2006-12-31 looking back: the year of euphoria | entry by sven
  2006 was a year of extremes and changes. it was great, it was brutal, all in the extreme. well, don´t look back in anger, i won´t. it was successful, many things develloped into the right direction, others did not. let´s remember the good things:
above you see me surrounded by some musicans of the euphoria band, from left to right: herpes gugushi, flint, myself and mario stork. it is the greatest thing to be creative and productive joining people with the same aim, isn´t it???
we all want to push things forward, we are a good team, and we know what to do with our time, i don´t want to waste it, they don´t want to.
stuck between the years i always feel frozen, you know,
finish one thing and start a new one...
i´m tired, it was so much, i´m waiting for summer, still there is so much to tell, i´m sure, the climax is still in front of me. what about you?
seeya in 2007. i´m looking forward to.

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2006-12-16 x-mas message by herpes gugushi | entry by webmaster
  dissident(en) clubīs herpes gugushi has a short message for you.
just click here.

get your euphoria.

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2006-10-28 euphoria (especially when sick) | entry by michaela
 

euphoria īcondition of feeling healthy and comfortable (especially when sick)ī
thatīs what the lexicon says about euphoria.
so, if youīre feeling sick, listen to this great new album euphoria you will probably feel comfortable. there are so many various things to discover, i canīt tell everything.
itīs unusual and plays with contrasts between electronic and rocking sounds, between high and low, up and down.
sometimes sweet (joining you), sometimes hard rocking (holy anger), sometimes light and airy (you should be dancing), sometimes snotty (#1) and much more.
but my favorite song is the one i will call "svenīs world" (because it has no name), starting with sounds as if they were from outer space and then changing into an unexpected, but still rocking song - its great!
so, buy it, hear it - it rocks!



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2006-10-21 stork recommends euphoria | entry by webmaster
  mario stork, well known singer/songwriter recommends svenīs current album euphoria on his site. mr stork is also part of the euphoria family, he played mandolin for one track. you should check his site to discover his woks as well.
find the direct link
here mariostork.de
or the direct link to his recommendation
here
we hope to offer more features on euphoria soon.



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2006-10-13 science of sleep - a cinematic odyssey | entry by sven
  yesterday flint and myself went to see michel gondryīs latest genius strike "science of sleep". this seems to an easy challenge, but it turned out to be different. the web said it can be seen in the eulenspiegel cinema. but it wasn't. the eulenspiegel is an old classic cinema, i watched "2001 - a space odyssey" and "dancer in the dark" there - great, really great. as we arrived the laid back students working there told us that we came late, sos was taken off the program one day before. hm. they told us to visit the "galerie cinema". ok, sure, but where is it? so shocked, we had a pizza and checked the yellow pages. ah, there it is, let's go. and here we are, much to early. so we spent 30 minutes in a pub. by entering we set the average age of visitors and staff to 50 years. do you think it was cool? it felt like my grandpa's 80th birthday.
21.30h, time to go, leave the pub, enter the cinema. well, it turned out to be the smallest cinema in germany, 45 places, flint counted even less.
yes our feature movie. iīm a gondry fan all the way (iīve been 12 forever) and flint is also addicted to french cinema (taxi taxi) so we hat a great time. what can i tell about this movie, it is a gondry movie, filled up with millions and millions of nostalgic ideas. there is nothing left to tell, "science of sleep" is a must see, nothing else, and it is extremely inspiring. flint and i thought about filming our first own movie that night, but the batteries were low and i was to stupid to use his cam properly... maybe i do an music video for dissident(en) club, i have a tiny idea for months now, gondry taught me that everything i imagine is possible...see? below you can watch the trailer of science of sleep, these days it will be taken out of the cinemas, so you can wait for the dvd, i do.
gondry related daft punk seem to work on another feature movie after "interstella 5555" entitled "electroma" you can watch the trailer next to the sos trailer.
it looks very very very exiting, i cant stand waiting for it.
my first feature movie? well, i guess i start working on a script for my life...



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2006-10-02 may i speak candidly: its fucking fantastic | entry by morganlamort
  upon the first notes of sven’s latest single, scandinavian, i find i am circling overhead, overland. although there are memories of crawling through swamps and marshes and the feelings of guilt that ensue, sven’s voice lifts me and there is redemption in this melody of his. the strangeness of evolution and now we are communicating with song. hearing this single does everything it should: it grabs you, seduces you and makes you want more. if this single is indication of the complex simplicity of the rest of sven’s upcoming album, then please, tell me more and show me the landscapes of scandinavia.



