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Born For Bliss




WILLEM VAN ANTWERPEN - drums, percussion
FRANK WEYZIG - vocals, guitars, keyboards
REMCO HELBERS - chapman stick

Flowing with the Flu (remastered + remixes) out now!!

Flowing With the Flu (Remastered) Out Now!!.. Fifteen years after the release of "Flowing With The Flue", BORN FOR BLISS' debut album as a re-mastered new version including bonus tracks on ECHOZONE.

Besides the revision of the master tracks and the four bonus tracks, the back then used album title has been replaced by the originally envisaged and now corrected "Flowing With The Flu". Even after fifteen years, the epic wave rock songs have not lost steam nor intensity, i. a. the club hit "Arabia".

release date May 11 - 2012 - label: ECHOZONE)


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Between Living & Dreaming

The long awaited release of 'Between Living & Dreaming' is here!!!
release date April 30 - 2010 - label: ECHOZONE)


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Introduction by Frank Weyzig



Ah… Where to start?

An album release from a band that has been away from the scene for more than a decade.... An album that initially has been recorded 11 years ago…
Is there any reason for that? Well yes!

Lately, I’ve been slowly moving my way back into the music scene with my contribution for 'White Rose Transmission', and one night, while I was working in my studio on one of the WRT tracks, I stumbled on these long forgotten B4B files on my hard drive. After playing some of the tracks, I was stunned about the freshness and the dynamics of the songs. Just one thought entered my mind… This album deserves a second chance!

After recording this album with Born For Bliss in 1999, the band split up due to all kinds of problems with our former management and record company. At that time, frustrated as I was with the whole business, I just gave up and never found the energy to do a final effort to release the album.

Shows you how things unexpectedly can take a different course!
Now, under the wings of German label ECHOZONE, the album is re-mastered, neatly packaged and anxiously waiting for you!







What makes this album so special, you would probably ask?

I could try to describe the music on this album to you. It would be difficult though, to not talk in clichés. Yes, some of you may remember that me and Willem van Antwerpen, were former members of dutch electronic wave legend 'Clan Of Xymox'.... So undoubtedly there will be some early Xymox influences on this record as well. Remco Helbers found his way to Born For Bliss via 'The Dreamside', and with his very own style of playing the 'Chapman Stick' he adds a special dimension to the Born For Bliss sound....

For the real fans it will be a surprise to listen to ‘Dragon’, one of the bonus tracks on the album. This song is a demo I wrote and recorded during the early Xymox period and still is one of my favorite songs and it definitely reflects the mood of that era. Another extra is my demo version of ‘Ylene’, which I wrote for ‘Love Like Blood’ for their ‘Snake Killer’ album. And then there's also a demo version of 'This Love', the very last song I ever wrote for Born For Bliss… So the album is not just released after all, but also packed with extras!



I could not leave you without giving you my view on the music scene. We all know that the music business is going through a massive change right now. Imagine this… While I was playing with Xymox in the mid eighties, our first album was released on vinyl. There were not even CD’s back then! The speed at which everything is changing is incredible! Nowadays, all existing music, almost everything that has ever been recorded, is downloadable, legal or illegal... Is there still hope for alternative music and their creators? Of course, as long as you, the fans, are willing to support your favorite artists. And as long as we, your favorite artists, are willing to provide you with pure and honest music…


Frank Weyzig
february 2010






Born For Bliss: (left to right)

Willem van Antwerpen: drums - percussion
Frank Weyzig: vocals - guitars - keyboards
Remco Helbers: Chapman Stick


Latest Album Reviews



Read the latest reviews about "Between Living & Dreaming'.
Some in English, some in German....


Reflections of Darkness webzine
by Nataly Night
April 27 - 2010

The last album of Dutch formation BORN FOR BLISS was recorded almost a decade ago and then the band split up due to different kinds of problems yet the story wasn’t over and finally long-awaited ‘Between Living & Dreaming’ made its way to the fans. BORN FOR BLISS was founded in 1994 and it deserved popularity among lovers of the first wave of gothic rock or new wave. But it should be said that the band’s music also contains the echoes of clear dark wave, musical complexity typical for PINK FLOYD and melodic effects of pop rock.

