of gigs in spring. Check 'em out here on our website.
For the gig in Mondorf-Les-Bains (L), we have a few free tix to offer. If you're interested, drop me a line at john@dreamcatcher.lu and we'll send them to you. Don't forget to indicate the number of tickets you need and your address. First come, first served.
Hope to see you there, cheers,
John
P.S. Due to general demand, we have brand new "fuck off" shirts. :-)
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Due to very personal reasons, the gigs in Weimar and Bamberg have to be postponed. Sorry for any inconveniences.
The gigs in Homburg and Diekirch will take place. Hope to see you there. |
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Brand new diary entries are in the... yes... diary section.
Check out www.songtage.de for pictures and comments about the gig in Magdeburg. Their myspace website also proposes a "raw" live version of big picture. |
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As the first mini tour is approaching, rehearsals are running well and quite a different set has been worked out. It's all acoustic and intimate. Of course, with a bucket of passion. And loads of surprises.
First discussions about recording a new Ep are made while appearances at summer festivals are confirmed. And there's more to be said, but hey, we won't spoil the news before the tour. Come and hear them first ear, eh, hand. :-) |
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Christof Brill will be joining John at the very intimate song nights in March and April. Christof's been a long time friend of the band and is mostly known for his guitar skills with Brass Machine, Ear Candy... He's also a guitar teacher, producer and most of all: He's an Ezio fan.
Guess what... :-) |
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John & a very special guest (we'll tell you who pretty soon) will be doing a short duo tour in March/April. He'll be visiting Magdeburg, Gera, Apolda, Leipzig, Suhl, Bamberg, Weimar, Homburg. As these Easter trips prove to be quite an interesting journey, he'll be more than happy to see you somewhere on the road.
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| While the band's currently working on the new songs and planning some studio actions, the are gig announcements every couple of days. So check out the gig page and watch out for some cool appearances. |
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| Just a quick note to let you know that dream catcher is currently working on the follow-up to "sunny days". 4 songs saw the day of light during writing sessions on Nov. 10th and 11th. More to follow soon. |
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You won't believe it, we actually don't, but we've finally managed to finish the DVD / CD from T42's farewell show. The masters as well as the artwork were sent to the factory 2 days ago. And if everything goes according to plan, we might have the limited edition (DVD + CD in one box) for the shows at Why Not and in Trier. Now that's something we'll only believe once we've seen it.
Please don't ask us why it took over 2 years to finish the project. Let's imagine there were plenty of reasons and no time. But we think the result is cool and worth finding the right time to finish it.
Anyway, it's a great nostalgic trip into the past. Many treasures and extras are featured on the DVD which also holds many special versions or unique performances of songs hardly ever played before. More details to come.
The title is: Äddi a Merci. |
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| As most of you know, the entrance to the Meluxina Show on Sept. 11th is free. All you have to do it is to pick up your ticket at the LCTO ticket shop at Place Guillaume II. Since some of you are travelling from further away, we're having a limited number of free tix that we'll post to you if you want to see the show. Just send an email to john@dreamcatcher.lu and tell us how many tix you need. First come, first served. |
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Another gig in Stadtbredimus has been added. We'll be playing at 8 p.m. alongside The Gentles and Funky P.
A perfect warm-up for a mini-tour. Discover Remo in triplet and Joël's dark side. :-) |
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| 2 new gigs have been added. Check www.meluxina.lu for a very unique event on Tuesday, Sept. 11th (what a weird day...). |
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| After a fun gig in Worms, dream catcher decided to play a couple of shows in September to prepare their filmed appearance at the Kaiserthermen in Trier, supporting Ezio. Over the summer the band will also be writing new material and rearranging older songs. |
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Since dream catcher decided not to play any gigs this year, or let's say almost no gigs, some members of the band will appear at tomorrow's big school celebration in Hosingen (L) to perform 3 songs, including the 2 Télévie compositions.
Furthermore, Eric & John will support Ezio in Bitburg on March 24th.
And then there are some rumours of recording plans... |
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Hi everybody,
After a tough year 2006, a lot of gigs, a tour in Germany, a support slot for Sting and a trip to New York, we will retire for some time in order to write new songs, and, maybe, record a new album or EP.
