This new Chabliz album is released in October 2022.

Heroes and Foes album Chabliz

Tributesong to songwriter, singer and performer Screamin 'Jay Hawkins. 

Performed by Chabliz (Live recording):  
Petra de Winter: vocals , Jan-Kees Haks: piano, Marcel Peters: acoustic double bass (bowed bass),  Arthur van Keppel: drums. Recorded live ( direct-to-DAT) in 1999 in The Hague, Holland by Witte van der Veen.


Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins
 Background information
 Birth name
 Jalacy Hawkins
 Born
 July 18, 1929
 Cleveland, Ohio
 United States
 Died
 February 12, 2000 (aged 70)
 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
 Genres
 
Rhythm and blues, soul, shock rock
 Occupations
 Musician, songwriter, actor, producer
 Years active
 1946–2000
 Jalacy Hawkins (July 18, 1929, Cleveland, Ohio – February 12, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an American musician, singer, and actor. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You", Hawkins sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him one of the few early shock rockers.[1]
 




Contents
  [hide]  1 Early career
 2 "I Put a Spell on You"
 3 Later career
 4 Influence
 5 Discography 5.1 Albums
 5.2 Singles
 5.3 Multi-artist samplers and budget compilations
 
6 Filmography
 7 References
 8 External links
 

Early career[edit]
 
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Hawkins studied classical piano as a child and learned guitar in his twenties.[2] His initial goal was to become an opera singer (Hawkins has cited Paul Robeson as his musical idol in interviews),[3] but when his initial ambitions failed he began his career as a conventional blues singer and pianist.
 
Hawkins was an avid and formidable boxer.[citation needed] In 1949, he was the middleweight boxing champion of Alaska.[citation needed]
 
In 1951, Hawkins joined guitarist Tiny Grimes's band, and was subsequently featured on some of Grimes's recordings.[3] When Hawkins became a solo performer, he often performed in a stylish wardrobe of leopard skins, red leather and wild hats.
 
"I Put a Spell on You"[edit]
 
His most successful recording, "I Put a Spell on You" (1956), was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. According to the AllMusic Guide to the Blues, "Hawkins originally envisioned the tune as a refined ballad."[3] The entire band was intoxicated during a recording session where "Hawkins screamed, grunted, and gurgled his way through the tune with utter drunken abandon."[3] The resulting performance was no ballad but instead a "raw, guttural track" that became his greatest commercial success and reportedly surpassed a million copies in sales,[4][5] although it failed to make the Billboard pop or R&B charts.[6][7]
 
The performance was mesmerizing, although Hawkins himself blacked out and was unable to remember the session.[5] Afterward he had to relearn the song from the recorded version.[5] Meanwhile the record label released a second version of the single, removing most of the grunts that had embellished the original performance; this was in response to complaints about the recording's overt sexuality.[5] Nonetheless it was banned from radio in some areas.
 
Soon after the release of "I Put a Spell on You", radio disc jockey Alan Freed offered Hawkins $300 to emerge from a coffin onstage.[4] Hawkins accepted and soon created an outlandish stage persona in which performances began with the coffin and included "gold and leopard skin costumes and notable voodoo stage props, such as his smoking skull on a stick – named Henry – and rubber snakes."[4] These props were suggestive of voodoo, but also presented with comic overtones that invited comparison to "a black Vincent Price."[2][5]
 
Later career[edit]
 
Hawkins' later releases included "Constipation Blues", "Orange Colored Sky", and "Feast of the Mau Mau". Nothing he released, however, had the monumental success of "I Put a Spell on You". In fact, "Constipation Blues" has been described as "gross".[8] In Paris in 1999 and at the Taste of Chicago festival, he actually performed the song with a toilet onstage.[9]
 
He continued to tour and record through the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in Europe, where he was very popular. He appeared in performance (as himself) in the Alan Freed bio-pic American Hot Wax in 1978. Subsequently, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch featured "I Put a Spell on You" on the soundtrack – and deep in the plot – of his film Stranger Than Paradise (1983) and then Hawkins himself as a hotel night clerk in his Mystery Train and in roles in Álex de la Iglesia's Perdita Durango and Bill Duke's adaptation of Chester Himes' A Rage in Harlem.
 
