News

26 April 2008

Spring doesn't seem to stick to our skin, but we've got some nice news nonetheless.

First of all, the French label Hinah (www.hinah.com) has released a EP (title: "Crowheart", named after a small town in Wyoming) collecting 4 songs where Gloribel's voice really shines (to give you a taste of the album to come very soon). Please visit Hinah's website and order the EP, it's a beautiful collector item and a road-movie in itself.

Furthermore, we'll play the ultragreat Music in My Head festival on  June 14th!  If you have the opportunity to come to Den Haag on that evening, do come and check us out. And don't hesitate to come to us after the show, you know we love to talk.

Last but not least, the mixes of Merced are coming to an end. It's been a real journey, with many adventures. We hope you'll like the result. Optimistic release period is June, let's see whether we can make it... Oh and we've got new pictures, taken by the excellent Bas Smits as always.

Our thoughts are with you all, whether you're travelling on foreign grounds, absorbing sun, or hiding in the rain.

21 March 2008

The French label (and more...) Hinah (www.hinah.com) will release a 4-track EP with new material from us (including a completely revisited version of Tide, for those who got their hands on the Performance2 compilation a couple of years ago). The mixing and mastering is just finished ; the title is there (expect a place in Wyoming), but we still keep it secret. Many thanks to Laurent and Eloise for making this possible! We like to consider this EP as a transition between our previous album Winterset and the new album Merced (still fighting with the mixes, for many reasons, but it’s getting there) that should see its first official light in a couple of months.

Furthermore, we’re going to do a VPRO Dwars session (which is an absolute treat to do). If you don’t know that show, just go to www.vpro.nl/programma/dwars/ and listen to their online stuff. Top notch.

And then, there are the "thanks": we ’d like to express our gratitude to Mathieu and Thomas who travelled all the way from France to attend our show at the Patronaat, Haarlem. We won’t forget that ever. And also our kudos to Aaf and Annieka who saw us in Haarlem 3 years ago when we opened for the Gathering, and were at our show at the Patronaat asking why the hell we hadn’t played in Haarlem since then. There are times when things like that really, really matter. Like these days.

25 November 2007

In case you're wondering what the heck we're doing at the moment, the answer is simple: we're (oh so very) busy recording the last part of the trilogy we started with Hoboken and Winterset. Let's give away a couple of details about this new record: Gloribel will take the lead vocals on about half of the songs (and anyone who ever listened to Sal -see MP3 section for the ones who STILL haven't done that...-and to songs of her own project Asphalticow will understand why), the album will be named 'Merced' and will point to California, and Leejon has developped the habit of taping a 0.5Watt battery amp to his guitar neck to produce low-level feedback (trademark technique, don't even think about copying it!). Oh and it already sounds promising (and we're being objective here!!!). You'll be able to judge the result by yourself in april 2008.

Shameless plug for Pascal's altcountry combo White Sands: their debut album 'Deseronto' is out ; check their (temporary) website here. And be nice to yourself: order the CD right now here or there, perfect christmas gift!

7 July 2007

After our US/Canada tour back in March, life's been pretty intense (and still is for some of us). All our thanks and well deserved gratitude to our friends across the oceans ; we hope to come back as soon as possible. We managed to lay down some seriously great tracks for the new album (best bet for the release: january 2008), we'll keep you updated. After the East Coast (Hoboken) and the Midwest (Winterset), the West Coast will be the inspiration behind the music. In the meantime and among other things, Pascal has found time to lead a Playlab session back in end April (catch a great (Dutch) review on 3voor12.nl ), to record an album with his alt.country band White Sands that should be out this fall (if they manage to quit their lowdown Southern procastinating ways) and to cameo with Eva for 2 songs during her Music in my Head gig last month. Busy times, we told you.

On the gig front, a series of gigs is in preparation for the end of the year, but we couldn't resist the pleasure to play at Langweiligkeit (july 28th), one of the coolest festivals in The Hague. If you're in the area on that day, just stop by and say hello.

10 February 2007
Back on tour. We are invited to play the Canadian Music Week Festival in Toronto, Canada. Therefore we organised a one week tour through Canada and a part of the US. check gig section to see where we will play.