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2006-09-24 embryos, gameboys and eels | entry by sven

  me again. in my own journal! long time no words, well, this is just a tiny update. so many things happened, playing live, meeting great people, breaking down, sleeping and repeat to fade... cut here, some things we have to talk about. first of all, playing live with dissident(en) club and aestate was great for me, i really enjoyed it, although it takes a lot of time an power. a lot of!
last week we hat an interview with dissident(en) club, just herp any myself this time, and i found myself playing with the burning candle, the result was a tiny sculpture which looked like an embryo. it really does. do i feel like a father now? well, our interview partner tried to break my wax embryo, and i protected it from harm. i still have it. letīs see if it can become a part of a great artistic experiment.
the guys from factor-4 asked me to join them for another gig of miniroc. i did, and it was one of my best decisions this year...among others. miniroc uses gameboys to creat his elektronica dance sound, and no, it is not funny, and yes, it was unbelievable. next to him a band called monomatrik did a set, also good, and someone whoīs name i forgot, linking reggae with 8-bit electronica. fantastic!!!
as you see, there wasnīt much time to sleep, iīm so tired now.
whenever there is time i follow my addiction of surfing the net, and one of chris cunninghamīs fellows/workers dominic hailstone has finished his first very own short. (as far as i know.) if you are not into horror, i do not recommend watching this. i think it is a masterpiece of visual power and cunninghamesque aesthetics.
it can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_nbxrncaye

p.s.:
you are waiting for the strings? be patient. soon.

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2006-09-08 listen to euphoria | entry by alina mori
  if scandinavian is representative for the new sven album then this ones a must-have for the forthcoming autumn to let the summer never end.
a true sven song fans will not overcome the need to buy the album while fans of real, pure and handmade rock music will be well advised to plunder their account or spend their last shirt on it.
a bit poppy at some times it mostly transports the feeling of the old songs combined with a new and fresh taste which certaintly come from the many, many projects this awesome singer/songrwiter/composer/guitarplayer manages.
if you don't know what i'm talking about you must immediately download
the single which is available only here on svennet.
now!

greetings by alina mori (waiting for the strings)

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2006-09-04 legends never die… | entry by flint
  …und auch diese wird uns stehts in erinnerung bleiben.
steve irwin, der crocodile hunter, ist tod.
er starb bei dreharbeiten im great barrier reef.
er wurde von dem giftstachel besetzten stachelschwanz eines rochens erwischt und starb noch vor ort.
steve irwin wurde nur 44 jahre alt,
doch für mich (und vielleicht euch für manch andere von euch)
wird er ewig im herzen weiter leben.

croc hunter, we miss but never forget you

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2006-08-29 current dissident(en) club video message | entry by sven
 

have a look at the current video message. i seem to be busy and without any concentration. thatīs why i am busy and without any concentration. itīs been a long day, i guess. anyway, i have interesting things to tell - although iīm searching for words...

soon fellows, soon: win a string 2.0

still: drop the pilot



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2006-08-21 white nights - a fantastic experience | entry by sven
 

usually i really do not report on things which are not connected to my music or art, or whatever i do...but this is different. i had the great opportunity to join the "weißen nächte" (white nights) in mülheim a.d.r. (i can hear herp laughing aloud, but he has no idea!). iīm not really into theatre or performance art or something, but this was great! we watched the little prince outside with cigarettes and beer, than we had a jazz band covering bowieīs "heroes", i had a fried fish, than there was an avant-garde dance performance (lead by ambient and symphonic sounds, ending in the lake) and in the end another band (kunde könig) with a pumping sound reminding me of the dresden dolls.
at least the park was lightened up with colourful light, painting light on an even paintingesque landscape. (see picture above: the posse and me in the middle)
i felt high, completely over the moon, flashed by an event which was simply perfect surrounded by the right people. it was great, i wonīt miss it next year.
(a big thank you to michaela for knowing where to go to have a good time!)
i just cant get enough, maybe this summer isnīt over yet, maybe...

also: i had my plaice this year in the perfect place to go for it.
some more info: i know something you donīt know: the boss hoss will be playing live next week saturday afternoon, outside and free. interested?
contact svennet or me for further info.
also: the fantastic dance performance reminded me a little bit of
chris cunninghamīs flex
. jörg said i could be right, everyone else didn't know what i was talking about. you don't know what you are missing!!! have a look below.