The new release of the musicians first of all amazes with the plenitude of the sound and its completeness. The CD contains 15 tracks, four of which can be regarded as bonus material. Gentle, melodic gothic rock renews the atmosphere of the early 80’s and immerses a listener into a shade of gothic clubs when dark wave was just arousing. It feels like we become witnesses of birth and development of new style which is hard to find now in its original form because of the intensive infusions of dark electro and industrial.

Maybe that’s why it’s so pleasant to listen to ‘Between Living & Dreaming’: live guitars, crystal piano passages, unobtrusive symphonic arrangements, rather diverse drums, deep heartfelt vocals and accessible lyrics make a listener forget of the reality at least for about 75 minutes however all the compositions are so impressive that could remain in one’s memory much longer then that. BORN FOR BLISS created a peculiar work indeed which is worthy to listen to again and again.

Rating:

Music: 10
Sound: 9
Extras: 9 (demos)
Total: 9.3 / 10

Link:
http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com

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Oblivion – German Metal and Gothic Magazine
by MK
April 10 - 2010

Niemals im Traum hätte ich zu hoffen gewagt noch mal etwas von Born for Bliss zu hören. Zwölf Jahre (!) nach der Veröffentlichung des Debüts „Flowing With The Flue“ und der Single „Arabia“ erscheint nun „Between Living & Dreaming“ das Nachfolgealbum mit Aufnahmen, die mittlerweile ebenfalls bereits zehn Jahre alt sind, aber immer noch so frisch und so zeitlos klingen, als wären die Songs gestern erst eingespielt worden. Ein Beleg nicht nur für die Klasse der Holländer um den ehemaligen Clan of Xymox-Gitarristen Frank Weyzig, sondern auch dafür, dass Born for Bliss ihrer Zeit um einiges voraus waren.

Der Gitarren-Wave der Holländer mündet auch auf „Between Living & Dreaming“ in elf emotionale und mitreissende Hymnen, von denen nicht eine qualitativ abfällt. Im Gegenteil, die Songs bergen Emotionen en masse in sich und sind mit Refrains und Melodien gesegnet, wie sie nur sehr wenige Bands in dieser Güte zu erschaffen im Stande sind (und waren). Der Gesang Frank Weyzigs ist dabei so prägnant und so prägend, so bewegend und so intensiv, dass man diese Stimme sein Leben lang nicht mehr vergisst.

Zusätzlich zu den elf originären Stücken des Albums finden sich vier weitere Demosongs auf der CD, darunter „Ylene“, das Born for Bliss für die deutschen Goth-Legende Love Like Blood geschrieben haben. Als Anspieltipp sei hier, stellvertretend für eine ganz grosse Band und ein geniales Album, nur „Believe“ genannt. Vielen Dank an „Echozone“ und die Veröffentlichung dieses Albums. Schön, dass es noch Labels gibt, die den Mut haben solche Alben zu veröffentlichen.

Bewertung : 10 / 10
MK

Link:
http://www.obliveon.de

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The Original Sin - webzine
by Didier Becu
April 18 - 2010

Music can be glamorous but it's also the cradle of many sad stories, or unreleased dreams. Born For Bliss is a band in that league as they always were victimized by the curse of (my all time fave band) Clan Of Xymox. Maybe Frank Weyzig will bite of his nails if he sees it again, but sorry, I feel I have to. Anyway Frank used to be one of the original co-founders from Clan Of Xymox. For some reasons Frank left the band and some years later he came back with Born For Bliss.

In 1997 there was the release of their debutalbum "Flowing with the flue", an album nobody cared about. You can always blame the press but this time it was the press' fault. Automatically Frank got compared with Xymox and they concluded : "Well, it's not Xymox....". Of course it's not Xymox, it's Born For Bliss. Having said that I think I would never have given the album a change (the press interest was something like zero) if Frank wasn't a member of Xymox, but a musiclover listens and listens and then form his opinion. Two years later the band had a second album, this one... The big frustration was that back then not one label was interested in releasing this album, until now as the German Echozone-label decided to give it a release.

