25 Lives in Club Moral
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25 Lives is an unreleased set of five C-60 cassettes documenting live concerts in Club Moral from 1981 until 1985.

Tape 1
A-01 - Etat Brut
A-02 - Simon & Chief
A-03 - Billy Coconut and the Palmbeaches
B-01 - minus Delta t
B-02 - Kwajongens in Bloei

The Visite Clinique concert of Etat Brut and Mécanique Végétale was the first event ever organised in Club Moral on 19 jun 1981. Etat Brut played one of their rare (and long) concerts
Simon & Chief played on the opening night of an exhibition Fur den Fortschritt der Mensheit by V2-artists Alex Adriaansens and Joke Brouwer on 11 dec 1981.
Billy Coconut and the Palmbeaches played on the opening night of an exhibition Schicksal by V2-artists Bart Domburg and Roeland Rutten on 19 dec 1981.
- δ t gave a press conference about their Bangkok project on 6 feb 1982. The complete recording + the recording of a minus Delta t and DDV concert have been in an earlier episode of this podcast.
Kwajongens in Bloei played on 8 may 1982. KiB features Angst, of whom several tapes have been in earlier episodes of this podcast.

Other events organised at the time were an installation and performance Une Idée Vient Puis, Est Détruite by Claude (Yande) from Gent on 2 oct 1981, a lecture Witte Lichten by Louis Wuytack from Antwerpen on 1 nov 1981 and a performance and Gesammt Musik by Harrie De Kroon and Kees Mol from Breda (NL) on 4 dec 1981, a theatre play Kasper (x6) en Juanita by Guy Cassiers premiered on 22 jan 1982

Tape 2
A-01 - 2Tracks
A-02 - V-Side
A-03 - AR/TE
B-01 - V-Side
B-02 - M.Bryo
B-03 - Bourbonese Qualk

2Tracks played on 22 sep 1982. It was supposed to be a support act for the Frankfurt (D) band Velvet und der Ground but they never showed up.
V-Side opened the Overwinningsfeesten on 14 nov 1982 featuring Dirk Paesmans and a live goose.
AR/TE also played at the Overwinningsfeesten on 15 nov 1982, the entire concert is included in his first cassette Macht/Onmacht, an earlier episode of this podcast.
A complete recording of the V-Side Koen Theys performance on 21 nov 1982 is included in 2 Live Performance, an earlier episode of this podcast.
M.Bryo played at the opening of Ria Pacquée's installation Ik Heb een Dief Bemerkt in de Kamer van Mijn Vader on 17 dec 1982.
Bourbonese Qualk played at the Tom Tom Club.

Other events organised at the time were an installation Project met Werknummer 8 by Lud Vandevelde on 17 sep 2001, an exhibition Over Haat & Liefde by Tin Jacobs on 15 oct 1982, a whole week of installations and performances during the Overwinningsfeesten by V-Side on 14 nov 1982.

Tape 3
A-01 - Waving/DDV
A-02 - ProduKtion
A-03 - DDV
B-01 - Situation ML
B-02 - 19 Keys
B-03 - Dirk Paesmans

Waving Ondulata and DDV played a one-time 5min collaboration on the opening of the Van Drang tot Dwang exhibition on 16 sep 1983.
ProduKtion made a special soundtrack for their film show on 16 sep 1983.
DDV played on 02 nov 1983 on the opening of his Privémilicia exhibition. He also played on the last day of the exhibition but nobody showed up.
Situation ML played on the opening of their exhibition Fraktion Mortel on 28 mar 1984.
19 Keys was recorded on the opening night of AMVK's Hersens met Horens exhibition on 9 may 1984.
Dirk Paesmans played at an event organised in CCB, Berchem on 13 oct 1984.

Other events organised at the time were an exhibition Van Drang tot Dwang with Claude, Etat Brut, La Drôlesse, AR/TE, Angst, Waving Ondulata, Werner Pans, AMVK and DDV in jun/jul 1982, an exhibition Privémilicia by DDV on 2 nov 1983, an installation Vom Ende der Eiszeit und wie man Feuer macht by Joke Brouwer on 30 nov 1983, an installation Die Welt als Vorstellung by Mark Schepers on 18 jan 1984, an exhibition Hout Droogt het Best in de Regen by Marilou Van Lierop on 18 apr 1984, an exhibition Hersens met Horens by AMVK on 9 may 1984, the European G.A. Cavellini Festival on 19 may 1984 and the first In Vitro exhibition (see earlier episode of this podcast and a documentary movie on our YouTube page) in july/august 1984.

Tape 4
A-01 - AR/TE
A-02 - Yntse Vugts
B-01 - F.F. Beckmans
B-02 - The History of Unheard Music (HUM)

AR/TE played at an event organised in CCB, Berchem on 13 oct 1984.
Yntse Vugts performed Articulare on treated cello on 24 nov 1984.
F.F. Beckmans played a Concert for Two Pianos and Axe on 24 nov 1984.
The History of Unheard Music played on 5 dec 1985 for an audience of 5 people.

Tape 5
A-01 - Nesnaj
A-02 - NON
A-03 - 6de Kolonne

Nesnaj played on 16 jan 1985.
NON played on his Sick Tour on 7 mar 1985.
6de Kolonne played at the opening night of their 3de Manifestatie installation on 1985.

Other events organised at the time were a video-performance by Dirk Paesmans on 16 jan 1985, an exhibition 12 Engelen by Willy Tielemans on 1 mar 1985, an installation Crash! by ProduKtion and Alex Adriaansens on 19 jun 1985.

The above list only includes events organised at Club Moral, not Club Moral performances at other venues, nor projects organised by Club Moral on other locations.

The als u niet naar ons komt, komen wij naar u (If you don't come to us, we will come to you) intro and interlude between the different recordings was the trailer for a radio program we used to have with Guy Schraenen on Radio Centraal around 1985.