Boarding time for Awa-net IV

Awa-net IV. Welcome on board.

Hoanh nghênh các bạn đến Awa-net IV.

Awa-net IVへようこそ。

love music ~ magnetic soul for
sensual dreamers

Awanet IV / Myspace (English, tiếng Việt, 日本語)

Dear Awa-fans, Awa-friends, Awa-enemies and passing smiles,

Did you expect any April’s Fool from Awaken’s side? Actually, there weren’t! Instead, we have good news for you lovers of magnetic soul ~ love music!

Awa-net IV is on its way!

Easier to read, quicker to navigate, more sensual, and featuring a bunch of invaluable magnetic notes and tricks, the brother of Awa-net III will soon be available for you! In waiting for the whole Awa-net IV to be visiting your home, two pages are already available, as an appetitive :

The mp3 discography, with more reviews appearing and user-friendlier => click here to jump to the mp3 page

The main Awaken page, now flying above the clouds => click here to jump to the main Awaken page

This Mouth invades Myspace

The latest magnetic trip, "This Mouth (nhạc cho Em Mèo)", has just joined the prestigious Myspace community to spread its flavours of kabosu, honey and caresses of strange cats. A few unique pictures complete the album. Check it out! http://www.myspace.com/gillessnowcat

And then? Enjoy Spring ! And see you when Awa-net IV is online...

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Các bạn thân mến,

Bạn đã muốn thấy cá tháng tư từ Awaken? k0 có đâu! Nhưng, tôi có tin tức vui cho bạn mà thích magnetic soul ~ love music!

Awa-net IV sắp online!

Dễ đọc hơn, để di chuyển nhanh hơn, nhiều hơn sensual, Awa-net IV sắp online. Bây giờ, bạn có thế xem thấy hai trang mới của Awa-net IV:

Những bài hát mp3, mà có một số bài phê bình mới : xem mp3 page

Trang chính Awaken, mà báy trên đỉnh đầu mây: xem Awaken page

This Mouth trên Myspace

Bây giờ, album "This Mouth (nhạc cho Em Mèo)" trên trang Myspace. Cũng có hình ảnh mới... http://www.myspace.com/gillessnowcat

Cám ơn vì lòng trung thành với Awaken! Hẹn gặp lại.

友達やファンへ、

こんにちは。私は悲しくヨーロッパにいますけど、もうすぐアジアへ行くつもりだから、頑張ってまーーーす！

僕はあなたの為の嬉しいお知らせがあるよ。

もうすぐAwa-net IVが出来ます！

もっと簡単で、もっと読みやすくて、もっと愉しいと思います！サイトの全部は今月オンラインにいますけど、今からあるページは見られる。

mp3の歌 と新しいレビュー。 ここをクリックしてね

Awakenのメインページ、雲の上飛んでいる=> ここをクリックしてね

This MouthはMyspaceにいる

アルバムの"This Mouth (nhạc cho Em Mèo)"はMyspaceにいるよ。写真も見られる. http://www.myspace.com/gillessnowcat

じゃ、いつもAWAKENを聞いてありがとうございます！またね！

雪猫ジル

"Memories of a teenage cat" is 20 ! Not teenage anymore...

I still recall that day of March 1989. The sloppy street is still clear in my mind, the grey atmosphere and the palpable melancholy are still coming to my memory from time to time. Ironically, that historic recording session took place in a part of Brussels named... St Gilles !

The AWAKEN project was already more than 1 year old, and several tapes of rough recordings were bashfully circulating here and there, but there was an obvious lack of a real studio recording at the time. Studios were quite expensive and unlike the 2000s and the profusion of VST studios, it was slightly rare to have good electronic material to record a proper song without having a comfortable income then.

Vincent, leader of the band Big Troble (without "u", please), offered me the opportunity of putting a song on tape for an affordable cost, which I still thank him for in 2009. He turned down my request to record "Electric Time", due to the complicated programming of the drummachine, and we both chose an rhythmically-friendlier tune that I just finished writing, "Memories Of A Teenage Cat".