please buy the chris cunningham dvd as released on directorīs label!
iīm looking forward to joining you!

soon fellows, soon: win a string 2.0

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2006-08-15 so what? who could ask for anything more? | entry by sven
 

thatīs it, long time no see. anyway, euphoria is done, music, artwork, release date. thatīs it, letīs go to the beach. well, seriously, after finishing there is a big hole of nothing, to early to think of future plans, right? false. letīs talk about the aims coming up blurred at the horizon: i have plans for a new electronica project, you might have realised, sellafield. is sleeping like a princess, so iīm looking for new borders, because we are recently creating an electronica scene joining the owom collective, wion, myself and others. also herp and i are trying to get a new band member for dissident(en) club, and we want to come up with new stuff - slowly. first of all, you have to be patient, the main time remaining will be used for promoting the new euphoria album. i never expected tit to turn out this fantastic.
please enjoy your anticipation, i do.
also: i received many - seriously - many complaints on the win a string competition. a lot of people were to lazy to drop a line, now they are mourning for the missing string. we know this, and we will probably come up with a new string competition later this year. we will tell you here on svennet, check the news. and damn it, do not miss it the second time!!!
hope to see you soon!
iīm looking forward to joining you!

soon fellows, soon: win a string 2.0

still: drop the pilot



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2006-08-01 artwork, titles, links, blogs | entry by sven
  time is running, but the artwork is done, i will finish it today, all you need to know you will know soon.
i added some links to great electronic artists, i am linked on their sites, too. guess i am an electronic artist, too. bleepsīnīroll.
also, as you might have realised, there is a blog hype going on. yes, it is.
i am reading (and sometimes commenting) the blogs of phoenix and holg nearly every day (you might also like to enter them, you need a password, ask for it.),
and i creatd my blog, too. it should be read daily, ten times.

after this recording and telling all the time, i will withdraw a little in the next months, but as always: you wonīt miss it, i will let you know.

your suggestions for sven album #4
have a look at the current news, i put some comments under your ideas.
thanks, once more.

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2006-07-28 preparing: mix and master | entry by sven
 

not much time to report: i have been mixing this week and i have mastered the songs, and today i guess all tracks share the same loudness....hopefully. i canīt wait to present the new sounds to you, but i have to be the first one persuaded - follow the habit. the last sound you heard were "trinity", well this album is different, still heavy, still pop, electronica, hm, rock, ah, disco, some ambient? i sit in front of the player and have to accept the new sound first of all, even for me, they are new.
flint confirmed to work on the video for the first single, scandinavian probably.
i need to finish the artwork. dates for release? no. ideas for date to release? sure.
well, autumn, probably. definitely maybe.
trust me.

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

hymn to intellectual beauty by leonie buchmüller
phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

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2006-07-25 jay and sven collecting new visual material | entry by sven
 

like in 2004, jörg hammes, known as drummer for "astralschlaf" and jörgīs and my bands "apologies" and "record of tides", and myself took a trip to the sea to relax a little and, of course, to take a picture of every stone to collect new visual material.
some pictures will appear in between my visual work on
www.svenpiayda.com/photography. jörg, or "jay" as i am allowed to call him, is also addicted and gifted to an with video art. we will probably use his video footage within promotion videos. the sea is always the visual icon fitting perfectly to my sound.
don't you think? i do!
please remember: jay is the one playing congas on the song "#1" of my next album. jay on my own album is a dream coming true.
check the pictures below to see how happy we are with the result of our recording.

thanks to claudia relota for taking pictures of us lens addicted nerds.

i guess, i feel alive.
can we go on like this forever?

what's next? i need to mix and master the new album, and return to the artwork. today i simply fell asleep on my couch after watching a boring enterprise episode, more successful tomorrow???

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

hymn to intellectual beauty by leonie buchmüller
phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

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2006-07-18 heavy traffic and heavy recording | entry by sven
 

wow, what a day: today was my guest musician day, full of people forced to contribute their sounds to my album. perfect tyranny today: first of all: mario stork contributed a mandolin track to one song - surprising both of us: it fits. after a tiny break in the sun fantastic claudia relota appeared to teach a lot about politics and to sing some chorus vocals. (thank god, she was happy with what i have recorded before.) finally my former band mate and good friend jörg hammes came up to hit some congas. above you see how these people look during the recording, below you see how happy jörg and i were after recording:

thank you to claudia for taking pictures of us lens addicted nerds.

finally: you ask yourself what to do with a mandolin on a rock album?
i have no idea, anyway, see mario recording the track for the song.
(and see herpīs message again, heīs the master of funny talk.)

let's sum it up, let me tell you how i spent my day, a fantastic day:
the songs:

you should be dancing (mandolin by mario stork)
iīve been 12 forever
(vocals by claudia relota)
#1 (congas by jörg hammes)

hm, recordings finished???
mix it, baby.