Meanwhile we wish all of you a wonderful and peaceful year 2007.
See you in a couple of months.
John, Eric, Remo, Marcus, Christian and Joel |
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Unfortunately, we didn't finish the christmas song on time. Right now, we're too busy finishing other projects not related to dream catcher, that we hardly find time to invest in the band. Due to professional and personal reasons, we won't be able to play the Ezio tour. No need to tell you how sad we are that we can't get the band together for those 2 weeks.
We'll only play Kaiserslautern and Luxembourg. After the Worms gig on Dec. 9th, we'll take a longer break. So we all hope that you'll come to the next shows and wave goodbye...
On the other hand, we we're quite proud to announce that dream catcher was selected to play a showcase in New York on November 1st. |
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| Eric & John are currently working on a song which will feature on MM8's Christmas CD. |
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Due to technical reasons beyond our control, we couldn't play the e-lake last night. We've agreed with the promoters that we would be back for next year's edition. Sorry for any inconvenience, but it just wasn't possible. Btw, we were there and would have loved to play.
We're gonna take a short break now, finish the T42 DVD and write a couple of new tunes. Furthermore, we're preparing a new dream catcher video. |
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While Eric's having a well-earned rest in Denmark, Richard (another Falc-Hero) will join dream catcher for an all guitar set at Echternach's e-lake festival on Friday, eh, Saturday morning (2 a.m.), August 12th.
An interesting experience regarding the autumn tour with Ezio as Eric unfortunately won't be able to make it due to professional reasons.
In the words of the Jeremy Days:
Re-invent yourself! |
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Today's Eric's birthday...
So hääääpppiiiii Börzdéi tu juuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! |
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| As some as you might have noticed, there have been some changes in the dates that we will play. This is due to several reasons. First there's this big festival fight going on an the Lëtz Rock date that we were meant to play was the first victim. Then John decided that playing the Luxgsm Festival this year was too much of a hassle for him (since he's the promoter). Finally, we were proposed to play the Tokio Hotel day at the Terres Rouges Festival in Esch... ehhhh... no thanx... But there are a couple more dates in the pipeline and we'll put them on as soon as they're confirmed... which still doesn't mean that they'll happen... as we've seen recently... |
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| We are proud to announce that Remo Cavallini will join dream catcher for their upcoming concerts this summer. Due to professsional reasons, Marcus will "not be available" over the next couple of months. We are looking forward to be playing with one of Luxemburg's finest guitar players. So be there, at one of our next shows ! See you ! |
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| John celebrates his 36 years today. Happy birthday. |
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| Dudelange (May 12th) and Kaiserslautern (May 13th) will host a special line-up: Germany's best Pop act "Erdmöbel" & Luxembourg's "dream catcher". Just don't missit! Honestly! |
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We're all happy about the tour's end. It was a fantastic evening at the wonderful rockhal, but we were all very exhausted. Now we're collecting new energy for the upcoming open air gigs and festivals.
Furthermore we have to rehearse with a new guitar player as Marcus is busy during the next few months, so there's no time for a long break. |
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| Due to illness, our gigs in Dortmund yesterday and in Schwabmünchen today had to be cancelled. All other dates should remain unchanged. |
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| Hi folks, "stories to tell" and "dream catcher" had quite a good start in Bonn and Hamburg. Have a look in our gallery and diary for more information. |
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| Today our new album "Sunny Days" arrived at John's. It will be available soon. |
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good news for students living in and around Bonn (found on musikwoche.de)
Beim Konzert von Dream Catcher am 12. April und beim Auftritt der dänischen Newcomer The Alpine am 18. April in der Bonner Harmonie erhalten Schüler unter Vorlage ihres Schülerausweises an der Abendkasse verbilligte Tickets für sechs Euro. Mit dieser Aktion wollen die Musiker beider Bands Schülern ihre Musik näher bringen. Die Konzerte finden in den Osterferien statt und beginnen jeweils um 20 Uhr.
Für die Organisation der Konzerte zeichnet E.L. Hartz Promotion verantwortlich.
