ABBC

While saving Spoke within their hometown of Tucson, AZ, in 1996, Calexico’s John Convertino and Joey Uses up were introduced to going to Parisians Gabriel Naïm Amor and Thomas Belhom by shared friend/filmmaker Marianne Dissard. After the two Frenchmen completely relocated to Tucson the next year and started performing beneath the name Amor Belhom Duo, a cooperation with the couple of Calexico principals appeared inevitable as both acts often distributed bills around city. The acronymic name ABBC — Amor, Belhom, Uses up, Convertino — was created. Recording periods for the brand new quartet had been squeezed among Calexico and Amor Belhom Duo travels more than a 15-month period in Tucson in the past due ’90s. Each musician used a number of instrumental hats through the entire periods, with Belhom and Convertino writing percussion responsibilities and Amor and Uses up primarily managing stringed equipment and loops. The causing effort, the mainly homemade Tete a Tete, made an appearance in past due 2000 on Wabana Information.