Very Friendly

new location

2010-02-19T13:07:00.000-08:00

this blog is discontinued. follow the new blog at: http://theeveryfriendly.tumblr.com/

TG response...?

2009-07-01T06:03:00.000-07:00

An interesting email appeared recently at Komplott HQ:

"Hi,

I would like to give copies of your publication "Very Friendly" to

the members of Throbbing Gristle please.

Friendly Regards
Paul Smith
Manager to Throbbing Gristle / Alan Vega / Mark Stewart / HTRK
blastfirstpetite.com"

Out Now!

2009-04-15T05:28:00.000-07:00

Finally! It is here! Get it now

Teaser trailers!

2009-03-20T11:43:00.000-07:00

Very Friendly # 1 - Just Another Scandal in Paris from ronsun on Vimeo.

Very Friendly # 1 - TG at The Cryptic One Club 1978 from ronsun on Vimeo.

Very Friendly # 1 - A Fetish For Trondheim from ronsun on Vimeo.

One more step closer

2009-03-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

A new test pressing arrived today - this time ok, which means the finished 7" should arrive within two weeks.

The comic book has reached the final stage and is being printed next week! 48 pages long!

Mishap

2009-03-05T13:14:00.000-08:00

Well, the test press of the Lasse 7" arrived... and it sounds mighty fine - only problem is that it has the same track pressed on both sides!

This needs to be corrected of course and might cause a slight delay, well see...!

Getting closer...

2009-02-19T07:46:00.003-08:00

Here are some random snippets from #1! The proofs from the Lasse 7" has been approved so the pressing will take place shortly. Otherwise things is progressing slowly but it should be ready in about one month's time...

Varése

2009-02-01T04:08:00.000-08:00

Varese-Entretiens (extraits)
Uploaded by Stentor16-8-4

The Lasse 7"

2009-01-27T04:11:00.000-08:00

...that will be included in #1 is near completion. Lasse has delivered the tracks (shortly before boarding a plane for yet another tour of Japan) and the printing parts is in preparation so everything should be off to the pressing plant within a week or so.

in progress... #1!

2008-12-08T02:22:00.001-08:00

a small excerpt from "TG at Cryptic One Club, 1979"

Releaseparty for #0!

2008-11-19T08:30:00.000-08:00

A small releaseparty for VF#0 was held in collaboration with Motvikt at Skånes Konst in Malmö on November 18th. Here's a small clip from Mr Sundin's very short performance during that evening (and no, there's nothing wrong with your eyes - the clip is very very dark!) :

Ronnie Sundin live at Motvikt #11, Malmö 2008 from ronsun on Vimeo.

hot off the printers!

2008-10-06T10:18:00.000-07:00

Here it is! 20 pages. The official release date is October 23rd. Available now from Komplott

The price is 7 $ / 5 € / 50 SEK worldwide postage included.

Paypal orders can be made by clicking below:

trailer

2008-10-05T13:24:00.001-07:00

very friendly #0 from ronsun on Vimeo.

#0

2008-09-16T03:31:00.000-07:00

These are exciting times. The 'teaser' issue is near completion!

In 2003 i made an autobiographical chapter on a trip to Los Angeles and the people i met there in 1999.

Due to the fact that part of the text is in Swedish and features some language miscomprehensions that is kinda hard to translate we decided to publish this chapter on it's own as as sort of a teaser of things to come.

We are aiming to have this thing (#0!) out in October and to have the first real issue out hopefully before Christmas!

there is a new comic in town...

2008-08-20T08:21:00.000-07:00

... called Very Friendly and it is a creation of yours truly, Ronnie Sundin. The idea for this comic came about in late 2002 (when i was

sketching out ideas for a planned large scale art project called The History Of Electronic Music which was centered around the idea of making portraits of friends, colleagues and historical figures who were electronic music makers) - and it happened in the shape of a quick sketch on the idea of a comic on the life and works of Pierre Schaeffer.

Shortly afterwords the project ended up in hibernation but in 2004 i made an exhibiton at Cirkulationscentralen in Malmö (Sweden) featuring 50 ink drawings that later on were collected with additional material in the book The History Of Electronic Music (that was published by art book publishing house noCube in collaboration with record label Häpna in 2007. ) which also turned out to be a bit more realistic realisation of the large scale project inlcuding life size sculptures, paintings and projections that i had in mind at first...

Early in 2008, however, i had a meeting with Maximilian Moulettes who is the head of the record label Komplott here in Malmö and he approached me with an offer to produce a comic magazine for his label which puzzled me at first but after a while i realised that this was an opportunity to bring the old Pierre comic idea into life. Shortly after that it also dawned upon me that i wanted to expand the story on all the characteres that were in the above mentioned book in the shape of a comic and there you have the basic plan for Very Friendly! Back in 2002 i had also made some sketches for a autobiographical comic on my first visit to Trondheim to meet the , ahem... legendary Lasse Marhaug which in it's finished form will be included in the first issue.