26 september 2006
A couple of peachy news after a well-deserved summer (semi-)break:
we'll have a live session broadcast on the VPRO concertzender for the Dwars program - 22:00 on on Thursday 12 October (check out www.vpro.nl/programma/zeldzaamdwars/ and do what you must). Extensive interview by the excellent Berry Kamer and a bunch of songs recorded in Studio Desmets, Amsterdam. While you're at it, bookmark that page and visit it every week, it's a top-notch program.
We've got a couple of nice gigs coming up, see the ...well... 'gigs' section. In particular, kill, steal, hijack, seduce your way to the 15 October living room concert in Rotterdam with the Bullfight and Gitbox (go right now to info.liveinyourlivingroom.nl/kalender_nieuw.html and click on aanmelden, you'll thank us for that!!).
For our American audience (and by that, I mean both North and Sur ;-), our CDs are now available on [www.CDBaby.org] ... come on, look up a little bit, on your right now... yep, here they are, the red and green links to our 2 album pages on CD Baby. Looks almost like a political statement...
Last and not least, we've got our very own myspace page. Go to www.myspace.com/templodiez and drop us a line, be our friends, visit our friends pages, and be oh so nice to each other, people!

15 july 2006
The French indie webmagazine "A Decouvrir Absolument" released a new compilation album. And because it is volume 10 it is a 3 CD compilation and on this compilation there are two tracks from Templo Diez. On the first CD you will find the song Sparkle from our album "Winterset" and on the third CD there is an alternative version of Halogene, previously unreleased. A real collectors item. The album is downloadable, and yes it is FREE! So check out on A Decouvrir Absolument

24 june 2006
We are selected for the Popronde. The  popronde is a national festival which travels through 15 dutch cities. This will happen from september 15th to november the 10th. So check out if we will come near you www.popronde.nl

9 june 2006
On june 14th we will do an interview and a live session for VPRO radio show Dwars. The will be broadcast on National radio after the holidays. The exact date will follow

22 march 2006

We are on the 3voor12 luisterpaal. The VPRO (Dutch national radio station) put our new album on line. So take the opportunity to listen to the full album on www.3voor12.nl and click the tab "luisterpaal.

8 march 2006
Tonight, Pascal will play a Playlab session organized by Marjolein Kooimans (bassist of the Gathering) at the Groene Engel in Oss. If you're around, go and have a listen, the session will be headed by Joris Dirks (of Moodswing fame) and promised to be very exciting. See for more about it!

Furthermore, the first reviews for Winterset are in: see press section!

For a very nice interview on the Cucamonga show (on Belgium's Radio 1), have a stroll to http://www.cucamonga.be/interviews/TemploDiez0206.pdf.

Last but certainly not least: we'll support the Italian band Afterhours at the Ekko in Utrecht on saturday 18 march. See our gig section for more dates!

27 February 2006
Today is the day. The release date of our album Winterset.

Therefore a brand new website.

And tonight the premiere of our Album on Belgian National Radio show Cucamonga.

First review already in, see press section!

7 February 2006
Our second album Winterset is on its way. It'll be released on My First Sonny Weissmuller Recordings on February 27th and distributed by Konkurrent in the Benelux. We're VERY enthusiastic about it and we hope you'll feel the same when feeding your CD player with Winterset. More details about this release in the coming weeks!!

4 september 2005
Blow the horns and tinkle the bells , we're selected for CMJ Music Marathon 2005! We'll play CBGB's 313 Gallery on friday sept 16th, 7pm, along with a couple of other US dates in NYC and Providence (RI) on the same week (see the gig section).

On the home front, we're invited for the Crossing Border festival in The Hague (16-19 november), and things are getting more precise for ZXZW in Tilburg on sept 25th. Check out the gig section !

Further, because you're good kids, we got a treat for you fans: you can download a live EP recorded live at Arlene's Grocery in NYC last june. Just go to the recs page, click on the 'download' link, and presto, here's your own private Templo Diez record NY-style. Frankly, isn't life great ??

2 august 2005
Yeah, time, time,time... New delivery with pictures from our US/Canada tour in June (see pics section, more to come. Kudos for Bas Smits for his beautiful shots, as always!), an updated gig list (including a set with impro-noise kids AU as Cinema for the Ears at Music in my Head 2005, in Den Haag, 11-12 november!) and more stuff lurking in the coming days, in particular on the download front, so stay tuned!

24 june 2005
We're back from our tour in Canada and the USA. We met fantastic people over there, thanks to everybody who supported us, we can't wait to cross the pond once again!! All cities have been special to us, from Toronto to NY, from Richmond, VA to Philadelphia. For the Dutch-speaking people among you, check our diary there. Special gift: in the MP3 section, you'll find a couple of songs recorded at Arlene's Grocery, NYC, feel free to download!!!

