05 ~ August ~ 2010

Europ Europ played live at Kvae Festival, Låssbyn, Sweden, the 31th of July. The set-list was

• Starving for compliments*
• Off to work
• Hard scores*
• She gives head for coke
• An accident in Greece**
• Organ spasms***
• Mit musik geht alles besser
• Harsh love*

[This gig was performed by Mr. Europ and Mr. Etch only on stage, but *'Starving for compliments', 'hard scores' and 'harsh love' featuring Catty on bass, organ and vocals, **'an accident in Greece' featuring Mr. Broda on orchestration, ***'organ spasms' featuring Mr. Scandinavi on drums ... played by Mr. Etchs sampler, and Solar Temples Ipod :-) ]

Other bands included Far From Tellus, Epikurs Euforie, Burning Brigantines, Izakaya Heartbeat, Mindy Misty +++

Thanx to all the great people at Kvae, see you again next year.

04 ~ May ~ 2010

Our fine dj team Dj`s aus Europ Europ will be spinning vinyls at Gloria Flames the 29th of may ! Same day as fuxxing melody grand prix at Telenor Arena, Oslo, join us instead, grand prix in your next life !

BTW ... now we`re on facebook aswell

01 ~ March ~ 2010

Hey, we`ve been busy, lots of recording sessions lately, resulting in a lot of new songs ready to pop up on vinyl sometimes "soon" ... but behind our backs, our label Etch Wear have been very busy also, so now they have a new 7" promo they`re sending around, with our fine tracks 'too much tobacco (say no)' and 'the sad cafe' ...

they have also given us 99 copies that we are gonna individually cover/label design (no 99 alike, ltd. ed. numbered TOT 01 to TOT 99), and the other 99 copies will be released with a silk-screen printed cardboard sleeve, white labels with a small sticker side b ... release and possibility of purchasing this 7" will be announced ... stay in touch

<3 from mr. Europ and mr. Europ

16 ~ November ~ 2009

Exciting news ... Etch Wear and Handmade Records are releasing issue #2 of their fanzine series 'the Conspiracy' ... our fine Dj team Dj`s aus Europ Europ has made a short narrative intro and outro for the included 7" compilation ; intro / 'vitaminapiece 11~11~09' [00:22] and outro 'vitaminapiece 11~11~09b' [00:33] ... the other bands featured on the compilation is Mindy Misty, Starbug, Izakaya Heartbeat, Epilektrician, Son Tarjeiav and LoGre (France) ... release winter/spring 2010

Also ... Europ Europ are recording sketches on 4-trk tape recorder , 3 new songs are under construction and we have a new rehersing location, Electro Beach / Etch Wear County... Mr. Europ and Mr. Europ have teamed up with Miss Scandinavi on drums ... stay tuned for more news !

23 ~ September ~ 2009

... more photos and scans from the tour added to our scrapbook ...
... also more links in the links section ...

Yours truly, mr. Wearman

21 ~ September ~ 2009

Finally, the big update, home from tour, takes a while to recover, EE still not there yet, but soon ...

First of, mr. Wearman, on behalf of MM vs EE, Handmade Records and Etch Wear, would like to thank everyone that helped out on the tour, all the venues, their staff, the soundmen, the support acts, all the nice homes opened to sleep and eat, all the supportive locals, all the people coming to our shows, and of course our excellent booker Catty ... Gratsi, Merci, thanx alot !

Mindy Misty vs Europ Europ played variations of this setlist on the tour;

1. Force Feed
2. Dead Talk
3. Stolen Producer
4. Drama King
5. Girls On Earth*
6. Stabbed By A Woman
7. Leaving Home
8. No One
9. Guinea Pig **
10. Dirty Cash***

* = Duran Duran 'girls on film' + 'planet earth' ~ "mash-up" cover-version
**= Mindy Misty song with special Europ Europ 'new stardom' shouted lyrics version
*** = Steve V feat. Nazlyn cover-version, includes samples from 12"

Mindy Misty vs Europ Europ European mini-tour 2009 was performed by Sigve Gunnarskog (drums / MM) Kenneth Amundsen (guitar / MM) Roy Amundsen (guitar / MM) Trond Harald Jensen (bass / MM) Cattreena Stone (bass / EE) Mr. Europ (vocals / Noiser / EE) Mr. Europ (vocals / Sampler / EE)

Unfortunately mr. Europs sampler was stolen after the Genova gig in Italy, so he hasd to improvise vocals on the last 3 shows, making a special 'No One / Dirty Cash' mash up for the Le Molodoi and Chab shows
the entire setlist was performed only once, at Chapeau Rouge, Prague, Czech Republic, all other venues had a 6 - 7 song setlist

...

