Many good gigs that Tuesday night in Paris:- Heligoland(AUS/FR) at l'International
- This Is The Kit(UK) + Rozi Plain(UK) + Ben's Symphonic Orchestra(FR) at Espace B
- Minor Sailor(FR) + Perfume Genius(US) at Point Ephémère
- François and The Atlas Mountains(FR) + Peter Broderick(US) + French Cowboy(FR) at Flèche d'Or
I was at the last gig on this list. You had to book your ticket online if you wanted to attend at this show, no ticket sold at the door. €9.80. Not expensive. Drink not included.
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François and The Atlas Mountains(FR)
9:00pm.
He doesn't often play in Paris, and as I've never seen him perform before, I didn't want to miss him. I really like the last music video of his song 'Friends':
There were 4 musicians with François: a percussionnist, a bassist and two guitarists. They played catchy songs with afropop tunes. The only song I recognized was 'Be Water'/'Je Suis De L'Eau'. The album version of this song features the voices of Kate Stables from This Is The Kit, but she wasn't there because she played the same night in an another venue for her abum release party. François had a nice black shirt with glitter. The percussionnist was quite incredible. He hit the percussions with a drum stick and had a bunch of nutshells on his left knee. Their performance was quite nice, I saw many people dance. And Peter Broderick enjoyed the show from the first row. On the last songs, François jumped from the stage and danced a few seconds with Peter. That made people smile. :)
Peter Broderick(US)
10.00pm.
Peter Broderick came last year in Paris in May for a gig with the German artist Nils Frahm (also one of my favorite artists) at Instant Chavirés and a gig at Nouveau Casino. I think I really discovered him via Terrible Love Songs' blog post about him in last August(thanks!). This Paris gig was announced last month or earlier and I didn't want to miss him. This 23-year-old multi instrumentalist is well-known for being the brother of the female singer Heather Woods Broderick and for his collaborations with the bands Efterklang, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Horse Feathers, Laura Gibson, Machinefabriek, M.Ward (by the way, Peter played the strings on the last album by She & Him), and for his great albums including albums with only piano songs.
He played songs from his album 'Home' released in 2008 and none from his brilliant last album 'How They Are' released this September (review by The Line of Best Fit). I wish he'll play some of them next time. The design is awesome, it is made by his good friend Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek). You could watch the video version of some songs of this album on Hush Records' Youtube. My favorite one is 'Human Eyeballs On Toast'.
I enjoyed his performance a lot. Breathtaking. Truly amazing! He played guitar, piano, violin, saw, tambourine, and used delay pedals. His songs are not the kind of very, very slow songs that make you fall asleep or the kind of songs that make you dance, but the songs that you want to listen again and again and again. For some people it's the kind of melancholy songs that could make you cry without any reason, I guess. Songs that make you forget where you are and what you're doing. He performed a song written by his father and I think I forgot to breathe when he played it, gorgeous song... He also played saw on 'Not At Home', like Nathan Crockett from Horse Feathers. Impressive. The audience of about 120 people (?) was quite attentive and supportive. But I was a little annoyed that some photographers didn't stop to take pictures with their cameras in the whole show, especially during calm moments...
Every song looked like a surprise, you can't expect what he could do with his instruments and delay pedals. He was joined by the Swedish artist called Johan G. Winther, better known under the moniker Tsukimono(check it out!), especially on the songs 'Pappa I Sverige' and 'Chasing Kingdoms'. Johan toured with Peter for a few European dates by car. They were at the merchandise table before the 1st band played, hence the picture above.
You could find the two songs 'Pappa I Sverige' and 'Chasing Kingdoms' on the record "Peter Broderick and Johan G. Winther on Johan G. Winther and Peter Broderick" (I bought the vinyle and actually it's the 1st vinyle I bought... no regret) which will be released on 26th November 2010 on A Tenderversion Recording. It's "the first of the label's new "Re:Create Series" in which they will be recycling second-hand materials to construct the packaging of every release. As for the musical concept, both Peter and Johan decided to write a song about each other and then each covered each other's song, adding up to a grand total of four tracks."(Scandinavian music journal 'It's A Trap')
Peter writes a song about Johan
Johan writes a song about Peter
Two men sing about each other
Peter covers Johan’s song
Johan covers Peter’s song
Two men sing about themselves
Peter takes a photo of his face
Johan takes a photo of his face
Two men make portraits of themselves
Peter draws Johan’s photo
Johan draws Peter’s photo
Two men make portraits of each other
Peter Broderick came last year in Paris in May for a gig with the German artist Nils Frahm (also one of my favorite artists) at Instant Chavirés and a gig at Nouveau Casino. I think I really discovered him via Terrible Love Songs' blog post about him in last August(thanks!). This Paris gig was announced last month or earlier and I didn't want to miss him. This 23-year-old multi instrumentalist is well-known for being the brother of the female singer Heather Woods Broderick and for his collaborations with the bands Efterklang, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Horse Feathers, Laura Gibson, Machinefabriek, M.Ward (by the way, Peter played the strings on the last album by She & Him), and for his great albums including albums with only piano songs.
