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The Skills
Southern Rock

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Mudtown / Rattown
Netherlands

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Member Since10/23/2006
Band Websitewww.the-skills.com
Band Members
Influencesdelete, escape, control, enter
Sounds Like

"XXX" Symphony in White at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam. February 2009. Evening wild, afternoon white.

"BLOND PINK AND BLUE" Symphony in White at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam. February 2009. Afternoon white, evening wild.

"I AM NOT KIND" Independent Drawing Gig no.4 at the far far away cabin in the Wallon woods........ autumn 2008.

"THE ATTRACTIVES" Cacao drippin'........ wall drawings and bean soup. De Cacaofabriek, 2007.

"OLD DIRTY CARPET ROCK" Where are you gonna go on a cold Friday night? Exactly, a smalltown art/pop*festival that brings together visual art and ..... music, sort of. Bright red sprayed guitar mobile. Shy singersongwriters. A sound engineer with an authentic rock explosion for a hairdo. Beer coupons. Dreaming of the future. Kissing outside. All this took place at The Fenix, Sittard (NL) 2007

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   About The Skills

********WE-ARE-serious! We stumble, fall, and kick off our vintage designer heels 'cause doing it barefoot rocks. We write, play, sing, draw. End of 2003: moving from the visuals to the electrics and naked voices, Gam and Simone climbed on a small stage, played guitar (at some point with a brush ---- could't shake off our 'fine arts' heritage) and we worked with what we were lacking. It became our anthem: 'Just Walking Through The Mud, Really. What Are Skills Anyway? See You Around.' It's monotonous, repetitive and very, very seeeerious. Our words emerge from the swampy affair between guitar and bass, working toward a quiet spot, a space for improvisation. (And then we fail...... or we don't. It's all about the subject that we choose to mirror on.) We sometimes work with the occasional drummer boy, but we prefer doing it on our own. Things can get complicated with more than two persons involved, you know... anyway. Don't know if this is rock 'n roll, but it seems like unpolished and articulate freedom to us, at its very least.

******** IN 2005 we had gathered all our notes, rages, dream fragments and descended into the lair of master rob, who enhanced his basement with digital recording equipment. this place, 3 sun recordings, became our sanctuary for some days, in the south of the southest. First we recorded 'VEILIGE HOES': after the Oddpop festival -local in its feel, streetwise in various orbits and which hosted our first gig- a compilation cd was made. Contributors were, amongst others, People Like Us, zZz, Felix Kubin, Candie Hank and The Skills. Then (light years ago, it seems) we went from basement to kitchen, from recording to listening, adjusting, having lunch breaks, rob playing the drums, we slowly moved into what would become the shape and force of our music: 'WHITE LEATHER JACKET' was born. Nine compact ones. We kept moving, sometimes slowly and painfully, sometimes restless and impatient. It turned out that being The Skills means a lot of constructing a form in which this life can take place: growing up in different cities, devouring email and telephone, let's just say we have learned to work with a physical distance included. And every time we unite we connect dots. We dance around not being too nostalgic, continue to braid memories and the things lying ahead in our hard-soft-hard words, playing, drawing.

******** UPDATE! THE END OF 2008 our two person army got expanded by the introduction of Kees: a beer can and last moment snare drummer. He had witnessed our show once, and immediately thought of collaborating and we are super glad about that. More will follow.


   The Skills's Friend Space (Top 10)
The Skills has 148 friends.
 DE BUCK 


 liesbeth 


 ULTRA ECZEMA 


 inflagranti 


 Tim Bonno 


 THUTH/LOS DANCING QUEENS 


 PUNTZY EST CARINA 


 Katinka 


 Danielle Lemaire 


 CEV EDIT 





The Skills's Friends Comments
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Captain Spoon





May 26 2009 3:14 PM

Thanks for being friends!
DE BUCK





May 23 2009 6:20 PM

The Moth Spring30th May St Martens Voerenwww.the-moth.be
Mathias





Apr 22 2009 9:57 AM

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MC DUSAAR





Apr 12 2009 11:08 AM

Hey Simone, ken je me nog? Liesbeth, muziekodroom, Tim Vanhamel, Cambrinus...? Ik hoop dat alles daar goed gaat en ik u nog es tegen t lijf mag lopen in de toekomst.

