The last few weeks I've been part of an extraordinary project initiated by US producer Peter Katis (The National, Interpol and many others). His band The Philistines Jr. has a new album out soon called "If a band plays in the woods...?". As a followup he's making a second album called "If a whole lot of bands play in the woods...?" featuring covers and remixes by a stellar lineup of bands he's produced over the years.
Tjeerd Bomhof a.k.a Dazzled Kid (you might know him as the lead singer of Voicst) has been asked to contribute to the album. Tjeerd and I met at Oerol during extended jam sessions at Kyteman's Kytopia project.
We did a cover of a beautiful tune called "If I Did Nothing But Train For Two Years" (listen to the original here). Tjeerd did a great fresh interpretation of the track, I made an arrangement for a 1913 dancing organ called De Schuyt, from the collection of Museum Speelklok in Utrecht. We've recorded it last Monday, and added lots of other stuff, resulting in a sound that's hard to define. It's not finished yet, and we're very curious to hear what happens when Mr. Katis does the mixing.
By the way, we're going to play this tune LIVE on October 30 during my MK8 show at the No Label festival in the museum. Lots of great musicians will be joining us. More info coming soon!
On a side note, Kytopia has officially opened yesterday! Come and make stuff with us, and be sure to visit my little cabin upstairs :)
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