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–Have you ever been all messed up?–
I told her no and put off the phone. I hanged myself upside down as I remembered that Special Anget Dale Cooper did once and started staring through the window.
People’s movement lines seemed like bird’s flight paths, and for a moment I felt like flying up (or down) to this not blue sky, but I had to postpone my plan and take myself down, because my nose was starting to bleed again.
Today there are still some blood drops stains on the parquet…

¿Alguna vez has estado tan hecho un lío?
Le dije que no y colgué el telefono. Me colgué bocabajo como recordaba que hizo el Agente Especial Dale Cooper una vez y empecé a mirar por la ventana.
Las líneas del movimiento de la gente parecían trayectorias de vuelo de los pájaros, y por un instante me apeteció subir (o bajar) volando hasta estrellarme en ese cielo nada azul, pero tuve que posponer mis planes y descolgarme, pues ya empezaba a sangrarme la nariz de nuevo.
Aún hoy hay manchas de gotas de sangre en el parqué…

The Notwist - One With the Freaks
Album: Neon Golden (2002)
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One with the Freaks
You'll no longer be kissed and kind,
as you long for intuition,
as you have to learn the lesson twice.

You'll no longer be kissed and kind,
as you long for intuition,
as you have to say the password twice.

Have you ever,
have you ever,
been all messed up?
Have you ever?

You're the pin card,
you're the lifeguard,
you're the information guy,
but things look much bigger
on your knees, on your knees.

Miss the signal,
miss the signpost,
lose the access to it all.
And all of a sudden
you are one with the freaks.

Have you ever,
have you ever,
been all messed up?
Have you ever?Uno más entre los "freaks"
"Ya no serás besado ni amable,
cuando añoras la intuición,
cuando tienes que aprender la lección dos veces.

Ya no serás besado ni amable,
cuando añoras la intuición,
cuando tienes que decir la contraseña dos veces.

¿Alguna vez has,
alguna vez has,
estado tan hecho un lío?
¿Alguna vez lo has estado?

Tú eres la tarjeta PIN,
Tú eres el salvavidas,
Eres el chico de la información,
pero las cosas parecen mayores
en tus rodillas, en tus rodillas.

Pierdes la señal,
pierdes el indicador,
pierdes el acceso a todo.
Y de repente
eres uno más entre los freaks.

¿Alguna vez has,
alguna vez has,
estado tan hecho un lío?
¿Alguna vez lo has estado?"

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the title says it all: my personal favourite records of 00-09. Here's the list:

50. Nik Freitas - Sun Down


49. The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event

48. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

47. Amplifier - Amplifier

46. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight

45. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond


44. The Veils - The Runaway Found

43. Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike

42. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

41. Mobius Band - Heaven

40. School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms


39. Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures

38. The Black Box Revelation - Set Your Head on Fire

37. The Horrors - Primary Colours

36. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

35. Gliss - Love The Virgins


34. Firewater - The Golden Hour

33. The Smashing Pumpkins - American Gothic EP

32. Air Formation - Daylight Storms

31. Frightened Rabbits - The Midnight Organ Fight

30. Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors


29. Cat Power - Jukebox

28. Bedouin Soundclash - Root Fire

27. Ben Weaver - Stories Under Nails

26. Metronomy - Nights Out

25. The Bronx - The Bronx (II)


24. The National - Boxer

23. Editors - The Back Room

22. A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place To Bury Strangers

21. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

20. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary


19. The Notwist - Neon Golden

18. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

17. I Heart Hiroshima - Tuff Teef

16. Film School - Film School

15. Portugal. The Man - Waiter: "You Vultures!"


14. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak

13. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

12. Beach House - Devotion

11. Brand New - Deja Entendu

10. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes


9. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights


8. Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse


7. M83 - Saturdays = Youth


6. Mogwai - Young Team(2008 re-release)


5. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters


4. The National - Alligator


3. Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me


2. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar


1. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance

1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

2. Tocotronic- Tocotronic

3. Up the Bracket - The Libertines

4. Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol

5. Source Tags & Codes - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

6. Neon Golden - The Notwist

7. B.R.M.C. - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

8. Du Und Wieviel Von Deinen Freunden - Kettcar

9. Songs For The Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age

10. Original Pirate Material - The Streets

Runners-up: Nothing Will Go Wrong - Slut, Holes in the Wall - The Electric Soft Parade, El Cielo - dredg, The Last Broadcast - Doves