Mind you, Born For Bliss aren't back as Frank is now playing with White Rose Transmission (the band from Carlo Van Putten and the sadly missed Adrian Borland) who recently released a new album (see elsewhere on these pages). It's a shame this album never got released as once again Born For Bliss are bringing psychedelic goth-rockwave that sometimes (hey that's strange) refers to The Sound, at other times (true is true) to the Xymoxsound, at other times Dreadful Shadows... As a bonus you get some unreleased demos as well. You got the picture? This is a brilliant gothwaverecord that finally deserves to see the lights...

Oooh in love with a ten year old album...thanks to Echozone I guess!

Link:
http://theoriginalsinfanzine.blogspot.com

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mindestverzehr - German Webzine
by Andre
April 2010

2010 scheint in der Tat ein Jahr zu werden, an dem schon längst todgeglaubte Bands sich aus ihren Gräbern erheben. So auch die Niederländer von „Born for Bliss“, die sich nach mehr als 12 Jahren Abstinenz, nun dazu entschieden haben, an ihr 1997er Debüt „Flowing With The Flue“ anzuknüpfen. „Between Living & Dreaming”, so der Titel des neuen Studioalbums, neben den 11. Album Tracks beinhaltet die neue Scheibe, auch einige unveröffentlichte Demo Versionen sowie ein Remix des Songs „All Away“.

So ganz abstreifen kann Gitarrist und Sänger Frank Weyzig (ehemaliger Live-Gitarrist und Keyboarder von Clan Of Xymox) seine Vergangenheit wohl nicht, immer wieder mal schleichen sich auch auf „Between Living and Dreaming“ einige Akzente ein, die an die bedeutende 80ziger Jahre Wave-Formation erinnern lassen. Klanglich verbreitet sich eine vielschichtige Akustik, sehr schön in Szene gesetzte Melodien, treffen auf lyrische Ebenden, irgendwo zwischen Real und Traumwelt. Alle Tracks weisen eine dicht gestrickte Substanz auf und bilden einen massiven Tiefgang. Doch zugegeben, mit der Stimme von Frank Weyzig muss man sich wohl erst anfreunden, erinnert mich der Gesang doch ziemlich stark an „Neil Tennant“ von den Pet Shop Boys, was nun nicht unbedingt als negativ aufgefasst werden sollte, nur zu dem Sound von „Born for Bliss“, würde eine tiefere Stimmlage durchaus Erdiger klingen.

Was das Album aber so interessant macht, sind viele berauschende Elemente, die ineinandergreifen. Vor allem glänzen hier die ausgereiften Gitarren-Arrangements, die sich mit den harmonischen Wave-Flächen, ein Stell dich ein liefern und so für tanzbare Momente, besinnliche Augenblicke und tieftraurige Pfade sorgen. Vertreten sind überwiegend Stücke, die im Mid-Tempo Bereich anzusiedeln wären. Doch Ausnahmen bestätigen die Regel und so wummert mit „Kindred Spirits“, auch ein richtiger Clubhit aus den Boxen.

Fazit :Als besondere Favoriten, möchte ich „Empty Room”, „Any More”, „ Kindred Spirits“, „All Away” und vor allem die Demo Versionen, die ich als vollkommen gelungen bezeichnen würde, in den Vordergrund heben. Ein Album welches man ruhigen Gewissens weiter empfehlen kann.

Bewertung : 8.0 / 10

Link:
http://www.mindestverzehr.de

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Gothtronic - Webzine
by Erik
July 2010

Although Born For Bliss is not active anymore their new album Between Living & Dreaming wil hopefully turn the tide because these three Dutch lads deserve some appreciation. The follow up of Flowing with The Flue, which included the beautiful track If Only, is in the same vein as its predecessor. This album is actually a re-mastered album of the in ‘99 to be released album which never saw the light of day. And that’s a pity because this album truly has some gems.

