Greg Weeks (Espers, Grass), Margaret Wienk (Fern Knight, Eyesores), Brooke Sietinsons (Espers, Grass), Helena Espvall (Espers), Mary Lattimore, Tara Burke (Fursaxa), Jesse Sparhawk (Timesbold, Fern Knight) Jim Ayre (Fern Knight), Jessica Weeks (Woodwose, Grass), Charles Cohen.
Influences
um, film. er, music. ahhh ... choo.
Sounds Like
1 harp, 2 cellos, 1 electric guitar, 1 acoustic guitar, 2 fuzz boxes, a Univox Mini-Korg, chimes, bells, percussion, one flute, several recorders, vocal drones, a Space Echo, jew's harp, an Omnichord, triangle, bass guitar, 1 Fender Rhodes and a whole lotta gumption.
Thanks to all who came out for our recent spate of shows. Toronto was especially amazing being that the show was a 400 seat sell out introduced by the head of the Czech consolate. We are currently attempting to make happy all those who have requested we return to England and play through Europe. We certainly want to bring this experience to all you folks overseas. We are currently at work organizing the next Project Series installment(s). More on that as the dust settles.
Update 9/30/07
MOMA, West Coast and Chicago dates are secured! Most shows will be to the rarely seen 35mm print. San Franciscans can buy advance tickets here:
We are actively booking Spring tour dates for both the eastern coast of the US and Europe. If you are interested in booking The Valerie Project at a film house, museum or cultural institution near you please contact us via myspace or the Project website: www.valerieproject.org
Please scribble November 20th on a receipt or piece of scrap paper and scrunch it deep in your jeans or Brooks Brothers suit pocket. That is the release date for the CD/Double LP of The Valerie Project .. City. Art was custom supplied by Tracy Nakayama and painstakingly organised by our own Brooke Sietinsons. Describing it as stunning would be providing it a disservice.
Thanks to the Herculean efforts of record/mix engineer Brian McTear, The Valerie Project were able to record and mix 74 minutes worth of music in eight days, just in time for our harpist to to escape to Vienna for the summer. Where she is a nanny.
And finally, Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown Fest was a blast to play. But only half as good as the karaoke fun had at the after party.
Thanks for adding :-) Love the music! A very inventive re-imagining of the Valerie score (and what an awesome movie - an underrated gem of Euro cinema!)
One of the best films I've ever seen. I like the original soundtrack very much. However your music is also really good and it certainly adds a lot to the film! Good luck!
Sorry for the spam, but any fans in the South might be interested in knowing about the exhibition of a rare, newly discovered 16mm print of Valerie happening this weekend in Nashville, TN. Graciously donated from the private collection of Tom Wills, the print is in amazingly good condition, and perhaps the best of it's kind in existence.
TWO SCREENINGS ONLY this weekend, March 29th & 30 @ NOON at the BELCOURT THEATER
One of the most singular and controversial statements of the Czech New Wave of filmmaking, Jaromil Jireš' infamous masterpiece Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is a psychedelic blend of fever-dream horror and erotic fantasy. The film concerns the sexual awakening of 13 year old Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerová); thrust into a gothic fairytale where friends and family alike become pedophilic vampires, vying for her virginal purity. A poetic feast of imagery, it is that rare sort of film that will forever linger in the crevasses of your memory. Dir. Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia, 1970, 16mm, 70min. Unavailable on 35mm, this will be the premiere exhibition of an extremely rare 16mm print, presented from the private collection of Tom Wills.
