31 December 2008 at 16:38 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

A nice present from dEUS on the official podcast: Tom and Mauro playing The Architect unplugged.




30 December 2008 at 09:36 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Tom interviewed about the tour, the new videoclip and the new album. He says they're planning to finish and release the new album in 2009. And he hopes to continue touring as well since the album is released in Australia and Japan. And they're gonna do some festivals also next summer....



26 December 2008 at 11:43 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

I've setup a little dEUS-quiz. Questions were made by me and Paul. Enjoy!









25 December 2008 at 06:58 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Tom went to see the boxfight of Sugar Jackson vs Carlos Baldomir last weekend. He was interviewed shortly in this tv-item. Tom says he respects athletes a lot because they have to be at their best during the game. If they have a bad day, they lose. According to Tom it's not that bad to have a bad day on stage, because you can always hide it.

(thx to Gilles)

at 06:55 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Dutch band De Staat, who supported dEUS in the UK last october, did a cover of The Architect during the VPRO Song of the year 2008. Click here to listen to it.

(thx to Paul en Harry)

at 06:51 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

  1. When She Comes Down
  2. Everybody's Weird
  3. Fell Off The Floor, Man
  4. Slow
  5. Smokers Reflect
  6. Turnpike
  7. The Architect
  8. Favourite Game
  9. Let's See Who Goes Down First
  10. Nothing Really Ends
  11. Bad Timing
  12. If You Don't Get What You Want
  13. Instant Street
  14. Morticiachair
    ----
  15. Eternal Woman
  16. Little Arithmetics
  17. Oh Your God
  18. Magdalena
  19. Roses
  20. What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)
  21. Suds & Soda (inc Jeugd van Tegenwoordig)

(thx to Remko & V.J. Berk)



at 06:48 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

  1. Slow
  2. Instant Street
  3. Fell off the floor, man
  4. Is a robot
  5. Smokers reflect
  6. Turnpike
  7. The architect
  8. Favourite game
  9. Nothing really ends
  10. Bad timing
  11. If you don't get what you want
  12. Suds & Soda
    ---
  13. Roses
  14. Oh your god
  15. Serpentine

(thx to Remko)



23 December 2008 at 21:10 posted by Bart Van Belle 3 Comments


Since the year is almost over and we shouldn't probably)expect any dEUS-news soon, I'd like to post a short thank you-message to all the people who contributed to this blog this year (Jean-Yves, Denis, Arthur, Eva, Thijs, Michael, Gilles, Harry, Paul, ... and all the other ones I forgot about). Thanks a lot for your input. It's been a great help to keep this blog up to date.
Also a big thank you to Christian and Tom for the 'leaking' of official news and all the extra's (the prelistening-session, the gigs, ....) that made 2008 a dEUS-year I'll never forget.
And ofcourse also a big thank you to Tom, Alan, Klaas, Mauro, Stéphane and the whole crew for being so omnipresent this year.
See you soon!
Bart


at 21:07 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

I just did some updates on the tour-overview page and I noticed we're missing quite a lot of setlists. If anyone can add one or more setlists that would be great. Check this page to find out what we're missing and drop me a line with your feedback.

at 20:58 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

I know it's difficult to compare gigs, but since I saw dEUS 10 times the last months, I decided to make my personal top-10 of dEUS-gigs this year.

  1. 11/12/2008 - Vorst Nationaal, Vorst, Belgium setlist - review
  2. 30/04/2008 - Droixhe, Luik, Belgium setlist - review
  3. 06/07/2008 - Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium : setlist - review
  4. 03/05/2008 - Cactus at MAZ, Brugge, Belgium: setlist - review
  5. 07/12/2008 - 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands: setlist - review
  6. 10/12/2008 - Vorst Nationaal, Vorst, Belgium: setlist - review
  7. 01/05/2008 - Het Depot, Leuven, Belgium: setlist - review
  8. 05/05/2008 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium: setlist - review
  9. 06/04/2008 - Mezz, Breda, The Netherlands setlist - review
  10. 29/04/2008 - Muziekodroom, Hasselt, Belgium: setlist - review


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19 December 2008 at 20:23 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

It's look like it's Christmas-time: another dEUS-torrent has popped up: Le Bataclan, Paris, France (18/10/99)

(thx to Denis)

at 07:20 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

A torrent from the 1996-gig in La Nef, Angoulême is available here.

