NEWS FLASH!

Hi hi,

Thanks to all who came out on the Magic Fountain tour. You can read all about it here:
Part I: http://www.thevine.com.au/music/news/art-vs-science-_-tour-diary-_-part-120100824.aspx
Part II: http://www.thevine.com.au/music/news/art-vs-science-_-tour-diary-_-part-220101011.aspx

Lots of news from the Art vs Science camp. For example:

1) We are releasing Parlez-Vous Francais?/Flippers in Europe and the UK! It is coming out via our friend Kissy Sell Out’s label San City High and includes tidy remixes by Decibel, Lee Mortimer and Kissy himself. It will be available on Beatport from TODAY and via iTunes on 1 November. Yes.

Parlez-Vous has been getting some love from UK radio stations, including XFM, 6Music and Radio 1, which is nice! Hopefully we will be over there to tour early in the New Year.

2) We have been busy writing, recording, writing, recording… It’s all sounding just lovely.

3) You may have heard but we are playing Future Music Festival in March! With Chemical Brothers, MGMT and many other fine acts! Yee-har. You can find out all the info from here: www.futuremusic.com.au

And here are our other dates:

2010
Sat 20/11: Full Noise Festival, Townsville
Sat 27/11: Foreshore Festival, Canberra
Thur 30/12: Oxford Hotel & Outdoor Precinct, Rockhampton

2011
Sat 1/1: Field Day, The Domain, Sydney
Sun 2/1: Summafieldayze, Doug Jennings Park, Gold Coast
Sat 8/1: Summadayze, Supreme Court, Perth

Sat 26/2: MS Fest, Launceston

4. We have recorded a version of ‘I See Red’, the classic track by Split Enz as part of a new compilation called ‘He Will Have His Way: The Songs of Tim and Neil Finn’. Other artists participating include our pals The Philly Jays, Paul Kelly & Angus Stone, Oh Mercy and Boy & Bear. It’s out 12 November. More info here.

New single is coming…soon! Stay tuned.

Love

AvS

PS: Here are some pictures (taken by Nikki To) of our Brisbane jam session.

BELATED TOUR BLOG!

Hello!

So we are currently on an airplane somewhere in Russian airspace, heading for Sydney via Hong Kong. Seems like a better time than any to write down the events of the last three weeks abroad.

Art vs Science’s first international tour.

Here goes:

We played in Los Angeles, USA, about 24 days ago now. It was swell. One of the shows was with our friends the Philadelphia Grand Jury in a place called Whiskey A Go Go’s. Some people in the crowd knew the words to ‘Flippers’ (or maybe they just figured it out on the spot? Not too complicated). West Hollywood was all the things the television told us it would be. Bright. Loud. Big. But also kind of friendly in that proud shiny American way.

[Our name up in lights at Whiskey A Go Go’s]

[Playing Musexpo in LA]

The rest of our time was spent driving around in an oversized American van, visiting the sights etc. We checked out the planetarium show at this giant observatory up in the Hollywood hills. Awesome. Also rode the Jurassic Park and Mummy Rides at Universal studios. Plus we saw the guy who plays Boris the Bullet Dodger in Snatch at this Latin music night. He was DRUNK.

[The American size van]

[Jurassic Park: The Ride]

After five days in LA we jetted on over to London, circumventing that unpronounceable volcano, and landing right in the heart of the city in which a man called Jack the Ripper killed numerous prostitutes around a hundred years ago or something. Not that that’s relevant. Its does have a little more to it than that. Good city.

People were nice. Real nice. This fellow called Ant Forbes drove us around in a giant van to the shows we need to play.

We took a tour bus around London and asked the guy every single question about everything. And he knew everything. He was like the dad that knows everything and embarrasses you in front of your friends when you’re thirteen by telling them all about Elizabethan literature.

Anyways, I suppose I should talk about the shows? And in chronological order? Okay go:

We played two shows (one for a big radio station over here called XFM) on the first day at this swell street festival called the Camden Crawl. Lots of people packed into these little (and sometimes big) English pubs listening to loud dance music in the middle of the day. So much fun. Great experience.

Later we saw Temper Trap wow crowds at the Shepherds Bush Empire. Caught the London Underground tube and felt very cultured.

We started singing an improvised song along with this big group of Spanish girls on the train one night and ended up having a huge dance off. I think the lyrics to the song were “party party party party party” (repeated INFINITELY). All the other commuters were all the happier for it.

Later that week we played the best show so far at this wack venue called Koko in Camden. Yes, yes, it was fun. There were maybe 1,200 people packed into this theatre style place. Crazy light show. Big loud sounds. Soooooo good! Again we played with the Philly Jays who kicked ass despite guitars not working a lot. But no matter! Then we all stayed up very late and met many fine people. And Berkfinger broke Dan Mac’s watch.

[Dressing room at Koko]

[Club NME at Koko]

I do remember at one point (the sun had come up by this stage) we were playing charades in the street. I challenge you all to do the movie “Free Willy” without referencing your genitals. Try it.

*BREATH*

A few days after this adventure we played at Water Rats in Kings Cross (London), then we were off at 6am in the morning to play PARIS the following night.

Yes, yes, make all the jokes you will about ‘Parlez Vous Francais?’

It did feel a little strange: “Hello all you French speaking people from France! Do you speak French?” Dan Mac did quite well to converse with some bemused punters. He’s sure that he said something in French to them, just not quite sure what. Although they all smiled and clapped and danced. Super.

After a night (and morning) of frivolity with some nutty French locals we drove back under the English Channel to BRIGHTON! Home of Fatboy Slim! Who has been spinning Parlez Vous Francais? in his DJ sets recently. Nuts. The gig was at this huuuuuuge street festival called the Great Escape Festival with Groove Armada.

Before the show we managed to see our friends Bluejuice play down by the beach in between sessions on the roller coasters on the local pier. The actual gig went swimmingly. Made lots of new friends. And yes, that was the very last night of our three-week tour.

[Classic]

We played to a hell of a lot of people, met some nutters and some absolute winners, all of whom I know we would give it all to see again.

It’s times like these I wish that I had one of those tape recorders strapped to my chest a la Hunter S. Thompson, so that we could relieve the madness whenever we wished. But I suppose madness is best relegated to the archives of the mind, only to rear its head in dreams and fleeting thoughts.

Yes, we will go back.

Thanks for reading. Stay tuned. We have new music coming to your ears very soon.

Love,

Dan W
Art vs Science