His 1957 single "Frenzy" (found on the early 1980s compilation of the same name) was included in the compilation CD, Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files, in 1996.[10] This song was featured in the show's Season 2 episode "Humbug". It was also covered by the band Batmobile.[citation needed] "I Put a Spell on You" was featured during the show and over the credits of Episode 303 of The Simpsons.[11]
 
In 1983, Hawkins relocated to the New York area. In 1984 and 1985, Hawkins collaborated with garage rockers The Fuzztones, resulting in "Screamin' Jay Hawkins and The Fuzztones Live" album recorded at Irving Plaza in December 1984. They perform in the 1986 movie Joey.[12]
 
In July 1991, Hawkins released his album Black Music for White People.[13] The record features covers of two Tom Waits compositions: "Heart Attack and Vine"[14] (which, later that year, was used in a European Levi's advertisement without Waits' permission, resulting in a lawsuit),[15] and "Ice Cream Man" (which, contrary to popular belief,[citation needed] is a Waits original, and not a cover of the John Brim classic).[16] Hawkins also covered the Waits song, "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard", for his album Somethin' Funny Goin' On. In 1993, his version of "Heart Attack and Vine" became his only UK hit, reaching #42 on the UK singles chart.[17]
 
When Dread Zeppelin recorded their "disco" album, It's Not Unusual in 1992, producer Jah Paul Jo asked Hawkins to guest. He performed the songs "Jungle Boogie" and "Disco Inferno".
 
Hawkins also toured with The Clash and Nick Cave during this period, and not only became a fixture of blues festivals, but appeared at many film festivals as well.[citation needed]
 
Hawkins died on February 12, 2000 after surgery to treat an aneurysm.[18] He left behind many children by many women; an estimated 55 at the time of his death, and upon investigation, that number "soon became perhaps 75 offspring".[19]
 
Influence[edit]
 
Although Hawkins was not a major success as a recording artist, his highly theatrical performances from "I Put a Spell On You" onward earned him a steady career as a live performer for decades afterward, and influenced subsequent acts.[2] He opened for Fats Domino, Tiny Grimes and the Rolling Stones.[2] This exposure in turn influenced rock groups such as The Cramps, Screaming Lord Sutch, Black Sabbath, Arthur Brown, Dread Zeppelin, The Horrors, Marilyn Manson, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper and Glenn Danzig.[2]
 
Discography[edit]
 
Albums[edit]
 1958 At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Okeh/Epic) - other editions entitled Screamin' Jay Hawkins and I Put a Spell on You


06 I put a spell on you

The lyrics of this duet are a strikingly poetic metaphor for the corona crisis that we're currently in. But this song is also about other (personal) crises that people could experience. You can read the lyrics underneath, we are kind of proud of them. We wrote and recorded this song during the lockdowns in Holland.

Lyrics:

Beyond the tides

Black waves are growing higher
And still no shoreline in sight
The sea seems endless
With its view so wide

Don’t know the ways of the ocean
Will we find the end of the night?
What if there’s nothing
On the other side?

Chorus:
far away, thunder is roaring
Let the storm winds fill our sails
Lay the course, we must blaze a trail

Don’t know the path to survival
Will we find the end of the night?
Don’t think it’s nothing
We’re to sail the tide

instr

Chorus:
In the wind, thunder is roaring
Catch the winds and fill our sails
Stay the course, our ship’s blazing a trail

Don’t know the path to safe harbour
We’re sailing on, through the night
And when dawn beckons
Hope we’re still alive.

Lyrics by Petra de Winter, Karianne Hylkema, Richard Underscore and Pim van Riezen.
Music by Pim van Riezen, Petra de Winter and Marcel Peters.
Recorded, arranged and produced by Pim van Riezen.
Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter
Vocals: Petra de Winter & Pim van Riezen
Piano and Moog synth: Pim van Riezen
Acoustic double bass: Marcel Peters
Drums: Casper Hall
Violins: Gudrun Blok
Picture: Anoek van Nunen

all rights reserved

Heroes and Foes

Beyond the Tides

Two of our bandmembers are Joy Division fans. Finally we dare to record a cover of one of their songs: New Dawn Fades. Of course we did something completely different with the song, but we did it as a tribute to a band that we love deeply, and to its fantastic singer and songwriter Ian Curtis. We recorded this song because we think we understand the meaning and lyrics of this song a little bit, some of us have been there or have and had good friends who have been there. 
Pim made a beautiful, large orchestral arrangement with influences of Philip Glass and Richard Wagner. Petra used operatic, classical vocals. Petra and Pim made a big choir together.
Piano and Arrangement:  Pim van Riezen
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Double bass: Marcel Peters
Written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Bernhard Sumner, Stephen Morris.
Thanks for advice: Karianne, Michiel, Vincent, Jeroen.
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3unuEwmqu7YENR80bzbcIR?si=ba101173876c494e

