2008 // News & Blog Archive
Posted on October 27th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Tour Dates 2009 Announced
karsten jahnke concert agency presents:
PHILLIP BOA AND THE VOODOOCLUB | LIVE 2009
26.02.09 Saarbrücken, Roxy
27.02.09 Lingen, Alter Schlachthof
28.02.09 Erfurt, Gewerkschaftshaus
01.03.09 Berlin, Postbahnhof
03.03.09 Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof
04.03.09 Cologne, Gloria
05.03.09 Bremen, Lagerhaus
06.03.09 Hamburg, Markthalle
07.03.09 Herford, X
08.03.09 Stuttgart, Röhre
10.03.09 Bochum, Matrix
12.03.09 Rostock, Mau
13.03.09 Dresden, Reithalle
15.03.09 Munich, Backstage
advance sale of tickets starts within the next days
karsten-jahnke.de | eventim.de | kartenhaus.de
Posted on October 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Constrictor & Film Noir Publishers/Label
Hey Freakos… we created a new myspace page for my old Constrictor label/publishing company; you will find it on my Topfriends-list.
There’s some stuff to discover… and great music… soon Videos… bla bla… so if you are interested… cause… times they are changing… it’s 2008 and it seems more important to hold control of my work than to cash in advances from record companies that entirely consist of trainees and people who dream their existence is still essential… or struggle like sick helicopters within the economic jungle like members in ‘Lost’.
‘Film Noir’ will publish my next album and Constrictor will act as (kind of) executive producers. This will be in cooperation with a befriended distribution-company.
More/Link:
MySpace Constrictor & Film Noir Publishers
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
MySpace Album Of The Month ‘HAIR’
At the Phillip Boa & the Voodooclub MySpace page every month you will find an “Album Of The Month”.
Album of the month September: HAIR (released January 1989)
produced by Tony Visconti, Nigel Walker, Jay Burnett and Tony Taverner with P. Boa & H. Ehrlichmann
Tracklisting
Hurray - Container love - You sent all my letters - Primitive man - Tragic mastery of Stockhausen - Happy spider - Morlocks in England - They say hurray - Albert is a headbanger - Fine art in silver - Boleria - I wanna be your hoover - I go down to the sea
Additional Bonustracks
I’m waiting for my man - Merry my mind - All i hate is you - Boleria (Classic-Version) - Annie flies the lovebomber
The original album plus bonustracks in best quality can be downloaded via iTunes and Musicload. The Boa-back-catalogue covers 300 digital songs and is definitely the best and most comprehensive distribution of Boa-catalogue.
Listen to several songs of the album in full length and some snippets at the Phillip Boa & the Voodooclub MySpace page. Furthermore you will find a rare video clip of ‘Fine art in silver’.
Links:
Myspace - Amazon - iTunes - Musicload
Posted on August 11th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Plans for 2009
Boa is working on a new album which is planned to be released in February 2009! Phillip is currently writing and pre-producing songs on Malta or in his studio in Hamburg. Later this year he will be in Berlin finishing the production and mixing the album. With his new agency, Karsten Jahnke in Hamburg, Boa plans a tour in Germany ( February / March). Plus a gig in Austria and one in London.
Under construction but active and up for friends joining… is the Phillip Boa account on Facebook, sign up now!
Phillip Boa Facebook
Furthermore GOD is the myspace album of the month of August, produced by E.Roc, Tony Visconti & Phillip Boa, recorded at Malta, New York and Dortmund. Listen to songs of the album and some snippets at the Phillip Boa MySpace, check it out here.
Posted on August 1st, 2008 at 4:00 pm
New Agency & Album 2009
Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub change to concert management Karsten Jahnke!
A good old acquaintance, Thomas Koester, took Boa to Karsten Jahnke concert management again, where he once was already under contract.
For February / March 2009 an extensive tour in Germany is in preparation as well as gigs in London and Austria are planned.
Most likely a new Boa album will be released parallel in early February 2009!
Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub are very pleased about the renewed cooperation with the concert management Karsten Jahnke.
Thomas Koester with one of his other artists
Booking:
Thomas.Koester [at] karsten-jahnke.de
www.karsten-jahnke.de
www.phillipboa.de
www.boastuff.de
www.sunfeel.de
www.teufelsharfe.de
www.myspace.com/phillipboaandthevoodooclub
Posted on July 11th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
SLEEP A LIFETIME
PHILLIP BOA AND THE VOODOOCLUB | SLEEP A LIFETIME
Photographs by Olaf Heine
Posted on July 11th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Fan Stories ‘Faking to blend in’
Phillip Boa : To Retire as a Singer : Beyond : Faking To Blend In
by Bastian Schlickeisen
ELEGY - a strange day in march
by Lady Sigh
Posted on July 11th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Recommended Literature
Renegade - The Lives And Tales Of Mark E. Smith
“Reams of stuff have been written about me in the past, but never in my own words: this is the proper one” Mark E. Smith. Still going after thirty years, The Fall are one of the most distinctive British bands, their music - odd, spare, cranky and circular - an acknowledged influence on The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. And Mark E. Smith is The Fall. For the first time we get to hear his full, candid take on the ups and downs of a band as notorious for its in-house fighting as for its great music; and on a life that has endured prison in America, drugs, bankruptcy, divorce and the often bleak results of a legendary thirst. Mark E. Smith, singer of the band ‘The Fall’, cynical society observer, one of the last honest, because absolutely incorruptible storyteller and artist. A kind “of biography” but much more …
Posted on July 11th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Myspace Album Of The Month July
At the Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub-MySpace-Page every month you will find an “Album Of The Month”.
