Damage Control

So we finally did it: we've made a new album: Damage Control!!!

To be honest... you already knew that. And you were probably looking forward to it for quite some time. However your patience is going to reward you with presents.

Album presentation

We're happy to tell you we'll be presenting al the songs you'll find on Damage Control next Friday the 28th of June in our home town Groningen at Vera. So book your flight to Airport Eelde or take a train to Groningen and let's celebrate this together.

The show will be supported by CYNN. We're exited to have her and hope you'll like her music too. The doors will be open at 20:30 and at 21:00 you'll be able to send her some love.

Pick up your perks

This gig would also be the perfect moment to collect your perks. We've got your DigiPacks, T-shirts, Special editions EP's and of course previous works and are happy to hand them out after the show.
If you ask nicely, you'll probably get your CD signed.

Having said that, maybe not every body will be able to come over to Groningen in the Netherlands, just because you are going to see an other awesome band or you'll need a little holiday from people. We think that's boring, but we understand. No need to be scared you'll mis out, we'll be sending your perks in the following week.

Let us know you'll be there

Call us, use WhatsApp, PM at Insta, Facebook or even send an email to [email protected] to let us know that you'll be there to listen and collect your goodies. Tell us who you will bring and invite all your friends, fellow workers or family to come over aswel.

-X-
Model Depose

Not there?

You're not going to attend this show but love to see us live? Follow us on Insta and we let you know when and where we're going to be next.
Do you want us to play in your hometown, get us in contact with your local venues, we love to get over and play for you and your friends.

Sorry for the radio silence the past months, and thanks for your patience! There have been a lot of developments, and we'd like to share them with you.

New drummer

In February/March we openly searched for a new drummer and we are happy to announce Bram Staats as our new drummer. Bram is extremely talented and besides drumming is a wizard in audio technique and production. Glad to have him on board and to be back in full force.

Album announcement

DAMAGE CONTROL will be out on CD on 28.06 and digitally on 13.09 through our label Trisol Music Group. The album presentation is on 28.06 @ VERA, Groningen. More info on that below.

Tracklisting:

1. Wights
2. Stranger
3. Damage Control
4. Red Alert
5. Blackstar
6. Cold War (feat. FENN)
7. Drawing The Line
8. #dancelikenooneiswatching
9. Yesterday’s Gloom
10. 03:00AM

A few from those have been released as singles and the next single "Red Alert" will be released on 21.06.

Release show 28.06

We invited CYNN to do the support and hope to share the album release party with you. For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/652963521817733/

Crowdfunding perks

Right now the CD is in the making in the factory, and we will be completing the perks this month to have them ready at our show. If you can come to our show we'll hand over the perks personally. Otherwise, we'll send them to you. Please let us know if you'll be there to celebrate with us :)

If you have any questions: [email protected]

Thanks for reading! See you soon :)
Xx

It's been a while, and we'd like to start by saying thank you for your patience the past year. It's been almost 13 months since you made our crowdfunding a great success, and we've been constantly working on our new album throughout the year. We're finalizing the album as we speak.

The good news is that we've released our first single: BOMBS ARE FALLING. It is the first song we're releasing from the upcoming album. The songs deals with post traumatic stress, after being exposed to scenes of war.

And the album title is...

(drum roll)

DAMAGE CONTROL.

Which is also the name of the next single coming on 22nd of March. We are releasing a single every month from then on until we digitally release the album in September. That means iTunes, Spotify, Deezer etc.

When do I get my album?

MAY. (this year. Wink. wink.)

We've set different release dates for the CD / DIGITAL album, cause digital buzz wears off quickly nowadays. Whether you've ordered a digital album or CD in our crowdfunding, you will get that in May.

In our next update we will tell you all about our Album Release show, and tracklisting, so stay tuned...

Xx
Model Depose

Hello everyone! Summer is almost over, and we'd like to share some of the things we did, and keep you up to date with the new album progress.