This album contains beautiful crafted gothic rock, with a hint of new wave and symphonic rock presented in sublime manner. Especially the powerful vocals and guitar of Frank Weyzig together with the Chapman Stick of Remco Helbers. Aided by Willem van Antwerpen performing drums, percussion and drumloops they manage to captivate an enthralling sound. Naturally there are some influences of Clan of Xymox since Frank Weyzig and Willem van Antwerpen were former CoX members, but Born for Bliss has a more guitar orientated sound and definitely has an own face.

Just listen to Empty Room, the mesmerising song Shades and the energetic Kindred Spirits and you’ll have to admit that it’s a pity this band is not active anymore. This album is loaded with bonus tracks, including a demo version of Ylene which Frank Weyzig wrote for Love Like Blood’s Snake Killer album. Between Living & Dreaming is a superb album containing enough extra’s to attract old fans and obtain new fans. A job well done!

Grade: 8

Link:
http://www.gothtronic.com

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Musikreviews - German webzine

by Andreas Schulz
June 2010

1997 erschien mit "Flowing With The Flue" das Debütalbum einer Band namens BORN FOR BLISS. Diese bestand aus Frank Weyzig und Willem van Antwerpen, die in den 80ern beide bei den legendären CLAN OF XYMOX tätig waren und 1994 diese Band gründeten. 1999 wurde "Between Living & Dreaming" aufgenommen, jedoch nie veröffentlicht, weil die Band sich kurz danach auflöste. Durch seine Beteiligung am Projekt WHITE ROSE TRANSMISSION kam Weyzig wieder zurück in die Musikszene und fand eines Abends dieses Album auf seiner Festplatte - und er gab ihm eine zweite Chance, ließ es remastern und veröffentlicht es nun erfreulicherweise doch noch.

Erfreulich deshalb, weil es wirklich ein bildschönes Album ist, das von seiner Schwermütigekeit in meist getragenen Songs lebt und mit traumhaft schönen Melodien und einer herrlich herbstlichen Atmosphäre genau das richtige für die Melancholiker unter uns ist. Die Vergangenheit mit CLAN OF XYMOX ist gegenwärtig, hier und da fühlt man sich aber auch an LOVE LIKE BLOOD erinnert - was kein Wunder ist, denn für die schrieb Weyzig für deren Album "Snake Killer" den Song "Ylene", der hier als Bonus in einer eigenen Demoversion vorliegt. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit verdient Weyzigs bezauberndes, gefühlvolles und intensives Gitarrenspiel, das in seinen allerbesten Momenten wie in "Believe" gar an die FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM erinnert, was ja im Grunde einer Seligsprechung gleichkommt.

Das Verhältnis aus ruhigen und andächtigen Songs sowie flotteren Nummern tendiert leicht zu den stilleren Momenten hin, was aber in keinster Weise negativ zu verstehen ist, denn diese liegen BORN FOR BLISS besonders gut. Viele der Songs sind durch passende und mitunter leicht verstörende Samples ausgeschmückt, was der Atmosphäre zusätzlich gut tut. Viele der Texte behandeln zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen, allerdings auf eine sehr resignierte Art und Weise. "Perfect Sin" macht hier eine Ausnahme, denn dieser fast schon fröhliche Song ist ein recht positives Liebeslied.

FAZIT: "Between Living & Dreaming" ist ein düster-romantischer, aber gänzlich unkitschiger Ohrenschmeichler, der es definitiv wert war, doch noch zu Veröffentlichungsehren zu kommen.

