December 2008
21 posts
2008? It was a pretty good year!
Hello, I can’t believe how fast 2008 went. Last January, I was in Japan promoting the Axe Riverboy album with 2 shows in Tokyo and Osaka (strangely enough I performed early versions of “One Parachute” & Brazil), I also spent a few days in a studio in Tokyo working on a single for a Japanese artist (Sarasa). Meanwhile, Pedro was in NYC working with Andy Chase’s...
Tahiti 80/Levi's Japan new pair of jeans! →
here’s the pair of jeans we customized/designed for Levi’s.
we selected the model (505), chose the denim, the colour of the (double) stiches, the rivets etc…we even kept the (guitar) pick pocket from our previous model.
It’s a limited edition and it’s on sale in Japan, now!
Seoul Deep
Hey, that’s it, the Asian Tour is over…I can’t believe how fast it went… The Seoul show was great, I have to say that Koreans are the fans who scream the loudest in the world, it was sometimes deafening, louder than the music!!! Here’s how it started, the promoters had thought of a special trick for the stage intro: Our logo was being projected onto a big...
Live from my hotel which is freezing and I can't...
Yo,
my bags are packed cos we’ll leave Taiwan in 2 hours to go to Seoul, Korea.
Last night’s show was fantastic, we were happy to find an audience who knew the songs, was willing to sing along and dance to the music…It was so cool!
Prior to the show (and after a lousy soundcheck), we all looked terrible, but once we started performing, all the energy was back. I believe it was...
Hi,
yesterday’s showcase went well. it was the first time we played as such (cajon,perc, 2 gtrs & a bass), it was very laid back and quite groovy. we should do that more often…then we had dinner in a restaurant called “Tahiti” which served really cool Thai & Vietnamese dishes…then, we stopped at Seco Bar to see Maki from Pizzicato 5 playing some records. I...
Oh oh oh oh, oh yeah oh yeah ay ay
Hey… (writing this post in the Shinkansen.) Everybody’s asleep except for Skippy and me, all the sleepers are wearing uniqlo socks, that’s what I call a tribe spirit. Flash back: we played in Nagoya 2 days ago, that was a pretty cool show, packed, with a very friendly audience. No after-show party, we went out for dinner (without Smoky ,still recovering from his cold, who ate at...
T80 Sound Machine!
Hi there,
Yesterday’s show in Tokyo was very cool. I only wish we could communicate more with the audience, but my Japanese hasn’t improved since my first stay here…so it’s a bit hopeless, I guess.
We finished the night at Le Baron Tokyo, which looks like a perfect cross btw Le Paris Paris & Le Baron…After a 127-bpm-only set by our sound engineer, friend and...
"Who needs lyrics when you can have a “couac... →
Jet Lager
argh…hangover…
what was meant to be a quiet evening, became something totally out of control…
We had a really nice dinner at Gonpachi, and then our-one-drink-and-back-to-the-hotel -plans all fell down…I think a 20-drinks-and-then-crawl-back-to-the-room prevision would have been more accurate…omygod.
So we all went (except pedro who seems to be suffering from some...
A hotel is usually not a house, but it can feel...
Hi there,
we’ve just finished the first of our Tokyo shows. it went very, very well. Nice crowd, cute and shy as Tokyo audiences are!
Pedro seemed to be suffering from some kind of flu early in the day, but he was OK, doing his moves, as usual. So that’s cool
Gotta go to a restaurant, somewhere in Shibuya…
Thx to all for showing up
bises
Xav
ps: do you know that Love...
hey, recovering from a crazy night in BKK.
The show was great, it’s always cool when you hear the crowd singing our choruses louder than us!
Today is off, tomorrow we’ll leave for Japan at 5 in the morning…it’s gonna be tough.
love etc,
X
All Around through the hands of...
WatchAll Around Christmas directed by Simon Elephant.
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Always On The Run!
The November French tour (+ 2 trips to Switzerland and Belgium) went great. We bring back a lot of memories (and 4 packs of Bed Rull, ten bottles of Red Wine but only one bottle of Jean Daniel, as we call it). To turn a cool tour into a great experience, besides good shows, all you need are good punchlines, and this month we had plenty. I wouldn’t say they were the most sophisticated ones,...
FM Radio: Live,Tonight, etc. →
Hi, Xavier will be the guest of Radio Nova’s “L’Eléphant Effervescent” this evening (Monday, Dec 1st). Itw and acoustic live performance at around 22h. (French Time) http://www.novaplanet.com/radio-nova/ Click on the window” Ecouter Radio Nova” located in the player on the left side, and you’ll be able to hear the program.