Well, it had to be done, and it's a handy excuse to go back and listen to all of these again. Limiting myself to one release per artist and with apologies to
Lawrence English, Sylvain Chauveau, Black Dice, Jan Jelinek, Jasper TX, The Wrens, The Unicorns and all the others I either forgot or didn't have room for, here's one way of looking at my favourite records of the decade:


1. Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds Of... (2001)
I can't think of another album in my adult life that has influenced the music I listen to more than this one, and it's fitting that it was released at the beginning of a decade that for me personally was a discovery of ambient music. Together with its successor, ...And Their Refinement Of The Decline, this is where I go when I get paralysed by the agony of choice. Like a Rothko painting, it appears from a distance to be simplistic, but when you stand and stare for a long while, it turns out to be as detailed as your own imagination. A soundtrack to thought.


Stars of the Lid - Requiem For Dying Mothers, Part 1


2. William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops I-IV (2003)
From bohemian New York rooftops to drab and wintry Southwick chimney pots, but the spellbinding melancholic beauty of these records transcends circumstances and back stories. Condensation on windows, graffiti furtively scratched into plastic, long necklines and grids of railings. Just some of all possible worlds that exist in these loops.


An excerpt from William Basinski - D|P 1.1


3. Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
With courageously poetic and challengingly inventive lyrics set to the subtlest and most absorbing arrangements, Ys took a good few listens before you could stand back far enough to see the whole picture. I love the way her voice seems to have a different sound for almost every word on some stretches of this album, and I still find myself smiling at the wonderful rhymes, assonance and alliteration of the lyrics:

But walk a little faster
And don't look backwards
Your feast is to the East which lies a little past the pasture
When the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they rise and clap
And their applause caws the kettle black
And we can't have none of that!
Move along, Bear; there, there; that's that.
Monkey & Bear


4. Machinefabriek - Marijn (2006)
This spot could have gone to one of about a dozen or so of his releases (including the fantastic Ranonkel, Dauw, Box Music with Stephen Vitiello and Drawn with Soccer Committee , such has been the prolific and consistently brilliant nature of Rutger Zuyderfeldt's output over the last 6 or 7 years, but, after over 1600 plays according to my lastfm stats, I might as well give it to the one which started it all off for me, Marijn. The most interesting experimental musician working today.


Machinefabriek - Dauw (from the album Dauw)


5. Deaf Center - Pale Ravine (2005)
Although this wasn't itself on the Miasmah label, it was made by its founder, Erik Skodvin (a.k.a Svarte Greiner) and seemed to me to be the father of a succession of fantastic albums (for example, from Elegi, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Jacaszek and Gultskra Artikler) that bore the label's trademark mixture of elegaic beauty and sinister sonic debris.


Deaf Center - White Lake


6. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (2004)
One of the most ambitious, entertaining and defiantly individual bands of the decade's finest achievement, Blueberry Boat is an out-of-control splatter-gun attack of ideas, characters and melodies.


7. Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36 (2007)
Clicks, pops, sparks, beats, bangs, twangs, loops, hoots, snaps, whirls, claps, crackles, hisses, rips, taps, ticks, thumps, whacks, jumps, darts, dunks, barks, blinks, zips, bumps, rumbles and ripples. Earphone heaven from a Chilean genius.




8. Burial - Untrue (2007)
Darkly beautiful, like the glint of a knife.


9. Jacaszek - Treny (2008)
Electronics, samples. live strings and haunting soprano voices curl around one another in this heartbreaking album from last year.


Jacaszek - Zal


10. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
This seems to be a divisive choice, but from where I am, a million miles away from the source and the chatter and the associations that surround the band, this completed a trio of flawless art-pop albums. It's kind of cool to hear a band who are into ideas like synthesis, harmony and family as well, a kind of.


Animal Collective - My Girls


11. David Thomas Broughton - David Thomas Broughton Vs. 7 Hertz (2007)


12. Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet (2006)


13. Junior Boys - Last Exit (2004)


14. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs (2002)


15. Autechre - Confield (2001)


16. Broadcast - Tender Buttons (2005)


17. Claro Intelecto - Neurofibro (2004)


18. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002)


19. Chihei Hatakeyama - Minima Moralia (2006)


20. Library Tapes - Feelings For Something Lost (2006)


21. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Vrioon (2002)


22. Goldmund - Corduroy Road (2005)


23. Half Man Half Biscuit - CSI:Ambleside (2008)


24. Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)


25. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)


26. Charalambides - A Vintage Burden (2006)


27. Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)


