Just bought 1 week ago, the new Bambir (here and there) demo. 12 tracks of burning 70s rock n roll. A bit rough mixed (it is a demo, keep it in mind). Brilliant songs.

From "The Wild", as a raging overture, to the chilling "Lullaby for Pauper", not a single second to waste. And certainly not "Painted Minds"’ furious finish, revisiting Aram Khatchaturyan’s classic under the heavy influence of extravaganza youth.

The problem is, for addicts like me, that something is missing. Something sweating and noisy. And, "The New Generation" which is scary on stage just sound too much clean on CD.

But anyway. A great moment. For less thah 5 euros. I’m taking orders for the french/european people interested

And what could be better than (yet) another concert to celebrate the demo release? Live from Down Yerevan, for the 1st armenian edition of the french event "La fête de la musique". The Moscow cinema square was packed. Onnik blogged some other pictures.

Keep on rockin in a free world
Bambir / Fête de la musique / Yerevan / June 07 / www.followtheway.info

Things went weird these last days.

I was planning my departure, training the armenian guy that was hired to replace me. Starting to think about a new job. And look for it. Everything was going well.

Until l got a phone call from my successor last week. Very bad news. Read the rest of this entry »

[Sorry for english speaking readers, I'll translate this pretty long post later on this week.]

Le fil (du rasoir) s’est coupé.
Et j’ai enfin tranché.

Je reviendrai (sait on jamais ;)) en France aux alentours de la fin juillet (j’ai un billet ouvert, donc la date exacte dépendra des offres de job que je trouverai d’ici là). Mais dans tous les cas, début août, pour sûr je serai de retour à Paris.

C’est objectivement la meilleure décision pour moi, même si elle n’a pas été évidente à prendre.

Eté 2007, On the road again, destination unknown (Mastara, Arménie)

One of the biggest news these last few days is that “our” armenian football team beated Poland, 1.0, for Euro 2008 qualifiers.

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Let it rain a day, a week, a year, Let it rain a thousand years a day

Yerevan is becoming hotter everyday … May/june is OK, but July/august is pretty much suffocating

45°C and more are not a joke, but I should be fare away during this period (more about it soon).

The funny things about this weather are these short and so violent rains (a view from my appartment on Tumanyan street). 15 minutes, 3 centimeters of water, and gone

Let it rain a day, a week, a year
let it rain a thousand years a day
that the divine answer to all the shed tears
that the cyclic flood well known by those who know
One drop for every broken dream
and one for every conceived plan
Our seeds sown larger, our roots will go deeper
our trees will grow higher and now we wait the rain

Samael/Passage/Rain

Katuner, live at Stop Club, Yerevan, Armenia, May 31st.

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Last week, we hiked Mount Aragats. The lowest peak, as there was still lots of snow.

Very physical, especially due to the lack of oxygen, the melting snow, and my very bad physical shape (I wonder why :))

Here are some pictures of the hike. Read the rest of this entry »