Weitere Informationen finden sich unter www.noisenow.de. |
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We are quite happy (and proud) to announce that dream catcher are confirmed to open for Sting's concert in Esch/Alzette (L) on July 13th, 2006. Tickets are available (and hot) at www.show.lu
Here's some official info about the gig:
STING – BROKEN MUSIC TOUR
Stripped Down and Raw with two Guitars, a Bass and Drums
With special guest FICTIONPLANE and DREAM CATCHER
Thursday, 13th July 2006 in Esch/Alzette (Luxembourg)
Stade Emile Mayrisch (Open Air)
This summer, Sting will bring his Broken Music Tour – an all new, stripped down & raw rock show – to Europe for the first time. The tour will visit many cities and venues not previously played on 2004’s Sacred Love Tour.
The Broken Music Tour consists of Sting on bass in a four-piece band with longtime band mate, Dominic Miller on guitar, in addition to Lyle Workman (Beck, Frank Black) also on guitar and Abe Laboriel, Jr. (Paul McCartney) on drums.
Sting will performing in Luxembourg first time ever in his long career and this extraordinary show is presented by both the City of Esch/Alzette and B.C.E.E.-Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat
Doors will open at 4.30 pm and Sting is expected to be on stage at 9.30 pm. The night will start by 6.00 pm with british act FICTIONPLANE, featuring Joe Sumner, Sting’s son. They will be followed by local heroes of DREAM CATCHER
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if you like our new song "sunny days", please vote for us at rtl's hitmaschinn.
if you you wanna see our new clip, please vote for us at rtl's planet hits chart show
thanks a lot for your support, :-))) |
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hi
we've completely rebuilt our website. More new features will appear in the next couple of days. Hope you'll enjoy it.
Have a look & have fun,
eric |
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Hi there,
Last week, while we were far too busy to notice, the video of “sunny days” entered the RTL Planet Hits Charts at number 7. Last weekend we dropped down to 9, which is still good, considering we haven’t asked your support… yet…
Now, we’re looking at the top 3 spots and we’re asking you to help us… Please help us by voting for “sunny days” at http://planet.rtl.lu/music/planethits/
In the next days, you’ll also be able to watch the video von our website…
Meanwhile, we’re finishing the artwork for the cd… Soon, you’ll have a glimpse at what it will look like…
Thanx a lot!!!
C u soon.
John & Eric |
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Hi there,
It’s been a couple of weeks but we’ve been so busy putting the final touches to our single and our album as well as booking the spring tour.
With Raufaser’s and Ann Muller’s help, we also managed to put up a great tour and we only regret that we couldn’t find a date in Freiburg, one of our favourite places in Germany. But we’ll be in every corner of Germany, even in the Czech Republic and in Luxembourg (of course). The tour is Luxembourg’s first export tour and we hope that we’ll be launching a long-time project that will benefit the very talented bands from our little country…
Here are all our spring dates:
Spring tour (Special guest: Stories to tell)
12.04 Bonn (D), Harmonie (www.harmonie-bonn.de)
13.04 Hamburg (D), Pony Bar (www.ponybar.com)
14.04 Berlin (D), Mudd Club (www.muddclub.de)
15.04 Prag (Cz), Bará?nická Rychta (www.volny.cz/rychta)
16.04 Frankfurt (D), Das Bett (www.bett-club.de)
17.04 in Dortmund (D), Bakuda (www.bakuda.de)
18.04 Schwabmünchen (D), Jugendzentrum U-turn (www.uturn-smue.de)
19.04 off
20.04 Magdeburg (D), Alte Feuerwache (www.feuerwache-md.de)
21.04 Osnabrück (D), Lagerhalle (www.lagerhalle-osnabrueck.de)
22.04 Krefeld (D), Blauer Engel
23.04 Esch (L), Rockhal (www.rockhal.lu)
12.05 Dudelange (L), Salle des Fêtes (mit Erdmöbel)
13.05 Kaiserslautern (D), Kammgarn (mit Erdmöbel)
25.05 Aachen (D), Open Air (tbc)
26.05 Gaggenau (D), Klag-Bühne (with Ezio/Trio: Marcus, Eric & John)
27.05 Idstein (D), Die Scheuer (with Ezio/Trio: Marcus, Eric & John)
And there’s even more to come…
Our new single “sunny days” is being released this weekend while the album is being mastered by Michael Schwabe at Monoposto in Düsseldorf (the same guy who mastered the “Wir sind Helden” & “Bananafishbones” albums). If you want your own copy, you can either send or wire us 7,-€ and we’ll send it straight to your place. Please be aware that 5,-€ are being transferred to Télévie (a charity project that supports the research against leukaemia). 2,-€ are for post and packaging. The single should also appear in our shop pretty soon…
While we’re working on the artwork for the album, we just shot quite a funny video clip. We never felt so… hmmm… white… Anyway, it’s been great fun and Christian Fischer and his team did a great job. Looking forward to discover the result. Loads of kids in it…
And a fake guitarist… But since Richard (Eric’s brother) is gonna support us with his band “stories to tell” in spring, we thought it was ok for him to replace Marcus who couldn’t make the long trip (as he was mixing the album).
