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------------------------ Old newsletters ------------------------ 7 December, 2004 Dear Revl9n buffs Our World Wide Web finally sees the light of day We have just finished the mastering of our debut album and are about to ship out some CD-r's to the VIP's Let us know if you are dead eager to get a pre copy by sending an email to marcus@infobahn.nu More things in the pipeline "United" - the second single from the coming album - will soon become a music video More of that later We miss you Mammothly Marcus and Revl9n --- 28 October, 2004
First of all sorry for the long absence. I hope you're all good... OK, let's get into the news... Revl9n have just finished the music video for "Walking Machine". It's directed by Maria Eilersen (one third of the band) - who also lead the way in the film. Expect to see that one soon. All copies of "Walking Machine" are nearly gone now. At least the CD's are, there are some boxes of the 7" left. Let me know if you need any. More... Revl9n's debut album is nearly finished now and we're dead close to our second single release. It's a killer call "United". This one, plus the rest of the album, is mixed by dandy Christian Edgren at Traxton Recording. The CD and the 7" will be released by the band's own label Crushed By Heart and copies will be distributed by Triage and some by my mail order. Just let me know how many you need and I'll put them in the post box right away. Oh, I almost forgot, "United" has a sensational remix by techno heroes Engine One and is - yet again - strictly limited to 400 7" and 400 CDs. On October the 13th Revl9n will hold the release party on Stockholm . It's at Halv trappa (if you happen to be around just let us know and I'll direct you to the place). The band will perform a couple of songs and Playboy-Marse will deejay. From 8 pm till after midnight. On the 14th (October) Revl9n play Gump (Jazzhuset) in Gothenburg ( Sweden ) Club info: http://www.doloresrecordings.com/gump.htm More to come. Later. Best wishes, Marcus Törncrantz (manager of Revl9n) PS Revl9n's "Walking Machine" did get weeks of daily airplay on National Radio here. Without any promotion. Without any mammoth record label, nor big wig publishers, or any other involvement by the business... Yes, I am proud... Hope to see you all soon. Take care now. --- Dear all, It's been a while. We've been busy finishing our debut album. After months we're finally ready to present… The first single release from Revl9n's coming album. It's a track called "Walking Machine" and it'll be released as a CD (on Crushed By Heart) and a 7" vinyl (on Törncrantz rock'n'roll). The A-side is mixed and produced by the mighty Peter Wade. And the B-side contains a N.D.S. mix. "Walking Machine" will be available in all good record shops from the 15th of June (or slightly earlier if you're lucky). The CD and 7" are limited to 400 copies each. If you happen to be a record store or a label, just let me know how many copies you need and I'll post them spot on. On the 3rd of June Revl9n will hold a "Walking Machine" release party at Riche (Lilla baren) in Stockholm . From 20.00 till 02.00 Revl9n and I will DJ our current faves and you're all invited. Riche is located at Birger Jarlsgatan 4 in Stockholm. The US tour back in October went dandy. Big hugs to Duane, Jason, Eric, Lisa and yeah all you good people out there. There is a shoot from our Mighty Robot gig at http://punkcast.com/352/ Revl9n's "Someone Like You" EP is #23 on Other Music's Top Selling chart for 2003. I don't know if it is the fact that it was released in 2001 or that we're ahead of Radiohead in the charts that pleases me most. OK, that's all for now. Best wishes, Marcus Törncrantz and Revl9n --- 21 October, 2003 Hi there, We're off to New York any minute now. Just wanted to drop a few lines before we hit the airport. Coming up next is: 23rd October Tribeca Grand , New York And then back to Sweden: 8th November Lilla Mondo, Combastion, Stockholm (with Chick Habit and X-Lovers) And then off to Denmark: Oh, yes … the Paris gig went really good. Nice crowd, good eggs and all that. Latest news is that … Revl9n will contribute on Zing magazines CD compilation that comes free with their next issue. It's a track call "Bloodsucker". Zing will be available in all good magazine stores and will be out (if not already) any day now. And Revl9n will have a track call "Fantastic" on a comp compiled by Pop Life in Miami . Their CD will be out in December and I will send you more info as soon as I can. Revl9n have remixed Swedish popsters The Knife on their new "Handy-Man" 12" release. More info on http://www.rabidrecords.com/theknife/ Phew! That was it. Talk soon. Take care … Marcus & Revl9n PS I will not be reading my email very frequently during this trip. If you need to get hold of me – please call me on my cell. ++46 702 187533 --- September 30, 2003 Hiya! Let's get down to the business. Revl9n will play Toxic party in Paris, France on October the 11th. Please find attached flyer. We're very excited as this'll be our first gig ever in France . Later in October and early November we'll do a couple of US dates. Two Swedish gigs: Possibly we'll do