Pics to come in the very near future...

Next time more about our forthcoming new record. Until then, happy jetlag to ya'll...

3 march 2005
Several good news: Templo Diez is selected for NXNE 2005, and will head again to Canada in June, along with fellow bands White Sands and the Ramen. Next to that, on the local front, we'll play a semi-acoustic gig at the Binnenach for the Queen's Night (no, Guigui, it ain't what you think!! See the gigs section). Further, recording sessions are following their way (stretching out of schedule, as usual...), we'll keep you posted about the end result!

17 december 2004
After a crazy october month (and 2 great gigs opening for the Gathering), we're taking a well-deserved break from the stage to work at the production of our new record coming out beginning of next year. Speaking of new CDs, our French label Intercontinental Records is due to release its new "Performance" compilation this month (expect another tasty and generous helping of the brilliant indie sound that blessed the first volume), more news about that when it's out. On the business front, Hoboken is available from more websites around the globe (see list in our recs section). And finally, a couple more Dutch dates in the gig section. In the side lines, let's mention as well that Pascal will go AGAIN to the finals of the Dutch national singer-songwriter competition De Grote Prijs Van Nederland with his (not so) solo affair White Sands. The guy is addicted to the Paradiso, it seems, ah ah ah!

2 September 2004
First of all, we have a new band member: Gloribel Hernández. To add to the already very international profile of the band, Gloribel comes from Venezuela! She'll be in charge of keyboards, bass, samplers, contact mic,... and more generally anything related to the Templo Diez sonic landscape. Baptism of fire in the Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL on October 6th!

Next, new gig coming in October, including 2 support acts for the great Dutch band The Gathering on October 14th in 't Paard (Den Haag, NL) and the Patronaat (Haarlem, NL). More news on their way, but let's tease you a lil' bit, he he he...

23 june 2004
We're back from a 2-week tour in North America. We had a fantastic time, great response, and we're truly looking forward going back. Many thanks to Jeff, Ben, Harm, Dan, Remco,... well, to everybody who helped make our trip such a fine and smooth time, you know who you are!

New reviews have been added in the press section. Gig-wise, we'll be on stage on July 3rd at the Voorbeeld in Amsterdam, NL, for a very special evening mixing music, VJ's, DJ's, fashion show, art expo and cooking experiments under one banner: 'Show me your waste'! How much trendier can it get ? Pass me the beret....

4 june 2004
More news about our US/Canada tour in the gig section. Check it out!

02 April 2004
Several news dates have been added to the gig section, including (among others) our first gig in Paris at the Guinguette Pirate on April 28th, and a support form the great Timesbold in Den Bosch(NL) on June 5th and Utrecht(NL) on June 6th (see gigs). 2 new MP3s available online, including a live version of "Stay with us" and an acoustic rendition of "Sedan" (see audio). We got a new very positive review in the cult belgian mag Rif-Raf that we'll put online asap. Still busy with the preparation of our Canada/US tour, more details to come!

15 February 2004
On February 17th, we will perform a live session from Studio Desmets, Amsterdam during VPRO's cultural radio show `de Avonden'. The show starts at 9 pm on 747AM or you can listen to it on their internet site. Today, we also got the news that we're invited to perform at the North by North East 2004 festival (10-11-12 June in Toronto, Canada). We'll probably combine this show with several other US and Canadian dates. More news in the coming weeks, stay tuned! Our collaboration with the Dutch experimental/electro/impro/noise duo AU has succesfully led to 'Cinema for the ears', a show mixing pure improvisation and electronically-enhanced' versions of Templo Diez songs, presented on february 8th in Den Haag... more of that in the near future! And last but not least, new reviews this month in the French 'les Inrockuptibles', and webzines Popnews and Nameless (see the press section), plus an interview on Belgium Radio 1 show Cucamonga. Till next time...

11 november 2003

Ok, it's been a while since the last update, so lots of things to mention: First of all, our album 'Hoboken' is officially out, so please go to the Recs page, and order your very own CD! There's a batch of brand new reviews praising the object (cf press), so come on, you can't go wrong!!! On the record front, the French webzine ADA has very recently put together a very nice online compilation, and asked us for a song. Check out the recs' page for more about it. Our two 'In The City' festival gigs in Manchester went really great, we got very nice reactions and we can't wait to go back to the UK and play again!! Back in good old lowlands, our Popronde gig in Nijmegen went very good (see review in press), and we got picked up by Dutch National radio Kink FM last month for its NL Roxx program. Furthermore, we got the honours of an entry in the Pop Encyclopedy of the Dutch Pop Institute.