11 out of 15 points

Link:
http://www.musikreviews.de



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  • Genre: Alternative / Indie / New Wave

    Location Amsterdam, Netherlands

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    Last Login: 5/18/2012

    Member Since 6/17/2006

    Website bornforbliss.de

    Record Label ECHOZONE

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    In 1999, Born For Bliss finished the final recordings for their latest album "Between Living and Dreaming", mixed at the famous Impulse Tonstudio in Hamburg by J.P. Genkel, known for his work with 'Lacrimosa' and 'Cradle of Filth'. Soon after the final recordings of "Between Living and dreaming", the band disintegrated due problems with their former management and record label.... And yes, as you may know by now, the release for this album had to wait until 2010. That's when Frank Weyzig gave the band a new birth with a fresh release on German label ECHOZONE.... For next year more plans are being unfold to release a new album and to do live gigs again... Under 'Band History' you can read the complete biography....
  • Members

    Frank Weyzig, Remco Helbers, Willem van Antwerpen
  • Influences

    Pink Floyd, T-Rex, Joy Division, New Order, The Sound, Chameleons, Gary Numan, UltraVox, Echo and the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Comsat Angels, Japan, The Cure and so much more....
  • Sounds Like

    Born For Bliss....
Frank Weyzig is a Dutch producer, composer and bandmember, known for his contribution to the original Clan of Xymox and his work for indie new wave band Born For Bliss. More recently Frank is involved with Vaselyne, White Rose Transmission and Stargazing Project. In january 2011, Frank founded ‘Turmoil Music’, a new music platform for Independent Artists.




Previous Albums


Between Living & Dreaming
Between Living & Dreaming
2010 (label: ECHOZONE)


  Flowing with the Flu
Flowing with the Flue
1998 (label: NUCLEAR BLAST)


Arabia
Arabia (EP)
1997 (label: NUCLEAR BLAST)



Arabia
Born for Bliss (EP)
1994 (domestic release)



Band History



1997; Born for Bliss, existing since 1994, awakes with the overwhelming "Flowing with the Flue". The roots of this fact are placed over a decade ago. In those times the dutch Born for Bliss-members Frank Weyzig and Willem van Antwerpen created thrilling sounds together with the still cultic (Clan of) Xymox.

During the early, exiting period of this electronic-wave legend (mid till end of the 80s), Frank and Wim have been involved in this band. From this period result the first two Xymox albums which are still classic highlights.

Since 1995 the third member of Born for Bliss is Remco Helbers. He found his way to Born for Bliss via the Dreamside and Love Like Blood on stage. With his very own style of playing the Chapman Stick, Remco adds a special dimension to the Born for Bliss-sound.

Together, this trio guarantees an ultimate seductive soundoutput which was proved impressively by their prereleased cd-single "Arabia" (for 'Nuclear Blast - Deathwish Office') in 1996.

In the same year this single became an addicting clubhit and made it's way high into the german alternative charts. Those of you who have seen the band that year on their german tour know that Born for Bliss stands for an impressive live-show!



We're back in 1997. Now 'Flowing with the Flue' marks Born for Bliss' long desired longplay-debut. "With Impressive elegance the band produced a couple of fascenating pearls. The prickling melodic changes between melancholy and dynamic along with 80s charme and 90s-scenery will not only electrify all wave fans!"

"The sounding potpourri impresses with original songwriting, interesting arrangements and charismatic vocals. Already in the first week after its release, 'Flowing with the Flue' entered high into the german alternative album-charts!"

In 1999, They finished the final recordings for their latest album "Between Living and Dreaming", mixed at the famous Impulse Tonstudio in Hamburg by J.P. Genkel, known for his work with 'Lacrimosa' and 'Cradle of Filth'. Soon after the final recordings of "Between Living and dreaming", the band disintegrated due to all kinds of problems with their management and record label....

And yes, as you may know by now, the release for this album had to wait until 2010. That's when Frank Weyzig gave the band a new birth with a fresh release on German label ECHOZONE....

.... meanwhile new plans are being unfold to add a new chapter to the B4B history....



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Born For Bliss - 'If Someone' - 1997


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Born For Bliss - 'If Only' (live video) - 1997


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Born For Bliss - 'Tony' (live video) - 1999
with guest guitarist Marco de Bruin


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Born For Bliss - 'Arabia' (live video) - 1997


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Born For Bliss - 'Any More' (live video) - 1999
with guest guitarist Marco de Bruin





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