28. Gonzales - Solo Piano (2004)


29. The Books - Thought for Food (2002)


30. Natural Snow Buildings - Dance Of The Sun And The Moon (2006)


31. Fennesz - Endless Summer (2001)


32. Gas - Pop (2000)


33. Rameses III - Basilica (2008)


34. Lucien-N-Luciano - Blind Behaviour (2004)


35. Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks (2005)


36. Akron/Family - Akron/Family (2005)


37. Menomena - Friend & Foe (2008)


38. Voices And Organs - Orphanage (2006)


39. Christopher Willits & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ocean Fire (2008)


40. Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked (2004)


41. Pan American - Quiet City (2004)


42. Oren Ambarchi - Grapes From The Estate (2004)


43. Lichens - Omns (2007)


44. Rolan Vega - Documentary (2007)


45. Four Tet - Rounds (2003)


46. Gultskra Artikler - Kasha Iz Topora (2007)


47. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)


48. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (2000)


49. Emeralds - What Happened (2009)


50. The Notwist - Neon Golden (2002)

You wanna do the same, put your Media Player or Itunes or whatever on random mode and let it play ! It sometimes can be funny or totally inappropriate...

Here is mine ;)

Opening Credits
Pony Pony Run Run - Walking on a Line

Waking Up
Pet Shop Boys - All over the world

First Day At School
Linkin Park - Nobody's Listening
"Pfiouuu...I forgot I had this song in my library...lol"

Falling In Love
Fever Ray - Stranger Than Kindness

Losing Virginity
Cansei de Ser Sexy - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex

Fight Song
The Notwist - Sleep
"A fight with myself..."

Breaking Up
PJ Harvey - When Under Ether

Prom
VAST - Straight Into The End

Life
Radiohead - A Punchup at a Wedding

Mental Breakdown
Courtney Love - Zeppelin Song

Driving
Vertical Horizon - Miracles
"Great Choice..."

Depression
Garbage - Nobody Loves You
"lol...I could hardly have chosen a better one..."

Partying
Madonna - Let It Will Be

Happy dance
Depeche Mode - Clean
"Lol ! Hum...Not the typical kind of song to dance to..."

Betrayal
Queens of the Stone Age - Do It Again
"I must be mad...lol"

Regretting
Marilyn Manson - The Nobodies

Long night alone
Nine Inch Nails - Sin

Flashback
Glass Candy - Poison or Remedy

Getting Back Together
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - No No No

Wedding
SoftCell - Youth
"Hum...would have been better in the flashback section or during a long night alone...lol"

Birth of Child
TV on the Radio - Tonight

Final Battle
Kids On TV - Raw Raw Raw
"Well done...hahaha"

Death Scene
Madonna - Jump (Axwell Remix Edit)
"Would have been better in the Happy Dance section...but gosh not for a Death Scene ! LOL !"

Funeral Song
Radiohead - Dollars and Cents

End Credits
Nine Inch Nails - Last
"Great End !!! lol"

40. David Bowie – Heathen (2002)



39. Ruby Throat– The Ventriloquist (2007)



38. !!! – Louden Up Now (2004)



37. Tricky – Blowback (2001)



36. The Damage Manual – The Damage Manual (2000)



35. The Notwist – Neon Golden (2002)



34. Boards of Canada – Geogaddi (2002)



33. Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth (2005)



32. IAMX – The Alternative (2006)



31. Moloko – Things to Make and Do (2000)



30. The Tuss – Rushup Edge (2007)



29. Michael Jackson –Invincible (2001)



28. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – B.R.M.C. (2001)



27. Radiohead – Kid A(2000)



26. Kate Bush – Aerial (2005)



25. Riton – Homies And Homos (2004)



24. The White Stripes – De Stijl – (2000)



23. Hafdis Huld – Dirty Paper Cup (2006)



22. Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain (2002)



21. Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R (2000)

Our new single 'Into sunlight' has been picked as the featured track today by industry website 'Record of the day'

ROTD say:

'The Sleeping Years' new single showcases the talent of what Word magazine described as 'one of our great off-centre songwriters' in Dale Grundle. But on Into Sunlight, taken from their forthcoming second album, the sound isn't off-centre – it's simply an exquisitely-arranged and joyous affair. Critical acclaim from Drowned In Sound, Word Magazine and The Guardian was forthcoming for their last album 'We're Becoming Islands One By One'. Radio support has previously come from Gideon Coe on BBC 6Music and 'France's answer to John Peel' Bernard Lenoir on France Inter.' JF

'Into sunlight' is available to buy now on limited edition 7" vinyl with four free downloads.
The digital tracks will be available on iTunes, emusic, amazon, etc.from the 2nd Nov.


