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nomads homads [on a rooftop]

gp & billy in schaerbeek on 29 april 2013

opaque curtains ep [the drowned magicians]

a cufnosed circus presents "opaque curtains" by the drowned magicians, another moment of introspection and a confession to salt water.

1 obsidian [0318 navrovski, montgomery, delarosa]
2 nothem [0108 delarosa, montgomery, navrovski]
3 unearthed [0228 montgomery, navrovski, delarosa]
4 onyx [0310 montgomery, delarosa, navrovski]

recorded on 20110627 in costa da walso
produced by nuño gomez

the drowned magicians are gunther-pierre montgomery, billy navrovski & cresconio delarosa

amigo, amigo

how i'll lose my key [near brick lane]

what we did in london eleven months ago

filmed by bayar

hhhhhitherto

if you want to know what has flown out the estuary sessions we did the summer before last, you can listen to what we already have distilled on our soundcloud




or, in pieces:

1 tang entlesketchhhhhhhh dejarlo
2 squi inchhhhhh ed
3 ambreren antichhhhh
4 rouf la quetchhhhh

tak eof f ep [the drowned magicians]

a cufnosed circus presents "tak eof f" by <b>the drowned magicians</b>, created during the estuary sessions and finished on a turquoise monday. close your eyes and lay on your bed with headphones on for a quarter of an hour.

1 we [3.47 navrovski/montgomery, delarosa & navrovski]
2 arrival/arriving [2.15 montgomery, delarosa & navrovski]
3 deposition [1.50 montgomery, delarosa & navrovski]
4 succession/alternating [2.09 montgomery, delarosa & navrovski]
5 avowal [4.23 montgomery, delarosa & navrovski]

recorded on 20110627 & 20130210 in costa da walso
produced by nuño gomez
music by montgomery, delarosa & navrovski
words by navrovski

the drowned magicians are
cresconio delarosa guitar
güntherpierre montgomeryguitar
billy navrovski percussion & vocals

last march ep [the drowned magicians]

a cufnosed circus presents another ep by the drowned magicians. they went to the united kingdom last march and this is what they remembered.

1 with a z [3:13 navrovski, montgomery]
2 through the evening [2:04 navrovski]
3 qui nous fait retourner vers nous-mêmes, quand nous nous efforçons de nous en éloigner? [5:58 cioran, montgomery, beckins]
4 zoomed in on the left [1:39 montgomery, navrovski]
5 square four [3:04 navrovski]
6 nomads homads [4:53 montgomery]
7 noabuchodonozobulbulezar [2.35 navrovski]


all music by the drowned magicians
produced by nuño gomez and white
recorded on 30 nov at casa louique in utca utca
and on 5, 6, 7 oktobre & 3 nov at the clays in schaerbeek
mixed on 21-12-2012 & 22-12-2012


vocals, bass, guitars by nuño gomez
guitars, vocals by güntherpierre montgomery  
guitars, vocals by hiroyasu beckins
vocals, drums by billy navrovski
vocals on "with a z" by camille wren



thanks to our family, bayar ilhan menzat, l.r. vis, lola kite, camille wren, fauve peirelink, q, mr. cavello, cresconio delarosa, wéronika, joel huggins, whitmore, kvdh, augustinus, lieve daens, clara, michelle, katrin hens, loulou l'ixelloise, lisa aerts, carinak tobak, sabrina king, loes & maaike, ranquil, nina dejong, francis

sometimes

we click on a camera trying to grasp the atmosphere of a rehearsal.

a year with a queen ep [the drowned magicians]

a cufnosed circus presents a year with a queen to show what gp and billy sound like when they perform live with just the two of them. the audio quality may not be as good as we like [some songs were recorded with a phone or a photocamera] but we hope that the vibe of a livegig filters through.