... the MM vs EE 's/t' album is finally on vinyl, our fine discography page have been updated ... a slightly different sleeve back design by O ~E ~P and colour inlay by Roy, 250 copies, (EW 22 / HMR 012) ... We would like to point out that GZ Digital Media didn`t manage to deliver us our promised and exspensively paid for vinyls the 2nd of September, when we entered their factory for our promised guided tour and vinyl edition of 's/t' ... the fuckers didn`t even seem to care about the fact that the entire tour was based on promoting this vinyl, and that we now had to make it without it (luckily we already had a CD edition, but still ...)... So, i recommend ANY vinyl printing company except GZ Digital Media, we`re never going to print there again, and once revenge will be served them like a nice ice-tea, like they served us cold vinyls the actual day we came HOME from tour ... fuck GZ

We did experience alot of troubles on the tour, so it`s ended up being referred to as the 2009 Jinx tour, and the list is endless; leaving Norway was delayed 10 hours due to problems with the new tires on our Van, the already mentioned vinyl-disaster, we got a fine in Prague because we had forgotten the lights, our Chevy Van broke down in Switzerland, and then later in France even worse, we got stopped and delayed 5 hours by the German Autobahn Polizei, we did`t make it to one gig because of traffic, another show we missed the fantastic support act LoGre because of traffic, Mr. Etchs sampler , mask and equipment got stolen, mr. Europs laptop got stolen , Kenneth and mr. Europ got sick and feverish right before Le Molodoi gig, and if we go down to details, the list is endless, it all felt like a jinx... but all the actual shows were fantastic, and the show we had to cancell with Japanese Gum the 4th at L`Embobineuse, we did together with excellent Marseille artist Miosine, Astro (Japan) and Kouhei Matsunaga (Jap) the day after instead so it all ended good ... loads of new pictures and scanned flyers and posters from the tour in the scrapbook section, and more to come ... we also recommend to visit the Etch Wear myspace for loads of Europ Europ related images

Etchman found loads of new records for his collection, from excellent shops Lollipop (Marseille / France), Veals and Geeks (Brussel / Belgique), Disco Club (Genova / Italy) and Amertume Distro (International mail order), Etchmans collection is found here, we`ve also updated our links section with our new contacts .... All these shops are now selling the Handmade Records and Etch Wear available CD and vinyl back-catalogue and will sell future releases ...

updated by Mr. Wearman on behalf of Europ Europ

31 ~ August ~ 2009

Our van is loaded with gear, now leaving for Europe ... see u soon ! :

	2nd of September at Chapeau Rouge, Praha, Czech Republic + Dj Maus (Czech Republic) 4th of September at L`Embobineuse, Marseille, France + Japanese Gum (Italy) 7th of September at Banano Tsunami, Genova, Italy + Japanese Gum (Italy) 9th of September at L`Assommoir, St. Etienne, France + LoGre (France) 10th of September at Le Molodoî, Strasbourg, France + Eat Shit Experience (France) + Benoit XXX (France) 11th of September at Chab, Brussels, Belgium

We have printed an O ~ E ~ P (+ Kenneth / Vidar) designed t - shirt, ltd. ed. 54 copies, mostly black with magenta print, but some green, blue and red shirts with either black or magenta print as well... want one ? Come to our shows :-D

30 ~ August ~ 2009

Wow ! Fun night at Funhouse yesterday, thanxs alot for the excellent performances by our friends Far From Tellus and Succuba, Kenneth the soundman, the Handmade + Etch Wear crew and of course the crew at Funhouse ... our set : 1. Dead Talk 2. Force Feed 3. Stolen Producer 4. Drama King 5. Girls on Earth 6. Stabbed by a Woman 7. No - one

28 ~ August ~ 2009

Excellent rehersal today vs Mindy Misty, you should come check us out tomorrow at Funhouse, in Pilestredet, Oslo, right across the street from Blitz, also our friends Far From Tellus and Succuba will be playing