Our producer, David Marcel de Jong started mixing our album, and we've had a listening session with him. It was already mind-blowing to hear the first steps in the mixing process, and we can't wait to hear the final result. One of the first things that will be released, is the song "Bombs Are Falling". Some of our first followers know that this is the first song Model Depose have ever written, and we‘ve revamped it to make it sound like what we currently sound like. Bombs Are Falling will appear on the double vinyl record "De Biotape", that will be released in January 2019. There will be other tracks on the 2-LP by artists also creating music in the creative environment De Biotoop in Haren. We hope to share some snippets of the song with you soon :) For more info: https://de-biotape.nl/

In August, we've played a record of 27 shows in just 5 days on performing arts festival Noorderzon in Groningen. It was a great success! Our show "De Nieuwe Wereld" (The New World), was a collab with the company OneDayArtist. Dioramas made by children were implemented in our experimental audiovisual show. We connected the children's view on the world with the adult's view on the world with video mapping, music, spoken word in an intimate sea container headphone experience. People left our shows bewildered, and we received a lot of enthusiastic feedback. We're currently researching the possibilities of taking the performance to other festivals in 2019. You can watch the dioramas on http://www.onedayartist.nl/noorderzon/

The upcoming months will be about mixing the album, creating music videos, setting the release date and we have a show on the 12th of October in Cultuurpodium Boerderij Zoetermeer, supporting 80’s band Heaven 17. Concerning the crowdfunding: we’ve shipped all the Nightwatch EPs, and are still planning a creative session to make the Untitled (Pop-Up) EPs. We’ll keep you posted about any new developments!

Xx,
Model Depose

Exciting times!

After our last update we have been quite busy. Let’s take you back to some of the things we’ve done the last five months.

Most of our time was consumed by completing and preparing the songs for our new album recordings. This took most of January, February, March and some of April. In the meanwhile, we did our first shows with our new drummer Erwin supporting Clan Of Xymox in Heerlen and Dordrecht. Both shows went great and it became clear that Erwin is a fine new member of the band.

In April,we finally entered the studio with David Marcel de Jong of Fine Tune Music. During a full week we recorded drums, bass, guitars, piano, and some of the vocals for ten songs. The synths were already recorded earlier. We even recorded an extra song that we will disclose some news about soon.

In May, we played two fun local gigs and there were a couple of extra vocals and guitar sessions.We’re almost done with the vocal recordings, need just one bass recording session and maybe some overdubs, and then the mixing can begin.

When can you hear our new music, I can hear you ask? We are delighted to tell you we’ve been booked for Noorderzon Festival in Groningen, where we will play 5 nights(24-28th of August), multiple short sets of new songs per night. During the day children will create diorama’s of how they see the ‘new world’, and create a décor for our performance at night. The new songs we’re playing about our fears and frustrations regarding the new world will be in sharp contrast with the children’s creations. Expect a short, but intense music theatre show.

As for the products you’ve ordered: most of the t-shirts that were ordered have found anew keeper (those that we’re ordered together with the new album will have to wait (see previous update), and we’re organizing ourselves to make sure the Nightwatch EP’s will be shipped and the Pop-Up Untitled EP will be made and shipped very soon. Our new album has no release date yet, or a title for that matter. We’ll keep you posted! Enjoy your summer!

Tourdates:

5 July –Cleopatra ASV, Groningen

24, 25, 26, 27, 28 August – Noorderzon Festival https://www.noorderzon.nl/

12 October– Boerderij, Zoetermeer (Support for Heaven 17)

Thank you!

On New Year's eve. when the clock struck 12 and everyone wished each other a happy new year, our campaign was finished with an amazing 111%! We're so happy we made it, that you will be making the new Model Depose album happen! Thank you! And a happy 2018 to you and your friends and families :)

What happens now?

Right now we've gained access to all the details of the contributions, and we can see what "tegenprestaties" have been selected by whom. Some of those will be sent to you in January, like the T-Shirt, Nightwatch EP, Splitting Light cd. The Pop-Up untitled EP will take some more time, as we have to hand-make them. And for our New Album / Art Edition we have no release date yet.

Those who ordered the T-shirt can expect an email about the sizes, because there was no room for that on the website. Those that ordered a New Album + T-shirt can do an early pick-up of the T-shirt at our shows (see below), or do a meet & greet in Groningen (contact us). Otherwise, we'll send the whole package when the new album is released.

