Static Television features an interview with B.P. Helium in the latest episode.

The first part is featured at the 14:00 mark, in which he talks about his time with the band, touring, and the original 60’s influence of the early records. This is followed by the David Barnes-directed Gronlandic Edit video.

The second part is at the 31:45 mark, and BP discusses modern influences and the current stage show. Then live footage of Rapture Rapes the Muses is shown.

Thanks to cirrocumulus for the head’s up!

check out this interview kevin did with paste magazine while he was in Austin at SXSW 2008.

I’ve added 2 more videos to the oM archive on Vimeo.

“Family Nouveau” and “I Was Never Young” come from a show at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA, U.S.A. The show took place on August 13, 2005.
More to follow (probably).

Family Nouveau

of Montreal - Family Nouveau - 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA - August 13, 2005 from ofmontreal on Vimeo.

of Montreal playing “Suffer For Fashion” in Malmö, Sweden.
The show took place at Debaser on May 5, 2007
and aired on Swedish television, SVT.se
Some more video from this show to follow on the of Montreal channel on Vimeo

of Montreal - Suffer For Fashion - Debaser - Malmö, Sweden - May 5, 2007 from ofmontreal on Vimeo.

well…. here’s some more video bits..

kevin and i did a short set at les inrockuptibles in paris, france on december 14, 2007.
we performed “bunny ain’t no kind of rider”, “heimdalsgate like a promethean curse”, “suffer for fashion” and a cover of the kinks’ “days”.

(click on kevin)

we were a bit tired. (whats new?)
actually, only the 2nd time we had ever played “days”.
the first was about 30 minutes before on french radio.
one of my alltime favorite kinks songs.

In 2001 Athens label Orange Twin Records issued a mysterious record called Major Organ and the Adding Machine. Featuring the songs of the “Major” as interpreted by the Elephant 6 Orchestra, the album featured 19 tracks that alternated between avant-garde sound collages and densely psychedelic pop. While the actual participants of the album have remained anonymous, the album was rumored to feature members of of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, and The Olivia Tremor Control, as well as other members of the Elephant 6 collective. As these rumors go, the recordings were passed between musicians, and added to and remixed until the final result was a true collaborative effort. Since we can neither confirm nor deny anyone’s involvement, I will only attest that it certainly sounds like Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum singing on “Madam Truffle,” and if I were a betting man I’d claim that’s Kevin Barnes singing “Water Dripping on Bread Makes Bread Taste Not So Tasty.” But let’s just say that it all comes from the imagination of the prolific Major Organ and his Adding Machine.

Now we are about to be visited by the feature film adaptation of the Major Organ album. It’s a proudly low-budget, low-fi production, filmed in Athens with a cast including many Elephant 6 musicians, some of whom you might recognize behind fake mustaches and beards in the trailer now available at Orange Twin’s website. The trailer’s in Flash format, so you’ll have to download a Flash player to see it (but it’s worth it). It will soon be available on YouTube, undoubtedly. Some claim to recognize two Barneses and an Almstead. Here’s an MP3 from the album, now six years old.

Major Organ and the Adding Machine - Water Dripping on Bread Makes Bread Taste Not So Tasty.

Great little clip of B.P. from a forthcoming documentary on independent record stores. From the I Need That Record Blog.

I’ve updated our photo and video sections today.  Thanks to everyone who’s contributed so far (send your links to ofmontrealblog@yahoo.com).

From the HIP Clip, here’s Kevin discussing the creation of the new “Gronlandic Edit” video. Thanks to The Booty Patrol.