Etch Wear and Handmade gave us copies of their latest promo ... finally 's/t' will be issued on vinyl, a ltd. ed. 10 copies white label 12" (cat. no. ew 22 pro) promo edition released today, and it sounds fuxxing amazing, a 250 copies edition in picture-sleeve w/ colour inlay will be released the 2nd of september at Chapeau Rouge

Also, a new gig confirmed, at Banano Tsunami, in Genova, Italy, with Japanese Gum, the 7th of september

Banano Tsunami, Genova, Italy, with Japanese Gum, poster by O ~ E ~ P;

20 ~ August ~ 2009

Here`s a new poster, for the Funhouse gig in Oslo, by Roy and O ~ E ~ P;

Mindy Misty vs Europ Europ will play at Funhouse the 28th of august, Oslo, Norway. This will be the first show in our european tour. Support to be announced !

17 ~ August ~ 2009

We want to thank everybody at Kanalrock 2009 (both audience and crew) for an excellent festival this weekend, and if you didn`t go, you missed some excellent shows ! Mr. Etchs favourites in no specific order : DePress, Bøyen Beng, Cowshed Boys, Succuba, Kort Prosess ... ( very unfortunately he missed these shows : Statens Menn and Årabrot)

DePress	Bøyen Beng			Bøyen Beng
Succuba	Succuba		Succuba		the disco kid watching Bøyen Beng
Europ Europ ....... .......... Mindy Misty...............Mindy Misty

Mindy Misty vs Europ Europ performed on saturday, and on behalf of the rest of the band: thanx for the professionalism and great sound ! Cheers !

This was the set :

1. 'dead talk'
2. 'force feed'
3. 'stolen producer'
4. 'drama king'
5. 'girls on earth' *
6. 'stabbed by a woman'
7. 'no - one'

* = Duran Duran "mash-up-medley" cover

08 ~ August ~ 2009

Here are some posters for the tour;

poster by Tuva and O - E - P, live at L`Embobineuse, Marsailles, France

poster by Roy and O - E - P, at L`Assommoir, St. Etienne, France, 09 ~ 09 ~ 09

poster by Roy and O - E - P, live at Le Molodoi, Strasbourg, France

poster by Tilde and O - E - P, live at Chab, Brussels, Belgium

03 ~ August ~ 2009

update on the tour : we are playing with excellent LoGre (France) the 9th at L`Assommoir in St. Etienne / France ...

and these brilliant guys : Japanese Gum (Italy) the 4th at L`Embobineuse in Marseilles France, and the 6th + 7th in Italy ...

01 ~ August ~ 2009

update on the European tour:

29th of august at TBA, Oslo, Norway
2nd of September at TBA, Praha, Czech Republic
4th of September at L`Embobineuse, Marseille, France + Japanese Gum (Italy)
5th of September at TBA, Genova, Italy + Japanese Gum (Italy)
6th of September at TBA, Florence?, Italy + Japanese Gum (Italy)
7th of September at TBA, ?, Italy + support TBA
9th of September at L`Assommoir, St. Etienne, France + support TBA
10th of September at Le Molodoî, Strasbourg, France
11th of September at Chab, Brussels, Belgium

also working on some german and danish dates 3rd and the 12th, if you want us to play, please contact our tour administrator

Our friend and photographer Stian Evensen took loads of cool pictures at the Revolver release-party, here`s a little sneak preview:

We`ll be back with loads more, stay tuned !

09 ~ july ~ 2009

Lots of news ...

We have loads of upcoming shows !!!

We are very proud to announce that our project Mindy Misty vs Europ Europ have been invited to play at the Kanalrock 2009 Festival.The festival is in Horten, a small beautifull city a hour away from Oslo. M14th + 15th of august at Kanalrock r. Etch was at Kanalrock in the early 90ies, watching bands like Seigmen, Motorpsycho, Israelvis +++ now looking forward to play there himself !

2009 Program includes :

We are also booking an European Tour:

27 ~ 02 ~ 09

wow, great crowd yesterday, thanx alot ... also want to thank the wonderfull staff at Revolver, especially their great sound-man, nice work ! And while we`re at it; a huge thank you to Øystein (Le Corbeau) for stepping in on bass, as Trond were busy touring with Next Life, ...We will put out some live videos on youtube soon ...

mr. Etch on behalf of Mindy Misty vs. Europ Europ ...

