DISCOGRAPHY
2020 The Walk & Other Stories (LP)
CODDIWOMPLE
Nicolas Lafourest – guitar
Olivier Mellano – guitar
G.W. Sok – voice
Update 2021
So now it is September 2021, and somehow the world is slowly getting back to some kind of normal… Some kind of new normal, though. This virus thing has done some seriously strange things to people’s minds. Then again, happy to be able to play a series of shows again, in front of real people not screens.
The album of G.W. Sok and Ignacio Córdoba… we are waiting with its release till we are sure we can really do a tour, so that won’t be any sooner than 2022.
The album of L&S… Basically it is ready, but like with the album above, we are waiting with releasing it till next year.
The album of King Champion Sounds… What can I say? The sleeve is okay? “Asking for a friend”…
Meanwhile, also working with Arnold (Zea, The Ex) on a small writing challenge called “Duel:Duet”, initiated by Petrichor publishers.
Concerts 2021
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
01 . 17-07 . Nijmegen (NL) – Theater de Goffert (Valkhof festival)
02 . 18-07 . Amsterdam (NL) – Occii, 19h30 (1)
03 . 18-07 . Amsterdam (NL) – Occii, 21h30 (2)
04 . 17-09 . Lyon (F) – Subs
05 . 18-09 . Yverdon-les-Bains (CH) – Amalgame (cinéconcert)
06 . 25-09 . Toulouse (F) – Festival Ellipse (cinéconcert)
07 . 01-10 . Cherbourg (F) – Le Circuit (cinéconcert)
G.W. SOK + L’OEIL KOLLECTIF
08 . 08-10 . Liège (B) – L’An Vert
G.W. SOK (solo)
09 . 04-11 . Amsterdam (NL) – Occii (Grrrt 50)
CODDIWOMPLE
10 . 19-11 . Nantes (F) – Salle de de la Cité
11 . 20-11 . Dijon (F) – La Vapeur (IndieDay #2)
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
12 . 11-12 . Liège (B) – KulturA
CANCELLED (20) IN 2021
CANNIBALES & VAHINÉS
01 . 05/02 . Labastide de Serou (F)
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
02 . 26/02 . Cherbourg (F) (ciné-concert)
03 . 27/02 ). Brest (F) (ciné-concert
CANNIBALES & VAHINÉS
04 . 17/04 . Biarritz (F) – L’Atabal
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
05 . 05/05 ). Bern (CH) -Bee Flat (cinéconcert
06 . 06/05 ). Lyon (F) – festival Subsistances (cinéconcert
07 . 07/05 ). Yverdon-les-Bains (CH) – L’Amalgame (cinéconcert
08 . 20/05 . Périgueux (F) – Sans Reserve (cinéconcert)
09 . 21/05 ). Toulouse (F) Le Metronum (cinéconcert
10 . 30/06 . Lärz (D) – Fusion Festival
11 . 18-07 . Gent (B) – Parc de Citadel
12 . 08-08 . Liège (B) – Micro Festival
13 . 11/09 . Chartres de Bretagne (F) – ArtInsti
14 . 11-09 . Gent (B) – Parc de Citadel
THE AND
15 . 15-09 16 . . Toulouse (F) – Sorano Theatre16-09 . Toulouse (F) – Ches Bovy dit Chanpagne
CODDIWOMPLE
17 . 15-10 . Pau (F) – Festival de ATRDR
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
18 . 22-10 . Auray (F) – Nuits Soniques
19 . 19-11 . Gent (B) – Parc de Citadel
20 . 18-12 . Périgueux (F) – Sans Résèrve (cinéconcert)
What’s up, Sok?
Hard to tell, right? This year, all shows so far have been either cancelled or postponed or redirected to other uncertain dates. Concerts with Oiseaux-Tempête, L&S, King Champion Sounds, OMA, Zoikle, GW Sok & Nacho Córdoba, solo stuff… they’re all waiting in the wings, and quite a lot of wings there are.