Album Of The Month July: FAKING TO BLEND IN
produced by Tobias Siebert in “Radio Buellebrueck Studio”, Berlin
Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub ‘Faking to blend in’
On tuesdays I’m not as young
Girl is a runner
Faking to blend in
Drinking and belonging to the sea
Emma
You are a parasite but I love you
Queen day
You hurt me
Sleep a lifetime
Collective dandyism
In today’s parties
How much can you swallow
The night before the last was saturday night
Additional Bonustracks
And when heaven will fall
The nun’s eccentrics
Play cold
Lilly and the century after
The original album plus bonustracks from the single release in best quality can be downloaded via iTunes and Musicload. The Boa-back-catalogue covers 300 digital songs and is definitely the best and most comprehensive distribution of Boa-catalogue.
Listen to songs of the album and some snippets at the Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub-MySpace-Page.
Furthermore you will find picture videos of the tracks ‘You hurt me’ and ‘Sleep a lifetime’.
Links:
Phillip Boa Myspace
Phillip Boa Amazon
Phillip Boa iTunes
Phillip Boa Musicload
Posted on June 30th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Voodoocult Online Releases
Voodoocult albums now as official download
Universal closed a further gap in Boa backcatalogue and released both Voodoocult albums ‘Jesus Killing Machine’ and ‘Voodoocult’ for official download. Voodoocult stands for a legendary trashmetal and artpunk project, founded by Phillip Boa and former Voodooclub bassist Dave ‘Taif’ Ball (Killing Joke, Barbara Thompson). Other participants in this project were renowned musicians as Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Chuck Schuldiner (Death), Mille Petrozza (Kreator), Waldemar Sorychta (Grip Inc,Tiamat, Despair) and Gabby Abularach (CroMags). Both albums are digitally remastered in best quality and offered at iTunes and german music plattform Musicload. Bonus tracks, B-sides and rare tracks follow soon. Please support this online activity, hopefully the complete back catalogue will be offered soon. Furthermore the official Voodoocult Myspace Page is online and includes a 4 track player and unreleased rare live video clips.
Links:
Voodoocult MySpace Website
Voodoocult iTunes Shop
Voodoocult Musicload
Voodoocult ‘Jesus Killing Machine’
Killer patrol
Metallized kids
Jesus killing machine
Born bad and sliced!
Albert is a headbanger
Hellatio
Death don’t dance with me
Art groupie
Blood surfer city
Voodoocult
Bitchery bay
Voodoocult ‘Voodoocult’
Welcome to a new season of deathwish
King of the beautiful cockroach
The stranger
I close my eyes before i bleed to death
When you live as a boy
Exorced by a kiss
Cliffhanger on a bloody sunday
Violenca
Egomania
Die Erotik der Maschine
Electrified scum
Posted on June 4th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Myspace Album Of The Month ‘SHE’
Album of the month of june SHE
produced by Phillip Boa and David Vella at Temple Studios Malta
Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub ‘She’
And still bows the sea
Deep in velvet
1996
When love gets terminated
Animalize me
Juliette Greco & the experimentalists
Bells of sweetness
And the wind cries mercy
Wert
Sleeper
Cosmic eyes
Das Blut von Wien
Additional bonustracks:
Christian song
Bells of sweetness (Fontanella Mix)
Never give up your smile
Deep in velvet (Locust Mix)
Bells of sweetness (Single Edit)
Come again in spring
Check out the Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub myspace page for videos, song snippets and many more.
