NEWS
Mr Diagonal will play his 5th Japanese tour 24 may – 7 june :
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!
Mr Diagonal will be 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)
New bedroom album Join the Dots coming soon (may 2024)!
And finally mr Diagonal’s Scotch hit Tartan Dinosaurs got a ‘special mention’ in the ‘special category’ of the 2024 Great American Competition Which makes him pretty damn…special.
Mr Diagonal proudly presents North Pacific (a desert island disk) july 2021
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.
Other news: I’m glad to say mr Diagonal has left Facebook.
Follow his adventures here on Mastodon (open source,
no ads, no algorithms, no data piracy)!