Order the single from our website here: http://www.sleepingyears.com/shop
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French shows

We return to France this week for two shows.

First up is an appearance at Festival Les Rockomotives on the 31st Oct with Talitres bands Be my weapon and Stars like fleas.
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137541889389&index=1

Then we return to Paris to play at La Maroquinerie on 2nd Nov with Be my weapon.
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139293542212&index=1

'Into sunlight' will be available to buy at both shows.

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London single launch

To celebrate the launch of our new single we will be playing as a full band with added French horn and trumpet players at The Slaughtered Lamb in London on 11th Nov.

Tickets are £5 from: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/60405

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138648039454&ref=mf

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Upcoming shows:

31 Oct 2009 FESTIVAL LES ROCKOMOTIVES, Vendome, France (w/ Stars Like Fleas & Be My Weapon)
02 Nov 2009 LA MAROQUINERIE, Paris, France (w/ Be My Weapon)
11 Nov 2009 THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB, London (Single launch w/ frànçois and the Atlas Mountains & Catriona Irving)
18 Nov 2009 HAUS DER MUSIK, Vienna, Austria
12 Dec 2009 UNION CHAPEL, London (w/ The Notwist and AMEO)


http://www.sleepingyears.com
http://www.myspace.com/thesleepingyears
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sleeping-Years/10322702476
http://twitter.com/SleepingYears

To celebrate the launch of our new single ‘Into sunlight’ The Sleeping Years will be playing as a full band with added French horn and trumpet players at The Slaughtered Lamb on 11th Nov.

Joining them will be frànçois and the Atlas Mountains and Catriona Irving.

‘Into sunlight‘ will be released digitally on the 26th Oct and on vinyl on the 2nd Nov. The limited vinyl edition features a free download and will be available at the show.

Facebook event page for the show:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138648039454&ref=nf

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frànçois and the Atlas Mountains

Frànçois came to Bristol from France in September 2003. He drew a picture and put a note in a window announcing his arrival, and asking people to make music with him. He started going to car-boot sales to find some instruments he could use. Overnight, Frànçois won the hearts of this town. Well of course, he’s a sweet kid, but he’s also armed with an eager sense of adventure and a keen taste for pop thrills.
In January 2004 he played his first live show, taking to the stage alone, making use of keyboards (played with his foot), a guitar, live samples and a drum machine, mixing playful and experimental ideas with his natural pop-tune sensibilities and sweet bilingual vocals. The string of live performances he has since played have all been eagerly anticipated and utterly charming. Musically, you could say he is reminiscent of Stereo Total, Velvet Underground, Hood, and FRANÇOISE HARDY and yet he is also like nothing else at all.
He has also played trumpet onstage with fellow Bristol bands Rozi Plain (Fence records) Movietone (Domino) and Crescent (Fat Cat) and Glaswegian Camera Obscura (4ad) and skateboard onstage with Headfall (Spazoom).
Through the promotion following the release of ‘Plaine Inondable’ on the french label Talitres Records and the british Fence records his music has been given the opportunity to be heard by a broader audience.

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Catriona Irving

Catriona Irving is a tiny, blonde singer/songwriter based in London. For a couple of years she’s been building a reputation for her live show, playing at venues such as 93 feet east, the 12 bar Club and the Borderline, and supporting the Espers and Emilie Simon along the way. Combining clever lyrics and sweet melodies that stick in your head for days, with a sweet and witty live performance, Catriona has been making a significant mark on the DIY scene. Catriona is currently gaining a cult following in France with “Sitting on the Shelf without Shelly”, a song on her next EP out in Nov.

METRO: “An artist worth watching”

FACT: “An example of DIY Music at it’s best”

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Frànçois’ new album is due out in the UK on Fence Records on the 1st Dec and Catriona’s new single is due out on the 16th Nov.

http://www.myspace.com/thesleepingyears
http://www.myspace.com/francoisinbristol
http://www.myspace.com/catrionairvingmusic

Other shows for The Sleeping Years:

14th Oct The Boogaloo, London (w/ Darren Hayman)
31st Oct Festival Les Rockomotives, Vendome, France (w/ Stars like fleas, Be my weapon)
2nd Nov La Maroquinerie (w/ Be My Weapon)
11th Nov The Slaughtered Lamb, London[(single launch)
18th Nov Haus der Musik, Vienna
12th Dec Union Chapel, London[ supporting The Notwist with the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra