Esbjorn Svensson died this weekend

Yes, he died while diving, while enjoying himself... What a loss. As in many other corners of the Internet, I wanted to dedicate tonight my corner to this great man, this talented genius, that made so many lives sound much better.

We still have a gem to discover. The last work of E.S.T. will be released this year, Lencocyte. Such a shame no more will come.

To you, Esbjorn, rest in peace.

Radiohead in BCN

I went with my brother Joan to Barcelona to see Radiohead in concert at Fórum (12-6-08). The event was called the DayDream festival, but to be honest it was just a mascarade to have a massive Radiohead bash: all the bands performing were even friends of the band (Liars), admired by the band (Faust, Modeselektor) or playing covers of the band (Enemc).


It was my 4rth Radiohead concert, my second one in Spain and the third one I watched with my good friend Albert. The night was promising: the sea, the weather, the people and the expectations, which never quite high enough for a band of this caliber, of this god-like stature. I was in for a dream-like ride, and oh dear I had one.

There were many highlights during the concert: the opening 15 Step, Bodysnatchers (so powerful), Airbag of course, The National Anthem as usual... Faust Arp was beautiful, with only Thom and Johnny on stage, already a favourite. If I had to choose the top 3 moments of the concert, those would be Optimistic (since I had never seen it live and absolutely love it), Videotape (in an almost completely different version from the CD, with all the members of the band involved in it) and, on the top spot, the opening of the second encore, the beautifully weird You and Whose Army?, a favourite of mine, with Johnny and Thom appearing both on the backstage screen from a cam over the piano, with Thom giving us his craziest looks.


For many reasons, I believe this was the best Radiohead concert I've been to. Never heard Thom's voice so strong, so convincing, to fragile when intended, so beautifully diverse. Joan mentioned to me surprised how they sound 'as in the CD'. Nope. They sound better. Bad bands never sound quite as in the CD. Great bands improve their recordings. Each song had a new twist, a new arrangement. Johnny would try a new riff, Thom a new voice line, Phil some new rhythm. Altogether, they owned the night and I found myself in a musical orgy, surrounded my thousands but alone with my pleasure, probably helped by Moroccan wonders. No wonder they are the best band in the world. Nobody gets even close to this.

I recorded a couple of videos during the concert. I post here two of them, quite large fragments of Pyramid song and of Paranoid Android. The track list included most of the new songs from In Rainbows (how I like Arpeggi/weird fishes and Jigsaw!), and some b-sides. They were all great. I just can't quite resist the classics. Enjoy.

Quote: Luke Rhinehart

'What is the dice man, Luke?' Lil repeated. She hadn't moved since entering the room. I saw Arlene start and felt her eyes upon me as I turned back to Lil.

'The Dice man,' I said slowly, 'is an experiment in changing the personality, in destroying the personality.'

'Is interesting,' Dr Krum said.

'Go on,' Lil said.

'To destroy the single dominant personality one must be capable of developing many personalities; one must become multiple.'

'You're stalling,' Lil said. 'What is the dice man?'

'The Dice Man (...) is a creature whose actions are decided from day to day by the roll of dice, the dice choosing from among options created by the man.'

. . .

The dice in position before him, he knelt silently for two minutes and prayed. He then picked up the two dice and began shaking them gaily in the bowl of his hands.

Tremble in my hands, O Die,
As I so shake in yours.

And holding the dice above his head he intoned aloud:

'Great bleak Blocks of God, descend, quiver, create,
Into your hands I commit my soul.'

The dice fell: a one and a two - three. He was to leave his wife and children forever.

The dice man, 1971

Leuven & Freyr with Raul

I'm just back from a little trip with my friend Raul, where we intended to party a lot and climb a lot as well, two things that do not combine fantasticly but that, somehow, we always manage to blend quite nicely.


It was fantastic to walk the streets of Leuven again, get lost in the middle of the afternoon, sip a beer in Giraf watching time flow and bikes pass, just feeling a bit of bitterness now that Pata Negra has been closed for good. Leuven is changing and so is everything else: so is Eva, and Tom, and Nikos and Ellen, and Toni and his brother and their Pronto, my Pronto. And so am I.


Changing or not, Leuven goes with me everywhere: a piece of Leuven will be within me forever.

Big b-day!

To all those of you that spent my birthday at home with us, a big THANK YOU!! That was a party I won't forget. I can't wait to meet you all again!

Massive kisses to you all.

Too young to be old, too old to be young

Yes, it's finally come. My 30th b-day. And what am I gonna do about it? Well, pretty much what everybody does: gather as many friends as I can around me and have a crazy night to remember, and celebrate that life is good (not to be taken lightly ;).


Wanna join? Love y'all, my friends.

Quote: Philip K. Dick (2)

The Nexus-6. He had now come up against it. Rachael, he realized; she must be a Nexus-6. I'm seeing one of them for the first time. And they damn near did it; they came awfully damn close to undermining the Voigt-Kampff scale, the only method we have for detecting them. The Rosen Association does a good job-makes a good try, anyhow-at protecting its products.

And I have to face six more of them, he reflected. Before I'm finished.

He would earn the bounty money. Every cent.

Assuming he made it through alive.

Do androids dream of electric sheep?, 1966

I love house, too

A bit house for the crowd:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/9024235ab1af11/

Track list:

1.- K7 - make up your mind
2.- madonna - jump
3.- svek - hold still remix
4.- rinocerose - la guitaristic house organisation
5.- bare essentials - weekenderstyle
6.- buddha bar - the novel sound
7.- svek - gamla stan
8.- blue six - music and wine

enjoy!

la iaia

Aquest és el meu petit homenatge a la meva iaia Remei, que morí a Barcelona el passat 11 de marc. No hi ha hagut mai iaia tan riallera, llesta, aguda i amb tant sentit de l´humor. Tan moderna, tan estimada, tan gran persona. Han estat tants estius, tants Nadals, tantes tardes... T´he estimat de debó, sempre viuràs en mi.

I love techno

This is a little mix I assembled with my beloved Hercules MK2 console, my favorite toy:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/8700733fb43912/

Track list:

1.- tiga - you gonna want me
2.- john dahlback - it feels so good
3.- random factor - after the tone
4.- royksopp - what else is there (trentemoller remix)
5.- mike ink - rose
6.- oxia - domino
7.- leger & lake - aqualight
8.- mateo murphy - crockett's theme
9.- ellen alien - blaue iwen

hope u enjoy it.