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

hymn to intellectual beauty by leonie buchmüller
phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-07-17 how to operate your brain | entry by sven
 

"doctor, are you ready to operate?" - "sure but first i have to perform surgery!" sunday morning i fond my boss ds-330. it's a kind of midi interface, but i don't even have a midi keyboard and i don't want to. the interface is quite bad, i do not have a power adapter so i built my own, with a non-fitting adapter and aluminium paper and tape - very professional ;-) (don't try this at home) the interface - called dr synth, is not designed to produce sounds without a keyboard. and this is when i enter the stage, i "forced" this piece of electronics to do what i want, hahaha.
sunday afternoon i was lying in the gruga in essen, clam and quiet, with my cheap mp3 player starring into the trees, listening to autechre and brothomstates. suddenly it appeared to my mind: some tracks are still free, i have to put some synth onto it!
so i connected the boss dr synth ds-330 to my pod and recorded some real-time manipulated soundscpes onto it.
let's sum it up, let me tell you how i spent my day, a fantastic day:
the songs:

vertigo (some real-time tremolo synth sound, shifting some electronica into rock)
july 15, 2006
(some strings and delay organs, adding some tone to the noise.)

going on tomorrow with guest musicians mario stork, claudia relota and (fasten your seatbelts) jörg hammes!!! .
reporting tomorrow (yeah, jörg hammes on my album!!!)

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

hymn to intellectual beauty by leonie buchmüller
phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-07-15 bingo bongo: flint as guest musician on new album | entry by sven
 

yeah, flint. originally i wanted flint to be the one to work on the cover for the new album, but things turned out to be different. i have a convincing idea for the new album, so there was no use to work on a cover. but: the date was made, time is money - all this stuff - however, flint will be heard on the new album. he must have asked me a hundred times to play electric bongos on the album. i just said, well, it won't fit, ah, maybe your not good enough. i was wrong. first take, baby. it fits and he was great. imagine me doing the real time electronic manipulation while flint is drumming on his electrical bongos conduced by me. originally i simply wanted to record the outside sound to create an ambience-like sound. it didn't work the way i imagined it, so we turned this piece into a strange machine ambience rhythm piece.
let's sum it up, let me tell you how i spent my day, a fantastic day:
the songs:

july 15, 2006 (no, that isn't just the date, it's the name of the track we recorded)

going on next week with guest musicians mario stork and claudia relota.
reporting if there is something to report.

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

hymn to intellectual beauty by leonie buchmüller
phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-07-13 heavy recording part 4 | entry by sven
 

yeah, the main recording work is done, i feel so much better now. i know it will be tricky to mix it, but that's how it is. (and i was quite fast and successful in mixing "trinity", and yes, itīs the mix that i like.) today feels like the final day, itīs strange, i didn't find much time for anything else, i didn't want to...but now...empty. cross your fingers for the mix, the master, and first of all: the last guest musician to come.
let me tell you how i spent my day:
the songs:

new vocals for kicks (working title maybe entitled turtle rock)
seal to be broken
draft 4.11
new lead guitar for scandinavian
new harmony guitar and erasing some guitars on a better future

going on next week with guest musician recordings and listening every day,
reporting if there is something to report.

by the way, the dissident(en) club has a new fantastic friend on myspace.com!
herp interrupted my session, nervous and shaking.
find out who it is: www.myspace.com/dissidentenclub

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-07-12 heavy recording part 3 | entry by sven

 

yeah, it's working. ok, there are moments when i think about erasing everything. but you get used to it. iīm already listening and mixing some tracks, but i know i will do it again and again. some songs may need new voices, sometimes, scandinavian needs a new lead guitar, but thatīs it so far. when you record stuff, there is a tiny man in your ear screaming: "you could do it better." after listening to him for years, i simply think: "yeah, maybe, probably, but when? you always record when you have a bad recording day, right? that's life. just do i. nobody will give a fuck in the end."
i need some oxygen and some daylight, so let's quit here.

still quite happy, still quite empty.
the songs:

kicks (working title maybe entitled turtle rock)
a better future
holy anger


going on tomorrow, reporting tomorrow.

