zondag 9 februari 2014

Mark Lotterman, 'Paradijskerk' Rotterdam, Friday February 7th 2014.

Mark Lotterman (Rotterdam), 2-track recorded.
Friday February 7th 2014, 'Paradijskerk' Rotterdam.
Tracks: I Need Something To Drink/The Hell That We Create/Scenes From Childhood/Year Without Summer/Love Is A Mountain Too High/Indie/Brighton/Hit Me When I’m Weak/It Ain’t Only Sorrow/Leaving For School/Rolling Stones/I Woke Up (Thinking That They Hate Me)/Almost 25/Too Stoned To Do It/I Miss You/Hotelroom In Rome/Funny (Encore).

Note: the day before Mark presented his 4th CD ‘Year Without Summer’, he asked me to make a frontal stage audience recording of the set, like I did December 20th 2013 in Gouda. Which I felt honoured to do. The presentation was held in a beautifuilly lit 19th century neo-classical Old-Catholic Church, with chandeleers, stainglass windows, arches and a beautifull echo all over the place. The church was packed and the atmosphere relaxed and joyfull. The perfect vsetting for Mark’s slightly stripped and personal songs. Which sounded so much better than the CD itself. Thrilling!

Mark Lotterman, 'In Session', Wednesday February 5th 2014.

Mark Lotterman (Rotterdam), In Session.
Recorded: February 5th 2014, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: The Hell That We Create/Rolling Stones.

Note: to promote his 4th album ‘Year Without Summer’, Mark came to the studio to pre-record an interview plus two live tracks, as the broadcast coincided with the release party. A slightly tired Mark had a great chat and played two great tracks.

Panc, Live 'On Air', Friday January 4th 2014.

Panc (Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: January 4th 2014, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: De Eerste/Een Mensje/Alleen Ben Je Nergens.

Note: Former ‘Lame Art’ drummer Gijs Batelaan sold his drumkit in 2000, moved to Utrecht and started playing guitar. Besides becoming a guitar-teacher, he won a prestigious Jazz newcomers prize in 2007 and played with several musicians in and outside Holland. Just for fun he recorded a cover-version of an old hit by some Soapies, which sparked him to start writing and recording under the ‘Panc’ moniker. In the show he not only played three tracks live, but also aired the cover that started it (‘Ademnood’ (‘Breathless’) by Linda, Roios & Jessica) and a song her wrote for his then recently departed grandmother. A great, personal show by the brother of ‘Nancy Brick’ singer Rieneke.

'Kogel Door De Kapel'-Festival,Jeruzalemkapel Gouda, Friday December 20th 2013.

Kogel Door De Kapel-festival, 2-track recorded.
Friday December 20th 2013, ‘Jeruzalemkapel’ Gouda.

Note: three acoustic performances set in a candle-lit medieval chapel with phenomenal acoustics. Sold out completely, the sets were captured with a simple stereo recorder put in front of the performers. Capturing not only the music, but also the sounds, laughter and noises from the audience.
Organising duo Nancy Brick opened with their stripped songs, closing a huge string of livingroom concerts, that started October 2012. It was their last liveset right before the start of writing and recording material for their second album, due somewhere laste 2014.
Second to play was local singer Alex van Holstein, bringing his irony-loaden songs with much more passion than you might even think. Alas he withdrew recording permission at the last minute, so nothing of him was recorded.
Rotterdam singer Mark Lotterman played a truly breathtaking sets with new material, to be released on his 4th CD Year ‘Without Summer’ in February 2014. Nancy Brick (Gouda/Delft), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Violins/In Your Mind/Sail/Pirate’s Ocean/Mountain/The Road/Nancy Brick/Silence.

Mark Lotterman (Rotterdam), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Intro/It Ain’t Only Sorrow/Scenes From Childhood/The Hell That We Create/I Miss You/Year Without Summer/Rolling Stones/I Woke Up (Thinking That They Hate Me)/Hit Me When I’m Weak /Funny (Encore).