About:
Formed (?) 2002 in and by the minds of Cotton Casino (of Japan) and Per Gisle GalÅen (of Norway)
Previous:
Did ten gigs in Japan July 2003. Good fun indeed. And the music worked out very well too, so The Birds are still around.
Instruments used:
Synthesizer, guitar, harp, theremin,
voices, things, flute, tapes and beverage.
Who's who:
Cotton is here. Per Gisle is nowhere here yet, but plays in
Slowburn, DEL, Marmont, Ranheim and now even the Soft Rebels! He plays with other folks too, like himself in the name of Crazy River. The up-coming album
'Sounds like
a melon to me' is done and will hopefully see the light of day late 2003.
Plans for this world:
Plug and play. Important Records will release
The Birds' debut album 'Birds Birds Birds In The World' in November (?) 2003. The duo will also do a Norwegian tour in October (dates below) which will be followed by a three-week
tour of Europe (see more dates below). TB will also participate on an upcoming Velvet Underground tribute.
Upcoming gigs:
23 Oct 2003 - Tromsų (NO), Kaos
24 Oct 2003 - Oslo (NO), Chateau Neuf - w/ Cloudboy (NZ) and Kobi
25 Oct 2003 - Stavanger (NO), Tou - w/ Cloudboy (NZ) and Kobi
26 Oct 2003 - Bergen (NO), Landmark - w/ Demarnia Lloyd (NZ) and Kobi
27 Oct 2003 - Trondheim (NO), Ramp - w/ Demarnia Lloyd (NZ)
30 Oct 2003 - Aarhus (DK), Kunstakademiet - w/ Demarnia Lloyd (NZ)
02 Nov 2003 - Wien (A), Rhiz
06 Nov 2003 - Geneve (CH), Cave 12
09 Nov 2003 - Paris (FRA), Les Voutes
11 Nov 2003 - Amsterdam (NL), Paradiso
12 Nov 2003 - Brussels (BE), Le Bunker - w/ Af Ursin
13 Nov 2003 - Antwerpen (BE), Stereophonics
15 Nov 2003 - Rostock (GER), Stubnitz
More dates coming up soonish.
Previous gigs in Japan:
09 July 2003 - Nagoya, Tokuzo - w/ Shoiji Hano, Jorma Tapio and Makoto Kawabata
10 July 2003 - Tokyo, Enban - w/ Mitsuru Tabata and Kenichi Imada
11 July 2003 - Tokyo, Aoi Heya - w/ Keiji Haino and Shishido
12 July 2003 - Osaka, Bears - w/ Leningrad Blues Machine, IndianNoEchoBineNo and Subari
13 July 2003 - Himeji, Mushroom - w/ Noun, Coa and AKKKE
15 July 2003 - Yanago, Mizutama no Heya
16 July 2003 - Kokura, Mega Hertz - w/ Rokugenkoto
18 July 2003 - Houhu, Indo-Yo - w/ Yoshimitsu Ichiraku og Makoto Kawabata
19 July 2003 - Okayama, Pepperland - w/ Boruzoi meets Mitsuru Muraoka & Tanaka, Tecona
20 July 2003 - Tokyo, Aoi Heya - w/ Hoppy Kamiyama and KK Null
Sounds:
"Beethoven's women (1.27 MB)" mp3