Side A: Cerebrum bum (King Champion Sounds)
Side B: We don’t understand the words (Surplus 1980)
G.W. Sok – vocals
Ajay Saggar – guitar, electronics
Oli Heffernan– bass
Mees Siderius – drums
NOT 10
Discography 2009-Now
SINGLES + ALBUMS
coming up…
ZOIKLE – album t.b.a.
OMA – album t.b.a.
2020
Coddiwomple – The walk and other stories (LP)
2019
Oiseaux-Tempête – From somewhere invisible (LP/CD)
Howie Reeve & G.W. Sok – When I hear/Alina Ann Elena (digital 7″)
Surplus 1980 Collectiv Ensembl – Forget all this (CD)
King Champion Sounds/Surplus 1980 – International static split (7″)
2018
King Champion Sounds– For a lark(LP)
Oiseaux-Tempête – Tarab (2xLP/CD, live)
2017
Action Beat – The world is fucked but I feel fine (LP)
King Champion Sounds – Fool throttle/Debby one day (7″)
Action Beat/Silent Front – Lucky her (split 7”)
2016
King Champion Sounds – To awake in that heaven of freedom (2xLP)
G.W. Sok – Listen to the painters (CD)
2015
The And – Straw/Town of stone (7″)
The And – s.t. (10″)
Cannibales & Vahinés – Songs for a free body (CD/LP)
Filiamotsa – Like it is (CD/LP)
The Ex – At Bimhuis 1991-2015 (2CD)
Gran Kino + Sarasvati – Ballades (CD)
Cannibales & Vahinés – Mirror man/November night (7″)
Two Pin Din & G.W. Sok – Gifts, milk and things (2×7″)
King Champion Sounds – Songs for the golden hour (10″)
2014
Action Beat + G.W. Sok – A remarkable machine (2×10″)
2013
King Champion Sounds – Different drummer (LP)
2012
Cannibales & Vahinés – N.o.w.h.e.r.e (CD)
2011
Zoikle – Illusies 1+2 (7″)
2009
The Ex – 30 (2LP/2CD)
Detective Instinct – #3 (7″)
GUEST-APPEARANCES
2019
Howie Reeve – Cracks (LP)
0> When I hear + Alina Ann Elena
2018
Club Cactus – 5 (LP)
0> Extrêmophile + Rue de Seine
Christian Olivier – After avant (CD)
0> Shoot + Putain putain
Come Holy Spirit – Asters and disasters (LP)
0> Essayons + Elephantine
Oma – s.t. (KZ)
0> Aberfan + Hospital
2017
Luca Sigurtà – Grunge (CD)
0> Sewed up
Oiseaux-Tempête – Unworks & rarities (LP/CD)
0> The strangest creature on earth
2015
L’Etrangleuse – Memories to come (LP/CD)
0> Caged bird
Oromocto Diamond – Opononi (CD)
0> Osorio
Oiseaux-Tempête – Ütopiya? (LP/CD)
0> Ütopiya/On living
2014
Detective Instinct – Black floral (LP)
0> ABC & she + Crack attack
2013
Surplus 1980 – Arterial ends here (10″LP/CD)
0> The world’s still here
Filiamotsa – Sentier de roches (LP/CD)
0> 4QSO
Chapi Chapo & les Petites Musiques de Pluie – Robotank-Z (CD)
0> Alonalonalone + What is
2012
Year of Birds – Record store day 2012 c60 (v/a, KZ)
0> Yir of Beards
G.W. Sok & the 3talians – Record store day 2012 c60 (v/a, KZ)
0> Dew
Detective Instinct – History of headaches/American novels (LP)
0> The lore of the lamb + Gangrene
G.W. Sok – ECT at Christmas (v/a, KZ)
0> Goof king W
Gran Kino – 1989 (CD)
0> Bericht uit Beijing
L’Etrangleuse – s.t. (LP/CD)