Finishing the album

The next couple of months we're finishing and preparing the songs for the studio recording sessions that we've planned in March. After that, there's mixing and mastering the album, artwork design, manufacturing CDs, setting up the promotion, photography, music video's, setting up the release show, planning shows etc. A lot of work to do this year, so we're careful about the release date until we're absolutely sure about it. We'll keep you updated about it; through posts here and on our social media sites:

• Instagram: @ModelDepose
• Twitter: @ModelDepose
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/modeldepose

Shows

We hope to see you at our shows this year! So far, these are confirmed:

• 02.02.2018 Nieuwe Nor, Heerlen (NL)
• 03.02.2018 Bibelot, Dordrecht (NL)
• 10.03.2018 't Ukien, Kampen (NL)
• 24.03.2018 Le Biplan, Lille (FR)
• 26.05.2018 To be announced, Groningen (NL)

All the best and see you soon!
Xx,
Mariët, Erwin, David, Jobbe & Roeland

YES! WE DID IT! YOU DID IT! Last night we passed the 100%. All your support, contributions and trust made this a successful campaign. Thank you!

There still is time to contribute until the clock strikes midnight (Amsterdam time) on New Year's Eve. So just check if you have everything you wanted, or maybe add that t-shirt or that CD you forgot about. Or if you happen to know someone that hasn't funded yet, inspire him / her to join the campaign :)
All the proceedings above 100% will benefit the album release in 2018 and will be well spent :)

Xx

Wow! Amazing! We've reached 99% and still have two days to reach 100% and beyond. Everything above the 100% will enhance the album release. We've still got a lot of other costs to cover like promotion, plugging, photoshoots, video's, that will give the new album an even greater launch :D

Thank you so much for your donation and trust!

Xx

About 30 people joined our party last week in Jobbe's garden. The atmosphere was great, and the musicians played great covers of our songs, and their own songs of course. We also played a couple of new songs from the upcoming album. After counting everything, and taking off the costs, we added a total of €370,- to our crowdfunding with this party, and people also funded some of our "tegenprestaties" during the party.

Check some of the live video's of the performances at the party here:
https://www.facebook.com/modeldepose/

We still need about €1400 within 6 days and there's still a lot of people who promised to support the campaign with a donation. We're sure we will enter 2018 with a successful campaign and another reason to celebrate when the clock strikes twelve at New Years Eve. We Feel We Can Make It ;)

We've been very busy planning and preparing Jobbe's garden last week. Removing debris, creating a stage, fire pits. It's looking better and better. More people are signing up and donating to be there on Saturday and that's great! If you haven't done so, make sure you're there. There will be befriended musicians playing our songs, and some of us will be playing some new material Your chance to have a closer look in the upcoming album :) We will be going live on Facebook on Saturday, so if you can't make it, you can still have an impression.

Meanwhile, we're also adding new live shows to the list in 2018, even one outside The Netherlands, and we can announce them very soon. Here's the list so far:
02/02 Nieuwe Nor, Heerlen
03/02 Bibelot, Dordrecht
10/03 't Ukien, Kampen

Please keep sharing our campaign with your friends & families; many may have seen the campaign, but as December is a very busy time for everyone, one could use a reminder! :)

We're very happy that we're entering our second week of crowdfunding with 28% of the album being financed. Great! Last Friday, we announced on our Facebook page that our drummer Tim has left us and that Erwin is our new drummer! (For more info see our FB page)
We're currently preparing our party on the 16th of December in Jobbe's garden. We've got artists playing our songs and songs of their own. There might be an early/acoustic take of one of our new songs by one or two of us :) Tickets to the party can be selected from the "Tegenprestaties" and cost €15,-

If you haven't done so, please tell all of your friends and families to support our campaign and we hope to see a lot of you to meet us in Jobbe's garden!

Xx

We're so happy kicking off this campaign reaching 10% within the first day!
To reward everyone who's donated to far, we've sent a digital download of our latest release, that we recorded with our producer David Marcel. Keep a sharp eye on your mailbox (or spam folder) so you don't miss it :)

Also, sharing and telling your friends, family, co-workers about our campaign could help us a great deal!

Xx
Model Depose