ORDER HERE YOUR COPY OF 'THE AMSTERDAM TAPES'.
During the summer of 1992 Citizens member Victor Heeremans and Bart van Poppel recorded 14 songs with the late Adrian Borland on an 8-track recorder in Bart's home-studio in Amsterdam.
They worked with programmed drums and bass because the recordings were intended as demos in the first place.
After rejection of the record company, the tapes ended up in the closet where they stayed for about ten years.
But when Bart transfered the analogue material to a digital format he discovered that these songs were just hidden treasures which only sounded a little back-dated because of the programmed stuff.
He decided to replace the machines by a real rhythm-section and to add some guitars and other instruments like vibes, celeste and cello.
Everybody who's involved including Robert Borland, Adrians dad, is very enthusiastic about the project and right now the album has been finished.
Release of The Amsterdam Tapes is due for May 31 2006 on Pop One Records and there will be a big presentation with special guests in the Amsterdam Paradiso on June 4.
Vocalists from the UK and the Netherlands will perform a selection of songs from the new album and a set of songs from The Sound
sunday 18th may 8pm we will be presenting a tribute to Ian Curtis who took his own life 28 years to this day. a simple one hour celebration of the the music of Ian and Joy Division will also include a few tracks from artists who shared the same bill ie;section 25,a certain ratio. why not join us for an hour of artistic genius SUNDAY 18TH MAY 8PM www. bishopfm. com
"Non so se i Sound diventeranno veramente famosi. Non me ne importa nulla. So solo che abbiamo cambiato le vite di alcune persone. La musica è una forma d’arte che ti colpisce con forza, e ti arriva fino all’anima. Me ne vado in giro con tutte le nostre canzoni che mi girano per la testa, e la mia testa esplode se non le ricordo tutte"
Thank you for the add! You have touched my soul,your voice for so many years kept me company like a best friend:)I know one day in the High place I'll meet you and thank you in person.