In January of that year 1989, I sat on a tramway that had a long way crossing the "darkest" places of Brussels, where people hardly choose to live for fun. Overflowed by a melancholic feeling, words came quickly and soon the poem was on paper. Back home, I sat on the piano and in a few hours, if not less, "Memories Of A Teenage Cat" was born. Teenage yet still a baby, I naively wanted to make it a "Summer slow". It never was, but instead, to my big surprise, that little tune became many AWAKEN's fans' favourite, until recently. It took "Cà Phê And Pizza" and "Beppu Nights" to steal its crown.

Back to the recording session, I should make clear that, even if my role into AWAKEN is (was ?) mainly playing keyboards, most of the synthesizers and rhythms were played (almost improvised) by Vincent. I only played some additional keys (including the solo in the middle) and did the whole vocal thing. I'm still pleased by Vincent's arrangement (he was guested in further versions too, where he switched to an accordion), and by the quick way he put every idea together... and played in real-time !

By the way, musicians who are interested in the gear we used, I can only quote Peter Gabriel to reply: "I don't remember". Sorry.

Later in AWAKEN's life, new versions have been put on tapes and CD, with better skills and preparation, and even a cover was recorded by SOUSBOCK. But to tell the truth, that very first studio take is still my favourite. It carries the mood of the eighties at their ending, the sound of that unique era and the first steps of an already teenage cat... at his birth.

You can listen to this precious 1989 version here, along with a 2001 new take:

http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/17443

And our friend Tamu wrote a story around the poem of the teenage cat (in Vietnamese):

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-QDJ4PCYyc6k19_1URVNqYx9x9Am5MqY-?cq=1

The "Tales Of Acid Ice Cream" version is on the CD (1996), a bit hard to get but have a look here to try: http://home.scarlet.be/~ping9712/awaken-shop-engl.htm

And the take on the "Numb" demo tape (1993) is unavailable at all. Bah...

Gilles Snowcat, March 2009

Write your review / Fukuoka TV makes Snowcat laugh in the street

Dear fans, friends, passing smiles and even enemies,

hello~~~~ !

We receive more and more reviews from you these days. Thank you ! Therefore, from today on, AWAKEN makes it easier for you to send us your review about an album, single or a song. You just need to click here and fill the form with what's in your heart !

On February 6th, AWAKEN's Gilles Snowcat met by chance the team of Mr Chin Nen of the TV Show Mentai Wide (FBS TV) in Fukuoka. A good laugh that was aired on the 10th of the same month.

That's all for today, folks !

"Lycée nase", la plus grosse daube d'Awaken ? 泡件の一番悪い歌？Bài hát xấu nhất của Awaken?

Huit ans après sa sortie, "PiLT" (Party In Lyceum's Toilets) suscite toujours la controverse. Une nouvelle fois, c'est "Lycée Nase" qui se retrouve au coeur d'une discussion animée.

"De la pure daube", "Ca fait mal au cerveau", "mais qu'est-ce que c'est que cette merde???", "Ce truc est tout simplement inaudible", voici un aperçu des commentaires fusant sur le Forum des Eternels. (et chez Awaken, on n'est pas loin d'approuver...)
Awaken est fier de pouvoir compter "Lycée Nase" parmi les plus mauvais morceaux de l'Histoire. Et pour le plus grand bonheur de nos amis des Eternels, quelques rares exemplaires de "PiLT" sont désormais disponibles chez CD Baby et iTunes (cliquez sur l'image qui bouge):

Mais Awaken, soucieux de ne pas demeurer-r-en reste, a décidé de consoler les oreilles meurtries par "Lycée Nase", en leur offrant un momnt de détente et de voyage magnétique avec les derniers albums et singles "別府 Nights", "Cà Phê And Pizza", "Riding The Yellow Line Gives Vibrations", "Áo Dài Màu Hồng" et "This Mouth (Nhạc Cho Em Mèo)". C'est ici qu'on découvre !

Happy 2009 ! Chúc mừng năm mới! ２００９年明けましておめでとう!

Dear fans,
thank you for your constant support. May 2009 bring you energy and may it be your magnetic year... Please check our wishcard here. (or below)
Magnetically yours,
Awaken

Derrick先生

Chào ông Derrick, và... cám ơn !
Salut Derrick, et merci !
さようなら、デリック先生。そして、ありがとう！
Bye bye Mr Derrick, and thanks a lot.