21 ~ 02 ~ 09

just to remind you ... O ~ E ~ P made this flyer for us mid-february ... thanx alot !

some reviews of the album ;

tiger
groove.no

14 ~ 02 ~ 09

Happy new year ! February already, you say ? (Sorry for the poor update history) The download version of our new album 's/t' with Mindy Misty was released already end of october 2008, now we present the first physical edition; the CD version. Cat. no. EW 22 (Etch Wear) + HMRCD12 (Handmade Records) ...

(here`s a new O ~ E ~ P promo-video on EtchWearVideos / Youtube ...)

1. Dead talk, 2. Drama King, 3. Girls on earth*, 4. Stolen Producer, 5. No-one, 6. Leaving Home, 7. Stabbed by a woman, 8. Force Feed, 9. Transport fluid factory, 10. Last song for you

all songs written, recorded and produced by Mindy Misty vs. Europ Europ 2007 + 2008, mastered by Kramer july 2008, except * 'girls on film' and 'planet earth' written by Duran Duran, the vinyl will be out this spring ...

26th of February we are having our release-party for the CD, at Revolver, Møllergata (Oslo, Norway) :
Handmade Records label night and mix-tape club with Europ Europ vs. Mindy Misty + Izakaya Heartbeat + Dj Willymonca ... see u !

20 ~ 10 ~ 08

we are playing vinyls the 25th of october, at Fisk og Vilt in Oslo;
... it`s the sad cafe it`s the fun fun disco and it`s much more than you`ll ever expect ... it`s Europ Europ members spinning vinyls at your local venue, and you`ll dance, it`s guaranteed, and cry too if it happen to you ...

flyer by O - E - P :

hope we see u there !

... also, yet another video by O - E - P is found at EtchWearVideos at You Tube
it`s a video made to promote the Etch Wear art; collages, paintings, posters, sleeves, photos +++ by O - E - P, the soundtrack includes 4 Europ Europ related tracks : first the intro (not credited to anyone, but actually it`s an excerpt from our Bel Canto - 'passage (live) (Dj`s aus Europ Europ glitch mix)', then a Yob track : Yob - 'boy' (Dj`s aus Europ Europ edit), later a T + T Ni-ni Tongue Choir remix : 'big animal (Dj`s aus Europ Europ remix)', and for the end credits : Europ Europ 'leaving home' (excerpt) ... the soundtrack also includes Son Tarjeiav ...

... and it`s more new stuff at You Tube : Cattreena Stone has put together a cool video made of rehersal footage; Mindy Misty vs. Europ Europ 'force feed' ...thanx for all the promotion :-)

30 ~ 09 ~ 08

lots of news for you ...

O - E - P, the Etch Wear designer, have made a lo-fi album teaser video, to promote the forthcoming album by Mindy Misty vs. Europ Europ 's/t' LP / CD / Digital, it includes excerpts of 'dead talk', 'drama king', 'girls on earth', 'stolen producer', 'force feed' and 'leaving home', combined with band photos taken by Cattreena Stone and art by O - E - P ;

Mindy Misty vs Europ Europ 'album teaser'

Also, we proudly presents our first ever "music-video", another lo-fi collage production by O - E - P ;

Europ Europ 'too much tobacco (say no)' music video

On sunday 28th of september, Europ Europ had their first recording session since 2002, it`s been a long break, but it didn`t sound that way, new songs are under making
New assorted Europ Europ member Catty played some organ, horn and accoustic guitar ... thanx and welcome
we`ve updated the 'recorded sessions' page

27 ~ 09 ~ 08

updated the discography with new promos for the forthcoming album with Mindy Misty vs. Europ Europ, on Handmade Records and Etch Wear ... also added some images to the scrapbook

24 ~ 09 ~ 08

Dj`s aus Europ Europ spinned vinyls at Mono, sunday 21, as support for Hey Lover and Cafeteria Dance Fever ... you should have been there; bands kicked ass and we did too ... see you next time !

12 ~ 09 ~ 08

lots of new pictures in our scrapbook, taken by Cattreena Stone on a Mindy Misty vs. Europ Europ rehersal june 2008

09 ~ 09 ~ 08

Hi there friends, welcome to our newly re-designed fan pages ... new images, new frame-set, new pages ... enjoy no. 1 fan !