zondag 20 april 2014

Blind Justice, Live 'On Air', Friday March 28th 2014.

Blind Justice (Moordrecht/Roitterdam), live on air.
Recorded: March 28th 2014, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Brain Freeze.

Note: with a new drummer and a new album in the works, it was time to have an update on this legendary local metalband. Inbetween chats and playing of some demotracks, they played one of them acoustic as well. Returning to their early writing days.

Yvo Staudt, 'In Session', Saturday March 8th 2014.

Yvo Staudt (Gouda), In Session.
Recorded: Saturday March 8th 2014, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Adios Nonino/Beethoven (TK 1-3)/Et Expecto Pt 1-3/Beethoven Tk 4.

Note: Registered for a living room festival early June 2014, I invited Yvo to tell more about his passion for classical accordion and a session. The session itself was intense, with the first take of the Beethoven piece rejected due to far too much compression. Takes 2-4 broke down. After the intense session a more than passionate, very intriguing and informing interview followed.

Chris Stubbe, Live 'On Air', Friday February 28th 2014.

Chris Stubbe (Haastrecht), live on air.
Recorded: Febryuary 28th 2014, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Dreams To Find/Perception/Reverie/When She Looked At Me That Way (Breakdown/When She Looked At Me That Way/Time*.

Note: after playing guitar in bands like ‘Quip!’ and supporting Ronald Hendriksen, Chris decided to give his songs a go on air, after working on them secluded for years. The deeper layered songs really touched me. And many others, as we learned after the show.
* ‘Time’ wasn’t played live on air, as we simply ran out of time, so we recorded it right after the show and aired it first thing the week after.

Pip Alblas, Live 'On Air', Friday February 21st 2014.

Pip Alblas (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: February 21st 2014, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: We Made It/ Hey Little Monkey/ Walls Around Her Heart/My Dream Guy/Something On The Side.

Note: Sunny hearted Si/So, in the middle of graduating, dropped by for a joyfull chat and some great live tracks, inspired by artists like Taylor Swift.

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.