New Dawn Fades

Track 2 of our new EP 'In Bluebeard's Garden' is an in-between track, it corresponds with the title song of the EP and is a more quiet jazzy ballad between two orchestral songs. In this song you hear Chabliz without any other instruments, just the trio as if we play live: grand piano, acoustic double bass and jazzy vocals. 
Grand piano:  Pim van Riezen
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Double bass: Marcel Peters.
Recording and mixing / production: Pim van Riezen
Assistent mixing and co-editing: Petra de Winter
Music written by Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen & Marcel Peters
Lyrics written by Petra de Winter
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/4ImG0jtM9kR93WsbrIFSVT?si=af7756fea1a144e4

Francis and Claire

2 Francis And Claire

The title song ‘In Bluebeard’s Garden‘ is a more jazzy song. Everybody knows the famous legend about Bluebeard a.k.a. Henry the 8th and his six wives. We wrote a song about this gothic fairytale and recorded the song with a beautiful string arrangement and a choir of six women (Anna Rallo, Catself, Kalipluche a.k.a. Karianne, Caroline Ros, Gudrun Blok and Petra herself) who sing the role of Bluebeard’s (mainly dead) wives, whose ghosts are still wandering through his delightful garden. The song has a bit of a Kate Bush kind of vibe. The violins and cellos are played by Natasja van Doesburg and Giselle Bentvelsen. 
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3HX3Sxs4JRtig0AjaKdyDV?si=53cffa705a014148

This EP was already a small part of the album that we released in October 2022.
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Grand Piano: Pim van Riezen
Double Bass: Marcel Peters
Violins: Natasja van Doesburg
Cellos: Giselle Bentvelsen
Choir: Anna Rallo, Catself, Kalipluche, Caroline Ros, Gudrun Blok & Petra de Winter.
String arrangement written by Pim van Riezen
Recording, mixing, production: Pim van Riezen
Mixing and editing assistent: Petra de Winter
Words written by Petra de Winter
Music written by Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen & Marcel Peters.
Artwork: Pim van Riezen. Model: Petra.
You can find the lyrics here: https://www.chabliz.nl/?page_id=3012
and here:

Lyrics:

I know I am too late now

I had to cherish our love

I was determined to determine

Your dark side on my own

Wanted to know you all through

My only task was to love you

To give you back your childhood

I saw your smile

But now I’m wandering there

For evermore

I never dreamed of this garden

Dwelling here for evermore

Together with your other lost loves

Sharing our failed loves

We cherish our memories of you

Of who you once were

We could be your guardian angels

But you refused

And now we’re wandering here

For evermore

Bridge: (with choir)

It’s so beautiful

This is a paradise

Here are flowers all over

E-everywhere…..

Pianosolo 1a and 1B

You wanted me always to trust you

Despite the blood all over

Wish I could see you the same way

As your own mother did

You once were an innocent baby

Asked you to open this door

I didn’t realised ‘t was too much

You showed me your torture room

I know you loved me in your own way

You can’t escape your own fate

Have to forgive your shortcomings

And you could do that too

But that won’t bring the-e li-ight

Back in my staring eyes…..

Lyrics written by Petra de Winter
Music written by Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter & M. Peters
String arrangement: Pim van Riezen.
All rights reserved.

In Bluebeard's Garden

Chabliz-song about WW1 (The Great War), composed by Gerrit Vennema and Chabliz. This week in February 2023 it's been a year since the war in Ukraine started. These cruel battlefields remind us of the battlefields during WW1, where many soldiers lost their lives. Chabliz-singer Petra de Winter went to the WW1-battlefields in Belgium and France and read several books about the subject. Chabliz-drummer Ap de Ree has a special interest in the historic military aspects of WW1. They were very impressed about what they saw on their trips to the battlefields and spoke about it with composer Gerrit Vennema, who got inspired. Gerrit read some books about the subject and composed this song, together with the bandmembers. Chabliz arranged it and strangely they managed to catch the atmosphere of the big war graveyards in Belgium and France. This song is a tribute to all fallen soldiers, from all nationalities, here and now and in WW1.  John McCrae wrote the words in May 1915. He was one of the warpoets, one of the soldiers who fought in this war.
This song is remastered and is a part of the Chabliz-album 'Straight Stories.'
This WW1-song is especially a good "soundtrackish" song to accompany a movie or documentary about WW1. It's also a good song to listen to in a moment of rembembrance.