18 December 2008 at 07:21 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

The last episode of the official tour-podcast has been published. Check it out here.

17 December 2008 at 12:36 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Stéphane talking about 2008 on Studio Brussel. His personal tourhighlight was the Parades de Coura-festival in Portugal.

(thx to Frederiek)

at 12:12 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

The Vorst Nationaal-torrent is now also available on Dime.

16 December 2008 at 09:33 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

Noize Makes Enemies about The Vanishing Of Maria Schneider:

The music is repetitive and as the voices don’t ever really show any edge, pitch or change in tempo it’s all a little bit too repetitive.The second stage of the song, can be slightly reminiscent of earlier Coldplay; musically it’s not too bad, however it is nowhere near as good, and their lyrics are not worthy of noting.




15 December 2008 at 10:09 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments


You can now bid on an exclusive canvas of the Vantage Point album cover. It's autographed by the band. All proceeds go to Music for Life. More info here. The auction ends on December 22nd.


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12 December 2008 at 17:41 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Oh boy. They sure did save the best for last. Great sound, great crowd, great gig. I was standing front row right before Klaas. What a difference compared to wednesday when I was sitting somewhere in the back.

The first part of setlist was mainly the same as on wednesday. The big difference was the fact they skipped Let's See Who Goes Down First during the regular set and immediately jumped from Bad Timing to If You Don't Get What You Want, followed by Suds & Soda. Since Bad Timing is a real crowd pleaser, they could easily stretch the vibe. Wednesday they more or less broke it by playing a rather calm and less known song. And I shouldn't tell you the extactic crowd reaction during Instant Street.

They kicked of the encores with Magdalena. It felt so good to hear that song again after all those years. I don't like the new version of Little Arithmetics without the outro. They probably leave it out to make the fade in to Oh Your God smoother, but it just doesn't fit well. The first part of the encores ended with Serpentine.

They came back a second time. I was thinking they would only play Roses, but they started with Let's See Who Goes Down First. And Roses was a brilliant ending of another brilliant gig.

at 14:20 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

RTBF broadcasted an item on the making of The Ideal Crash. You can listen to it on the podcast.

(thx to Carine)

at 12:13 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Tom will deejay at Bal09, Brussels's most exclusive New Year's Eve party. Since it's Tom's birthday, you can probably expect a real party-set.

at 12:01 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

A torrent from the 1st Vorst-gig is available on Lossless.fr.

(thx to Denis)

at 07:32 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

The first gig in Vorst reviewed by Michael Illegems.

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at 07:19 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

  1. When She Comes Down
  2. Everybody's Weird
  3. Fell Off The Floor, Man
  4. Slow
  5. Smokers Reflect
  6. Theme From Turnpike
  7. The Architect
  8. Favourite Game
  9. Nothing Really Ends
  10. Bad Timing
  11. If You Don't Get What You Want
  12. Suds & Soda
  13. Morticiachair
  14. Instant Street
    ---
  15. Magdalena
  16. Little Arithmetics
  17. Oh Your God
  18. Serpentine
    ---
  19. Let's See Who Goes Down First
  20. Roses


11 December 2008 at 15:33 posted by Jean-Yves 1 Comment

On January 19, Belgian singer Axelle Red will release a new album called "Sisters & Empathy". That's her first record in English (she usually sings in French). The record will feature a duet with Tom Barman, and Mauro Pawlowski also contributes guitar parts.

It's not the first time Axelle and Tom sing together: back in 2000, Axelle joined Tom on stage at the Dranouter Festival, where they sang Serpentine. That performance was later released as a bonus track to Axelle Red's best-of album.

Tom Barman also directed Axelle Red's video for her 1995 single "Le Monde tourne mal".



[source: Le Soir]

at 14:00 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

A quick review of the first Vorst-night. Although it was my nineth dEUS-gig this year, I was really looking forward to the first night in Vorst. I have great memories of the previous dEUS-gigs in Vorst (March 2006) and I was hoping it would even be better this time.

