DAAU

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DAAU (The Anarchist Evening Entertainment)
General information
Genre (s) Rock , jazz , klezmer
founding 1992
Website http://www.daau.be/
Founding members
Simon Lensky
Buni Lensky
Roel van Camp.
Han stub
Current occupation
cello
 Simon Lensky
accordion
 Roel van Camp
clarinet
 Han stub
Hannes d'Hoine (since 2006)
former members
Grounded Budts (2002-2010)
double bass
 Fré Madou (2006)
Drums
 Janek Kobalski (2001-2002)
Adrian Lenski (2001-2002)

DAAU (short for The Anarchist Evening Entertainment ) is a music group from Antwerp , Belgium . The band was founded in 1992 and takes its name from the novel Der Steppenwolf (1927) by Hermann Hesse .

Band history

At the time of its founding, Simon Lenski ( cello ), Buni Lenski ( violin ), Roel Van Camp ( accordion ) and Han Stubbe ( clarinet ) played with DAAU . In DAAU's history, however, many musicians joined the quartet for a short time: Adrian Lenski ( piano ), Janek Kobalski ( drums ), Fré Madou ( double bass ) and Geert Budts (drums). On various albums, the band also worked with Angélique Willkie ( vocals ), An Pierlé (vocals), Ya Kid K (vocals, from the band Technotronic ) and David Bovée (guitar, from the band Think of One ).

In 1995 the Jack & Johnny label released the debut album named after the band itself, which also released the first material of the Belgian bands Zita Swoon (then “A Beatband”) and dEUS . DAAU also recorded a version of the cult hit Suds & Soda for dEUS .

In 1996 Sony Classical signed the band, released their debut again and the follow-up We Need New Animals (1998). The album was recorded in the Andalusian town of Rhonda. In the following, DAAU accompanied the band 16 Horsepower on their European tour as a support act .

Because their albums weren't selling well or Sony wasn't happy with the album's experimental approach, the band switched to Columbia Records, where their third album, Life Transmission (2001) was also released, until the group's contract was canceled at the end of the year . Although sales once again fell short of expectations, the group had a few minor radio hits, toured the Benelux and played in front of a mass audience at the Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop festivals.

In 2002, the band started their own record label Radical Duke and released an EP of music for the dance play Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain , also known as Colors . A compilation of outtakes and alternative versions was later published under the name Ghost Tracks .

Two years later the band returned to their acoustic roots and released their fourth record Tub Gurnard Goodness , which includes a cover version of Radioheads 2 + 2 = 5 . DAAU went on tour as a sextet. Tub Gurnard Goodness was released in Europe. The group played many concerts in Germany, the Czech Republic and France together with Ez3kiel. In Hungary they were at the Sziget Festival , in Denmark at the Roskilde Festival .

In 2006 the band released their first album as a sextet, Domestic Wildlife . Shortly afterwards, bassist Fré Madou decided to leave the band.

After four years without another album, they released the album The Shephard's Dream in 2010 , in which the founding member Buni Lenski (violin) was no longer involved. On the other hand, bassist Hannes d'Hoine was a new addition.

Music style and influences

DAAU's music cannot be assigned to a particular style. Nevertheless, some influences can be identified. Due to its line-up, the sound of the group is reminiscent of klezmer , tango , classical or salon music . It is true that borrowings from these musical styles are made again and again, but the musical elements are not limited to them. In addition, the instruments are repeatedly alienated by electrical effects such as distortion or expanded by programmed sounds (especially strong in the song Nowhere Beach, for example ).

Other important influences that can be identified also come from the rock, which is often reflected in the ostinate treatment of the cello (similar to that of Apocalyptica ). Furthermore, jazz elements can be found in the improvisation parts of some pieces, some of which leave the classical form of improvisation and work with noise components and microtonal elements . The improvisation on the album The Shepheard's Dream plays a special role in that the music on the album emerged from jam sessions that were recorded and transcribed .

Elements from folk , funk , dub and reggae can also be heard. The latter dominates in the songs that DAAU collaborated with singer Angélique Wilkie.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
We Need New Animals
  BE F 47 06/27/1998 (1 week)
Tub Gurnard Goodness
  BE F 36 05/15/2004 (7 weeks)
The Shepherd's Dream
  BE F 71 04/24/2010 (3 weeks)
Eight Definitions
  BE F 68 10/26/2013 (3 weeks)
Interpretation
  BE F 95 04/08/2017 (7 weeks)
  • The Anarchist Evening Entertainment (1995)
  • We Need New Animals (1997)
  • Life Transmission (2001)
  • Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain (2002)
  • Ghost Tracks (2004)
  • Tub Gurnard Goodness (2004)
  • Domestic Wildlife (2006)
  • The Shepeard's Dream (2010)
  • Eight Definitions (2013)
  • Into interpretation (2017)

Side projects

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "In the light of the next lantern I tried to read his standard, his red poster on the pole, but it swayed back and forth, I couldn't decipher anything. So I called him and asked him to show me the poster. He stayed standing and holding his pole a little straighter, I could read dancing, staggering letters:
    Anarchist evening entertainment!
    Magical theater!
    Entry not for everyone ...     "
    Hermann Hesse: The Steppenwolf . In: Hermann Hesse: The great novels and stories . Frankfurt 1985. p. 44
  2. ↑ DAAU (The anarchist evening entertainment) in the Belgian charts (Flanders)

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