Line-up: Petra de Winter; all vocals. Pim van Riezen: piano, strings, samples, mixing and mastering. Marcel Peters: acoustic double bass. Ap de Ree; drums. 
Guest-musicians: Berit Janssen: trumpet. Marcel van Ling: guitars. 
Mixed and mastered by Pim van Riezen and Petra de Winter.
Recorded by Pim van Riezen and Ap de Ree. Composed by Gerrit Vennema and Chabliz. Words by John McCrae.
Watch the music video with found footage images here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AwpPPLUNGOM&feature=shares

Poppies in Flanders Fields

Poppies in Flanders Fields remaster

'Wings of the Night' is a popballad about grief, but in a quite positive, optimistic and almost naive way. The lyrics are about dreams where you meet your lost loved ones again. Are they real or are they just a dream? We'll never know. 
The string trio gives the song an atmosphere like in a Disney movie or musical. Before it had lyrics the working title of this slightly melancholic ballad was 'Elton-Webber,' and that says something about the atmosphere of this song. 
Chabliz usually creates alternative popnoir and jazzy artpop, but after recording this sweet ballad we all had to visit the dentist... ;-)
Of course we kept the instrumentals of this song for syncs and everybody's free to cover it (all rights reserved of course).
At this stage of the process the song is mixed but not finally mastered yet.

Lyrics:

Wings of the night, I hear your call
I have been waiting for your sleepy song
whisper your magic, carry me along

I sleep tonight, within my dreams
memories from all those better times
meeting old friends who are long gone

I do not know if this is real, or just a dream
familiar sights, friends discussing things of every day
like they were never gone for so long

Into the night, whisk me away
comforting thoughts and fluffy clouds
out of the darkness when the lights are out

I have a wish, let this be real, not fantasy
seeing my friends all around me as the day goes by
and I won't let them leave anymore

End of the night, sunrise to come
images faded, no longer show
as I awaken they are gone

Wings of the night, wings of the night.


Music: Pim van Riezen, Petra de Winter, Marcel Peters
Lyrics: Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen, Karianne Hylkema
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Grand piano: Pim van Riezen
Acoustic double bass: Marcel Peters
Violin: Natasja van Doesburg
Viola: Cora Hildering
Cello: Sophie Ehling.
String section conducted by Pim van Riezen
String arrangement written by Pim van Riezen
Production: Pim van Riezen
Production assistent: Petra de Winter
Picture by Riske de Vries

Wings of the Night

Wings Of The Night

A dreampop track for Twin Peaks appreciators.


Lyrics:

Owls, they are sleeping with one eye closed
in the woods, where we live in our minds
Love's naturally in our town
because it's a soap
it's not real, we all live in a show

Our lives seem better and more real here
with adventures and good vibes 
and a blurred atmosphere

no daily mess, the waterfall keeps flowing
a village and a mill
and my friends, they all live in this town

And in the night we meet
but the daytime in the ruthless sun is so dull
and the wind in the woods
swings the branches back, coffee black
with some cherrypie
and the fruit's coloured just like the sky

Our lives seem better and more real here
with adventures and good vibes
and a blurred atmosphere

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There at our table
our donuts have colours bright as the light
and their taste
like your tears.

Music written by Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen & Marcel peters
Words written by Petra de Winter
All rights reserved
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Grand piano & keyboards: Pim van Riezen
Double bass: Marcel Peters
Production & Arrangement: Pim van Riezen
Production assistent: Petra de Winter
Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter
Picture/artwork: Quinten Smith

Glastonbury Grove

A dreampop/artpop song with an acoustic start and with dreamy synths towards the end. Female fronted. 

Lyrics:

We were free and different, the music running through our veins
we built our own world, far away from squares and figures
A house at a lake, a campfire at a nuke base
We lived in the forest, and watched the children play

Chorus:
Now, we finally know that real things won't go
when we survive, and we both know
we're not burried yet, our hearts are still beating
we won't surrender

Our lives were rock 'n roll, our loves were great, our purses small
we were the lucky guys; we didn't belong
there's a world, there's a world
where Jim and the jimmies can survive
we need to enter it again
the doors seem locked, we need to force them

Chorus.

