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Tournée Banale :: Dirty Beaches – On The Road To God Knows Where 2

  • Dirty Beaches
  • On The Road To
  • God Knows Where 2
  • [Dir. By: Alex Zhang Hungtai]
  • (European Tour 2012)
  • ::web/visuals::
From the dangerous liaisons of Jesse Locke:
For the past six weeks, my life flipped from Weird Canada editor to Dirty Beaches drummer/driver on a motorik expedition through Europe. The montage above (filmed by Alex Zhang Hungtai on iPhone’s 8mm video app, ‘natch) gives a glimpse into the 23 hours we spent each day in-between shows, including white knuckle mountain drives, parking lot slow dances, basement bro tats in Copenhagen, behind-the-scenes footage from a food blog in Belgium, sexy wallpaper in Rotterdam, and a potentially NSFW truck-stop washroom purchase. Meanwhile, the soundtrack provides snippets of our in-car listening: Alice Coltrane, Liaisons Dangereuses, Mac DeMarco, a Nick Cave audiobook, etc. Big ups to Elias, Jakob, Etienne, multiple Chrises, Francesco, Line, Edda, Brando, Michael, Yann, Tess, Tara, and anyone else who made this tour a blast. Viva Europa!

Tournée Banale :: Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 7 & 8

  • AIDS Wolf
  • Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 7
  • [Dir. By: AIDS Wolf]
  • (European Tour 2011)
  • ::web/visuals::
  • AIDS Wolf
  • Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 8
  • [Dir. By: AIDS Wolf]
  • (European Tour 2011)
  • ::web/visuals::
From the fluorescent palace of Aaron Levin:
We’re blowing out the last two episodes of AIDS Wolf‘s venture in tour banality with a double-shotgun blast of inanity. Moskos explores European tour cuisine, a bouncy-castle paradise, and a new age toilet before plotting Drainolith‘s 700th tour. The inane vibes are summarized brilliantly by Episode 8’s exploration of an ant infestation within Chloe’s sugar. It’s a beautiful closure to the wolf’s Europen journey through documentary vérité. Perched high upon our digital chalice we implore those outside the 100-sided die to heed our message: bring us your banality and we shall broadcast it to the world.

PS – This incredible feature would not have been possible without the hard work of Alex Moskos and AIDS Wolf. Thank you so much.

Tournée Banale :: Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 5

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  • AIDS Wolf
  • Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 5
  • [Dir. By: AIDS Wolf]
  • (European Tour 2011)
  • ::web/visuals::

From the glass damage of Aaron Levin:

As desolate, existential waters begin to smother their touring banality, Episode 5 represents a shift into the bizzarre and serene. What is this sojourn through Popol paradise? The infinite sky and its scenic vistas rip through Moskos‘ vacation desires while road-side neglect stagnates their progress. The wolf persevere after gorging themselves on buckets of peanut butter. Cake was served. But why?

De l’endommagement de verre d’Aaron Levin:
(Traduit par Odile Leclerc)

Alors que des eaux existentielles désolées commencent à étouffer leur banalité de tournée, l’Épisode 5 représente un changement vers le bizarre et serein. Qu’est-ce que le séjour à travers le paradis Popol? Le ciel infini et ses vues de scènes fend à travers les désires de vacances de Moskos pendant que des négligences de bord de route stagnent leur progrès. Le Loup persévère après s’être gorgé de seaux de beurre de d’arachide. Du gâteau fut servi, mais pourquoi?

Tournée Banale :: Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 4

  • AIDS Wolf
  • Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 4
  • [Dir. By: AIDS Wolf]
  • (European Tour 2011)
  • ::web/visuals::
From the glass damage of Aaron Levin:
Danke Shoen, the latest expose on touring banality in our ongoing feature Tournée Banale, shows AIDS Wolf posed with one of the most mundane tasks: keys locked in car. Enjoy in moderation.

Tournée Banale :: Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 3

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  • AIDS Wolf
  • Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 3
  • [Dir. By: AIDS Wolf]
  • (European Tour 2011)
  • ::web/visuals::

From the avant-drummery of Aaron Levin:

The third installment of AIDS Wolf’s picturesque exposure of touring normality focuses on the personal. There are puns, multiple-drummers, and vehicle experimentation. A voyeurs dream of simplistic banality.

De l’avant batterissage d’Aaron Levin:
(Traduit par Odile Leclerc)

Le troisième épisode de l’exposition charmante de la normalité de tournée d’AIDS Wolf se concentre sur le personnel. Il y a des jeux de mots, de multiples batteurs et de l’expérimentation de véhicule. Un rêve voyeur de banalité simpliste.

Tournée Banale :: Tournée Banale Avant-Garde Episode 2

  • AIDS Wolf
  • Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 2
  • [Dir. By: AIDS Wolf]
  • (European Tour 2011)
  • ::web/visuals::
From the glass sweapery of Aaron Levin:
To support the launch of Tournée Banale, our latest feature hi-jacking AIDS Wolf‘s brilliant idea to capture the bleak reality of touring artists, we’re giving you a double dose of AIDS Wolf’s Tournée Banale Avant-Garde. Episode 2 journeys deeper into inter-personal inanity as we bear witness to a complete lapse in communication and mutual understanding.

Tournée Banale :: Tournée Banale Avant-Garde Episode 1

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  • AIDS Wolf
  • Tournée Banale Avant-Garde 1
  • [Dir. By: AIDS Wolf]
  • (European Tour 2011)
  • ::web/visuals::

From the tour banal of Aaron Levin:

We’re proud to introduce yet-another feature on Weird Canada: Tournée Banale. Our friends from the wolf have been leading the vanguard of Canadian fringe for years, and their foray into documentary vérité further solidifies their position as monolithic masters of the left-field. Tournée Banale captures the utter inanity of life as a touring musician in eight parts, filmed exclusively on cheap Flip cameras while AIDS Wolf toured Europe this summer. This humbled approach to tour documentation paves the way for artists from all disciplines to revel in the toiling efforts one endures traversing the physical world in the pure pursuit of artistic expression. Join AW’s bleak journey through episode 1: didactic stretches of concrete daylight amidst a casual drone of highway sonarchy. We celebrate this unadulterated view of tour reality. Stay tuned…

De la tournée banale d’Aaron Levin:
(Traduit par Odile Leclerc)

Nous fière de vous présenter encore un autre élément sur Weird Canada: Tournée Banale. Nos amis de the wolf ont mené l’avant-garde du groupe marginal Candadien pour des années et leur percée dans le documentaire véritésolidifie encore plus leur position en tant que maître monolithiques sur le champ gauche. Tournée Banale capture complètement l’inanité de la vie en tant que musicien en tournée en huit parties, filmé exclusivement sur une caméra Flip bon marché pendant que AIDS Wolf est en tournée en Europe cet été. Cet humble approche pour guider des documentations pave le chemin des artistes de toutes les disciplines pour se délecter des efforts laborieux qu’une personne endure en traversant le monde physique dans la pure poursuite de l’expression artistique. Rejoignez le voyage morne d’ AW à travers l’épisode 1 : des étendues didactiques de béton de jour parmi un bourdonnement habituel de sonarchie d’autoroute. Nous célébrons la vue naturelle de la réalité des tournées. Restez à l’écoute…


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