Compared to other gigs I saw in Vorst, the sound was ok during most of the songs. And they more or less played the same set as in Tilburg (they only added Serpentine). No suprises, no special guests, just a super sharp gig with brilliant versions of Instant Street, Bad Timing and Roses as my personal highlights.

There was also a small lightshow, really sober, but very nice. The only thing I was missing were big screens. We were sitting in the back and it's a shame most of the people were missing close ups of the band and Mauro's coolness.

It's also strange to see that the audience will only go crazy on the oldies. Ok, it wasn't a very young audience, but reaction on The Architect was very lame. Still this gig was one of the best I saw this year. And there's even more tonight....

at 13:45 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

A new episode of the official podcast is available. It's about the tour in Luxembourg and The Netherlands.

at 12:44 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

  1. When She Comes Down
  2. Everybody's Weird
  3. Fell Off The Floor, Man
  4. Slow
  5. Smokers Reflect
  6. Theme From Turnpike
  7. The Architect
  8. Favourite Game
  9. Let's See Who Goes Down First
  10. Nothing Really Ends
  11. Bad Timing
  12. If You Don't Get What You Want
  13. Instant Street
  14. Morticiachair
  15. Suds & Soda
    ---
  16. Eternal Woman
  17. Little Arithmetics
  18. Oh Your God
  19. Serpentine
    ---
  20. Roses


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at 08:59 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

There's a small interview with Tom on the Le Soir-website. Tom says it's normal the crowd reacts more on Instant Street than on The Architect. Songs need some time to install them in the public's mind.

They are planning to record a new album in 2009 and they also want to do some gigs in places they've never been before.

Just before Tom gets on stage he lights another cigarette.

(thx to Jyves)

8 December 2008 at 20:56 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Next thursday there will be an afterparty at Recyclart in Brussels. It's invitation only, but Recyclart is giving away 50*2 tickets over here. Just send an e-mail to info@reclyclart.be with the subject-line JE VEUX ETRE TOM BARMAN.


(thx to Bart)


at 14:29 posted by Bart Van Belle 2 Comments

As the Vantage Point-tour is nearly over, I grabbed my chance to go and check out dEUS in a regular venue before the grand apotheose in Vorst Nationaal later this week. It was the first time I went to 013 in Tilburg and the venue is really cool: the stage is wide, the room has an arena-feeling due to the stairs and there's a nice balcony. I bet everybody had a great view on the stage.

We arrived around eight o' clock, just in time to catch Expatriate. The Australians did a great job as a support act. Not that impressive as The Blackbox Revelation during the spring-tour, but nice enough to get in the right mood.

dEUS came on stage around nine o'clock. The first part of the gig was more or less the same that during the Amsterdam-gigs. I saw the first Amsterdam-gig on the internet and noticed that things have changed a lot since the last time I saw dEUS in July this year on Rock Werchter.

It's obvious that the band now has almost total control on the live-aspect of the Vantage Point-songs. And it's great that a couple of oldies have made it to the setlist again. It's so nice to hear Everybody's weird or Let's See Who Goes Down First again. And Little Arithmetics and Morticiachair during the encores. They also played Eternal Woman, but without Lies Lorquet. Alan did Lies' lines. No Serpentine or Magdalena, but let's hope they keep that one for Vorst (on both nights please ;-)).

Two funny moments: when Tom was hit by his guitar while changing guitars before Instant Street, he asked for a tissue. Somebody threw a sac of paper tissues on stage. Tom said thank you and Mauro asked if somebody had a christmas tree. And Klaas made a mistake during one of the violin-bridges of Morticiachair. Instead of Drop the phone Mauro sang Drop the song...