Is there still a place for Jim and the Jimmies
do they belong to the past?
we are a part of Jim and the Jimmies
are they deceased or still alive?
we almost got them killed.

Chorus.

Music written by Petra de Winter, René Meester.
Lyrics written by Petra de Winter
Arrangement and production: Pim van Riezen
Editing: Pim van Riezen and Petra de Winter
All rights reserved.
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Background choir: Petra de Winter and Pim van Riezen
Piano & synths: Pim van Riezen
Double bass: Marcel Peters
Guitar: René Meester
Lyric corrections: Gerrit Vennema and Pim van Riezen

Jim and the Jimmies

Jim And The Jimmies

Lyrics:

Conductor 71

Some are pleased to see me
while others try to run away
Love and hate are all the same, to me
Know you not, what is my name?

Live your lives as best as you can
for there will be an end, for everyone
That is sure as night follows the day
Your choice then or not to pray...or not to pray

Do you take, or do you give?
For it matters not to me....what you do, or even think
you're welcome to your thoughts, my friends
Is your life so full of love, or hatred, spreading fast?
if you are suicidal, I will not be judging you, or your past.

Whether you are very poor, or extremely rich
I do not care one jot, one jot.
Money means nothing to me.
Neither do I care if you're much loved, or if you're all alone.
I will treat you all the same, and don't dare to attempt a clone!
I cannot be bullied. I can't be bribed,
and it's unwise to try to deceive me

Some of you will search me out, and that I find so sad.
Were your lives that empty or just so unbearably bad?
I will find you. I'll know where you'll be
If you are ready or if you're not....I'll be there

the truth is that one day all will end
one day, unexpected, an unexpected day
you say tomorrow is another day
yet not all of you will be there
some will be old, whilst others, young
never more to love, and play...

One fine day I will greet you
or possibly in the rain
and you will not at first, believe me...
you're nearly all the same...

My name, why can't you guess? 
Why....can't you guess?

Lyrics written by Richard Underscore
Music written by Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter & Marcel Peters
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Keyboards: Pim van Riezen
Acoustic double bass: Marcel Peters
Guitars: Marcel van Ling
Arrangement & production:  Pim van Riezen
Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter
Production assistent: Petra de Winter
Artwork: Ingrid Mol:  https://www.ingridmol.com

Conductor 71

Lyrics Spooky Lullaby  

I was at home
in London town
I heard this song hovering around
a piano played a wonderful song
it came from downstairs, but I had it wrong
These notes I heard, my eyes got blurred
ear on the chimney
a piano piece in the right key

None of my neighbours had a piano
this couldn't be, there was no song
and there was more- they didn't play this type of music
it wasn't their way
heavenly notes from nowhere's coasts
I could not hear these notes, don't fear

I read a book, his name was Sinclair
he heard a song that hung in the air
he walked on the street, stood still near a church
here was this sound, his eyes were blurred

Inside, his friend 
playing 'till the end
the organ sounds like a beautiful strike
four weeks before my baby was born
should give him a name after this book
I hesitated
was it the right one?
I walked on the street, it was midnight

instr

I heard the piano 
a heavenly song
so loud, so clear how could this appear?

I could not find where it came from
stood still in front of a door
was not sure...

Lyrics written by Petra de Winter
Music written by Pim van Riezen, Petra de Winter & Marcel Peters
Lyric corrections: Pim van Riezen
Orchestral arrangement: Pim van Riezen
Recording & Production: Pim van Riezen
Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter
Production assistent: Petra de Winter
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Grand piano: Pim van Riezen
Acoustic double bass: Marcel Peters
Clarinet: Ben van der Wegen
Trumpet: Storm Blok
Photo by Riske de Vries

Spooky Lullaby

A cheerful, quite jazzy popsong about Senta, the girl from the old Flying Dutchman legend. We altered the legend slightly; in this song the Flying Dutchman is a quite attractive merman, and Senta is a human; this means trouble....