Ons bandje heeft net n rockumentary gereleased. Alles wat ge altijd al wilde weten over Dusaar en nog meer. Te veel zelfs. Het wordt zelfs genant op momenten.

The Vagrants





Feb 2 2009 11:03 PM

Well guys, thanks for your help and loyalty so far. It is all moving pretty quickly for us right now.

The Vagrants have signed a world wide deal with Warner Chappell publishing. The Vagrants new "Be True" CD our 3rd, is coming out into shops hard copy in various territories shortly, but you can get an advance copy at i Tunes if you want a copy.

http://itunes. apple. com/WebObjects/MZStore. woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=291333695&s=143460

or hard copy at CD Baby...

http://cdbaby. com/cd/vagrants3

Check out the new songs on Myspace and drop me a comment on which you like, or don't like!!!

Happy New Year,
Cheers, beers and big times in 09,
Steve
PUNTZY EST CARINA





Jan 3 2009 2:00 PM

gatverpielekes, das pas lekker!!!

k
ULTRA ECZEMA





Oct 10 2008 8:56 PM

next week ULTRA ECZEMA'S GALMBAL is on!! a acoustic festival at "de oude stadsfeestzaal" in mechelen!

for 10 euro you'll see amazing bands and get a free compilation cd and a publication! it starts at 8 sharp!





http://www. cultuurcentrummechelen. be/program/fiche. cfm?performancedisplayid=1220

best wishes
dt
ULTRA ECZEMA





Sep 15 2008 6:14 PM



MC DUSAAR





Aug 9 2008 9:07 AM

MC Dusaar geeft u kloppen op uw bakkes!
elma





Jul 15 2008 2:11 PM

Win For Life SUCKS! ik wil The Skills in mijn living! :-)
liesbeth





Jun 28 2008 5:16 PM

baby, scheldapen was crazy*
rondhangen met local heros rockstar kids, om half negen brandde de zon op mijn huid... gelukkig was ik niet alleen :) in mij glittertijgerpakjekrullenbolisnietbraafgeweest
wat een feest!
spinshots





Apr 1 2008 11:52 PM

Erica





Mar 30 2008 2:02 PM

hey nichie, alles ok? x
Markie





Mar 14 2008 10:40 AM

COME TOGETHER!!!

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Tim Bonno





Mar 6 2008 3:12 PM

hey
doe maar de groeten terug dan
aan ene ivo die met menno meefietste vroeger.
respect the Skills!
(hoezee)
MAASTERCLASS!





Mar 5 2008 9:30 AM

maasterclass tijdens tefaf
DE BUCK





Mar 2 2008 3:01 PM

griep
dwz koorts/spierpijn/koude rillingen
kortom alom zieligheid

en dan worden de kinderen ook nog eens angstvallig van me vandaan gehouden

ik heb alleen nog maar eeen virtuele wereld waarmee ik kan communiceren
DE BUCK





Mar 2 2008 2:57 PM

9 van de 14
dat kan beter
FRANCERADIUM





Feb 25 2008 2:33 PM




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MC DUSAAR





Feb 25 2008 12:11 AM

Vette muziek
Vette tekeninge
Vette filmpkes
Vette stijl

Ik hoop jullie es live te zien performen in de toekomst, en ik hoop nog meer dat ik u es gans helemaal scheef zie gaan op een Dusaar-gig.

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See you in Hasselt Cité... Respizzle!
Bitten and Howl





Feb 22 2008 9:58 PM

THE WOLFMEN
Marco Pirroni and Chris Constantinou
Official MySpace HERE

Bitten Kitten's interview with CHRIS CONSTANTINOU HERE



Live gig
TUE 26TH FEB, 2008 @ EMBASSY LONDON
Doors open: 8:00pm - On-Stage: 9:30pm

Order tickets now from:
http://www. wegottickets. com/event/26452
Speak Recordings





Jan 24 2008 4:39 PM

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Bitten and Howl





Jan 22 2008 5:37 AM

THE WOLFMEN - Official MySpace
Marco Pirroni and Chris Constantinou



View THE WOLFMEN Islington Documentary directed by Stephen Pook HERE
Bitten and Howl





Dec 23 2007 3:16 PM



Band images from
THE WOLFMEN Debut gig documentary
directed by Stephen Pook.
The video is up on my page!
Enjoy!

Bitten Kitten
X.
wilcO





Dec 10 2007 11:41 AM

een dolle boel, dat was het..;)
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