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From Universal Music we got following: KANEs CATWALK CRIMINAL is in Dutch and Belgian - stores. He will be available as 2-track with the heavy remix KILLER ON THE CATWALK. And as multitrack with an instrumental version of CATWALK CRIMINAL and a CATWALK SEDUCTION FEVER-remix. Also added to this multi track single is the official video for windows & mac. CATWALK CRIMINAL and the remixes are also available on iTUNES. The KANE guys are bussy recording their new album at the moment and adding stuff to their official KANE Hyves, Myspace and Youtube pages.
BACK ON TRACK WITH ANOTHER FUNKY RHYME
...which means there’s some mayhem going on... Dinand wrote a new update on the official KANE hyves: Gotta say good for the mayhem, but it’s some crazy shit this time. We’re working in at least two different places at the same time on the new album. Primarily New York and Delft alternated with Ibiza, Los Angeles, London and… my back yard ha, ha. Ja, life is tough. At the moment we’ve got a studio build in my garden shed. Meanwhile Dennis is hard at work at the Delft studio. So everybody’s working like nutters but it seems like we’ll make our deadlines. Consequence of that is we’re all in our own little worlds these days. Totally focused on details and o fuck… got to finish those lyrics today. Once and a while we’re pulled back into the reality of the KANE bizznizz. Like deadlines, designs, releases… and ticket sales. I’ll get back to that in a minute. First let’s talk releases. The next KANE single will be ‘SHOT OF A GUN’. We shot the video for that single last week in Los Angeles and Brussels. In a few weeks you’ll get it in your face. We’re extremely happy with the reactions on our first release ‘CATWALK CRIMINAL’. YouTube got over 125.000 views in 1 month and with an entry at number 2 in the charts we made a cool start I think. Like always, very sincerely, Thanx to and for your support!!! Heading to ‘SHOT OF A GUN’ followed by... that fourth KANE cd. I’m in to deep to talk to much about it but it’s hard when you’ve got 45 songs and knowing there will be only 12 songs on the album. ‘Kill your Darlings’. I’m getting emotional now ha, ha. And after we announced the try-out show in The Hague we received a lot of messages and phone calls regarding the chaotic presale. Honestly, seemed nice to do a gig in our hometown before the album was released. Seemed a good plan to a lot of folks, because a few seconds after the tickets got into presale the sever of the website crashed and tickets were sold out at about 11:20. This mayhem is wicked to a band and their ego’s; it’s mostly chaos for those who didn’t get their hands on those tickets. I apologize for the stress people. At the moment we’re looking into doing more shows. Might be a small tour in 8 city’s, we’ll see. That’s been a long time for us. Not really on topic but seeing the chaos last Saturday that little tour would be something that’s called for. For those that did manage to get tickets for the The Hague venue… we’ll see you there. For those without a ticket. We hope to see you soon, not to long after the 23th!!! Thnxxx and adios, D.
Shot Of A Gun
From Universal we got this: After Catwalk Criminal it’s time for KANE’s second single; Shot Of A Gun. Along side the single version there will also be an additional acoustic version released… The maxi single includes the club mix van Catwalk Criminal seeing this is a huge hit in the international DJ scene. Finally they’ll get this on CD. The video of Shot Of A Gun is applicable on your iPod Video. Just get it on there and enjoy! Track 2, the YouTube mix, was created especially for the fans to post and embed through YouTube on their own blog (Hyves, MySpace and Facebook). Release of the new KANE single 'Shot Of A Gun' on Friday the 11th of April…
Dennis and Tibet
Guitarist of Dutch rockband KANE,Dennis van Leeuwen, will participate on recordings of a special single released to raise awareness for Tibet. The track ‘Als je ooit’ is an adapted Dutch version of ‘As ge ooit’ of JW Roy and Gerard van Maasakkers. Also working on the recording are Peter Slager and Bas Kennis (from Dutch band Bløf), Bart van der Weide (Racoon), Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering), JW Roy, Loten Namling and Jeroen Goossens. The track will be released before the Dutch Ticket for Tibet festival, which will be on the 20th of April in Amsterdam. Dutch bands Bløf and Racoon will perform next to other musicians. Since 1950 Tibet is under occupation of China. The people of Tibet have been fighting along side the highest religious and political authority, the inspirational Dalai Lama, for their independence for years now. All the info on this topic is to be found on http://www.myspace.com/104277526 ( Save Tibet myspace ) and http://www.tibet.com
KANE IN WISSELOORD...
On Saturday Dennis wrote a new update: I already mentioned Scott, our producer, is in town these days. Primarily to check the recordings made in New York and to extract the best ones. But today we’re also recording some guitars in a familiar spot: The Wisseloord studios in Hilversum. Got a funny story about that place to tell you guys: our engineer back in New York (Neil Dorfsmann) once worked on the famous Hysteria record of Def Leppard right here at the Wisseloord studios for months alongside the legendary producer Mutt Lange, husband of the lovely Shania Twain (name dropping, got good at that ever since we’ve been in NY…) Neil told us the Wisseloord studio got his name from that legendary recording session. It lasted a staggering three years. The producer insisted the guitars were recorded string by string and drums had to be recorded at the nearby swimming pool because the sound was awesome. Those were the days. I suggested we’d do the same shit but unfortunately nobody fell for that… Anyway, at the Wisseloord we’re on known territory because here’s where we recorded the 'As Long As You Want This' album and the 'What if' was remixed here by Tim Palmer. Mind blowing exciting sessions of table tennis were played here during breaks with Tim. All won by us, off course. And b-sides, one with the longest title ever: 'Christmas Time Won't Be The Same Without You But Maybe Next Year It Will', and 'Moment Of Truth', were recorded here. Good to be back. Two days later and three songs more… Today’s Saturday and single 2 is almost finished. Everybody’s exited! Sounds awesome. But we got a tight schedule and we’re now working on track 4. Meanwhile girlfriends, buddies, record company friends, publishing mates and visual artists drop in. Amongst them also Reyn, friend of the family, who showcased some string-music. Great to record back in Holland but at the same time so we’ve got so much distraction. So different then recording in a studio on a mountain near Woodstock in New York, where you gotta take in groceries for the whole weeks or take a stroll for two hours to get that milk you wanted. To be continued! Greetz, dennis
2nd time live for KANE
On the KANE myspace we can read up on a new update from Dennis Yesterday we played live at the show of Paul de Leeuw for the very first time in KANE history. Must admit, not bad at all. Just watched the show on tape and damn that new firebird I gave myself as a birthday present sounded awesome! ;-) Gotta thank you guys as well for our number 2 entry in the charts! Dinand already thanked you guys but have to join in here too! Great. Really close finish there (2%!!!) so we’d almost popped the cork of the champagne bottle. In any case we’d better wait with doing that until the second single will be released, another part for sure! Really great you were there once again supporting us like you did. Think CATWALK CRIMINAL got a hold on you guys now doesn’t it. Took some time, no prob. We already knew the song for a while. Once again, thanks for the support! This week it’s working back at home in The Netherlands. Producer Scott Jacoby should be stepping out the airplane as I write this. Dinand and Scott will take a listen at the recordings made at the All Aire Studio and we’ll record some additional tracks. We’re slowly finishing that recording proces. Still should take a while I guess what’s always exciting I think. But one thing’s for sure. It’s gonna be one hell of a record! Ok have a nice day and see you soon! Gr dennis
