J-C—all comps., vox, keyboards + programming—Dragan—guitar—, Jim—live-veejaying. Between 1985 and 1989 BUZZ toured France (Rex Club and New Morning with Anne Clark or The Essence, Marseille, Brest, Lille with Minimal Compact, A Split Second or The Neon Judgement among others), Belgium (Ghent's Vooruit with Anne Clark, Kortrijk with A Split Second or Taxi-Girl, Eeklo, Sint Niklaas, etc.), Madrid's Yasta and so on. That was then but this is now, relaunched in 2006 the project has released four albums since and raided the following European venues:
06/30/06 - Nordwaves Party, Lille (F) + Guerre Froide (F)
09/09/06 - Culto Club, Lisbon/Cacilhas (Pt) + Banister (Pt)
10/07/06 - Aliénor 2006, Aéronef, Lille (F) + Ringel-S + Neon Electronics + Implant (B) + Trisomie 21 (F)
02/26/07 - La Condition Publique, Roubaix (F), 1 song with Severin 24 (F),
04/21/07 - BUZZ CD-release Party, Peek-a-Boo, Lille (F)
06/29/07 - Zwischentall, Bochum (D) + Guerre Froide (F) + Schwefelgelb (D)
12/01/07 - Aliénor 2007, Le Gymnase, Lille (F) + Dirty Sweet (F)
12/14/07 - Nautilys, Comines (F) + The Dead Sexy inc. (F)
01/04/08 - Ponto de Encontro, Almada/Lisbon (Pt) + Yellow + Banister (Pt)
01/05/08 - Tambor Q Fala, Seixal (Pt) + Banister (Pt)
02/09/08 - Electrodark Festival, Kab-Usine, Genève (CH) + White Alien (It)
03/15/08 - BUZZ CD-release Party, Peek-a-Boo, Lille (F)
04/11/08 - Nautilys, Comines (F) + Bekie VanWam + dj traumabikini (F)
06/28/08 - Botanique, Brussels (B) + 32 Crash + Texas Trauma (B)
09/12/08 - Mirage, Boras (off Goteborg) (Se)
09/13/08 - Ultrafoxx, Stockholm (Se) + Transpose (Se)
10/04/08 - Cyberclash Festival, Lille (F) + Bak XIII (CH) + Dolls of Pain (F)
11/15/08 - Showcase Musicath, Carnières (B) + Modern Cubism + many more…
11/22/08 - Pot au Lait, Liège (B), BUZZ + dj Gondrand (B) + dj Traumabikini (F)
02/27/09 - itw + live set / Coma Électrique, Radio Aligre-93FM, Paris (F)
04/04/09 - itw + live set / Eclectronique, RPL-99FM, Lille (F)
08/01/09 - Subway, Mons (B) + Modern Cubism… Cancelled
??/??/09 - Aliénor Festival, Lille (F) + Darkmen (B) + Void Kampf (F)… to be continued…
“Kennedy” live at Cyberclash Festival (F), Oct. 4th 2008…
Sounds Like
"Not bad at all" was The YOUNG GODS' verdict while BERTRAND SIFFERT (CH) remixed “La ville”. GARY ASQUITH features as guest-vocalist on “Sérénade pour un renégat” while DANNY BRIOTTET remixed “EVR”, commenting “Very oldschool Mute”. "Very cool minimal electro" was DAVID HARROW's comment. MOTOR's Bryan Black sent us a “Sounds good” that cheered us up no end… DAVID CARRETTA (F) covered “Berlin” (renamed “buzz”) in 1999 and has recently remixed another track; so did MILLIMETRIC, SEVERIN24, MACH FOXX, LAURENT BERGMAN, PEOPLETHEATRE, JONATHANN CAST, NEOLYMB, SA42, HIV+ and DIRTY SWEET… LEN LEMEIRE from IMPLANT (B) did a lethal mix of “Sérénade” and “La ville” + co-produced albums “Les musiques nouvelles” (Apr. 2007) and “Minimal & électronique” (March 2008)… Jérôme from X-WAVES (Montreal), VERONICA VASICKA (East Village Radio, 2VM) and Lieven DE RITTER have been long-time supporters… BUZZ's retrospective compilation “BUZZ 1984-89” and their two other releases “Les musiques nouvelles” and “Minimal & électronique” are praised in ELEGY (F), ELEGY-Iberica (Sp/Pt/Latin America), SIDE-LINE (B), HELLY CHERRY (Serbia), GOTHIC MAGAZINE (D), LET'S MOTIV (F), BLACK MAGAZINE (D), NONPOP (D), PRESTO (F), La GUIA del' OCIO (Sp), BEST (F), ROSEGARDEN FUNERAL (D), GOTHTRONIC (NL), YAEW (F), ZILLO (D), DARK ENTRIES (B), AXESSCODE/MINDPHASER (F), TRINITY (F), 80's MUSIC CENTRAL (USA), SINTETIQUE (Br), AVOPOLIS (H), ALTERNATIVE-ASSO (CH), D-SIDE (F), MINIMAL WAVE (USA), AVANGUARDIA SILENZIOSA (It), ZERO MAGAZINE (Se), THIS IS CORROSION (USA) or ResMusica (F) and they got slagged off in TRANSIT MAG. (CH) for good measure !