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-07-11 heavy recording part 2 | entry by sven
 

ok, i'm doing fine. i feel al lot better now, the first time you listen to your own song is always strange, you only hear single tracks, not really a song or a sound. iīm sceptical as always, sure, but i think there is a direction: rock. some funny sounds in it, but rock. let's see what i can do tomorrow. (by the way, i don't wear a hat in studio, it's just for the photo - esthetical reason: my machines do not only produce sounds, they also produce heat!)

still quite happy, still quite empty.
the songs:

scandinavian
vertigo
you should be dancing


going on tomorrow, reporting tomorrow.

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-07-10 heavy recording part 1 | entry by sven
 

first day of recording the instruments and voices. i have been working on three songs today. sorry i canīt tell if they are brilliant or crap, i just feel empty. above you see me in a five minutes break, still quite happy, now, iīm just empty, just empty.
the songs:

joining you
iīve been 12 forever
#1
(no, that's not a working title)

i will probably have another guest musician on the album, but nothing's save so far.
going on tomorrow, reporting tomorrow.

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-07-09 first impressions from studio | entry by sven
 

ahh, fixing the studio and doing the pre-production take so much time. but, still this time itīs not as stressful as doing "portrait" or "diptych", this time it's fun all the way, i wish it never ends, but it will. i will definitely record next week, hope to be as fast as doing "trinity", so it may sound fresh. cross your fingers. claudia confirmed to return to studio as demanded - but hey, itīs my album, seems like the greatest part has to be done by myself...

your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i already have:

phorest by claudia relota
4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. you are doing fine. wanna win a string worn by susie?
sure you want. last days for competition now. hurry up.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-07-05 i've been 12 forever, herp playing the astronaut | entry by sven
 

unfortunately iīm still stuck in the pre-production, real instruments will be recorded next week. the album is getting more and more shaped. on monday fantastic singer claudia relota came up to record the first part of her vocals (she'll have to return again for part two). today the great herpes gugushi (dissident(en) club singer and, well, band mate and friend) came up to record his part for "iīve been 12 forever". he is playing the astronaut, you'll find out what it means - one day.
Recording was fun, because itīs my record. my record! just mine! he had to do what i wanted him to do! yes! itīs mine! and he did. herpīs voice fits perfectly into this song, into this part, as well as claudia. they all did a great job. now it's up to me.

but first: herp left a video message, telling the day in his own words.
he also has a new guitar, see him jamming! just click the images below.


your suggestions for sven album #4
i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i alredy have:

4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. itīs fun to see people wondering what my next step is.
i pretend to know. hopefully.

still: drop the pilot


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2006-06-30 oh susie, how beautiful you are | entry by sven
 

yes, i guess i was quite successful, i brought some order into the studio again, i finished all lyrics and corrected parts, had some time off and put a new set of strings on susie. i really fell in love with her again. she really behaves like a bitchy girl on the one hand, sometimes like a grand dame on the other. anyway, this is the most satisfying guitar i ever used, big tone, long sustain and keeping in tune even after most brutal treatments. sheīs the perfect mate. you will hear her angelesque voice soon again. so what is happening now? all programming is done, perfect so far, i need to reherase my own songs (tricky stuff) and i hope to start recording next week. cross your fingers. iīm having a good time, i guess...
and i have more title suggestions, even two more funny ideas myself.
but i want more, sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i alredy have:

4th of july or four stroke by susanne krah
foursic or quarrano by flint
opus sveniv or opus sveniiii by holg
audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke
draft 4.20 or tri repertae by myself (hi, my name is sven, iīm the guy who...forget it)

give me more. itīs fun to see people wondering what my next step is.
i pretend to know. hopefully.

still: drop the pilot


i try to keep my mind clear in times of recording, but there is one group who is always allowed to interrupt me: boards of canada
i bought the new ep. one song from the last album, one remix, some soundscapes, BUT two new tracks which remind me of the best times i had with boc:
summer 1972 has never ended.


ps: are you watching the fifa world cup? i do, so addictive. germany vs. argentina today. these are starting to get important for me, so cross your fingers
please.