how i'll lose my key [billy / montgommery, navrovski]
mystifying garderobe [gp, billy / navrovski, montgommery]
in a bar [billy,gp / montgommery]
somewhat myopically [navrovski, montgommery]
an ode to 2:39am [billy / montgommery]
darkening neon lights [gp, billy / navrovski, montgommery]
this skilful misleading [billy / montgommery]

the drowned magicians are
günther pierre montgomery &
billy navrovski

released on the first of april, 2012

"how i'll lose my key" and "mystifying garderobe" were recorded by philippe gyselbrecht at novanoïs, bruxelles [be]
"in a bar" and "an ode to 2:39am" were recorded at gp and billy's place
"somewhat myopically", "darkening neon lights" and "this skilful misleading" were recorded by jan franzen at muziekgieterij, maastricht [nl]

homeswinger

güntherpierre has begun making music with yuri landman he had the privilege to lend a homeswinger. cresconio is playing billy's new bass & billy sits behind the jacket.
the music is called "melting til shining lava" [sic]




this is "how i'll lose my key" in a new setting:
billy on bass & vocals, cresconio delarosa on the homewinger & güntherpierre on percussion.
we hope you can ignore the crappyness of the material, they are rehearsals after all.

taste of the autumn ep [the drowned magicians]

a cofnused circus presents <b>presque vide, néanmoins heureux</b> an ep by three drowned magicians, which is an approximation of the taste of the autumn and was recorded in costa da walso during the estuary sessions in june two thousand eleven.

scène un
scène deux
scène trois
scène quatre

the drowned magicians are
günther pierre montgomery
billy nawrowsky
cresconio delarosa

produced by nuño gomez

with the wind of the sea, with nostalgia, with thanks to lola kite, bluem, louique, our parents, whoever/everyone who made it possible to rehearse is the former post office, buddha, sokrates & jesus, zico nawrowsky, jack migger, ibrahim kanem, robin cavello, q & k.

sculpturing

short interview

gp & billy did a small interview in maastricht.
to see it, click here

how i'll lose my key + this skilful misleading [rehearsal]

08/04/11
billy & güntherpierre

a year without a queen ep [the drowned magicians]

a cufnosed circus presents a year without a queen, which was created by the drowned magicians between january 2010 & march 2011 at casa del'louique. 'capricieux' at bâtiment g, costa da walso, casa del'louique & the margins of some forest

1 somewhat myopically [navrovski,montgommery]
2 capricieux/an ode to 2.37 [navrovski/navrovski,montommery]
3 a lonely soul's naïveté [navrovski/montgommery,gomez,navrovski]
4 trench coat/capricieux [navrovski/navrovski,montgommery]
5 l'éclatement des arbres [gomez,navrovski]  
6 capricieux/threshold [navrovski/navrovski,montgommery]
7 laura's film [montgommery]
8 tragedy/capricieux [navrovski/navrovski]


music by
güntherpierre montgommery 
billy navrovski
& nuño gomez  


vocals on laura's film by louiqe & jmvdl


produced & mixed by nuño gomez

darkening neon lights [rehearsal]

24/03/11
billy & güntherpierre

a night without a queen

12/11/10


güntherpierre montgommery [vocals, guitars]
robin cavello [guitars]
q [guitars]
billy navrovski [bass, horn]
cresconio de la rosa [drums]

a night with a queen

12/11/10
güntherpierre montgommery [guitar, vocals] 
cresconio de la rosa [guitar]
q [guitar]
robin cavello [drums]
billy navrovski [bass]

cette adroite trompeuse lp [the drowned magicians]

a cufnosed circus presents cette adroite trompeuse, which was recorded by the drowned magicians between novembre 2008 and the first month of 2010.

1 taste of -happiness in- the autumn [güntherpierre/billy]

2 in a bar [billy, güntherpierre/güntherpierre]

3 an ode to 2:36 pm [billy/billy, nuño, ibrahim]

4 naked clavicles [billy, eli, güntherpierre/güntherpierre, billy]

5 how i'll lose my key [billy/güntherpierre, billy]

6 malone dies alone [güntherpierre, billy/billy]

7 darkening neon lights [güntherpierre, billy/billy, güntherpierre]

8 winteresque [günther, billy/billy, hiroyasu, nuño, jack]

9 her feigned blueness [/nuño, güntherpierre, hiroyasu]

10 this ochre morning [/güntherpierre, billy, hiroyasu, jack]

11 by a red shepherd [billy/billy, güntherpierre]

12 black, or something inexplicable [billy/billy, güntherpierre]

the drowned magicians are

günther pierre montgommery

billy nawrowsky

ibrahim kanem

hiroyasu beckins

jack migger

& nuño gomez

uncle arthur leadvocals on “darkening neon lights”

eli draught leadvocals on “naked clavicles”

produced by the drowned magicians

mixed & mastered by nuño gomez at casa del'louique