He played songs from his album 'Home' released in 2008 and none from his brilliant last album 'How They Are' released this September (review by The Line of Best Fit). I wish he'll play some of them next time. The design is awesome, it is made by his good friend Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek). You could watch the video version of some songs of this album on Hush Records' Youtube. My favorite one is 'Human Eyeballs On Toast'.
I enjoyed his performance a lot. Breathtaking. Truly amazing! He played guitar, piano, violin, saw, tambourine, and used delay pedals. His songs are not the kind of very, very slow songs that make you fall asleep or the kind of songs that make you dance, but the songs that you want to listen again and again and again. For some people it's the kind of melancholy songs that could make you cry without any reason, I guess. Songs that make you forget where you are and what you're doing. He performed a song written by his father and I think I forgot to breathe when he played it, gorgeous song... He also played saw on 'Not At Home', like Nathan Crockett from Horse Feathers. Impressive. The audience of about 120 people (?) was quite attentive and supportive. But I was a little annoyed that some photographers didn't stop to take pictures with their cameras in the whole show, especially during calm moments...
Every song looked like a surprise, you can't expect what he could do with his instruments and delay pedals. He was joined by the Swedish artist called Johan G. Winther, better known under the moniker Tsukimono(check it out!), especially on the songs 'Pappa I Sverige' and 'Chasing Kingdoms'. Johan toured with Peter for a few European dates by car. They were at the merchandise table before the 1st band played, hence the picture above.
You could find the two songs 'Pappa I Sverige' and 'Chasing Kingdoms' on the record "Peter Broderick and Johan G. Winther on Johan G. Winther and Peter Broderick" (I bought the vinyle and actually it's the 1st vinyle I bought... no regret) which will be released on 26th November 2010 on A Tenderversion Recording. It's "the first of the label's new "Re:Create Series" in which they will be recycling second-hand materials to construct the packaging of every release. As for the musical concept, both Peter and Johan decided to write a song about each other and then each covered each other's song, adding up to a grand total of four tracks."(Scandinavian music journal 'It's A Trap')
Peter writes a song about Johan
Johan writes a song about Peter
Two men sing about each other
Peter covers Johan’s song
Johan covers Peter’s song
Two men sing about themselves
Peter takes a photo of his face
Johan takes a photo of his face
Two men make portraits of themselves
Peter draws Johan’s photo
Johan draws Peter’s photo
Two men make portraits of each other
- Very funny portraits. The 4 songs are awesome. Really like them.
Setlist :
Looking / Thinking
The Piano Race
Below It
Pop's Song (his father's song)
Not At Home
With The Notes In My Ears (feat. Tsukimono/Johan G. Winther)
Pappa I Sverige (feat. Tsukimono/Johan G. Winther)
Tsukimono / Johan G. Winther - Chasing Kingdoms (feat. Peter Broderick)
Everything I Know
Games Again
The Piano Race
Below It
Pop's Song (his father's song)
Not At Home
With The Notes In My Ears (feat. Tsukimono/Johan G. Winther)
Pappa I Sverige (feat. Tsukimono/Johan G. Winther)
Tsukimono / Johan G. Winther - Chasing Kingdoms (feat. Peter Broderick)
Everything I Know
Games Again
Interesting links:
- Here's a fan blog about Peter Broderick I really appreciate, you have to check it out: "With The Notes In My Ears is an attempt to document all of Peter's officially released music - solo, collaborations, and guest appearances."
- I found this, but don't know exactly what it is: Peter Broderick - In Session 08.06.2009 + New Songs by Victory Rose Music
- Listen to: Tsukimono - Field Hollers 2000-2010 (free mp3 compilation on It's A Trap), 2010
- [update] Mention by It's A Trap - Scandinavian Music Journal
- Listen to: Tsukimono - Field Hollers 2000-2010 (free mp3 compilation on It's A Trap), 2010
- [update] Mention by It's A Trap - Scandinavian Music Journal
French Cowboy(FR)
11:00pm.
I listened to the first songs of this band and didn't like them. Rock songs. The crowd seemed to like it. I didn't stay more longer. Sorry.
More pictures:
4 comments:
The set in Paris is very different to the one in London where he played Sideline, Human Eyeballs On Toast, Guilt's Tune, Pulling The Rain and Hello To Nils off How They Are. Anyway, thanks for this review, and especially for the videos which I will add to the Concert pages if that's okay with you. Thanks for mentioning the discography site!
@matt: Hi! Oh so, we got the old songs. Thanks so much for reading my review! You're welcome! Your discography site is very interesting and useful! :) It's ok for my videos. I embed some of the Youtuber Vutheara who I contacted. Could you give me the links to your concert pages then? x
The concert pages are at http://peterbroderickconcertchronology.blogspot.com/
I'm still in the process of putting them all together so there is a lot of stuff still missing
@matt: ok, thanks for the link! :)
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