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2006-06-26 all systems on go: preparing sven album #4 | entry by sven
 

one day it will happen. this is the time this is the space. i am recently preparing everything to record the new album. well susie needs a set of new strings, the studio must be fixed, last lyrics need to be written and i need some days off. however, there is a direction, all decisions are made, just a question of time - my time. i just want you to know, the day of recording gets closer, i will tell you, you wonīt miss it.
so these are the things to do now, for the meantime:
sent me your title suggestions. show me your creativity.
and this is what i alredy have:

audi quattro by mario stork
quadrophonia by phoenix
quadrology and quadrille by dirk wieneke

give me more. itīs fun to see people wondering what my next step is.
i pretend to know. hopefully.

ps: are you watching the fifa world cup? i do, so addictive. germany.
no doubt.

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2006-06-15 audi quattro is not just a car | entry by sven
 

i met mario on a party and he told me that he checks my site recently and knows about the discussion on the title of the new album. mario is great guy. unfortunately, we do not find time to work or spent together, he is a hard working man, who is so much into music on a professional level that makes free time not available. damn it!
mario is a fan of my last work "trinity" and is looking forward to the follow up.
he said: "i read about the discussion in the new title. why donīt you call it audi quattro?"
i said: "wow, that's good, really good, i like this one, you know what iīm dealing with, but this is too funny. but this one is really good! as you know, i already have a title."
he said: "will you tell me?"
i said: "no?"
ok, for those ones who do not understand: all sven albums somehow contain the number of release, so the next one must be something with four. marioīs suggestion is quite perfect because audi is the latin translation for the german word "horch", which is the origin name for the company which later was renamend to the latin audi to sound more contemporary. audi quattro is the car with four wheel power in a limousine. and it contains the number four in it. this one really makes sense, but iīm do not want to make you buy an audi car nor i want to have a joke within the title. but this one is great all the way, i just wanted you to know.
letīs sum it up: itīs great to have fantastic people around.
thank you for you.

ps: are you watching the fifa world cup? i do, so addictive. germany. or sweden.
no doubt.

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2006-06-02 i made holg sweat on the mini golf court | entry by sven
  actually iīm not cool. thatīs cool. after years, i found myself on the golf court again. i was joining holg, a master of this dicipline. surprising both of us, i did quite well. holg won, but just 35:42. maybe i should quit music and become a professional mini golf player. as far as i can see, good weather in summer as well as working on my handycap may delay the progress of the new album. did i tell you that i found a female guest vocalist? i did, more soon. my late night comment on holgīs blog (http://myblog.de/derholg):

bitte kauft alle meine neuen t-shirts mit der aufschrift:
"i made holg sweat on the mini golf court"
was so homoerotisch anmutete ist nichts weiter als steroide competition.
ach, war das geil. man sollte vielleicht darauf hinweisen, daß es mir generell unwichtig ist, im spiel zu gewinnen. so war es fast ein zu kurzer spaß, auf dem minigolfplatz zu brillieren.
wir halten fest: was steht noch aus: holger von meiner gesellschaftlichen notwendigenfähigkeit des versagens (oder rebellischer: des verweigerns) zu überzeugen. und: gewinnen!!! ja, ich brauche es. ich hab sonst nix. wenigstens beim einlochen muß ich gut sein. äh, also putten und so.
jedenfalls waren die drei stunden mit holg bei der "heimlichen liebe" so wie sechs wochen schwarzwaldurlaub für mich. klingt uncool?
nun, euch hindlerwäldlerischen spießern soll gesagt sein, ich will einer von euch sein!!!
gimme jägerzaun, baby!


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2006-05-22 title suggestion for sven album #4| entry by alina mori
  dear svn,
maybe your next album should/could/will be called "quadrophonia"?
anyway, iīm excited on hearing your working on a new record of tides album.
i always liked this harmonic, melodic, melancholic but heart warming and
chilling piece of music.
by the way, what about the interview? ;-)
yourīs alina mori