But as everything was looking great, we were not surprised when some bad news reached us a couple of hours ago. Quentin, our drummer, has decided to quit the band, due to professional and family reasons. Just for the record: No personal problems among band members involved… We’re regretting it as much as he does… We’ll miss “Le p’ti” (as we call him) a lot. Loads of luck to him. On the other hand, it’ll hook us up with another long-time friend of ours… “Crazy” Joël Heyard is gonna take over the drum stool… Lots of spinning drum sticks ahead… J
Well, before leaving you to Carnival Madness, let me end with the following call: Please come to our shows!!!! And bring loads of friends. You won’t be disappointed! Many presents and 2 happy bands are expecting you. More about all this next time…
John & co.
P.S. The album will be called “sunny days”, too, and sounds great and very varied. We love it!!!
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Yesterday, we shot a video for our new single called "sunny days". All we can say: it will be white, white and white. If everything works fine, the video clip will be released on saturday, Feb. 25th.
If you're curious, just have a look at our gallery for some pics. |
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Hi, well we've got some delay, but our brand new single "sunny days" will be out really soon. We're still working on our album, John has just recorded some vocal tracks at Lee Russell's studio in England, while Eric was adding some minor "Schnickefürr" in his homestudio.
Hope to see you soon at one of our concerts. |
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sunny says... in the snow, rain, fog... being ill for 10 days... exhausted... the sunny days are straight ahead... "sunny days" will be our first single from the upcoming album called... "sunny days"... Karma? Yes!
We've just (more or less) finished recording all the tracks and Marcus finished mixing the single last weekend. Axel Goldbeck wrote a wonderful string arrangement (with Eric’s help) that was performed by the Leopold Quartett. Oli Hövels played drums on all the tracks. And Christian Harpes played bass on most of the new tracks,
Marcus Praed played guitars, bass & tambourine and recorded it and mixed it and… pfff… he’s just like Eric & me… doing loads of stuff… On my way back from the studio, I took it to Michael Schwabe at Monoposto in Düsseldorf who did a terrific job mastering it.
Annick Sinner (Eric’s wife) painted the cover of the single that will be released by mid-February. 1Plus is currently completing the artwork. The album should be available a couple of weeks before the tour, end of March, start of April. It will feature the new tracks (au flamingo rose, huel mech, don’t look down, sunny days and déjeuner en paix) as well as the last EP “3”and “happy in my tree house”. We’re considering releasing a limited EP with only the new songs for all those of you who have the 2 previous EPs.
The tour is shaping up and I guess we’ll be able to announce all the dates by the end of next week. It also looks like Quentin and Christian will be able to join us on both tours. Good! Stories to tell are gonna open up for us. Their 1st EP will be finished soon. I heard the rough mixes and I gotta tell you: it’s gonna be great, too.
It’s all so exciting and it almost feels like a new start… Will you be there to support us? We hope so…
Thanx in advance.
John & co.
P.S. If you live in or around Luxembourg, don’t miss Lloyd Cole, Dirk Darmstaedter and Christian Kjellvander at the Salles des Fêtes in Dudelange, Friday, January 27th!
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| We just had a very creative weekend in "Bad Iburg" (D) at Marcus' studio (Muehle der Freundschaft). You'll find some pictures in our gallery. |
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Hi,
What an exciting year we just had… Like every year, we had great and sad, funny and tragic, hopeful and disappointing moments… but at the end of a year, it’s always nicer to look back at the good times we had and to think of those that have left us…
For us, Eric and me, it’s been the end of a big adventure called T42 and the sailing off to new shores with dream catcher.