Tilburg was nice. Tilburg was great. And I bet Vorst will even be greater.

at 14:13 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

Two new torrents have been published on Dimeadozen.



at 10:18 posted by Bart Van Belle 2 Comments

  1. When She Comes Down
  2. Everybody's Weird
  3. Fell Off The Floor, Man
  4. Slow
  5. Smokers Reflect
  6. Turnpike
  7. The Architect
  8. Favourite Game
  9. Let's See Who Goes Down First
  10. Nothing Really Ends
  11. Bad Timing
  12. If You Don't Get What You Want
  13. Instant Street
  14. Suds & Soda
    ---
  15. Oh Your God
  16. Little Arithmetics
  17. Roses
  18. Eternal Woman
  19. Morticiachair


6 December 2008 at 20:20 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

  1. When She Comes Down
  2. Everybody's Weird
  3. Fell Off The Floor, Man!
  4. Slow
  5. Smoker's Reflect
  6. Theme From Turnpike
  7. The Architect
  8. Favourite Game
  9. Let's See Who Goes Down First
  10. Magdalena
  11. Bad Timing
  12. If You Don't Get What You Want
  13. Instant Street
  14. Morticiachair
    ----
  15. Eternal Woman
  16. Little Arithmetics
  17. Oh Your God
  18. Roses
  19. What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)
  20. Suds & Soda (+Jeugd van Tegenwoordig)


at 20:03 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

Tom has won the award for Best Videoclip at the Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven (IKL) for Eternal Woman. It's the second time Tom wins the award. He also won it in 2003 for Jumpneedle (Magnus).


5 December 2008 at 19:52 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

The gig at the Bataclan reviewed by TF1.

at 19:48 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

The first gig in Paradiso reviewed by Nu.nl.

at 19:45 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

Dutch hiphop-band De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig joined dEUS on stage during Suds & Soda yesterday at Paradiso, Amsterdam to perform their song Hollereer.


(thx to Kevin)

at 19:27 posted by Bart Van Belle 1 Comment

Tara from the UK is selling three tickets for the last gig of the Vantage Point-tour next thursday in Vorst Nationaal. Price is 38 euro/ticket. If you're interested contact her through e-mail.

at 10:39 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Oor is giving away tickets for the dEUS-gig in Tilburg next sunday. More info here.

3 December 2008 at 22:20 posted by Bart Van Belle 2 Comments

  1. When She Comes Down
  2. Everybody's Weird
  3. Fell Off The Floor, Man
  4. Slow
  5. Smokers Reflect
  6. Turnpike
  7. Is A Robot
  8. The Architect
  9. Favourite Game
  10. Let's See Who Goes Down First
  11. Nothing Really Ends
  12. Bad Timing
  13. If You Don't Get What You Want
  14. Instant Street
  15. Suds & Soda
    ----
  16. Pocket Revolution
  17. Oh Your God
  18. Roses
  19. Serpentine
  20. Morticiachair


2 December 2008 at 09:26 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

A new episode of the official podcast has been published. It's all about the gigs in France. One of the videos contains footage where the band is jamming with Alan on drums and Tom on the bass.



1 December 2008 at 21:35 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

dEUS will perform during the anniversary show of Dutch radioshow NightLiveXS next sunday at 013 in Tilburg. The band will do an interview and a short session. More info here and here. The show will be broadcasted on Kxradio.nl.

at 21:22 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Just noticed that the dEUS-page on the Belgian iTunes Music Store has been redesigned.

at 21:05 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Apparently, another single has been released today. A promo-single of The Vanishing of Maria Schneider has popped up on eBay, but this review more or less indicates it will be a regular single (in the UK only).

If anyone finds a better version of the artwork, please drop me a line.

The review:

dEUS, like Sonic Youth or Modest Mouse, are one of those bands that music critics love, indie kids worship and the general public tend to ignore.

This is no bad thing – avant garde Belgium rock isn’t everyone’s cup of tea – but new single The Vanishing of Maria Schneider might see them reach a broader audience, on the back of a guest vocal from Elbow’s man-of-the-moment, Guy Garvey.

A gorgeous dream-pop melody, courtesy of Garvey and dEUS frontman Tom Barman flirts with a gently nudging bassline as warm and fuzzy guitars drift pleasantly out of focus.

at 18:19 posted by Bart Van Belle 0 Comments

Fabchannel will broadcast the dEUS-gig at Paradiso, Amsterdam next wednesday.

From Fabchannel.com:

This great news just came in. dEUS, one of the greatest bands to ever emerge from the always vibrant Belgium music scene, is playing here at the Paradiso, three night on a row. All concerts have been sold out for months and we get to show you it for free!This Wednesday you can tune in to your favorite online concert channel to watch dEUS’s entire Paradiso concert.

More info here.