0> Writer’s blog + Dead bodies under Christmas trees
Filiamotsa – Rosemary K’s diaries Volume 3 (10″)
0> 4QSO
2011
The Bent Moustache – Pastures new seasons turn (LP)
0> The sound of sirens
2009
Detective Instinct – Africantapes/Sickroom Records (v/a, CD)
0> 2-2-3 fridges
Chapi Chapo & les Petites Musiques de Pluie – Chuchumuchu (CD)
0> Here we go again
Tractor Notown Catalogue
NOT 01 Zoikle – Illusies 1+2
0000000• 2011 • 7″
NOT 02 Cannibales & Vahinés – N.O.W.H.E.R.E
0000000• 2012 • CD
NOT 03 Two Pin Din & G.W. Sok – Gifts, milk and things
0000000• 2014 • 2×7″
NOT 04 Cannibales & Vahinés – Mirror man / November night
0000000• 2015 • 7″
NOT 05 The And – The And
0000000• 2015 • 10″
NOT 06 The And – Straw / Town of stone
0000000• 2015 • 7″
NOT 07 Cannibales & Vahinés – Songs for a free body
0000000• 2015 • LP (CD-version > Mr Morezon 012)
NOT 08 G.W. Sok – Listen to the painters
0000000• 2016 • CD (compilation)
NOT 09 King Champion Sounds – Fool throttle / Debby one day
0000000• 2017 • 7″
NOT 10 King Champion Sounds/Surplus 1980 – International 0000000static split (split 7″)
0000000• 2019 • 7″
Tractor Notown Digital Only
OWN 01 Howie Reeve & G.W. Sok – When I hear / Alina Ann Elena
0000000• 2019 • single
boekenlijst booklist
DRUXAT UITGAVEN > Ex Mailorder
G.W. Sok Why can’t we all be happy all the time
•••09-2017 • lyrics 2010-2016 (EN), 144 p.
Johannes v/d Weert Red Rat deel 13 & 14
•••10-2010 • comics (NL) > www.rondos.nl
G.W. Sok Een klein zwartwit vechtbek manifest
•••05-2009 • 8 vertalingen/hertalingen van Rondosteksten (NL)
Erik Christenhusz Doka
•••04-2009 • De Kift in foto’s > www.dekift.nl
Rondos A black & white statement
•••04-2009 • box with 2 cd’s + 4 books (biography, lyrics, Red Rat
•••comics, photos) (EN) > www.rondos.nl
Kleij & Roest Pantkrand 25
•••09-2008 • de zin & onzin van een Amsterdams woonwerkpand:
•••poëzie, verhalen, interviews van G.W. Sok en Friso Roest (NL)
G.W. Sok Into the gravy
•••05-2002 • music essay (EN, sold out)
De Kift Koper
•••11-2001 • het grote Kiftplaatjesverzamelboek > www.dekift.nl (op!)
IJsbrand Koudvuur i.o. Beschuit met puistjes
•••06-2002 • G.W. Sok’s puberpoëzie 1975-1976 (NL, oplage 1: op!)
Goeroe Overflakkee Van god los
•••11-2000 • G.W. Sok’s columns voor het muziektijdschrift Opscene
Oli4 Een gat in de onzinlaag
•••11-1999 • cartoons (NL) > www.oli4rijcken.nl (op!)
G.W. Sok Ex-rated
•••08-1997 • 69 song-lyrics of The Ex (EN, sold out)
PLUS
G.W. Sok A/B/C & she
•••published by Half Letter Press, USA
•••01-2014 • postcard poem (EN)
G.W. Sok A mix of bricks & valentines
•••published by PM Press, USA
•••09-2011 • lyrics 1979-2009 (EN), 384 p.
G.W. Sok Livre un: Le début d’une belle frénésie
•••published by Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, CH
•••01-2011 • 26 lyrics translated into French (EN/FR), 68 p.
