1 more year - charts

watch out 2011 - it looks like you´re going to be replaced soon. And what a year it was in so many ways! I leave this to anyone´s guess without getting political or personal. One thing is sure, though: there´s a lot of work coming up for all of us; and hard working people need hard working musicians to help them escape from their day-to-day in an appropriate and inspiring way. may we all play our part. here are a few examples of who inspires us:

bauhaus - bela lugosi's dead

cambodian rocks - a2

paul mccartney - check my machine

tv on the radio - forgotten

david lynch - good day today

offwhyte - beta alpha

john jacob niles - go away from my window

anika - i go to sleep

stephan bodzin - sonnenwind

molly nilsson - won´t somebody take me out tonight

Little Girl (video)

This is a demo version of our song "Little Girl" from our upcoming LP "Second Painting". We think it fits the grey and cold atmosphere of Berlin fall/winter season perfectly, which is why we release this video now - before the song will be completely finished for our new record. Enjoy! And in case you´re sipping on long drinks in the tropics just imagine how sexy looking for love in winter jackets can be... or just have one on us.

Born in a Cell

This is your first impression of our song "Born in a Cell", which will be featured on our upcoming LP. The performance took place at .HBC in Berlin on saturday, Nov. 12th 2011. It marked the end of an amazing concert and we are glad to announce another show in Berlin on thursday, Dec. 8th, at King Kong Klub in Mitte. We´re going to play with Leila Albayaty and Benedikt Gramm and DJ Festmusik Auferlegt will once again spin some tunes for the party crowd.

New York Performance

Thanks, Jules ;-)

Jan Colourful, NYC, June 2011

November Charts

63 crayons - save us

modeselektor feat. thom yorke - shipwreck

why? - ha x4

grizzly bear - marla

modest mouse - night on the sun

captain beefheart - kandy korn [the mirror man sessions]

tricky - makes me wanna die

mr lif - post mortem feat. el-p, jean grae & akrobatik

arto lindsay - titled

james blake - i never learnt to share

Loose France Associate Charts

This is a selection of songs I was listening to or connecting to sth I encountered or experienced in Paris. I asked Stephan to throw in a few songs he associates with France and here we go:

10)blind willie mctell - dying crapshooter´s blues

9) beethoven - 7th symphony, 2nd movement

8) john coltrane - love supreme

7) françois de roubaix - les dunes dostende

6) laurie anderson - o superman (for massenet)

5) cibo matto - sugar water

4) sebastien tellier - look

3) serge gainsbourg - la decadanse

2) beach house - gila

1) ben chalets - belle-fille rendez-vous (version française)

// Jan Colourful

Harmless // music clip

I admit to took us a while to make a video for this song from our debut EP "first, best & worst", but now we´re happy to present "Harmless" to you with some visual support. The clip came to be on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles. It was made by a friend and we take on no responsibility for the content shown in the video. You can order the track on our bandcamp profile or at itunes, amazon and musicload. In case you want to order "first, best & worst" in digipack (hard cover) format, please write an email to: contact@evolbumpearl.com / it´s 10 euros incl. shipment within Europe, 15 euros worldwide.