Toog Blog

[imomus]

Toog now has a blog, and it's in English! What's more, his Paris life is full of interesting thoughts, meetings, films, books, anecdotes. Well worth reading regularly!

The image above is the cover for his forthcoming album on Karaoke Kalk, 'Lou Etendue'.

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[stanleylieber.livejournal.com]

The picture only seems to load half of the time.

Thanks for the link!

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

I've made an rss of this with blogstreet so notification of updates can come through to livejournal... it seems to be working at the moment:

toog

[darling-effect.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link.
I love Florence's drawings. The Colette one is beautiful too.

[(Anonymous)]

I wanted a piano and bought myself a malenkij malenkij keybord today and this is partly and probably connected with listening to maestro momus music. so, when I teach in school next year, I will play momus to the kids and they will all wish to play the piano and, another small side-effect, will all want momus cds for christmas and birthday and other extraordinary and ordinary days. maybe you should have your merchandising equipment prepared by then: t-shirts and yo-yo s and soupplates with your image on the bottom (for the very little ones). an

[imomus.livejournal.com]

You know, it's one of my dearest wishes to hear instrumental piano versions of my songs. I was thinking the other day that it would be nice if someone like my friend Laurence Crane (http://www.bmic.co.uk/Composers/cv_details.asp?ComposerID=508) did the arrangements and made an entire album of them. Because some of the tunes are lovely. They sound quite good on the accordion, too:

Heliogabalus (Accordion version) (http://www.imomus.com/heliogabalusaccordion.mp3)

[imomus.livejournal.com]

(Heliogabalus accordion version played by Martin White.)

[(Anonymous)]

o schön! thank you and him for that! an

[automatique.livejournal.com]

Christ, Laurence Crane knows everyone. What a lovely man, incidentally.

Collaborate with him! Your words, his music - I can't see how it could be crap.

[seanthesean.livejournal.com]

everyone should have a look at the strange comic interview i conducted with toog for the zine GO.
http://www.goblinko.com/go/go.html
just scroll to the bottom of the page...
Will Tancrede rides again!

[imomus.livejournal.com]

It should be added that he no longer includes a cigarette with his breakfast. He has clean given up smoking. It is a bonne nouvelle for admirers of this man.

Missing in analogue

[(Anonymous)]

Momus, Why don't you release the new Toog material? Whatever happened to your close friendship? Why haven't you collaborated with the brilliant Toog? And, when will his new album be released on Karaoke Kalk? I miss Toog. He was my favourite part of the US tour with you and Kahimi. (Speaking of Kahimi, have you heard Montage?)

Re: Missing in analogue

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Why don't you release the new Toog material?
Cherry Red didn't feel that the sales of the Toog album we put out justified another French-language release. At the moment both my labels (Analog Baroque, American Patchwork) are just releasing my own records. It costs a lot of money to promote new artists. Karaoke Kalk is an excellent place for Toog.
Whatever happened to your close friendship?
We're as close as ever! He was staying with me here in Berlin two weeks ago, and I'll be staying with him in Paris soon.
Why haven't you collaborated with the brilliant Toog?
I have collaborated with him! I've toured with him, played on his records, put out his records. In fact, so much that it often began to look rather as if he were in my shadow. I think we both feel that he needs to establish his own identity. Also, we're both literary songwriters, and it's good when we collaborate with people who are sound-oriented, rather than people like ourselves.
And, when will his new album be released on Karaoke Kalk?
I'd imagine in about a month. Keep an eye on their website (http://www.karaokekalk.de/).
Have you heard Montage?
To be honest I'm both too close to, and far away from, Kahimi to listen to her new stuff. It would pain me, and I wouldn't be able to be objective. I'm not really interested in the place she's in, trying to make glossy avant pop sandwiched between a management company and a major label. The kind of Japanese music artists I'm interested in just now are the Meeting At Off Site (http://www.japanimprov.com/baraoyama/) people, Takeo Toyama (http://www.takeotoyama.info/english1.html) and Nobukazu Takemura (still). If Takako Minekawa would take time out from the Cornelius baby to make a new record I'd certainly run out and buy it, though.

Re: Missing in analogue

[charleshatcher.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose Analog Baroque shall fancy ejaculating the new Diskettes album, "Floppy Disco," into the public arena then?

PS -- The cover looks somewhat Tronesque... is there anything that doesn't link back to Wendy Carlos?