NEWS
August 2024
Mr Diagonal is performing his one-man show Join the Dots at the Edinburgh Fringe 1-25 august. Venue: The Raging Bull Dates: 1-25 (not 12) august at 9pm (55 mins).
Here is a glowing review of the show. See you there teddy bear?
More reviews for Join the Dots (album and show) here.
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July 2024
New video ‘David Attenborough’ and some nice live videos from Tokyo here!
My new album Join the Dots is now officially released. You can order it in my online shop (as soon as the factory gets round to sending it…)
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June 2024
Exclusive preview of mr D’s Edinburgh Fringe show 28 june in Brussels!
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Great new video David Attenborough just out! With huge thanks to Ken Nishikawa and Ridha ben Hmouda.
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Just back from a fab Japanese tour. Big thanks to Ken Nisikawa, Aiko Kono and Tom Ohsawa. Photos by Harumi Maezawa
May 2024
mr D’s 6th japanese tour:
24 may: Nardis: Jazz bar Kashiwa
25 may: Inage: Jazz spot Candy
26 may: Kanazawa: Jazz bar Moykiriya
27 may: Niigata Jazz Flash
28 may: Tokyo Haretara Sorani Mame Maite
30 may: Osaka Satone
31 may: Toyooka Okukinosaki seaside hotel
1 june: Kobe Theater Jazzy
2 june: Kyoto Musica
7 june: Naha (Okinawa) Groove
Big thanks to Tom Ohsawa and Aiko Kono for their help!
facebook link (Tokyo area / Kanazawa / Niigata)
facebook link (Kansai)
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New bedroom album Join the Dots coming soon (may 2024)!
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I forgot to tell you: mr Diagonal’s Scotch hit Tartan Dinosaurs was a finalist in the 2023 Great American Song Contest. (which gives me the right to use this fancy sticker on my website)
Having completely forgotten, I entered the 2024 contest with the same song and got a ‘special mention’ in the ‘special category’. Which is pretty pretty damn…special.
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July 2021
Mr Diagonal proudly presents North Pacific (a desert island disk).
3 years in the making, it’s available in 3 formats on bandcamp and in my shop: CD, digital download and message in a bottle.
North Pacific (a desert island disc) is a subtropical mutation of chanson anglaise, filtered through a diagonal prism to create a fractured, playful pop.
With his trusty shipmates Yannick Dupont (Moog, percussion) and Quentin Manfroy (bass, bass flute), and guest string quartet In Praise of Folly we share mr Diagonal’s maritime adventures: his squalls and sunny spells, his shipwrecks, the highs and lows of desert island life, his attempts at maritime carpentry, his manioc intoxications.
Perhaps the first belgo-scottish desert island disc, North Pacific is a maritime mirage in full-screen stereo, a summer soundtrack for drifters and dreamers.
PRESS
Muzzart (France)
New interview on Psychedelic Baby Magazine here!
Brand new video Maybe I’ll Build a Boat here! From the forthcoming album North Pacific (out 23 july).
Check out the CD artwork here. Album to be released next week, 23/07/2021
Watch here mr Diagonal’s dead-stream video. Recorded at the Northern Quarter, Huddersfield, july 2020. The show is recorded ‘dead’ on stage, to be projected on a life-size screen to a socially spaced-out audience. With thanks to Mike and Sam at this great little venue.