More info—blog, vids, sound, pics, news—on
http://www.nordwaves.info/musique/buzz/live2006.php
unclefabrik.com
and
minimal wave (US site)… See U Sioux.
All CD's are available via the BUZZ Blitz Klub at jcvth@hotmail.com
Dec. 2009: “Cyberclash, Live @ Aligre FM, Paris”, 8 tracks recorded live at Radio Aligre Paris, 31 mins, no overdubs… [10 Euros for France / 11 Euros for all other countries, including postage + paypal comm.], mastered at the Implant Plant (B)…
Nov. 2009: “Scared (Ashkelon BUZZ rmx)” for Implant, “Violence” EP, Alpha Matrix.
Sept. 2009: “Cybersex (Sleazy BUZZ rmx)’ for Dolls of Pain on the “Cybermanipulations” album, freely downloadable on the band's site.
Aug. 2009: “Time” rmx for SA42, tbr…
March 2008: “Build it Down” rmx for Mach Fox on the “Remix and Repeat” album.
Feb. 2009: “BUZZ BLITZ KLUB vol. 1: Dancefloor de la Mort”, 13 remixes [14 Euros for France / 15 Euros for all other countries, including postage + paypal comm.], mastered at the Implant Plant (B)… Features remixes by Dirk da Davo (The Neon Judgment) (B), Implant (B), SA42 (B), People Theatre (F), Néolymb (F), Jonathann Cast (F), Millimetric (F), HIV+ (F), Pedro Perrito (F), Void Kampf (F), Darkmen (F) & Mach Fox (USA)…
Jan. 2009: “Wasting my time (Rimini mix)” rmx for Curry & Coco, on their myspace player, tbr…
May 2008: “Kalt wie Stein” rmx for Darkmen, tbr…
April 2008: “Sampler & sans Reproche”, unreleased track for the weekly radio show of the same name on Pastel FM.
March. 2008: “Minimal & electronique”, 19 tracks [13 Euros for France and all European countries, 14 Euros for all other countries, including postage + paypal comm.], prod. by Implant + remixes by D. Briottet (Renegade Soundwave) (UK), D. Carretta (F), Severin 24 (F), Néolymb (F), People Theatre (F), Implant (B) and Dirty Sweet Project (F).
Feb. 2008: “Diskotecus” rmx for Void Kampf, tbr…
Jan. 2008: “Sanctuary” rmx for Angel Factory, tbr…
Dec. 2007: “Build it Down” rmx for Mach Fox, promo EP limited edition release.
April 2007: “Les musiques nouvelles”, 12 tracks [9 Euros for France / 10 Euros for all other countries, including postage + paypal comm.], prod. by Implant + remixes by B. Siffert (The Young Gods) (CH), Laurent Bergman (F), Severin 24 (F), Néolymb (F), David Harrow (aka James Hardway) (UK) and Implant (B).
August 2008: “Maïakowski” (Cybermix) / Elegy sampler n° 55 (F).
