The Crunchy Frog Blog | September 2011

Interview with Apparat Organ Quartet by VintageandRare.com

by Ramogens 28. September 2011 13:17

As you all know, Apparat Organ Quartet played an extraordinary concert in Vega in Copenhagen Saturday 24th September.

VintageandRare.com did a video interview with members of the band: Ómar Kristinsson and Hördur Bragason, at Vega before the concert. A very interesting interview, where we get a glimpse of all of the equipment that they use on stage. 

Watch what came out of that interview: 

 

Spröd Bulletin - Crunchy Newsletter (only in Danish)

by Yebo 23. September 2011 13:37


GRATIS WHOMADEWHO TRACK FRA DET NYE ALBUM MED THE TREMOLO BEER GUT
- det' megafugginsweet det track, dær


LYT PÅ THOMAS TROELSEN REMIX AF AOQ OG VIND KONCERTBILLETTER
- or else…


Hey alle spröde folk. Vi har lige en lille hurtig bulletin til jer her før weekenden. Skal nok gøre det (lidt) kort, men læs det nu, det er fuld af gratis guf til jer kære læsere. Dyrk!


GRATIS WHOMADEWHO TRACK FRA DET NYE ALBUM MED THE TREMOLO BEER GUT Som nævnt i sidste bulletin er ”Under the Covers With The Tremolo Beer Gut” lige om hjørnet. Albummet indeholder 17 coversange indspillet mellem 1998 og 2011, hvoraf 5 er spritnye versioner af numre af Tom Waits, Depeche Mode, Lalo Schifrin, Johnnies Sykel og WhoMadeWho. Sidstnævnte cover bliver givet væk fra bandets softpornografiske men dog smagfulde hjemmeside. Tryk løs på nedenstående single cover for at læse mere og blive guidet til den forjættede mp3!




Singlen er snart tilgængeligt på iTunes – hvis man af en eller anden crazy grund har lyst til at betale for den… Snup den bare gratis. It’s on the house. Og tak til de spröde drenge fra WhoMadeWho for at være friske på at give den bort og bare være all round good guys i det hele taget.
”Under the Covers With…” er ude på 180 gram vinyl (inkl. Gratis download koder) og CD den 10. oktober.


LYT PÅ THOMAS TROELSEN REMIX AF AOQ OG VIND KONCERTBILLETTER Så er det i morgen at Apparat Organ Quartet lander i København med 2 tons synthesizers og en bongotromme. Halvdelen af Crunchy HQ er nede i Hamburg og se dem spille på Reeperbahn Festival i aften, men resten af os varmer allerede nu op til Vega-koncerten som altså løber af stablen i morgen. Som opvarmning spiller i øvrigt vores gode venner fra Twice the Zorro – sørg lige for at se dem før din hipsternabo, de bliver mega! Mand (m/K) hvor bliver det fedt. Har du ikke allerede sikret dig en billet, så kan du her på knalderebet vinde 2 stks ved at deltage i vores spröde fredags-quizzzz.

Quizzzzen har at gøre med det fine fine remix som vores gamle superhelt Thomas Tryllesen har lavet til AOQ, og som udkom i denne uge. Thomas har vendt vrangen ud op den aktuelle single ”123 Forever” på fineste vis og synger og spiller selv til den store uldmedalje på tracket. Man kan nyde det i skidefulde drag ved at trykke på nedenstående billede.




Når man så har hørt det, så har man alle forudsætninger for at svare på følgende spørgsmål: ”Hvornår hører man første gang stortrommen i remixet?” – vi kan hjælpe: det er lige efter Thomas skriger sine lunger ud. Send dit svar til sanne@crunchy.dk – de første to der svarer rigtigt (+/- 1 sekund) får gæstelistepladser.

Vi ses!

RAUNCHY HOG

Thomas Troelsen remix of "123 Forever" by Apparat Organ Quartet

by Ramogens 21. September 2011 17:09

Producer and music whiz kid Thomas Troelsen has made an original remix version of "123 Forever" by Apparat Organ Quartet. Here at Crunchy Frog, we think it's truly epic.
Check it out below by clicking on the pic!

Also, remember that Apparat Organ Quartet plays in Hamburg 23rd September and Copenhagen 24th September. Don't miss out on it. You're going to regret it otherwise!

   

HAVE A TASTE OF THE NEW TREMOLO BEER GUT ALBUM

by Yebo 21. September 2011 14:50

It has been a loooong ass time coming. "Under the Covers With..." is set for release on October 10th in Scandinavia and on November 18th in Germany, Austria, Suisse, Benelux and UK. The band has been braggin about it for over a year... but only now did they get their scheisse together and make it happen.

 

 

The 17 fine selections comprising "Under the Covers With…" were recorded between 1998 and 2011 by The Tremolo Beer Gut. Some for inclusion on TBG albums, some for the infamous Bad Afro vinyl club single "While Squaresville Is Watching From Afar…" later released on CD on "From the Vinyl Archives of…", others for compilations and quite a few as alternatives to so-called "remixes" for other artists and therefore only available on non-TBG releases. Until now. Finally all the undercover work of The Tremolo Beer Gut is compiled for your sonic education and listening pleasure.

As an added bonus this record album includes 5 as of yet unreleased covers. And one of these is now offered as a free giveaway mp3 from the band's website. So surf right over there (surf! - see what we did there?) and hit the "LOW DOWNS" button to get the downloads - and do NOT forget to sign up for their always wisecracking hilarious newsletter on the front page. The song offered is the TBG version of "Every Minute Alone" by Danish WhoMadeWho. Fun fact: WhoMadeWho covered a TBG song for the Crunchy 15 year anniversary compilation and actually TBG stole one of the original riffs from that version and used it on their cover of WMW. Confused? Well, then our job here is done.

No go fetch: www.thetremolobeergut.dk

And why don't you also check out the a-mazing video for the original track? Do it:

   

En passende sang...

by Annette 16. September 2011 11:42

...til dagens Danmark.

 Klik på billedet og se og hør!

 

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