Meanwhile, OMA‘s album Under The World was released after all. The album of L&S (together with the GAM orchestra), When The Vowels Fall has been mixed and mastered and we’re looking for a label to release it. The album of G.W. Sok & Nacho Córdoba, Is This A House, is also almost ready, we’re working on the sleeve and stuff. King Champion Sounds, too, are working on their next, 5th album, and I guess right now it’s somewhere around mixing time.
Concertwise I am focusing on September as the earliest month that Something Audible might be Happening Again. Hard to tell, though, everything is bound to change before you know it. In the meantime, maybe I should start to write another book?
Hm… I don’t know.
But then again?
Anyway…
Fingers crossed.
Concerts 2020
CANNIBALES & VAHINÉS
01 • 02-02 • Toulouse (F) – Le Taquin
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
02 • 06-02 • Clermont Ferrand (F) – Museum d’Art (fest. Court-Métrage)
03 • 12-03 • Tunis (TUN) – Institut Français de Tunisie
G.W. SOK & IGNACIO CÓRDOBA
04 • 06-08 • Copenhagen (DEN) – RMC
L&S + L’Orchestre GAM
05 • 06-09 • Nancy (F) – L’ Autre Canal
CODDIWOMPLE
06 • 15-10 • Nantes (F) – Stereolux
07 • 16-10 • Blois (F) – Chato’do
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
08 • 26-11 • Bourges (F) – Le Nadir (live-streaming)
CANCELLED (36) IN 2020
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE14/03 . Liège (B) – Kultura 09/04 . Périgueux (F) – Sans Reserve 30/04 . Yverdon les Bains (CH) – L’Amalgame 22/05 . Die (F) – Théatre de Die
G.W. SOK29/05 . Haarlem (NL) – t.b.a. (Wigmania)
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE25/06 . Lärz (D) – Fusion Festival
27/06 . Poitiers (F) – festival
07/08 . Liège (B) – Micro festival03/09 . Nantes (F) – festival Résidence
OMA15 till 29 August USA
CODDIWOMPLE09/10 La. Pau (F) – Ferronnerie14/11 . Dijon (F) – La Vapeur
15/11 . Chalon sur Saône (F) – Lapeniche
L&S20/11 . Brest (F) – Festival Invisible
G.W. SOK29/11 . Oostende (B) – Kaap (book-launch)xx/12 . Amsterdam (NL) – Occii (book-launch)
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE04/12 . Brest (F) – La Carène
05/12 . Rennes (F) – Les Bar en Trans (1)
05/12 .Rennes (F) – Les Bar en Trans (2)
09/12 . Toulouse (F) – Metronum
11/12 . Yverdon-les-Bains (CH) – L’Amalgame
12/12 . Audincourt (F) – Le Moloco
21/12 . Cherbourg (F) – Circuit
Anyway…
ANYWAY… is the title, of a series of 45 daily reports about 45 record-sleeves that were important to me. Basically all the records I was involved in during my time (and life) with The Ex.
Originally the narratives appeared on Facebook, challenged by Mice Elf, a.k.a. Uno Hoo. The positive feedback that came with it, made me decide to turn it into a book. I thank you all for the encouragement.
The book contains all 45 narratives, no more and no less. Well, okay, true, I took out some typos, and added a little epilogue. 100 pages in total, full-colour, size 18 by 18 cm, comes in a special package. Published by Druxat on October the 5th, 2020…
Available via the webshop of The Ex.
Each copy costs 12 euros plus postage.
Ordering ANYWAY… can be done… here.
NOT 11
SIDE A
1. Sit in the sun
2. Happy
3. Poor lonesome cowboy
4. Red devils
5. Waiting
6. Gangrene
7. Up to eleven
SIDE B
1. Nothing
2. Murder madness
3. The light
4. 4Q
5. Shouting/moon
6. City of shame
7. Alonalone
Lukas Simonis – guitar
G.W. Sok – voice
Nina Hitz – cello
Cor Hoogerdijk – drums
The first album by Coddiwomple . . .
Released on March 6th, by À Tant Rêver Du Roi, the first album by CODDIWOMPLE (Olivier Mellano, Nicolas Lafourest, G.W. Sok): THE WALK & Other Stories.
Available from atrdr.net (http://atrdr.net/shop/) and, of course, from Sok’s Shop at the Ex’s Mailorder.