July 2008: “Disko” (People Theatre remix) / “Goth is what you make it” double CD-compilation n°7 (D) [12 Euros for France and all European countries, 13 Euros for all other countries, includ. postage + paypal comm.] + Charles de Goal, Rorschach Garden, Die Perlen, etc…
June 2008: “La ville” (cyberclash mix) Elegy Iberica sampler + Alec Empire, Psyche, etc… [35.000 copies for Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Latin America]…
March 2007: “Fille de l'orage” (Severin24 remix) / ”YAEC vol. 5” / YAEW (F).
Feb. 2007: “La ville” (electromix), “Movement One” / Str8line Rec. (F) + Charles de Goal, Jacquy Bitch, etc…
Jan. 2007: “Fille de l'orage”, “Uncle Fabrik All Stars” promo-CD (F) + Guerre Froide, Curry & Coco, etc…
June 2006: “BUZZ 1984-89” retrospective compilation, 18 tracks [13 Euros for France / 14 Euros for all other countries, including postage + paypal comm.], prod. by JCVTH.
May 2006: “Kennedy (25th anniversary mix)”, “Skyline 2” / Adequat music (F) + John Foxx, The Bollock Brothers, Front 242, Grauzone, Trisomie 21, Fad Gadget, etc…
1999: “Berlin” (renamed “buzz”) covered by David Carretta on his “Catalogue électronique” album (Gigolo Rec.).
The original 7 track 1985 self-released tape “See YOU Sioux” is being re-mastered for later release and will also include unreleased vintage tracks + vintage live material… Making hiss-story !
BUZZ are now working on their sixth CD, “Vaudou électrique” with J-C on vox, programming, machines and keyboards + Dragan Vujcic on guitar…
Their seventh, “BUZZ BLITZ KLUB vol. 2: Daddy was a Sex Pistol” will follow suit, exclusively composed of so-far-unreleased remixes by Pankow (It), David Harrow (UK), Bak XIII (CH), Danny Briottet (UK), David Carretta (F), NTRSN (B), Severin 24 (F), Dirty Sweet Project (F), Grenzlicht (D), Agent Side Grinder (Se), Dolls of Pain (F) & The Dead Sexy Inc. (F)…
Additional info on www.nordwaves.fr, unclefabrik.com and US site minimal wave.
See you Sioux.
We’re finally back to you, dear readers, in day of the first birthday of the fanzine (yes, it all started in November, 4th last year) with the new, 6th issue! With this issue we offer you a mad and creepy trip, during which you’ll make acquaintance or, if you already have met each other, will know more about cult and mysterious darkwave/deathrock Italian band Il Giardino Violetto, the new USA art-deathrock stars Entertainment, De Kift, - intellectual-punk weirdos from Netherlands, and also, apart from other bands, you will know what moves people who starts indie-labels nowadays and… how to cook “Head Cheese”! All this and many-many more in Grave Jibes Fanzine #6. Pdfs are available for free at http://gravejibes.com/downloads
salut, on espere que tu pourra venir aux prochains concerts de karnysera, 10 novembre 2009 – st omer(62) – le gibolin / 20h30 free 14 novembre 2009 – bailleul(59) – le barabao / 20h30 free
Bonjour J-C, what's your source of information = www.optimistic-weather... ? ;-)) Es ist kalt hier + il fait du brouillard ... !!! How was your week ? I've been hoarsen the last days, sage was my permanent friend in companion... !?! What's new in swinging Rijsel ? Any new songs / projects etc. ?
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Louisville, Kentucky- On Oct. 27th Louisville Gothic and Eden Promotions will welcome Voltaire to Uncle Pleasants. Voltaire is known for his satire and comedic remarks about society and Goths in general.
There will be a PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST, FIREBREATHING by Midian, BOBBING FOR APPLES and other fun HALLOWEEN EVENTS throughout the evening!! DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT!!
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Complot suite : Sortie d'un vinyl collector spéciale Transmusicales, mix inédits, tirage limité à 200 exemplaires, sortie chez Infrastition / Iconaki.
Complot aux Transmusicales !!! le 3 décembre 2009 à l'Ubu et le 5 décembre 2009 aux Champs Libres (diffusion 5.1 par Fabrice Tison), Rennes-France. les 14 et 18 novembre 2009 Laval / le Mans-Alonnes.