Concerts 2018
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
01 12-01 Rotterdam (NL) – Worm (Haperende Mens festival)
02 13-01 Tournai (B) – Water Moulin
03 14-01 Amsterdam (NL) – Occii
SENGA ETNA
04 20-01 Den Bosch (NL) – Kruithuis
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
05 03-02 St. Pierre-des-Corps (F) – Festival Allo Tropiques
SENGA ETNA
06 18-02 Haarlem (NL) – Vishal (expo Rik van Iersel)
G.W. SOK (solo) + KANIPCHEN-FIT
07 14-03 Lille (F) – CCL
08 15-03 Dijon (F) – Les Tanneries
09 16-03 Marseille (F) – L’Embobineuse
10 17-03 Barcelona (ESP) – Café Marula
11 18-03 Rodez (F) – Sousto Social Club
12 20-03 Tarbes (F) – Celtic Pub
13 22-03 Rennes (F) – Le Terminus
14 23-03 Caen (F) – L’Atelier de l’Odon
15 24-03 Rotterdam (NL) – Koffie & Ambacht
OISEAUX-TEMPÈTE
16 05-04 Beirut (LEB) – Irtijal Festival
G.W. SOK
17 05-04 Amsterdam (NL) – Occii (Booklaunch Cor Gout)
CODDIWOMPLE
18 26-04 Biarritz (F) – L’Attabal
19 27-04 Tarbes (F) – Celtic Pub
SENGA ETNA
20/21 11-08 Venlo (NL) – Zomerparkfeest
22/23 12-08 Venlo (NL) – Zomerparkfeest
THE AND
24 06-09 Bordeaux (F) – Il Teatro
THE AND / CODDIWOMPLE
25/26 07-09 Montaigu-de-Quercy (F) – L’Enclos
27/28 08-09 Salvagnac (F) – Le Galetas
29/30 09-09 Toulouse (F) – Amanita Muscaria
CODDIWOMPLE
31 13-09 Jurançon (F) – La Ferronnerie
32 14-09 Mont-de-Marsan (F) – Librairie Caractères
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
33 04-10 Paris (F) – FGO Barbara
34 05-10 Dunkerque (F) – 4 Ecluses
SENGA ETNA
35 06-10 Dordrecht (NL) – Ketel 1/Energiehuis
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
36 20-10 Maubec (F) – Gare de Coustellet
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
37 24-10 Lyon (F) – Le Periscope
38 25-10 Fontaine (F) – La Source
39 26-10 Charleroi (B) – Festival Livresse
40 27-10 Forest (B) – CC Le Brass
KING CHAMPION SOUNDS
41 03-11 Utrecht (NL) – Moira
42 09-11 Utrecht (NL) – Le Guess Who festival
43 10-11 Tournai (B) – Water Moulin
44 11-11 Wormerveer(NL) – De Groote Weiver
45 12-11 Köln (D) – Gebäude 9
46 13-11 Hamburg (D) – Honigfabrik
47 14-11 Eschede (NL) – Tankstation
48 15-11 Freiburg (D) – Slow Club
49 16-11 Schaffhausen (CH) – Club Cardinal
50 17-11 Düdingen (CH) – Bad Bonn
51 18-11 Zürich (CH) – Helsinki Club
52 19-11 Lausanne (CH) – Le Romandie
53 20-11 Paris (F) – Le Klub
54 21-11 Strasbourg (F) – La Maison Bleue
55 22-11 Antwerpen (B) – Het Bos
56 23-11 Rotterdam (NL) – V11
57 24-11 Amsterdam (NL) – Cinetol
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE
58 06-12 Besançon (F) – L’Antonnoir
59 07-12 Bulle (CH) – CC Ebullition
60 08-12 Martigny (CH) – Caves du Manoir
G.W. SOK w/ HGU
61 22-12 Liège (B) – Eglise Sainte Cathérine
Autumn (Octobrrr)
Coming up
• new album by King Champion Sounds – For A Lark (November)
• new 7″ by King Champion Sounds – 3 Songs EP (November)
• new split 7″ by King Champion Sounds/Surplus 1980 (2019)
• 2x vocals + lyrics w/ Howie Reeve new album (2019)
• 4x vocals + lyrics w/ Surplus 1980 Ensembl Collectiv new album (2019)
• new studio album by Oiseaux-Tempête (2019)
NEW THIS YEAR
• w/ Cactus Club – 5 (LP, October 2018)
0 2x guest-vocals”: “Rue de Seine” + “Extrémophile”
• Oiseaux-Tempête – TARAB (live, LP/CD, June 2018)
• w/ Christian Olivier – AFTER AVANT (CD, June 2018)
