Boy Omega

2009-10-15T11:13:00.001-07:00

After our show in Ludwigshafen, there was a wedding. As always we were there to take the exclusive wedding pictures. Enjoy!

2009-10-14T11:10:00.000-07:00

2009-10-14T11:07:00.000-07:00

2009-10-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

Here we introduce you to the trailer for the new George Lucas movie "Hilfe - Ein Mensch"
Enjoy!

2009-10-09T11:36:00.000-07:00

2009-10-09T11:33:00.000-07:00

2009-10-09T04:17:00.000-07:00

Frankfurt: Lock up your ducks. It's hunting season.

2009-10-09T03:35:00.000-07:00

nun

Hello everyone. This is Martin and Andreas writing. We just wanted to say thank you to all the lovely and beautiful people of Karlsruhe who came to our show yesterday and made it a great and special evening for all of us. There were maybe 100 people in the audience, and we still bet that you could've heard a pin drop in there. Very nice. Also a huge thanks to the lovely people at Nun. You're simply the best (just like Tina Turner sings when she's dancing around in her red high heels)!

Sorry for all the talking ducks we brought to the breakfast table. We just didn't have the heart to leave them in the van one more day.

Kvack kvack.

2009-10-07T13:14:00.000-07:00

CAN I HAVE SOME MIKE AND THE MECHANICS IN MY MONITOR?

(Salzburg, Ulm, Rosenheim, Ludwigshafen Pt. 4)

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2009-10-07T13:08:00.000-07:00

VINTAGE SOLARIUM

(Salzburg)

2009-10-07T13:02:00.000-07:00

DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMORIES?

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(Salzburg, Ulm, Rosenheim, Ludwigshafen Pt.2)

2009-10-07T12:49:00.000-07:00

CAN I HAVE SOME HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH IN MY MONITOR?

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(Salzburg, Ulm, Rosenheim, Ludwigshafen)

2009-10-04T02:31:00.000-07:00

FIVE SINGLE MOMS ON THE PIGGY RIDE OF A LIFETIME

Thank you Leipzig and thank you Salzburg. We had a really good time.

Ulmi Ulmi: Lock your doors. The ice machine is coming to town.

2009-10-03T11:10:00.000-07:00

BEWARE! THE SCANDINAVIAN AIRHOUNDS ARE OUT!!!

2009-10-02T11:14:00.000-07:00

2009-10-02T03:36:00.000-07:00

BRAUNSCHWEIG: THE SHOW

The first show of the tour took place at Café Riptide. They were celebrating their two year old birthday. The venue is a really nice café/record store. Because of the small space, we knew we couldn't play with the full band, so me and Olis played a soft and slow set instead. It was really nice. The capacity of the venue was 60 people, but more than 80 people showed up, so the place was packed. A good start. Looking forward to playing "the real set" with the full band tonight.

iPod entertainment:

The Bear Quartet - Eternity Now

Skriet - Fåglarna + Ben & hjärtan

Smog - You moved in + All your women things

Laptop movie entertainment:

Jandek on Corwood

2009-10-02T03:20:00.000-07:00

DAY 1: BRAUNSCHWEIG

In the morning we woke up. After that we had a walk. In the city centre, we stumbled upon one of the shoes that Crocodile Dundee wore when he fought with his nojjf.

2009-10-01T07:54:00.000-07:00

As you can see, The Smoking Bird is giving you some great prices on the Boy Omega merch this tour. You'll find her and the rest of the ensemble here:

01.10.2009 D - Braunschweig, Cafe Riptide's Geburtstagsfest
02.10.2009 D - Leipzig, Moritzbastei
03.10.2009 A - Salzburg, Arge
04.10.2009 D - Ulm, Cat
05.10.2009 D - Rosenheim, Asta Kneipe
06.10.2009 D - Ludwigshafen, Das Haus
07.10.2009 D - Berlin, Bang Bang Club
08.10.2009 D - Karlsruhe, Cafe Nun
09.10.2009 D - Frankfurt, Hazlewood
10.10.2009 D - Dresden, Ostpol
13.10.2009 A - Graz, PPC (w/ Norman Palm)
14.10.2009 A - Wien, Szene (w/ John Vanderslice)
15.10.2009 A - Innsbruck, PMK
16.10.2009 A - Spielboden, Dornbirn
17.10.2009 CH - Dimensione, Winterthur
19.10.2009 D - Heimat, Regensburg
20.10.2009 D - Kulturbunker, Aachen
21.10.2009 D - Kulturhaus 73, Hamburg

Tickets here!

2009-09-29T06:42:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow we're off!

2009-09-24T15:58:00.000-07:00

Yes.

2008-06-10T16:58:00.001-07:00

Here's an interview I did for the Spanish "Clone Magazine". [www.clonemagazine.com]

1.What is Boy Omega?
It's the roof under which I collect the songs I write.

2.Listening to your songs, you appear to be a musical and cabaret fan. What do you like the most about those genres? Do you have any favourite songwriters?
I'm actually not a musical nor a cabaret fan. I even have to admit that I find it pretty disturbing when someone suddenly burst into singing and/or dancing in a movie.
I do like big orchestrated music though. "Make it easy on yourself" by The Walker Brothers is a good example, and also one of my all time favorite songs.

