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Not
that it's already a long tradition, but still, we've had quite a few morc-bands
and friends playing live at our hq.
the first shows were held at our place
in hilversum, the netherlands, but since 2006, the 'venue' is now located at the
tarwestraat 52, 9000 ghent.
if you'd like to attend a show, please e-mail
us - we'll make sure there are enough drinks etc. normally, we can welcome
up to 40 people per evening. we ask a donation of 5 euro's per person, all benefits
go to the artists.
 | Mick
Turner (aus/drag city)
for some reason, mick was planning to skip belgium
on his short eurotour. glad we dont have to travel to paris to see this experimental
guitar player, who will present some of his visual work as well. apart from being
a brilliant solo artist, you might know mick's work in bands as dirty three, tren
brothers and boxhead ensemble, or his collaborations with bonnie prince billy,
nick cave and cat power.
reservation is highly recommended.
--> mick
turner website |  | Soccer
Committee (nl/morc)
second time we'll have mariska for a solo houseshow
at morc hq. only, last time was still in hilversum, and long before she put out
her debut album 'sc' on morc. expect very, very minimal songs. we're very glad
to have her around again, and yes, it's an 'exclusive' belgian show.
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soccer committee bandpage |
 | meg
baird (us/drag city-wichita)
probably best known as part of the sextet
Espers, Meg Baird was touring solo this time - though she did few songs with sharron.
for us it was an introduction to her solo materia. heard a lot of great tracks
which can be found on her first debut album 'dear companion', which we can highly
recommend.
--> meg
baird website |  | Sharron
Kraus (uk/camera obscura-durtro jnana)
first time we got to see sharron
live. we heard very traditional folksongs, on banjo, guitar, and yes, she used
the organ as well. sharron was quite succesful in ignoring car alarms and shouting
babies..
--> sharron
kraus website |
 | Jessica
Bailiff (us/kranky-morc)
the second time we welcomed jessica bailiff
at our place. this time, she was joined by annelies monseré on a.o. 'cello,
guitar and hammond-organ. - this show was in the middle of a recording session,
resulting in an untitled ep. so if
you were there at the houseshow, you got a sort of sneak preview.
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jessica bailiff bandpage |
 | Filmjölk
(be/heldernacht)
the first time we had an electronics-based act in our
living room. ingrid jossieax is from brussels, and brings ambient-esque soundscapes
with a very melodic touch. or popsongs with a soundscape-touch, if you prefer.
her music made me think of what a laptop version of jessica bailiff might sound
like. so quite a perfect combination.
--> filmjölk
on myspace |
 | Elephant
Micah (us/time lag-bluesanct)
fulltime beersnob joe o'connell has been
around quite a few times - but untill now, there hadn't been any time for a houseshow.
there was now. think of an acoustic 'slowcore' act, but with an american touch
and an optimistic vibe.
--> Elephant
micah website |  | Vollmar
(us/underwater tea party-bluesanct)
hard to believe, but its already the
third time we had vollmar play at our house. so, euhm, what to say this time?
he played solo, lots of new stuff, lots of old stuff - quite direct and a relatively
brutal set. (yes, brutal and vollmar in one sentence - maybe i'm wrong)
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vollmar website |
 | The
ordinary seaman (be/glasvocht-morc)
glasvocht labelhoncho filip gheysen
is a friend of the house - hailing from ghent, and on the bill due to a bet he
lost. and the fact that his loner drinking songs and harsh ballads make a perfect
combination. one of the more unusual songwriters around.
--> ordinary
seaman bandpage |
 | Karina
ESP (uk/evelyn-morc)
when we let chris gowers know that jb and drekka
were doing a houseshow at our place, he booked his trainticket from london to
belgium right away. although he broke his guitar on the trip, he brought a very
intense set of guitarambient. personally, my favorite set we ever hosted at our
place.
--> karina esp bandpage |
 | Jessica
Bailiff (us/kranky-morc)
were we honoured! from the very beginning
of morc, we were big fans of jessica's work - imagine a shoegaze 45 played at
33rpm or something, we got to know her personally when she toured europe with
rivulets and drekka in 2002. and since we already had those two at morc hq...
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jessica bailif bandpage |
 | Annelies
Monseré (be/type-bluesanct-morc)
morc hq resident. again quite a different
sound. annelies was joined by jessica bailiff on vocals and cello. no coincidence:
annelies and jessica just did a tour in all of the founding eu-states. the set
was so quiet you could hear the neighbours arguing throughout some songs.
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annelies monseré
bandpage |  | Drekka
(us/bluesanct-morc)
another semi-morc hq resident. michael anderson stayed
at our place for a couple of weeks to record his upcoming new album (release date
set before the switch of the decade). this houseshow came just on time to try
out some of the new material.
--> drekka
bandpage |
 | Vollmar
(us/underwater tea party-bluesanct)
the bluebus mountain tour (wiht vollmar,
drekka and annelies monseré) stopped at morc hq in hilversum. so welcome
back vollmar! this time, justin brought his brother nathan, which resulted in
a semi-electronics oriented set of tiny songs, tiny melodies and big succes.
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vollmar website |
 | Drekka
(us/bluesanct-morc)
drekka bringing a greatest hits set on guitar, even
playing songs which had never been on his setlist before. possibly the loudest
set we ever had at a houseshow. the show was partially documented on the hilv,
nov 3 cdr - with one track by each of the artists playing this evening)
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drekka bandpage |
| Soccer
Committee (nl/morc)
we got to know mariska's music just shortly before
this show, and thought her very stark compositions would fit well this particular
evening. and she definately made quite and impression.
--> soccer
committee bandpage |
 | Annelies
Monseré (be/type-bluesanct-morc)
welcome to the annelies monseré
bigband: not a solo show this time, but also feat. the folks of drekka, vollmar
and circle bros. so we had an annelies monseré quintet. and still it was
incredibly quiet
--> annelies
monseré bandpage |
| Rivulets (us/important-chairkickers-bluesanct)
before
embarking on a uk-tour with annelies monseré, nathan of rivulets was staying
at our place at the same moment as justin vollmar. so the idea for a houseshow
rose. of the many times i've seen rivulets live, this was one of the most sensational
times. even though he played a mazzy star song.
--> rivulets
website | Vollmar
(us/underwater tea party-bluesanct)
first european tour of justin vollmar,
and the first time at our place. i dont think he ever skipped us on a tour, so
i guess he liked it too. built up and very indierockish, his most poppy set he
did in our house
--> vollmar
website | The
Puddle Parade (de/morc-delirious riot-ugly dog)
it was only years later
i learned this was just the second show of puddle parade. our favorite german
in holland did a guitar-vocals only set. pretty representative of her early work,
and full of really good melodies, lyrics and hooks.
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puddle parade website |
Annelies Monseré (be/type-bluesanct-morc)
just
weeks before the official release of het debut album 'helder', annelies was up
for her fifth solo set ever. since we had a piano in our livingroom, and she was
about to play a keyboard for the next couple of shows, it was impossible to hold
her back from doing the show. but were we proud after her set....
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annelies monsere bandpage |
Circle
Bros (be/morc-evelyn)
hard to imagine, but i decided to do a circle
bros set, opening our houseshow tradition. i planned to keep it as short as 7
minutes, but got carried away, played a drekka song, so i've extended the set
to 11 or so minutes. no effects were used, however, i did start singing.
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circle brothers bandpage |
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