May 2009
Aloha!
First of all we apologize for the lack of activity since the release of Summer Sessions vol. 1 last year,
but now we will try and make up for it by delivering a healthy dose of mindbending stoner-kraut-psych-jazz freakouts in the form of two full length albums released simultaneously, just in time for summer!
Summer Sessions vol. 2 and 3 will be released on luxurious 180 gram vinyl, limited to 500 each, on Elektrohasch at the end of May.
Both albums feature the incredible Johan Riedenlow on sax, and electronics/keyboard mastermind Rasmus Rasmussen guests on Vol. 2.
Vol. 2 is based around long, far out, loosely structured pieces, with lots of free jamming and adventurous jazzy explorations, while Vol. 3 is more earthy and heavy, with some solid downtuned riffing and an emphasis on the melodic aspect of Causa Sui.
A few clips from the two albums can be streamed now in our Myspace player.
Track listing:
Summer Sessions vol. 2:
A:
1. SUN PRAYER (1:06)
2. RIP TIDE (5:28)
3. THE OPEN ROAD (14:17)
4. CINECITTÁ (3:27)
B:
5. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN (23:01)
Summer Sessions vol. 3
A:
1. EUGENIE (8:09)
2. RED VALLEY (9:50)
B:
MANIFESTATIONS OF SUMMER (15:38)
3. LONESOME TRAVELER (3:28)
4. SANTA SANGRE (8:23)
5. VENICE BY THE SEA (3:47)
Other news:
We are slowly preparing the release of a collaboration album with the great cornetist Rob Mazurek and members of Tortoise, Isotope 217 and others that was recorded in Chicago last year.
It's all mixed and ready to go into production, but details about the release are still uncertain, so check back soon for updates on this project.
Live:
During May we will be both recording and playing shows with Ron Schneiderman (Sunburned Hand of The Man) and Jørgen Teller under the name Pewt'r jjjjj. So far the dates look like this:
May 15: Musikcafeen, Århus
May 23: Remisen, Vesterbro, København at Festival of Endless Gratitude
We're also happy to announce that we'll be playing at this years Burg Herzberg festival in Germany in July. More info:
www.burgherzberg-festival.de
October 2008
UPDATE: all shirts are sold out!
We have 2 new t-shirts available - very limited, apx 25 made of each design.
Contact us via MySpace or causasui@causasui.com to get a copy.
15 EURO / 20 US Dollars each + P&P
Design: Soledad, color: red w. black shine print
Design: Faces, color: black w.white standard print
Sizes: S, M, L, XL (all other sizes than L almost gone)
Remember that Causa Sui Summer Sessions vol. 1 LP, limited to 500 handnumbered copies is now available
Order it through
Elektrohasch (Europe):
http://www.elektrohasch.de/
Stonerrock.com (USA)
July 2008
Causa Sui presents "Summer Sessions"
Aloha!
Finally some new Causa Sui material will be released! The new album, entitled "Summer Sessions vol. 1", will be released on vinyl only on Elektrohasch in August and is the first in a series of loose, experimental albums. The album consists of four long, instrumental pieces - one of them a 25 minute excursion - and sees Causa Sui break into new territories, experimenting with kraut-rock electronics and elements of proto-fusion jazz as well as the more familiar fuzz-guitar journeys and stoner riffs.
We really got exhausted after working on new material after Free Ride, not really getting anywhere with the songs, so last summer we decided to turn things around for a while. The result was a new working method which demanded immediate action from all involved parties and didn't set any limits for sound and style. Basically we recorded hours and hours of free jams and loosely structured songs, some of them very different in style and tone than the two first albums. Some of the pieces ended up sounding very unique and genrebending, others just plain boring. Now we have put the first collection together of what we consider some of the most interesting results from the sessions.
Four short excerpts from "Summer Sessions vol. 1" is now available for streaming in our Myspace-player.
Cheers!
June 12th, 2008
Duna jam...
January 2008
We are going to rock the hell out of at Duna Jam in Sardinia in June.
Also new gig in Denmark in March - chek the flyer for info:
August 2007
Okay, lots of exciting things going on with Causa Sui these days.
PEWT’R JJJJJ
First of all, we have a new release out. It’s a very limited recording of our 100% improvised & instrumental concert in December 2006, which we played with guitarists Jørgen Teller & Ron Schneiderman of Sunburned Hand of the Man. The sound is way different than the 2 Causa Sui-albums, as everything was recorded live through a very basic setup, not capturing the individual instruments, but the whole sound of the jam in the room. The 2 hour concert were then spliced together in various ways, creating a sound that is both extremely lo-fi, but also very complex, to match the range of the players. There are manic psych-riffs that speeds up into infinity. Repeating kraut-grooves. Flutes & Chimes. Dark drones. It’s been described as Amon Düül II meets Kyuss. 70s Miles Davis producing a drunken Blue Cheer.
