Au début de l’été, on s’est pris un petit week-end pour enregistrer une maquette de 7 nouveaux morceaux, en préparation du 4e album, que l’on espère pour le printemps 2017.
On a donc passé deux jours avec Yo au studio Liberty rock pour les dernières finitions à la structures des morceaux et les prises de son, puis des petites demies journées au Condensateur à Montreuil pour quelques guitares en plus et les prises de voix.
Donc, on bosse! Bien-sûr il y a encore du pain sur la planche: des petites choses à revoir par ci par là (la maquette est faite pour ça!) et notes et des signes à écrire pour étoffer le répertoire!
Yeah! Back again to Kiel, after 6 years! So happy to go to play for the Fire and flames festival! We know that we are going to meet friends and that it will be full and nice. And yes, nice evening in this nice place squated since early 80’s, the Alte Meierei
First person we saw: Felix from Schwäbisch Gmund, who came to play with his band Gipsy Mafia. You know what, when we first met him years ago, he was a little adolescent, organizing events with his brother Fritz. And Tobi from the Higgins is playing in the band too.
Good bands, good vegan food (important!) and good atmosphere, we spent a very pleasant moment with you people!
But…Where was le punk bleu?! If you find him, tell him we regret he was not there this time! Here a portrait taken the last time we played in Kiel in october 2010
Thursday 7 of july 2016, lets go for the D.I.Y Hard Core punk fest, in Gdynia, north of Poland, on the Baltic sea, the colour of which we shall never see. So far, but very enthusiastic to go! That’s the twelfth year of the festival, organized by DIY3M a collective booking local hardcore punk gigs in TriCity (Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia) area. They started to work together in 2001.
When we leave Montreuil this day, there are 1528 kilometers before arriving at our last destination. So, for sure, we stop on the way for 3 dates for gigs booked by old friends now (power of music!) in Bremen at the Breaking borders festival and in Berlin at the Köpi.
Saturday 9, we have no idea of the best way to go from Berlin, and then, after an advise (« take by the motorway, it’s longer, but better »), here we go! What the hell, such a crap road! The trafic is a nightmare, and after hours we arrive in Gdynia a 7pm, and the festival is already on. But what a good surprise there! Very good organized, lots of stalls and good vegan food outside, nice beer, such a good sound to play, and very nice people on the place whith who we share all the best we can do!
On sunday, after a good sleep in the forest, we choose to take the little road by the north, and that was the one! Beautiful, easy and we found good honey and mushrooms (for omelette…).
For sure, one of the best moment in Cartouche’s life! Bleed to Death post video with a good quality if you want have a little idea of it!
