Shy me
‘Shy Me’ was written in 2019 and also the song we made in that year. It was the start of an ongoing change of the music and the lyrics, before it got it’s final version. Also during the Corona years we intensified working on Shy me, like on many other songs of our album ‘Walk […]
Second Dance
In 2019 I wrote the lyrics for Second Dance, and also in 2019 Jan and I made the song, using sounds from the Wasserturm in Geldern Germany. The years after, the song kept changing, but sounds from the tower stayed being essential for the feel of the song. lyrics and artwork by Ria Roerdink | […]
Come Baby
In December 2021 the lyrics and the song, Come Baby, emerged from the song Go Fury, that was written 4 years earlier. Come to see us tremble In different worlds That cannot hide the treasure leave To stumble on your dreams They fall apart in different tales of time. lyrics and artwork by Ria Roerdink […]
The Joker
The Joker is the 12th song of our first album, Walk barefoot over rocks and broken glass. The Joker who is a clown and a thief. The Joker who is full of lies. He is só big lyrics and artwork by Ria Roerdink | graphic design by Sophie van Kempen |
Print proof of the sleeve and booklet
Print proof of the sleeve, of the cd and the booklet have been approved and soon the final stage: Printing the cd! Very exciting how it will sound and look. The design of the sleeve, the cd and the lyric booklet of 40 pages including all lyrics and photos is done by Sophie van Kempen […]
Release first album of Sonic Bazar
For the past seven years we have been working intensively on our debut album: ‘WALK BAREFOOT OVER ROCKS AND BROKEN GLASS’. It has been an immersive adventure; we compose write and play everything, with great pleasure, ourselves.It is music that takes shape while improvising; engaging, challenging, surprising and elusive. An adventure in which music keeps […]
Project Zueinander gefunden Artoll November 2023
Van 11 to 26 november heb ik in Artoll Kunstlabor in Bedburg-Hau Germany, deelgenomen aan het project Zueinander Gefunden. Met 12 kunstenaars hebben we gedurende 2 weken gewerkt als artist in residence. Mijn eerste idee was om aan de ene kant van de ruimte een groot beeld te maken en daartegenover op de muur een […]
Rehearsal at studio for a new version of The Joker
Since March 2020, the start of Corona we didn’t perform anymore. At that time the recordings for our first album were done. Since then we have been changing everything, making new versions of songs, changing lyrics, music. Now we’re working on a new series of adjustments. And this seems to become the final version. As […]
Go fury
The poem for ‘Go Fury’ I’ve written in the beginning of December 2017. Jan Hoenselaar and I had been working together for three years at that time – as ‘Poetry Songs’. In December of 2017 and January 2018 we made the song Go Fury. It was the start of a long journey, changing the song […]
Optreden in XOX theater Kleve
Op 1 juli 2016 hadden we ons eerste ‘volledige’ concert in het XOX theater in Kleve, Duitsland. De eerste keer ook dat we beelden op het podium hadden staan en hangen en dat iedere song een bijbehorende afbeelding had. We heetten toen nog Poetry songs: Poetry Songs is een spel tussen de woorden van dichter […]
