Polyphonic Size - September 2010 concerts

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Polyphonic Size will be back in concert this September :

Friday 17/09, 8 pm
Venue : LE BOUCHE-A-OREILLE, 11 rue Felix Hap, 1040 Brussels

Thursday 23/09
Venue : LE BOTANIQUE, Brussels (Les Nuits du Soir Festival)
(btw, Hugh will play there too on December 1st)

more infos : http://www.polyphonicsize.com

So if you're around Brussels, you know what to do !
Cheers !

[theraven1979]

Hope they play in the UK at some point - support for the March tour??!

Jim

[zontar]

Better that you support this lot than the cult-like US band, Polyphonic Spree. You might be asked to turn in yer MIB card.

[suchi]

Does anyone on here buy their tracky bottoms fromm JJB sport 'cos they think JJ Burnel owns it?

[Rodney Blackstaff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEBd4f1z6xs

Rodders

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Another great Polyphonic Size performance last friday night in Brussels. This time at the BOUCHE A OREILLE (a very nice venue, actually an ancient convent, with the backstages located in a small chapel ! ). They played a different track-list from the 2 previous gigs :
Action Man, NBC gmbh, Mother's Little Helper, Girlscout, Mode 2010, Je T'Ai Toujours Aimée, Winston & Julia, Rendez-Vous, Le Rabatteur Des Sectes, Happy Couples, Mongoloïd (Devo), King Of Hong Kong / Space Rejection, Night Is Coming On, Nagasaki, Janie Jones (The Clash).

The band now has a very weird new little synthesizer, described by Roger-Marc (Polyphonic Size historic leader) as being "oscillators, filters, ADSR, etc... from the Korg MS-20, digitized and completed in a 2010 way by our japanese brothers"

Highlights were (IMO) the new (almost funky) version of Happy Couples, Mode 2010, Mongoloïd (with special guest DJ Dop Massacre, aka the King Of Bxlrockabilly, dressed in SM masked superhero ), and Je T'Ai Toujours Aimée (with Alice singing instead of JJ, showing how this song works really well with a female voice). Another special guest was Mika (from Ghinzu), playing bass guitar on 2 tracks.

Next step : Brussels Botanique, Thursday 23 Sept. See you there. Cheers !

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With Special thanks to JJ for his very kind mail before the show.

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A great night. The best of all the gigs they did since the band reunion. The place was sold out, the audience was great. Fantastic version of Mother's Little Helper :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvW7BT0X88g

Cheers !

DP

[MULLY]

Sounds like you had a great coupla gigs. Nice review(s).

Met them once when they supported The Purple Helmets at The Marquee - very friendly (even though they struggled with my accent!!) and couldn't believe I had come over from Belfast for this 'bash'. Signed a copy of their LP whilst chatting pre-soundcheck.

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Sounds like you had a great coupla gigs. Nice review(s).

Met them once when they supported The Purple Helmets at The Marquee - very friendly (even though they struggled with my accent!!) and couldn't believe I had come over from Belfast for this 'bash'. Signed a copy of their LP whilst chatting pre-soundcheck.

The Polyphonic Size Marquee gig was recorded, and appeared on some autoproducted cassette called "Live K7 82-88", released in 1988. JJ presents the band, and sings one track (Winston & Julia).

[evonx]

Great stuff! All in all the 80s werent that bad

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Polyphonic Size live 23 09 2010, covering DEVO (Mongoloid), featuring guest star DJ Dop Massacre from Brussels. At about 2:50, part of the audience hit the stage and start dancing !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaXFPVtXHfM

[theraven1979]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r0HPXKl ... re=channel - Doesn't sound too great - I guess you have to be there.

Jim