Watch Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales Perform ‘Room 29’ in Full at ARTE Concert Festival 2017

Watch Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales Perform ‘Room 29’ in Full at ARTE Concert Festival 2017


Too much Jarvis Cocker is never enough, especially when there’s a pandemic raging. Despite pushing back the debut album from his new project JARV IS… until September due to Covid-19 (see note below), the British musician is still making headlines. On Monday, ARTE premiered a video of Jarvis and Chilly Gonzales performing their collaborative album, Room 29, in full at the ARTE Concert Festival in 2017. You can watch the dazzling 92-minute theatrical event below. It’s up through June 26. (Update: La Blogothèque also shared a video of the performance, we have updated the link below)

A concept album inspired by the Pulp frontman’s stay in the infamous room 29 at the iconic Château Marmont, Room 29 pays tribute to old Hollywood glamour. For their stage production, Jarvis and Chilly summon the spirits of the Los Angeles landmark through song, visuals, and dance performed within the set of a hotel room. The performance features The Kaiser Quartett, who play on the record, and dancer Maya Orchin. Jarvis and Chilly went on a brief tour of Europe with the production, including stops in the UK, Germany, and France. The ARTE Concert Festival concert took place in Paris at La Gaîté Lyrique on April 7, 2017, a few weeks after the release of the album.

As for the video, it’s filmed by the talented folks at La Blogothèque with director David Ctiborsky at the helm. La Blogothèque is the production company behind the famed Take Away Shows. During the pandemic, they’ve adapted and launched #StayAwayShows. This new series finds musicians logging on to La Blogothèque’s Instagram and performing a brief set.

This video isn’t the only thing Jarvis has given his stamp of approval during the coronavirus crisis. Most Saturday nights, Jarvis takes to Instagram Live for Domestic Disco. From 9pm-11pm BST/4pm-6pm ET/1pm-3pm PT, the artist curates a dance party from his living room complete with mood lighting. You can check out some of what he’s played here and here. He’s also creating a master playlist on Spotify of all the songs he’s cued up. You can find that here.

Jarvis also maintains a Sunday evening series he calls Jarvis Cocker’s Bedtime Stories. So far, in his sultry English accent, he’s read Richard Brautigan’s Times Square in Montana, Tove Jansson’s The Spring Tune, David Foster Wallace’s Forever Overhead, and Alan Garner’s The Trade That No-one Knows. He posts his readings on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube. Below, you can find his reading of Forever Overhead.

For updates on JARV IS… and the status of their debut album, Beyond the Pale, sign up for Jarvis’ newsletter here.

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I doubt it comes as a surprise to any of you but change is afoot in JARV IS… world. See below for details. & please keep safe x JARV IS… making adjustments Like everyone else we are trying to make sense of this new reality. So: 1) The release of the album “Beyond the Pale” has been delayed. It will now be coming out on the 4th of September. It’s a drag to have make these changes but we’re sure you understand why they’re necessary. We are looking into ways of doing some kind of “virtual performances” in the interim. We miss you! 2) The JARV IS… tour has been postponed. New US dates will be announced in the future. The new UK dates are: Sun-Nov-22 Birmingham O2 Institute Mon-Nov-23 Manchester Albert Hall Wed-Nov-25 Glasgow Barrowlands Fri-Nov-27 Liverpool Invisible Wind Factory Sat-Nov-28 Bristol Marble Factory Mon-Nov-30 London The Roundhouse (Those who bought tickets for the May UK tour will be able to use them for entry to these shows, obvs.) IN THE MEANTIME You can keep fit whilst cooped-up indoors by dancing to “House Music All Night Long” – suddenly lines such as “Saturday Night Cabin Fever in House Nation” & “Goddam this claustrophobia!” have taken on a new meaning – but a domestic disco really is quite a pleasant method of passing the time. Shall we? Stay safe – we will prevail! JARV IS… with you – now more than ever #wewillprevail #listeningtohousemusicallnightlongandalldaytoo #wemissyou

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