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
??/??/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
Aug. 2009: “BUZZ Live, Paris, 2009”… [8 tracks recorded live at Radio Aligre Paris, 31 mins, no overdubs, limited edition, each copy signed & numbered, home-pressing… 9 Euros for France / 10 Euros for all other countries, including postage and paypal comm.], mastered at the Implant Plant (B)…
Feb. 2009: “BUZZ BLITZ KLUB vol. 1: Dancefloor de la Mort”, 13 brand new remixes [14 Euros for France / 15 Euros for all other countries, including postage and paypal comm.], mastered at the Implant Plant (B)… Features so-far-unreleased 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)…
March. 2008: “Minimal & electronique”, 19 tracks [17 Euros for France and all European countries, 18 Euros for all other countries, including postage + paypal commission], 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).
April 2007: “Les musiques nouvelles”, 12 tracks [13 Euros for France / 14 Euros for all other countries, including postage and 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).
June 2006: “BUZZ 1984-89” retrospective compilation, 18 tracks [16 Euros for France / 17 Euros for all other countries, including postage + paypal comm.], prod. by JCVTH.
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) + 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).
Feb. 2007: “La ville” (electromix), “Movement One” compilation (Str8line Rec.) + Charles de Goal, Jacquy Bitch, etc…
Jan. 2007: “Fille de l'orage”, “Uncle Fabrik All Stars” compilation + Guerre Froide, Curry & Coco, etc…
June 2006: “Kennedy (25th anniversary mix)”, “Skyline 2” compilation (Adequat music) + John Foxx, The Bollock Brothers, Front 242, Grauzone, Trisomie 21, Fad Gadget, etc…
1999: “Berlin” (renamed “buzz”) was covered by David Carretta on his “Catalogue électronique” (Gigolo Rec.).
The original 7 track 1985 tape “See YOU Sioux” is being re-mastered for later release and will include unreleased vintage tracks + vintage live material… Making hiss-story !
BUZZ are now working on their fifth CD, “Vaudou électrique” with J-C on vox, programming, machines and keyboards + Dragan Vujcic on guitar…
Their sixth, “BUZZ BLITZ KLUB vol. 2: Daddy was a Sex Pistol” will follow suit, exclusively composed of so-far-unreleased remixes by David Harrow (UK), Bak XIII (CH), Danny Briottet (UK), David Carretta (F), 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.
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loool ouais le groupe est vraiment exelent, mais le t-shirt a la base je les fait faire sans penser au groupe !! ^^ mais beaucoup m'on dit comme toi =)
Hello, ça va mieux, je suis en pleine rééducation maintenant...mais il me faudra encore beaucoup de patience avant de retrouver la totale capacité du bras...Et par ici ? du nouveau ? des vacances ? J'espère à très bientôt...mic
salut mon ami. what's up ?? fckn crew and me need a feedback for my nu remix.. please can u listen it and tell me what u think ??? I hope all is good for you ... see you soon
HI!!! Yeah it's hot here right now but i bet it's even hotter in France. We have finalley been playing live now and are looking for more gigs. How is life in "Buzz land"? We are going to a festival in Belgium this summer and afterwards we will travel to Paris and pass Lille on the way. Au revoir!
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