3.What are you listening to at the moment?
Lots of stuff... Andrew Bird, Sigur Ros, Mount Eerie, Eluvium, Spoon, Radical Face, Björk, Stina Nordenstam, Of Montreal, Stars Of The Lid etc.

4.Who were your childhood's heroes?
Kronblom, Dennis, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Ace Frehley, The Phantom, Big Jim, He-Man...
Music-wise, the masters were: Kiss, Motley Crue and Twisted Sister.

5.I have tried to look for some background info about you, but it's been quite difficult. And in Spain you're not very well-known, even though you've steadily been making records since 2002. In actual fact, I've only discovered your music thanks to this outstandingly brilliant record you've made. Can you explain us who you are, where you from or anything else you might want to tell us?
My full name is Martin Henrik Gustafsson. I was born in Sweden in 1978. I was named after Martin Chivers, a soccer-player for Tottenham Hotspur. I was born with a banana-foot and one leg shorter than the other. The first record I bought was "Creatures of the night" by Kiss. I'm a night owl. I love the sound of rain smattering against a plastic surface. I take interest in the unknown. Things that defy the laws of physics. I dislike a lot of things, but I do like animals, movies, books, bathtubs, balconies, photo albums, crossword puzzles, guitar pedals, rollercoasters, trees, random acts of kindness and so on.

6.How did you find your trip to Spain during the Tanned Tin festival?
We had a good time. Nice people, nice venue, nice hotel, nice weather. We'd love to come back.

7.What's up with Sweden? Too many good bands! In Spain, newspaper supplements dedicate whole articles to each and every band that comes out of your country, as if they were reinventing pop and it seems that their music will never go out of fashion. Can you explain this phenomenon?
Something in the swedish tap water, perhaps? I actually have no idea.
I have to tell you that there are lots of bands and artists from Sweden that suck as well.

8.What do you think about all this wave of musical information that we are currently experiencing thanks to youtube? Does the downloading of tunes bother you?
Maybe it's a gift and a curse. I mean, it might hurt your sales, but then again you probably want people to hear your records, right? Personally, I'm not bothered by it at all.
It seems as if the recording industry is in collapse anyway, so what can you do?
The only thing I don't really like with youtube, myspace et al, is that the sound quality sucks big time. I hope that a person who truly enjoys an album also buys it.

9.Do you listen to your records once they appear on the market? And are you satisfied with the result?
Not really, no. By the time a new album is released, I'm already on to the next thing. Also, when an album is finished and sent to the record label, the pressing plant and finally the record stores, it becomes other people's property. And I believe that's a good thing.
That's how it's supposed to be.

It's hard to say if I'm satisfied with my releases. I don't really think it's a good thing to be satisfied. I do like the fact that all four of them are different from one another.

10.My favourite song from the record, apart from this piece of beauty called "True Haven", is "Change of plans". Could you tell us something about it?
It's about wanting to be saved by someone or something.

11. What things inspire you? Is it true that unhappy people have more material to make beautiful songs?
Anything can inspire me really. There are stories all around you. You just have to look for them.
I find it a bit scary to talk about happy and unhappy people. I think we all have our ups and downs. I don't believe it's all black and white. Most things in life are probably more grey-ish brown.

12. What did you want to be when you grew up?
At first I wanted to be a professional soccer player. A goalkeeper. After that I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but since my balance is a bit off to say the least, I would've never made it. I'm pretty glad I decided to pick up the guitar.

13. Is there any song you can think of that makes you blush to admit that you like it?
I'm a sucker for power ballads, but I'm not ashamed of admitting it. Maybe I would have had more problems admitting that when I was younger. Nowadays I don't really care who the artist is, or anything like that. A good song is always a good song.

14. And lastly, what is your favourite food?
I love Indian food. "Palak Paneer" is a classic, but any vegetarian dish will do. I'm not too picky.
I love oranges, grapes and sugar snap peas...

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Song of today: Alarm Will Sound - Avril 14th
Goal of today: Petter Hansson (Sweden 2 - Greece 0)

2008-05-13T16:43:00.001-07:00

In less than two weeks, me and Olis will once again be supporting Christian Kjellvander and his band on tour. I'm really looking forward to it. We had a great rehearsal today.

Here are the dates, venues, towns and countries:

23/5 - Café Trauma, Marburg (DE)
24/5 - Kammgarn, Kaiserslautern (DE)
25/5 - Studio 672, Köln (DE)
27/5 - Gleis 22, Munster (DE)
28/5 - Op Der Schmelz, Dudelange (LU)
29/5 - Kofmehl, Solothurn (CH)

Songs of today:
Yann Tiersen - Les Deux Pianos
Jonny Greenwood - Open Spaces
Philip Glass - Barbara's House
Khonnor - Man From The Anthill
Devotchka - Undone

2008-05-06T12:53:00.000-07:00

2008-04-28T15:53:00.000-07:00

I'm writing and recording again.
The last couple of weeks have been both creative and productive.

2008-04-20T16:14:00.000-07:00

Song of today:
The North Sea & Rameses III - Night Blossoms Written

Listen to that one and some other great stuff here.

2008-04-20T06:06:00.000-07:00

The official homepage is asleep at the moment.
In time it will wake up.
Until then, this is the new fortress of Boy Omega.
Welcome.