DINO AND THE CHICKS - STILL LIVE WITH DINO AND THE CHICKS

• dino and the chicks: still live with dino and the chicks
      (2023, cd, bel, heaven hotel)

Dino And The Chick's CD is out !
The first release on the Heaven Hotel record label in 2023.
If I'm not mistaken, D&TC already released an EP a couple of years ago.

The band is doing some concerts and is indeed presented as Dino And The Chicks, despite the band being some sort of Belgian super-group.

Rudy Trouvé - guitar (Rudy Trouvé Sextet, dEUS, Kiss My Jazz,...)
Stef Kamil Carlens - bass  (Zita Swoon)
Elko Blijweert - guitar  (Franco Saint De Bakker, Dead Man Ray, Gruppo di Pawlowski,...)

Jeroen Stevens - drums  (Gruppo di Pawlowski, Ultima Vez, Laïs,...)

No nonsense.
Just some fine sounding music, including some surprising covers.

Check it out on Bandcamp :

DINO AND THE CHICKS - THE HOBOKEN E.P.

• dino and the chicks: the hoboken e.p.
      (2022, cd ep, belgium, heaven hotel)

Two dinos and two chicks. At least that's what the liner notes say.
The album cover also mentions "the new sensation in post garage feel bad party music", but that may turn out to be fake news as well.

Featuring Rudy Trouvé (vocals), Stef Kamil Carlens (bass), Elko Blijweert (guitar) and Jeroen Stevens (drums), this quartet demonstrates that humour belongs in music. 
At least on this fascinating EP.

RUDY TROUVÉ EXPO IN UKKEL (BE)

Rudy Trouvé has an expo at Het Huys in Ukkel (BE),

"Recent Stuff 2018 - 2021"

from October 8 to December 16, 2021.

Here's some album artwork, less recent :

RUDY TROUVÉ - KLOOT PER W - MAURO PAWLOWSKI

From Jezus Factory :

Per W/Trouvé – Cassette no 3

Kloot Per W and Rudy Trouvé combine forces for this limited edition cassette to coincide with their art exhibition. A joint HeavenHotel presents and Jezus Factory release. Limited to 100 cassettes.

Released 30th November 2019

EXHIBITION Saturday, November 30, 2019 to Sunday, December 1, 2019
MixArt gallery Sint-Martinusstraat, 101 1700 Sint-Martens-Bodegem (Dilbeek)

Kloot: “The total package will reach its peak on Sunday 1 December in the MixArt gallery when we, together with Jan Hautekiet and Mauro Pawlowski, will improvise live music on the animation loops. The music we are going to draw on and improvise around will be performed that same day by HeavenHotel and Jezus Factory Records are released on cassette. Great if everything clicks like this“.

RUDY TROUVE AND MIRCO GASPARRINI

New release by Rudy Trouvé and Mirco Gasparrini : "Vivants".

Digital release + limited cassette edition (Jezus Factory Records).

RUDY TROUVE - ALFRED TROUVE - STEF KAMIL CARLENS

Rudy Trouvé has teamed up with his brother Alfred and Stef Kamil Carlens for an art exhibition at Museumstraat25 between 26th June and 13th July.

Museumstraat25 is an expo room at Galerie Bernaerts at (you guessed it) the Museumstraat 25, in Antwerp, Belgium.

DEAD MAN RAY - CAGO

• dead man ray: cago
      (2002, cd, bel, heavenhotel)

Dead Man Ray (Daan, Rudy Trouvé, Elko Blyweert, Wouter Van Belle and Karel De Backer) have just released a follow-up to their 2002 "Cago" album.
After 17 years !
Reason enough to give "Cago" a spin.

TROUVE - BLIJWEERT - PAWLOWSKI - NAGELS

SCREEN​/​Crossroads Soundtrack
by Rudy Trouvé, Elko Blijweert, Mauro Pawlowkski and Gunter Nagels

THE MECHANICS - ARE DANCING IN YOUR HEAD

• the mechanics: are dancing in your head    (2017, cd, bel, oorwerk 004)

The Mechanics are a Belgian experimental music ensemble. It features Mauro Pawlowski, Rudy Trouvé, Jean-Yves Evrard, Roman Hiele and Eric Thielemans.
I always try to keep an eye out for what Mauro Pawlowski and Rudy Trouvé are doing. These guys don't stop to amaze me. On this "The Mechanics Are Dancing In Your Head" album, they join forces. Nothing wrong with that  :-)

The album title refers to Ornette Coleman's 1977 release "Dancing In Your Head".
On the first track, 'Ode Aan Ornette' (Ode To Ornette), Rudy Trouvé yells "Jazz Ain't Dead, It Just Kinda Smells Funny." There are worse places to quote Frank Zappa.  :-)

Experimental rock.
Great stuff for Christmas. Or any other day, that is.

Here's 'Ode Aan Ornette', performed live at the Jazz Middelheim festival.

