New download single with Vic Godard January 2012
Dove's collaboration with the esteemed Vic Godard is available for download via Vic's website. A 7" vinyl release shouldn't be too far off. The twin tracks-- VG's "Better Not Turn On" and GtDV's ode to exile, "Entre les Marolles et St.-Gilles"-- were recorded at la Filature (Brussels) by resident tech-head and drummer Benjamin Meunier. Additional backing vocals by Xiao Shitou.
Au pays de Manneken-pis December 2011
The new year will see the limited release of a live compact disc entitled Au pays de Mannekin-pis. This set was recorded at a (semi-)acoustic showcase in Bruges and is essentially a hyper-minimal reading of the Sorrows of Young Georgio, arranged for piano, trumpet and occasional 12-string guitar. (So there were songs underneath all those overdubs...) A hand-stamped and numbered run, packaged in lovely gatefold sleeves (designed by Brussels' own St.-Gilles de Rais), will be forced on the public at a smattering of dead-of-winter dates in pauvre Belgique, France and Luxembourg. As for Johnny Foreigner, tant pis, he'll have to content himself with an electronic approximation, bundled with the digital edition of the Sorrows of Young Georgio.
Lo and Behold! November 2011
The Sorrows of Young Georgio is finally available in the US and Canada in its definitive 10" vinyl format, thanks to Hamtramck MI-based publishing house/record label Lo and Behold!. And what a bargain-- only $10 US. Molto says, "BUY IT."
Greece October 2011
Next month will see the Dove follow in the footsteps of Lord Byron-- that other exiled Romantic-- who famously answered the call of the Greek revolutionaries of the 1820s. To wit, GtDV and his crew will join their comrade, Blaine L. Reininger-- yet another exiled Romantic--, for a series of performances in Athens and elsewhere.
Vic Godard + Georgio 'the Dove' Valentino June/July 2011
This summer, Dove and co. hosted West London legend Vic Godard for a weekend session at La Filature in Brussels. They recorded two numbers, one penned by VG and the other by GtDV, which shall be released later in the year as a 7" double a-side.
Dove also joined Vic and his Subway Sect on stage in Petit Fays BE for the live debut of "Better Not Turn On."
Affinité d'ombres et de fleurs en le soir April 2011
New song & video clip, based on the work of Polish poète maudit, Wincenty Korab-Brzozowski
New distributor April 2011
We are delighted to announce that the entire Dove catalogue-- including The Sorrows of Young Georgio-- is now distributed by Clear Spot / Shiny Beast.
Mitteleuropatour March 2011
Georgio 'the Dove' Valentino & la Société des Mélancoliques will plunge into the heart of Central Europe next month to seed Germany and Poland with copies of their new record and attend the première of the video clip Affinité d'ombres et de fleurs en le soir, produced by Joanna Gniady & Karuzela around the Dove's adaptation of doomed fin-de-siècle poet Wincenty Korab-Brzozowski's Decadent masterpiece of the same name.
The Sorrows of Young Georgio (Digital edition) February 2011
The new Dove set, The Sorrows of Young Georgio, is now available in mp3 format. Dig.
In-store showcases January 2011
FNAC has invited our man GtDV to present his new collection, The Sorrows of Young Georgio, at a series of in-store showcases across Belgium in March. These intimate affairs will find the Dove accompanied only by Luc van Lieshout (trumpet) and Jessica Champeaux (piano). Consult the calendar for details.
The Sorrows of Young Georgio December 2010
American singer Georgio ‘the Dove’ Valentino marked 2007 by issuing his debut 7” single (“She’s Got Eyes in All the Right Places” b/w “Bête Noire”) and a follow-up 7-song offering, You Brought a Knife to a Gunfight, on compact disc. Then, after a series of performances across the United States, the ever-capricious Valentino pronounced his work in the New World complete. He quit his adopted home in Detroit (to the locals’ general relief), settled across the Atlantic in Brussels (to the locals’ general consternation) and awaited the arrival of another similarly auspicious year, one with enough arbitrary numerical significance to allow him to resume his recording career in quasi-masonic style.
So it was that in 2010, aided by a new gang of conspirators-- among them Blaine L. Reininger and Luc van Lieshout, both poached from the legendary avant-sleaze collective Tuxedomoon--, the Dove began work on a spare, crepuscular set earmarked for 10" vinyl. The Sorrows of Young Georgio descends on discriminating turntables (and infiltrates iPods) in February, amidst sundry celebratory situations in the quartier Benelux and Europe at large.
Subway Sect soirée October 2010
This month will find GtDV et al. briefly poking their heads out of the studio, where they are hard at work recording a new set for 10" vinyl release. On Thurs night 21 Oct, they will open for Vic Godard & Subway Sect in Brussels. Details here.
Vernal equinox situations February 2010
GtDV & his Société plan to celebrate the true start of the new year with a series of vernal equinox situations in Brussels and Amsterdam next month. They are absolutely tickled to be joined on stage both nights by super special guest, Luc van Lieshout of Tuxedomoon, who is also collaborating with the Dove on his next record. More news on that forthcoming.
New clips October 2009
Feast your eyes on these sumptuous live clips, captured at La Filature by filmmaker extraordinaire Xiao Shitou. It's Only Pride (But It's Mine) / Don't Do Me Any Favours / You Brought a Knife to a Gunfight