The CD-R is limited to 200 hand numbered copies, which are going fast already: Write the good people at There is no Trouble in Denmark
CAUSA SUI AS A TRIO
For various reasons Causa Sui is now a trio consisting of Jakob Skøtt, Jess Kahr and Jonas Munk. The way the two first albums were written and produced was beginning to prove itself unfruitful, and some kind of change was necessary to ascend to the next step of Causa Sui's sound. It has been matter of rediscovering the sheer unbounded joy of creating music together and the
ambition to go further artistically and develop as a band. All 4 of us was in agreement about it, so we played our last concert concert with Kasper right outside our rehearsalroom
last Friday - it was a great gig, out in the open, with a good vibe on
stage. The way it should be.
We have already recorded loads of new material as a trio during the last couple of months. We won’t say much about it yet, except that we’re really psyched about it. We play better and more freely than ever, and the songs are both drifting & gut-pounding.
We promise you no less than a complete assault on all your senses with a renewed energy and perspective.
July 2007
Free Ride studio-report is up on Planet Roadburn. It's written by Jonas, and it's a hefty motherfucker! It covers pretty much everything, from experimental music to boozing on a beach - be sure to sit down while reading these pages, as they are likly to blow your mind...
What we set out to do with Causa Sui was to create a rock music that was heavy on the senses. A kind of rock that had the freedom, power and excitement of the early heavy rock of the late 1960s but with the depth and possibilites of more modern stylings. A kind of rock that hits hard and immediate, while still being able to surprise and seduce after repeated listens. Something that's easy to get into, but reveals a depth when one looks closer – a mix of the known and the unknown. From the beginning we have operated under the thesis, "what could have happened with heavy rock if it had followed a different path in the early seventies?" From the studio-report - check the overview-section on
Planet Roadburn
Listen to the whole concert from the 12th. Roadburn at
3voor12
webradio.
April 2007
Free Ride is out on Elektrohasch
Records. Digipack available now, 12'' + 7'' vinyl will be
available soon. Order it soon via Elektrohasch
or Stonerrock.com
Besides recording & producing our own records, making
the artwork, own visuals and everything else besides actually
pressing the CDs and Vinyls, we do our own handcrafted T-shirt
designs in very limited numbers.
Various colours, white silkprint - only 10 copies made,
all sold at the 12th Roadburn Festival.
Brown T-shirt with yellow silk-print, 20 copies - sold
out
November 2006
While waiting for the new album, we have a few live dates
lined up in Denmark:
Dec 10: Sørt Søndag, Pantheonsgade, Odense
Dec 29: Studenterhuset, Copenhagen
Mar 2: Loppen, Copenhagen
Mar 24, Fabrikken, Århus
Apr 20, The 12th Roadburn Festival
May 17, Rytmeposten, Odense
August 2006
Causa Sui will play at Roadburn
Festival on April 20th, 2007 - with the absolute cream
of psych and stoner-rock. We really look foreward to this
gig in Tilburg, Netherlands, as Blue Cheer will play, amongst
other great bands. If you can't wait that long, we also
play on September 23rd at ZBZW in the same city. The Netherlands
rock, aparently!
July 2006
We have begun recording for a new album. Everything sounds
great on the recordings, which is made with a lot of new
gear. Expect a massive sound. Included is our longest song
yet, New Born Road, clocking in at over 15 minutes. It has
all the elements that constitute Causa Sui, including a
headspinning instrumental passage, that were conjured up
through jamming straight for three days, 6 hours a day,
recording each take. The release of the album is hopefully
in the fall.
June 2006
Danmarks biggest national radioshow will play a couple of
tunes from the Spot-festival - so tune in for a live stream
of a wicked liveperformance at P3
on saturday June 3rd at 9:15 pm CET. Press P3 and the "Lyt
til P3" or tune in if you live in Denmark
May 2006
Causa Sui will play on June 3rd at the Spot
Festival in Århus, Denmark
In Germany, check out Stoned
From the underground which is at Nordstrand Erfurt on
the 14th and 15th of Juli.
April 2006
Online interview in Denmarks only rocking 'zine Lowcut
about how Causa Sui got started and whats to come in the
future.
March 2006 – tour report
Bacause of various annoying reasons, we end up not playing
all dates as announced. But thanks to the great people of
Drive By Shooting (awesome 4/4 rock), cool japaneese psychers
Marble Sheep and the funny english punk dudes in Billy No
Mates, we got some extra gigs to fill in the cancelled ones.
BIG THANKS to these bands, as well as the incredible jamsters
in Colour Haze for saving the tour.
We blew out amps and smashed up drum heads and cymbals,
doing sets with a different vibe every night – on some occasions
jamming our songs into oblivion. Great venues, people and
vibe everywhere. We’ll be back on the road in the fall hopefully.