WINTERVUUR FESTIVAL IN ANTWERP

December 29, 2017 to January 06, 2018,
the Wintervuur Festival will take place in Antwerp, Belgium.

https://wintervuur.be/

30.12.2017 : Nordmann
31.12.2017 : De Karvaan
02.01.2018 : Brzzvll
03.01.2018 : Mauro Pawlowski and Rudy Trouvé
04.01.2018 : Black Flower
05.01.2018 : Glitterpaard
06.01.2018 : Dans Dans

GORE SLUT

newsflash from the Jezus Factory Webshop:

Something we have been ITCHING to tell you about... Heyme Langbroek, Kiss My Jazz saxophonist and Heavenhotel and Jezus Factory website designer extraordinaire found some live CD's in his loft... Amongst them was this recording from the legendary Gore Slut that was too good not to release; so we spoke to Rudy and decided upon this limited co-release between Heavenhotel and Jezus Factory... Strictly limited to 100 cassettes with download and exclusive new Rudy Trouvé artwork available in our webshop or bandcamp if you prefer or in a few days via heavenhotel as the official release date is 8th December...

Gore Slut were, Jacki Billet, bass– Dirk Belmans, drums – Rudy Trouvé, guitar and vocal – Thomas Noppe, guitar

Founded in 1992, like so many heavenhotel bands in the cellar of heavenhotel, the house where Rudy, Jacki and Bassie lived. First record released in 1996 (These Days Are The Quiet Kind). Followed by a second in 1998 (Above The Lisa Drugstore). Third and ‘final’ one in 2001 (Girl + Turtles).

Gore Slut played traditional alternative guitar rock in the style of Dinosaur Jr, Yo la tengo, Sonic Youth, Jonathan Richman and Motorpsycho. Dark and introvert lovesongs, covered in a wall of noise.

This could have been where the story ended, but Heyme Langebroek of Kiss My Jazz was clearing his loft and found a dusty box of CD’s containing this live recording from 1997. He sent the box to Andrew from the sychophantic sympathetic UK Belgian friendly label Jezus Factory. After being blown away by several of the contents he messaged the ever busy Rudy Trouvé and he said ok to a co-release with his own label Heavenhotel.

A limited cassette of 100 copies and unlimited download felt like the way to go and what follows could be the first in an archive release series of classic heavenhotel bands…

THE MECHANICS

The Mechanics =
Mauro Pawlowski / Eric Thielemans / Rudy Trouvé / Roman Hiele / Jean-Yves Evrard

New album "The Mechanics Are Dancing In Your Head" to be released on Dec 1.

RUDY TROUVE'S CINE CONCERT

July 17, 2017
Ciné concert.
Rudy Trouvé

PAWLOWSKI, TROUVE & WARD - 2

• pawlowski, trouvé & ward: 2
      (2016, cd, uk, jezusfactory jf047cd) 

The first volume that collected pieces by Mauro Pawlowski, Rudy Trouvé and Craig Ward got released in 2007.
The sequel got released ten years later. Again a split release.
Improvised and experimental pieces by the three of them.

PAWLOWSKI, TROUVE & WARD - S/T

• pawlowski, trouvé & ward: pawlowski, trouvé & ward
      (2007, cd, bel, jezusfactory jf004)

Yesterday, I mentioned Rudy Trouvé's artwork for dEUS "In A Bar, Under The Sea" album.
Here's another fine piece of art : the cover of the Mauro Pawlowski, Rudy Trouvé and Craig Ward's split release on the JezusFactory label.
The album isn't bad either. Quite the opposite, actually, if you're in an experimental mode.

Two tracks by Craig Ward, nine by Rudy Trouvé, and ten by Mauro.

Info has been added to the United Mutations Archives.

DEUS - IN A BAR, UNDER THE SEA

• deus: in a bar, under the sea
      (2017, 2lp picture disc, eu, universal)

Twenty years ago, Belgian band dEUS released "In A Bar, Under The Sea".
A superb album. It was, and it still is.

One of the tracks on this album is called 'Roses'. The lyrics go like this :

Rose said "It's time to make a mess
This one's yours and yours is self obsessed
She's painting on my back a green tom, the Beefheart one
And she cuddles and she coos and she cuts the bullshit I confessed

The album got produced by Eric Drew Feldman, who had been part of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band (and who is performing with The Residents now).
Wonder what he thought of this.

Anyway, this album has some stunning artwork by Rudy Trouvé.
Reason enough for Universal to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this album with a beautiful picture disc set.
Soon on one of my wals. Somewhere.

side one

side two

side four

RUDY TROUVE EXPO

The Rudy Trouvé expo at the cultural centre in Heusden-Zolder (BE) ended a couple of weeks ago.
I was happy to visit it. Beautiful artwork.
Affordable prices as well.
I wanted to take one of the bigger pieces home with me, but the majority of the party did not agree so I took a picture instead.

SUE DANIELS - PARIS

• sue daniels: paris
      (2001, cd, bel, heavenhotel 7243 8 10360 2 0)

Rudy Trouvé founded the Heavenhotel record label some twenty years ago, kicking off with Kiss My Jazz's "In Doc's Place Friday Evening" in 1996. Since then, the label has released albums by Rudy Trouvé, Gore Slute, Dead Man Ray and many other interesting combos.

It's the Heavenhotel label that made me pick up Sue Daniels' "Paris" album. Released in 2001. Nice.
Multi-instrumentalist & singer/songwriter Sue Daniels makes a fine impression.
Fans of the dEUS / Zita Swoon / Moondog Jr. scene will like this.

The album also features Elko Blijweert, Mauro Pawlowski and Rudy Trouvé on a couple of tracks.

Here's a link to 'Constant (Raving)', the 2nd track on the disc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knPTgFR9fZk