29 July 2003
A new batch of news today:

We signed last month with Mo' Music Management, the booking agency part of the excellent Muze Records (Eindhoven, Netherlands). They'll take charge of our gigs there from now on. Hoboken will be released this fall on the smashing Intercontinental Records (based in Paris, France) for distro in France, UK, Germany, Japan, - Some very good official news in preparation for a release in the Benelux on a Dutch label (hey, take a guess), but patience -

Furthermore, Templo Diez performed an acoustic session on the cult show Club 3voor12 (formerly Club Lek) on Dutch national radio VPRO. You can find the performance here and the interview (in Dutch!) here.

On the gig front, new dates! Templo Diez has been selected for Popronde, a Dutch multi-city festival extending from September to November. More about that as soon as we have more details.

New reviews in the press section, notably from the cool French mag Magic. Translation will come in due time (yeah yeah yeah, I know!).

And finally, a couple of pictures taken in Texas during our SXSW operation' in March. Check them out in the pix section!!!

27 March 2003
We're back from Texas! The tour went really great there and we want to thank everyone who supported us. Our SXSW gig was fantastic, but the others were truly nice as well (Humble Time at New Braunfels, Wreck Room in Fort Worth). On the US media front, lots of interviews and airplay, in particular on the Good Show on KTCU-FM and on KTSW-FM (thanks again Mike), not to forget a live TV session for Fox TV ! More about all that very soon.

Back home, we have finally more details about our Motel Mozaique gig: it'll be at the Tent on Saturday 29 March, at 3:00pm (quite an experience, it'll be an headphone gig!). Short set it'll be, but we're looking forward to it!!! See the gigs section for more.

Last but not least, our song Sedan is on the homepage of the dutch radio 3voor12 as part of the songs selection of the week! On the same radio, Pascal got interviewed on Wednesday by Sander Kerkhof. Here is the interview online.

04 March 2003
Lots of news on the gig front!

First of all, new dates confirmed for the US tour.

Back in the Netherlands, we will play on 29 March at Motel Mozaique, an excellent art festival in Rotterdam. Another highlight: we will open for Tarentel and Spokane at the Patronaat in Haarlem on 23 April! More details in the gigs section!!!

During our Texas tour, we will be on the 'good show' on 88.7 KTCU-FM. This show got recently recommended by Mr John Peel himself, so we're thrilled!

And last but not least, thanks to KTSW to put songs from Hoboken on rotation on their waves!!!

04 February 2003
At last, the SXSW organization gave us a date for our showcase in Austin : see the 'gigs' section for more! Also 3 new positive reviews of Hoboken you'll find in the press section. This time from Speaker, Music Maker, and Fileunder (great Dutch webmag). And last but not least, we got airplayed in the 'Radar' show of the cult Belgian alternative radio Studio Brussel !

09 December 2002
Templo Diez is invited to the SXSW 2003 festival in Austin, USA in March! That's really fantastic and we're looking forward to it. We're busy with the preparation, starting from - well - NOW!

In parallel, we've got another nice review for Hoboken in the November issue of FRET magazine (a Dutch music mag), and there's a very positive review of The Pet Series vol 1 in the December issue. See the Press section for more about it!

24 September 2002
in parallel to the recent release of the Pet Series volume 1, things are moving on the press front: OOR magazine (biggest music mag in the Netherlands) and Live XS (Dutch national mag as well) are giving very positive reviews about our debut CD "Hoboken". Check-out the Press section for more !!!

7 September 2002
The Pet Series Compilation is ready ! Kudos to Minco, the chief compiler. The result is really great; indie music at its best ! Go to the Recs section for more info or orders.

25 June 2002
The Pet Series compilation will be released in August. More news when deadline approaches! Oh and check-out our page on www.vitaminic.com if you're interested in buying Hoboken.

24 May 2002
Templo Diez will appear in part I of the Pets Peries, a forthcoming CD-sampler from Sally Forth Records (www.sallyforthrecords.com) scheduled to be released this summer. The track 'Sonora, 6am' has been selected by the Sally team to open the compilation. We'll keep you up to date about it!!