curriculum vitae
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Fay Lovsky > Born as Luyendijk in Leiden, 11 september 1955 > Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, graphic design, illustration, and animation. > 1980 Homerecorded songs -on a revox taperecorder, "sound on sound" - released on punklabel Idiot records. Chooses artists’ name Lovsky from Czech/Austrian grandmother on mum’s side. (it’s a dog story) > Two years pass. Album "Confetti" on 16 tracks! Lovsky receives Edison for this. > Warner Bros (WEA) provide Idiot label with release facilities > Lovsky surreptitiously records Christmas song "Christmas was a friend of mine", because WEA doesn't believe in Christmas. At least not in the Netherlands, where Sinterklaas on the 5th of december is the "gift-event". > Christmassong becomes hit. Oops, says WEA. > Lovsky gets to make big album. "Origami" , and later "Cinema" > 1985. WEA chucks out all Dutch artists that sell under 10,000 copies. Including Lovsky. > Fay starts writing music for commercials and tv. Does music for big video art project with Jaap Drupsteen; Gertrude Stein's "Three Plays" (ZDF, BBC Channel 4, channel 13) and several other commercial video presentations. > 1986. Lovsky joins soundtrack orchestra "The Magnificent Seven" - ensemble founded by Henny Vrienten, playing TV tunes and film music (slightly tongue in cheek) selling out almost all theatres in Belgium and Netherlands. > Big success. CD: "Best of the worst" > 1991 M7 collapse under success > Fay joins up with comixmaker Joost Swarte for CD/book "Jopo in Mono" Swarte's graphic work wins best Book Design Award. > Writes song with Klaus Buhlert that strangely finds its way to Oliver Stone ("History repeats itself", in the film Natural Born Killers) Writes music for theatre productions (Rieks Swarte: Kleine Sofie & Lange Wapper, Hondje, Zusje Harmonika, and Beumer & Drost: Erik of het klein insektenboek - awarded as a youth theatreproduction of the year - De Radiomannetjes, Moord & Brand ) > Starts band to play live in cultural radioprogramme each week. Guitarist Cok van Vuuren will remain a longtime playing partner. Plays occasionally with Arthur Ebeling (see pic)
> Joins French band "Les Primitifs du Futur" founded by Dominique Cravic and underground artist Robert Crumb as a band between bands ( jazzmusettes, quasi twenties and thirties) Still playing today! > 1994 Starts touring with "La Bande Dessinée"(Cok van Vuuren, GertJan Blom, Joost Belinfante, Louis Debij) > 1995 Album of same name with Basta . > 1997 Album "Numbers", new band (Cok van Vuuren, Rob Wijtman and Chris Grem) > Works with Arling & Cameron on and off, as vocalist and thereminist > 2000 Album "Eigen Weg" Joins Ukulélé Club de Paris, > 2002 Album "Maze of Mirrors" > 2004 Band collapses. Cok & Rob start "ocobar" collective with Rob's brother Bart.
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2005 Music for 1928 silent movie "Le mystère de la Tour
Eiffel" from Julien Duvivier, played live ( with Cok, Gert Jan,
and Joost) > 2006 Joins OMFO, project of Russian friend German Popov. Tours with Les Primitifs in USA. Writes music for animation film. > Plays many instruments, even very weird ones like musical saw and theremin. > Oh, and yes. Loves skiing... |