0 1x guest-vocals + lyrics: “Shoot”
• w/ Come Holy Spirit – ASTERS & DISASTERS (LP, May 2018)
0 2x guest-vocals + lyrics: “Essayons” + “Elephantine”
• w/ Oma – OMA (cassette, March, 2018)
0 2x guest-vocals: “Aberfan” + “Hospital”
Concerts 2017
GRIEVING PROCESS & G.W. SOK
01 06-01 Nantes (F) – Les Ateliers de Bitche
OISEAUX-TEMPÈTE
02 13-01 Paris (F) – FGO Barbara
SENGA ETNA
03 28-01 Assen (NL) – KunstSalon
SOK & LAGUERRE
04 22-02 Dôle (F) – Les Caves (masterclass)
KING CHAMPION SOUNDS
05 24-02 Utrecht (NL) – dB’s
06 25-02 Amsterdam (NL) – Paradiso
07 26-02 Rotterdam (NL) – Worm
08 27-02 Hastings (UK) – The Printworks
09 28-02 Brighton (UK) – Prince Albert
10 01-03 London (UK) – The Islington
11 02-03 Newcastle (UK) – Cluny 2
12 03-03 Preston (UK) – The Continental (Vernal Equinox festival)
13 04-03 Manchester (UK) – Fallow Café
OISEAUX-TEMPÈTE
14 24-04 Nancy (F) – L’Autre Canal (Action Culturelle)
15 25-04 Nancy (F) – L’Autre Canal (Action Culturelle)
16 27-04 Amiens (F) – Lune des Pirates
17 28-04 Lille (F) – Maison Folie Moulins (Festival PZZLE)
OISEAUX-TEMPÈTE
18 03-05 Arlon (B) – Entrepôt (Festival Aralunaires)
19 05-05 Quimper (F) – Novomax
20 10-05 Nancy (F) – Autre Canal
21 11-05 Paris (F) – Trabendo
22 12-05 Lyon (F) – Marche Gare
G.W. SOK w/ PERU
23 20-05 Warsaw (POL) – Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej
OISEAUX-TEMPÈTE
24 02-06 Brussels (B) – Ateliers 210
25 09-06 Paris/Pantin (F) – Ciné 104 (Festival Côté Court)
ACTION BEAT + G.W. SOK
26 19-08 Manchester (ENG) – Islington Mill
27 20-08 Liverpool (UK) – Drop The Dumbulls
28 21-08 Bradford (UK) – Fuse Art Space
29 22-08 Milton Keynes (UK) – The Craufurd Arms
30 23-08 Bristol (UK) – The Crofters Rights
31 24-08 London (UK) – Café Oto
32 25-08 Brighton (UK) – Cowley Club
SENGA ETNA
33 01-09 Eindhoven (NL) – TAC (Conductor Tales)
34 03-09 Eindhoven (NL) – TAC (Conductor Tales)
OISEAUX-TEMPÈTE
35 08-09 Toulouse (F) – Quai des Savoirs (Electro Alternativ)
SENGA ETNA
36 17-09 Eindhoven (NL) – TAC (Conductor Tales)
TWO PIN DIN & G.W. SOK
37 20-09 Amsterdam (NL) – Occii
38 22-09 Rotterdam (NL) – Koffie & Ambacht
39 23-09 Tournai (B) – Water Moulin
40 24-09 Eindhoven (NL) – TAC (Conductor Tales)
SENGA ETNA
41 24-09 Eindhoven (NL) – TAC (Conductor Tales)
THE AND
42 05-10 Toulouse (F) – Le Metronum
OISEAUX-TEMPÈTE
43 18-10 La Roche sur Yon (F) – Fuzz Yon w/ Jerusalem In My H.
44 19-10 Orléans (F) – Astrolab w/ Jerusalem In My Heart
00 21-10 Marseille (F) – CANCELLED
45 28-10 Paris (F) – FGO Barbara w/ Jerusalem In My Heart
46 09-11 Utrecht (NL) – Le Guess Who
47 13-11 Brussels (B) – Magasin 4 w/ Jerusalem In My Heart
ACTION BEAT + G.W. SOK
48 18-11 Brest (F) – La Carène (Festival Invisible)
OISEAUX-TEMPÈTE
49 23-11 Montreal (CAN) – Sala Rossa
50 24-11 Toronto (CAN) – Long Boat Hall
51 14-12 Paris (F) – Le Bal (set 1)
52 14-12 Paris (F) – Le Bal (set 2)
53 15-12 Massy (F) – Paul B
Why can’t we all be happy…
WHY CAN’T WE ALL BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME is the brand new song-lyrics book by G.W. SOK …
RISO print, 144 pages, out at the end of September 2017 …
72 lyrics (2011-2016) written for bands such as King Champion Sounds, Action Beat, Filiamotsa, Cannibales & Vahinés, Gran Kino, and lots more!
Available via Ex Mailorder…