some Danish dates late December. Speaking of that, the Roskilde Festival gig was fun. We got a very nice live review in Gaffa, 5 stars out of 6. We're mixing the album right now. A number of releases are due to follow, starting with a single. I'll get back when things are more definitive. Over, Marcus & Revl9n ----- May 12, 2003 Hi there, The band is recording in my studio right now. We don't know when something from these sessions will reach the record shops. And we haven't decided who'll release it. As their manager I ought to say something like "without a Fisherspooner load of advance I think we'd better do it by ourselves". Ha-ha. Maybe. We are very proud to tell that we will play Roskilde this summer. It's the most important festival in Scandinavia – Roskilde Festival. According to their web site the band sounds like a cross between Sonic Youth, Suicide and wee like the Cardigans. Uh, that's uh… Anyroads – for you who understand Danish – here it goes: "Opkaldt efter et kosmetikmærke og med en lyd der er lige dele Suicide og Sonic Youth – plus måske lidt Cardigans – er Revlon 9 noget for sig. De tre svenskere har tidligere arbejdet med film- og billedkunst, og de er ikke bange for at tage sig selv seriøst: "Det kan godt være, alle kan lave det vi laver, men det gør alle jo ikke," er de blevet citeret for at sige. Hvilket giver mening, for Revlon 9s musik er lige så personlig og udtryksfuld, som den er ukompliceret og skramlet. Det er noget så enkelt som musik, der vil noget – lavet af musikere, der vil noget." Well, well… Revl9n will play the Camping stage on the 25th of June. www.roskildefestival.dk Apart from that we are about to slightly change our moniker. It's understandable that REVLON – the company – isn't too happy to hear that we've hijacked their name (their lawyers sent us faxes). Nothing's confirmed yet but I'll put my money on "REVL9N" as they probably can't sue our gaffas off on that. And yes! Of course… The US tour went fine. Crowded, hyped (not too much though) and friendly. We did two radio sessions. One for Serious Satellite Radio and the other for WFMU. Nearly all copies of "Someone Like You" 10" are sold out – only one 20 records box left. And we've decided not to sell more than 50 copies of the CD-R. So if you haven't laid your hands on this release you'd better hurry on. More to follow. Wish us luck, / Marcus & Revl9n / Revlon 9 --- 12 February, 2003 Hi there, We've got some great news! Revlon 9 will play live in Sweden and USA . Here are the tour dates: Wed March 5: STOCKHOLM ( Sweden ) at Kulturhuset, "After Shopping." I don't know much about this event – but if you happen to be in town you will easily find out more in DN's Friday supplement "På Stan". Sat March 8: STOCKHOLM (Sweden). Supporting Subsonics at Debaser. http://www.debaser.nu/ Fri March 14: STOCKHOLM ( Sweden ). Revlon 9 play 76, Grodan, Sergel (Sveavägen 7). Sat March 15: GÖTEBORG (Sweden). Revlon 9 at Ideal Festival. www.idealrecordings.com/idealfestival Wed March 19: NEW YORK (USA). Other Music instore 8 pm. www.othermusic.com Fri March 21: BALTIMORE ( USA ) at Talking Head with The Oxes, Bow and Arrow. Sat March 22: NEW YORK (USA). Luxx with Wikkid, Masculine/Feminine. Thu March 27: NEW YORK (USA). Ivy South (Spencer's Party). Sat March 29: NEW YORK ( USA ). Femme Fatale at Pianos. With The Rogers Sisters, Mommy + Daddy. Quite thrillingly … Revlon 9's "Someone Like you" 10" & cd-r became the second most sold record at Other Music in New York last week. Revlon 9's "Naked" is being used in a theatre play in Stockholm at the moment. The play is called "Flickan på Henriksdalsberget" and it's quite good, to tell you the truth. www.stadsteatern.se There is a quite uplifting review of Revlon 9 here: http://www.musicspork.com/revlon.html I would like to send some big kisses to Lisa Garrett who has been booking us such a large amount of shows. See you soon, Marcus & Revlon 9 ---------- 10 January, 2003 Dear all, Welcome to the first Revlon 9 newsletter. Revlon 9's own label, Crushed By Heart, plus my label, Torncrantz rock'n'roll, will release a 10" vinyl with "Someone Like You," "Closer," This Is All This Is It" and "The Seventh Seal" on the first of February. It's a re-mastered version of the cd-r that we've been selling at the Rough Trade Shop, London , UK , and Other Music in New York , USA . This 10" record is a 500 copies release and will be sold, firstly at the aforementioned shops plus at C.D. Esoterik in Montreal, Canada and at Pet Sounds, Stockholm, Sweden and via my merchandise – bobhund@algonet.se . There is also a tiny stock of Revlon 9 T-shirts available. We have a gig in Gothenburg , Sweden , on the 15th of March. More info can be found at www.idealrecordings.com/idealfestival We're hoping to do more gigs in Sweden from the 3rd of March to the 16th and, hopefully, going abroad later. More of that when things are booked. There is not much else to tell today. We're still looking for the most suitable record company to collaborate with. And the band is doing demos right now. Several staff members at Other Music had us high on their best of 2002 list. Try this link for more info. OK, that was all, that was it. Take care, Marcus & Revlon 9 |