SHE iTunes
SHE Musicload
Posted on May 17th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Recommended Literature & Film
“My name is Gantenbein” by Max Frisch
“Schweigeminute” by Siegfied Lenz
Film “Breakfast on Pluto” by director Neil Jordan
Posted on May 8th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Forthcoming Live Shows
06/27/08 Magdeburg, Blow-Up Club
06/28/08 Lahr, Universal DOG, Dark Dance Festival
ticket order
» Online Tix Magdeburg
» Online Tix Dark Dance
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Myspace Album Of The Month - COPPERFIELD
ALBUM OF THE MONTH OF MAY COPPERFIELD
@ Phillip Boa & the Voodooclub MySpace
- 2 new songs @ myspace music player
- new blog ‘germay calling’ from melody maker
- tv video ‘crash crack’ + live video ’scotland yard’
- ‘copperfield’ album of the month snippet player
COPPERFIELD ALBUM OF THE MONTH
the legendary major debut produced by john leckie
(the fall, new order, radiohead, pil, xtc, suede, stone roses…)
all songs digitally re-mastered by e.roc
including 8 additional bonus tracks
online download published on itunes and musicload
tracklisting
monochrome monday - hyena - crash, crack - lunatics over brighton - andy w. - laugh, planet - scotland yard - kill your ideals -
lying in the green grass - revolution, bebe
additional bonustracks
child with the cathand - flowers of witness - fire - revolution of the moon - all i hate is you (john leckie mix) - scotland yard (der rabe mix) - kill your ideals (live 1995) - revolution, bebe (dance mix)
please feel very invited to download it plus the bonus-material from itunes or musicload
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
YOU HURT ME
PHILLIP BOA AND THE VOODOOCLUB | YOU HURT ME
Photographs by Olaf Heine
Posted on April 20th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Myspace Album Of The Month - THE RED
Check out the Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub MySpace
- new boa blog ‘a kind of diary’
- music player update
- video ‘eugene alternative cut’
- album of the month of april ‘THE RED’
(incl.album snippet player)
completely mastered & published by sony/bmg on
itunes and musicload
- additional great bonustracks with remix/edition of
the notwist, kreidler, schneider tm, stella and turner
- furthermore rare cover version
‘first we take manhattan’ (l. cohen)
and ‘enjoy the silence’ (depeche mode)
feel free, suck it - download them…!
Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
7″ Sawblade Single “The Great Houdini”
With number 29, Empty Records offer you an exclusive song from none other than the German king of indie rock himself, Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub. This studio recording is only available on this release! On the flip are his pals Speedway 69 with likewise an exlusive studio recording, who themselves have been produced by Phillip Boa for years now. White vinyl, 500 copies only!
Artist: Phillip Boa / Speedway 69
Title: The Great Houdini / Random Romantic
Catalog #: MT-552
Label: Saw-blade / Musical Tragedies
Format: Saw-blade 7″
Release Date: March 1st, 2008
ORDER: empty.de / indietective.de
Posted on February 5th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Concert Tip
Jowe Head - live in Berlin! Jowe Head, co-founder of the Swell Maps, member of the Television Personalities, musician and painter extraordinaire, brother in mind of Captain Beefheart and Paul Klee, friend and long time on Boa’s constrictor label.
Trödler Bar Berlin
Dresdner Straße 123
10999 Berlin (X-Berg, Kottbusser Tor)
Friday, Februar, 22
9 p.m. Jowe Head | The Shitty Listener | Brother John and Sister Chain
Saturday, Februar, 23
9 p.m. Jowe Head | Kristof Schreuf | The Shitty Listener
Mister Jowe Head is an artist and a musician from the Midlands of England, now living in east London. Moving from his home town of Solihull, he started his Fine Art training in Manchester in 1976. At the same time he was beginning his musical career with various school-friends, a project that came to be known as Swell Maps. This group emerged in the late 1970s, and are now seen as legendary pioneers of what is now referred to as the “Alternative rock” scene; they set up their own record label and mixed punk rock with experimental psychedelic sounds.
Swell Maps released four singles and two albums in a brief but dramatic career that saw them topping the UK independent charts. When they broke up, Jowe joined Television Personalities who he met as label-mates at Rough Trade Records. Ten years with the TVPs saw Jowe touring with them around Europe regularly, and travelling to Japan and the USA.
At the same time, Jowe was constantly evolving his own visual aesthetic and personal imagery. As well as many solo and group exhibitions in the UK, he has helped to run a community art centre in east London and he also teaches in his neighbourhood. As well as painting murals and designing posters, LP and CD covers, Jowe makes collages, sculpture and clocks using recycled junk and he is also an accomplished print-maker.
Jowe continues to make music and has a new band called Angel Racing Food. He is also a solo performer and recording artist. He continues to develop his eccentric artistic vision and exhibits his art-work internationally. Jowe Head will be supported by the Incredible Shitty Listener plus the sensational Sister Chain & Brother John.
Links:
www.myspace.com/jowehead
www.myspace.com/angelracingfood
www.myspace.com/albinocobra
www.myspace.com/sisterchainbrotherjohn
Posted on January 25th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Recommended Literature & Film
Film “The Producers” with Nathan Lane
Book: “Magician’s mountain” by Thomas Mann
Currently reading: “The pianoplayers” by Anthony Burgess
Christmas gifts (and i love them all):
“The corrections” by Jonathan Franzen
“Quicksands” by Sybille Bedford
“The real life of Anthony Burgess” by Andrew Biswell
“All essays/stories” by Franz Kafka
“The lay of the land” by Richard Ford
plus: one fan gave me a copy of “1985″ by Anthony Burgess,
Burgess version how HE sees Orwell’s 1984 vision.
Posted in Art & Literature
1 Comment » “pianoplayers” - what a sad, but beautiful novel! after having finished the book, i felt extremly melancholic. this book kept me thinking for a long time and, finally, this thoughtfulness made me even cry. and the anecdote at the end - crowned by this sheet of music - simply unique and perfect. how could burgess narrate in such a lively and touching manner?? thanks for the recommendation!