wake up wonderland
 
 
 
 
 
 
all "wake up wonderland" photos
taken by barbara schwinges
julia
 
photos by barbara schwinges
 
fotos by barbara schwinges
 
photos taken by manfred daams
roland
selfportrait
 
 
 
photos by barbara schwinges
selfportrait
mood bazaar
 
 
 
 

all "mood bazaar" photos
taken by barbara schwinges

january 2002
 
 
 
all winter photos taken by
barbara schwinges
alaska
 
 
 
 
 
all "alaska" photos
taken by barbara schwinges
japan january 2004
julia in front of a big rollercoaster in yokohama
with the fm yokohama radio crew
chica, blade, roland, julia and ken
before the instore gig in osaka
backstage with hmv-staff members
julia at an instore gig (pic by ken kinoshita)
roland is doing the ”card” thing:)
instore in shinyuku together with toshiaki goto!
same gig, another picture:)

with dj alex at the so-en cable network




riviera's first live show was an instore at HMV shibuya with small line-up (only julia, roland - with accoustic guitar - and louis)
backstage before the gig
onstage

onstage

onstage HMV Shibuya photos taken by Ken Kinoshita

onstage
meeting fans and signing autographs



the aoyuzu (ebisu district) presented a special event called "love" on may 31, 2002 - fantastic plastic machine and shuya okino performed after riviera's live show
audience at the aoyuzu
audience and band
aerial view by blade (long arm)
 
meeting some friends backstage after the show


japan dec. 2002
 
traffic guard in front of dior ad
eating chinese soup
roland and julia with interpreter shu at tokyo station, waiting for the airport transfer
roland had a horrible flu and wore a mask to not infect others
roppongi, tokyo's party area (great cafés too)


on dec 23 2002, riviera performed live at the philter christmas night together with other philter acts bikeride, mello cads and linus of hollywood at ebisu garden hall
at the end of the trip, julia felt ill too - before the show she tried to comfort herself with tons of hot tea
audience
after the show: julia with jimmy levine who played keyboards in linus of hollywood's band
roland, probyn gregory and shu
japan maY 2002
roland with chicaco and daniel "blade" ohlsson ("chica & blade"), friends from chicago/USA - chica runs riviera's first fansite, blade co-wrote the lyrics to "anna in her office"
in front of the of the Meiji Jingu shrine
meet and greet with the staff from franc franc who collaborate with philter on several projects
meet the band: roland, louis c. oberländer (bass guitar, backing vocals), toshiaki goto (drums), julia
surrounded by a bunch of school girls - they wanted to practise their English
shinjuku district - or, as we named it, blade runner city - absolutely overwhelming
roland and louis in shibuya after the HMV instore gig
shibuya - tokyo's shopping area no.1 - by night
izabel and julia in the middle of a drinking contest - bass player louis is trying to hide - the philter staff (right to left): kaori inukai, takayuki takahashi, tomokazu ojima, kaori "izabel" izawa

group picture at narita airport - down left keiko yuyama, our interpreter during our first trip

all japan pictures were taken by
either louis, blade, philter staff or riviera




the good thing about being brother and sister is the existence of childhood pics... ;o)
summer vacation '72
winter '73
meet the wolffs, christmas '75 or '76
julia, roland and christmas tree
spain 1977
roland and mom gisela
julia and dad udo, same party (obviously camera-shy)
pirates
france 1978
new year's eve 1979



in Feb 02, Julia and Roland had the chance to visit Malmö, Sweden, and the Tambourine Studio who's famous for being the Cardigans' home studio. a friend had invited them to support his recordings on piano and vocals
playing the grand piano
in the recording room
singing
relaxing, supervised by a cardboard nina persson
inventing some parts on the guitar