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2006-05-10 invisible but present / carpark north | entry by sven
  i feel like updating this journal for the first time after a long break, but anyway. well, some things turn out to develop slowly, some even completely different than expected, damn! the new sfd. release has been delayed, i feel captured in a way, i feel delayed - strange. we started the new album with dissident(en) club, but we have to pause, herp is busy with acting, i am with my photographic work and, yes, other stuff (stuff you have to do, you know). in times like these itīs time to think about a new sven album. i often heard phrases like these: "sven, you put so much time an energy in your projects, but when will the new solo album come out???" pure sven fans are so patient, they have to wait for years and get confused by all these different projects. yes, i know, iīm working on that. all i can say now is: there are new beautiful songs waiting to be recorded. there will be the time to do so, hopefully in summer, but i don't know, i need some space in my head first of all. so, please be patient, iīm working on that, i really do, trinity wasn't the last chapter.
for the meantime: often people ask how to describe the style of music i do. well, this is the tricky part: "ah, rock, ah, electronic elements, ah, queen, hm nuno...dunno."
yes, thank you, very informative. ok, i see, thatīs not useful. but:
i found a band from denmark (yeah, denmark) which has put out their debut album "all things to all people". the name of the band is carpark north and should be remembered. with a single album they completely persuaded me of their sound - which was simple: they write and produce songs and sounds, which are close to my very own ideal! so fantastic stuff! iīm jealous! before you visit their site at carparknorth.com you should have a look at their videos above, even their way to make videos (or their directors) is fitting perfectly and features a similar iconography i use.

you are waiting for the next sven album. sure.
for the meantime: buy the carpark north album.
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2006-04-17 sven drops dissident(en) club video message
/ the bassdrum experience | entry by webmaster
  sven is doing the current video message on dissidentenclub.com. there is also a little film showing him "playing" a bass guitar in a very avantgaristic way...
you can see the video snippets by clicking the images above
or by visiting dissidentenclub.com.

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2006-03-25 another day in studio, new bass / new voices | entry by sven
  ahh, bass playing, a great torture to me, physically, i was not build for this, itīs like bodybuilding for your hands. herp told me what to do exactly - damned tyranny. even worse: he was right. i really think we could come one tiny step further, there is no dead line and we simply love it. i hope we will feel like a whole band again. good times ahead, donīt ya think???

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2006-03-18 sven is hungry and a bit sceptical... | entry by herpes

  sven is back with his guitar...hes taking a break for a few minutes...we did guitars for zurück zur sucht and geliebte welt...he smashed the acoustic guitar....cause he didnt want it to be in the songs....he feels a lot better now.........................keine zeit
/// sven is hungry and a bit sceptical about some songs...but thats ok for the moment...we finish this session now...all in all everything is in its right place...

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2006-03-06 tomorrow was yesterday, state of the past | entry by sven
  wow, there is so much going on. the new sellafield album is done, and iīm really happy with it. i know, i always say that, but hey, this one is a masterpiece, it is state of the art. we can't go further at this point. herpes is always checking the radiohead news, and thom york told that he was looking for a drum machine, but he only found this: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/drum.php
and, finally i found this, too. then i thought, well, if radiohead are taking a drum macine from the internet, i can do it to. so i did. what i found was the "rhythm station" by hammerhead: freeware!!!
this tiny little piece of software made my day! so easy to use, making a sound that i can need for our further sfd works - even live, i hope so. a beautiful, very simple, easy to use, quite limited, but great sound and really vivid, if you play around with it. i just wanted you to know, itīs fun to use past stuff for future sound. thatīs how you get control over it!
by the way, herpes has got a new website, totally controlled by him
- five updates per day!!!!!!! you need a hobby, fellow!
seeya later.

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2006-02-18 sven talks about writing process in chat | entry by webmaster

  sven talked about the work on his new album. therefor we have a transcript of the tiny spontaneous chat for you. the new chats will be done via icq without any advance notice. if you want to participate, you have to get icq and send us your icq number here.
and here it is:
the tiny chat transcript (german only, sorry) with direct info from sven himself:



come with us. you wonīt regret.

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2006-01-03 hello 2006: more genius strikes? strikes at all? | entry by sven
  yeah, first of all, a happy new year to all of you. new game new chance. whenever you end something, you might think of starting something new, right? so what is happening now? i have no idea. well, seriously, sometimes i think i can do everything, sometims i think iīd better throw it all away...today is one of the better days. iīm recently working with sellafield on new music and other stuff. i tell you, the album may come out in spring and i think there is still something to do with it, but hey, this will be the best sfd album so far. you wonīt believe the giant progress, really, itīs great. we are also playing around with the dissident(en) club and - without having any deadlines - we will come up with new stuff someday. our ideas are magic! i will also work on my solo album again one day, but at the moment i need the response of my bandmates.
today is a premiere by the way. iīll return to the sqaush court tonight. so please cross your fingers.

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