The farewell of 5 friends, captured with 9 cameras for a DVD, will be released in February. Why so late, you might ask? Well, because we wanted the only T42 DVD ever to offer you the best value and quality as well as a maximum of pictures. To compensate for the long wait, we’re gonna add a CD with a selection of songs from this last night.
As for dream catcher, the EP “3” has surpassed our hopes and almost sold out… “Verluer”, our Luxembourgish song, spent a full 13 weeks in the charts…
The gigs (with Ezio) as well as the festivals were great and it reminded us how important live appearances are to us. That’s why we are gonna hit the roads 3 times in 2006. Once with Stories to tell in April, for our first very own tour, then for a couple of festivals in Summer and finally (and hopefully) with Ezio in Autumn.
Eric, Marcus and me just recorded a new single called “sunny days” that will be released in February and will support the Télévie Campaign in Luxembourg. Next week, we’ll be back in Bad Iburg to record some more songs for an EP and/or a possible album release in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg.
All this while Eric’s writing a musical, playing with other people, writing some more stuff for cabaret, and while I’m planning and promoting gigs and doing a million other things like trying to be a manager. We still have our heads full of dreams… It seems the more we refuse, the more we do…
Well, in the words of Adam, it’s been a long December and maybe next year will be (even) better than the last…
2006 will be quite busy and exciting and we sincerely hope that you’ll be around… Since there are so many people to be thanked, and we have to do the cooking today, we won’t have time to put your name down, but please be aware that you are one of them: Thanx for all your support and love.
May 2006 be a great year for all of us…
dream catcher
P.S. Just to let you know about a couple of great gigs in the next couple of months:
- Christian Kjellvander, Dirk Darmstaedter and “the” Lloyd Cole will play the very intimate Salles des Fêtes in Dudelange on January 27th.
- The Levellers, Urban Trad… will play the Zeltik Festival on March the 10rd.
- Erdmöbel will play the very intimate Salles des Fêtes in Dudelange on May 12th.
P.S. More than ever: Buy the music of people you like and admire. Copying their songs might end their career… |
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We would like to thank all our friends for their great support and friendship during a very busy year 2005. We wish all the best for you, your families and friends.
Hope to see you again, next year.
Love
eric & john |
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Eric and John wrote a new song called "Sunny days". They will record it next week in Bad Iburg (D) for a possible single release in January...
They also wrote "Jordan's lullaby". There's more in the pipeline...
The EP ist still planned to be released in early spring, before the German Tour (for which the first dates have been confiremed: check out the gigs page...)
The T42 DVD will be delayed... It will be released in January. This is due to the additional wish to offer a maximum of bonus material as well as exclusive live material and archive pictures. The DVD will also offer a cd with a selection of live songs (from the KuFa gig). It will be called: "Äddi a merci". |
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Marcus and John have written and recorded a new song called "huel mech" during the last Ezio Tour.
Eric and John are currently working on a new track, too. No titel available yet. While Eric's written the music, John is busy with the lyrics...
A new EP is planned for spring and it looks like dream catcher are gonna hit the road for their first headliner tour around Easter 2006... A new exciting year is coming up... |
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Mondorf (L) Parc, 11th november, 5pm:
Annick Sinner, who painted dream catcher's album cover, will exhibit paintings which will be released in a calendar.
For that occasion Eric will play the piano in a band called "Säitesprong" (unplugged music, Luxembourgish lyrics). |
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| marcus and john are on tour with ezio till the end of october. if you wanna know what's going on, just read john's diary ! |
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yes, it's quiet, ... no dream catcher gigs planned, ... at least no official ones, ... john's on tour, with ezio (read our diary) and marcus (he's ezio's sound engineer, in case you didn't know) ... eric is writing new songs, ... not only for dream catcher, ... christian just bought a new house, ... quentin too, .... so they've got a lot of work to do ..., so we are all minding "our own business" for the moment.
but we'll be back, hasta la vista ! |
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| John has finally finished his diary and you can read it in the... diary section... right! |
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dream catcher & T42 downloads are now available from...
