Archive for 1997

Monday, October 27th, 1997

Mexico Projekt Fest

We recently got back from another wonderful time in Mexico. After just dealing with a less than ideal audience in Chicago, the Mexico City audience’s enthusiasm for us, Lycia, and Arcanta was rewarded by great performances from us all (I’d say we all performed much better than in Chicago). The show was one of our best to date, with or without the electricity (those of you who were there know what I mean). The U.S. Projekt Fest audience could learn a few lessons from the Mexican audience, who really seemed to be there for the MUSIC rather than socializing.

After the show, Suzanne and I traveled to Cancun, on the Yucatan, for some relaxation and exploring. The highlight was visiting the pyramids and Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza.

Again, we had a great time in Mexico and look forward to the next time.

Friday, October 10th, 1997

New album, upcoming show

Currently, we are hard at work on a new album. It’s coming together very nicely and I expect to be finished this Spring for a Summer release. If you’ve been to any of our shows this year, then you’ve heard some of the new songs, and can probably figure the direction it’s heading.

Also, and this is still very tentative, we may be doing a big Los Angeles show in March. I’ll post more information later.

Sunday, August 10th, 1997

Projekt Festivals

I would like to say thanks to everyone that came to see us at the Projekt Festival (and at our Border’s in-store) in Chicago. Suzanne and I had a fun time once again. For those of you who were trying to enjoy our set, I am sorry about all the rude loud motherfuckers that talked during our set and the sets of all the more quiet bands. Those people obviously did not come for the music and ruin it for those who did. If there is another festival next year, I hope to have a solution worked out with Projekt and the venue for dealing with such situations. Anyway, we’re just a fews days from the Projekt Festival Mexico, in Mexico City, with Lycia and Arcanta! I should probably go pack.

Monday, July 21st, 1997

Borders, Chicago, performance

On Saturday August 2 at 2 PM (the day after we perform at the Projekt Festival in Chicago) we will be doing a live in-store performance at a Borders Books and Music in Chicago as well. Borders is located at 2718 N Clark (Clark, Diversey & Broadway, near the Day’s Inn).

Saturday, July 12th, 1997

Ever distribution

There were a few things that happened in the past few months regarding our music distribution that I would like to mention. The German release of Ever happened a few months back, with EFA being the new distributor for Projekt in Germany. And in the United States, we now have great distribution here through ADA, a Warner subsidiary.

Many people have written to us saying how difficult it was to find Ever and our other releases. I too had a tough time finding them. Now our CDs are everywhere once again: Tower, Borders, and all sorts of other stores. So, if you haven’t got it yet, now’s the perfect time to get a copy of Ever .

Friday, June 20th, 1997

Summer ‘Tour’

We have just two shows planned for this summer. First, we will be in Chicago at the Vic Theater for the Projekt Festival. We will play on the first night on Friday, August 1st. Tickets are on sale at the Vic box office, through Ticketmaster (Chicago only), or from Projekt. Along with us on night 1 of the two-day festival will be The Moon Seven Times, Ben Neill, Vidna Obmana, and Steve Roach. For more complete information on the Projekt Festival, check out the Festival pages.

Our second show of the summer will be in Mexico City on Saturday August 16, 1997 at the Cine Bella Epoca (located at Tamaulipas Y Alfonso Reyes S/N Col.Condesa). Fellow Projekt bands Lycia and Arcanta will be performing as well. This should be a lot fun and I (Ryan) am really looking forward to seeing our friends there and eating at every possible opportunity!