Apple itunes, mp3.com, MusicMatch, Rhapsody, MusicNet, LoudEye, MusicNow, MSN Music, NetMusic, Emusic, Sony Connect, BuyMusic, Bitmunk, PassAlong, Chondo, Ruckus, DigitalKiosk… |
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you are now able to buy our last album "3" at the iTunes music store!
furthermore we've just added a new album to our gallery, brand new pictures from the "Rock um Knuedler 2005" which once again had been a great festival (pics taken by mr schnutz and annick)!
We've hidden some new pictures on one of our pages, so have a look! |
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| just have a look at our press corner. we've published an acoustic version of "maybe" and some new press reviews. |
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| we've just added new pics to our gallery. |
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| lee russel wrote a new song called "don't look down" for dream catcher. we will be playing this new song in diekirch and niedercorn. |
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| we're all looking forward to our gigs this weekend, diekirch (saturday, 25th) and niedercorn (sunday, 26th). it has been a far too long time since we played our last gig. hope to see you ! |
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friday night's t42 show (the last show ever) was so brilliant. thanks to all who came to see our last show, it was a fantastic evening. we really enjoyed our last dance.
check out black's wonderful pictures
t42's dead, long live dream catcher. so watch out for our shows in june ! |
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| read reviews & download press releases, go to press section |
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| this saturday dream catcher's Luxembourgish song "verluer" hit rank7 (as new entry) in RTL's hitmaschinn (chart show on saturday afternoon). feel free to vote for this and other fine songs on RTL's website. thanks |
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| this saturday dream catcher's Luxembourgish song "verluer" has been nominated to enter RTL's hitmaschinn (chart show on saturday afternoon). feel free to vote for this and other fine songs on RTL's website. thanks for your support |
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Eric, Christian and John (backed up by Tom, Valérie & Joël) are gonna play a T42 medley for the Cabaret Geoghelli.
This year's play is called "Et wor emol..." and is a journey back in time.
It also tells the story of a young school band that started their career at the Lycée de Garçons in Esch 15 years ago...
Guess who that might be...???
The sketches are all performed by students of the High school and are one of the highlights of every school year. Eric, Tom and John all went to this school. While Eric & Tom were quite good students, John rather thought of a sports career in these days... :-)
Anyway, if you want to see the play, here are the dates:
Friday, 15th of April
Saturday, 16th of April
Friday, 22nd of April
Saturday, 23rd of April
Wednesday, 27th of April
Friday, 29th of April (sold out)
Saturday, 30th of April (sold out)
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| Tonight dream catcher (john & eric) will be appearing on RTL Luxembourg (tv show). They will be talking about the new dream catcher album as well as T42's last dance. You can also watch the show in the archive section of www.rtl.lu |
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| We've just added some new pictures: Kaiserslautern (thanks to Anna-Lena) and Köln (thanks to Markolf). |
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In the next days we will release our new ep "3" in Luxembourg. The new mini-album will be in the local musicstores shortly.
Eldoradio and RTL will be playing the Luxemburgish song "verluer". Some interviews are planned too, so open your eyes and ears ... |
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See pictures from our concerts in Mainz, Koblenz and Offenburg.
Big thanks to Anna-Lena, Sandra and Annick for the pics! |
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| We've decided to record tonight's sold out show at the Café Hahn, in Koblenz-Güls. We will also record the shows in Hamburg and Köln. |
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dream catcher’s new EP is called 3 and will be available at the gigs of the forthcoming German tour (cf. tour dates). The shop release is planned for April 1st. No joke!
The special limited tour edition features the 4 EP tracks as well as the live titles from “crew deluxe”, T42’s sold out mini album.
1) la plume
2) maybe
3) verluer
4) Mutiny on the Bounty
The EP was produced by Marcus Praed and recorded at MdF Studios in Bad Iburg (D) in February 2005. |
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| dream catcher will be Ezio’s support act on the forthcoming German Tour in March. The band’s line-up will be: John Rech (vocals & guitars), Marcus Praed (guitars & vocals), Christian Harpes (bass) & Quentin Demko (drums). Eric Falchero (all possible instruments & vocals) will join the band at certain gigs. |
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