Lyrics:

Water’s warm, I’m waiting for fish to bite
They’re moving slow
The boat rocks slowly in the sea
Feet dusty here from sand
A sunscreen smell
And I wait
I wait some time
I see the boat and the gulls, they are floatin’ upon the wind
We settle down in this place, easy

Suddenly I see
This is so amazing to find
Right from the water appears
A quite handsome merman oh
And I can see, the lightning strike
Ie  ie ie ie ie ie ie
This is so amazing to find
Right from the water appears
And I’m not blind to see that I don’t have any chance
To hide anywhere on this ship
He’s far too handsome for me
And far too young
But he says he is older
A few hundred years
He lost his ship a long time ago from now
And he invites me to
Dive
Into the sea with him
He says  ooh yeah
Hey hey
One day, he tells me

Ie ie ie ie ie
Should I trust him with all his lies
If I would jump, would I die, die
Should I dive into the blue, blue sea
Would he pull me to the bottom of the ocean
Is he a sailor or a fraud
Hey, I really don’t know
What should I do
The sea pulls it
Pulls hey 
Ooh oooh  
I stay, I stay in this boat
Oooh
The sun is going down
I see his battleship
I hear the choirs sing
The men on the ship, but I don’t know
That if I jump
I would drown most certainly
He would drag me to the depths of the ocean
He’s too  aaaaaah
He’s too 
hot

Written by Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen, Marcel Peters, K. Hylkema.
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Keyboards, grand piano & Hammond organ:  Pim van Riezen.
Bassguitar & Double bass:  Marcel Peters
Drums: Sergio Bisbal
Production: Pim van Riezen
Assistent producer: Petra de Winter
Artwork: David Gosker (collage) & Karianne Hylkema

Senta

A serious, slow ballad in Dutch about a policeman.

Lyrics:

Jij bent eerst bij het ongeval,

bloed en tranen ingeblikt

een brancard in ‘t blauwe licht

weet niet of hij ‘t redden zal

de dood belt nooit aan

hoe hard je ‘t ook zal proberen

dat gevoel blijft bestaan

als je naar huis gaat neem je ‘t mee

slaat op je terug als branding in de zee

De donkere kant, de schaduwmaatschappij

is je bekend, een oude kameraad

met cynisme trek je er doorheen

gelooft niet meer in goed of kwaad

Je wou mensen

helpen als kind

Nu is ‘t je werk, een baan.

Met hoge snelheid naar een sterfgeval

een jonge vrouw geschoten in haar huis

maar de dader blijkt haar vader en je kan

het niet langer aan

wie laat dit soort lijden langs zich gaan

Waarom mag dit onrecht zomaar vrij bestaan

Ze was 22 lentes jong,

een bloem die vertrapt werd

onder de laars

van de maatschappij.

Je neemt vier dagen vrij, en drinkt de pijn opzij.

Op een dag, dag, dag, daaag, dag

 je weet niet, ‘t weekend

arrestant die moeilijk doet,

je grijpt hem in een nekklem,

je collega spuit met pepperspray,

de man krijgt geen lucht, geen lucht.

[instrumental]

Hij vocht als een lee-eeuw maar het

baatte hem niet meer, het was drie man tegen een,

nekklem, adem, pepperspray in zijn gezicht

Je draagt hem naar je bus toe, hij beweegt niet meer,

want hij schold vandaag op de politie.

Tekst:  Pim van Riezen en Petra de Winter

Muziek:  Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen, Marcel Peters. www.chabliz.com.

Zang: Petra de Winter
Vleugel: Pim van Riezen
Contrabas: Marcel Peters
Viool: Pim van Riezen
Productie: Pim van Riezen.
Assistent-producer: Petra de Winter

All rights reserved.
Artwork:  David Gosker & Karianne Hylkema

Politieman

A song about Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Was she the real inventor of Marcel Duchamp's fountain, or not? 
Lyrics on www.chabliz.com

Elsa

06 - Elsa

'Wings of the Night' is a popballad about grief, but in a quite positive, optimistic and almost naive way. The lyrics are about dreams where you meet your lost loved ones again. Are they real or are they just a dream? We'll never know.
The string trio gives the song an atmosphere like in a Disney movie or musical. Before it had lyrics the working title of this slightly melancholic ballad was 'Elton-Webber,' and that says something about the atmosphere of this song.
Chabliz usually creates alternative popnoir and jazzy artpop, but after recording this sweet ballad we all had to visit the dentist... ;-)
Of course we kept the instrumentals of this song for syncs and everybody's free to cover it (all rights reserved of course).


Lyrics:

Wings of the night, I hear your call
I have been waiting for your sleepy song
whisper your magic, carry me along

I sleep tonight, within my dreams
memories from all those better times
meeting old friends who are long gone

I do not know if this is real, or just a dream
familiar sights, friends discussing things of every day
like they were never gone for so long

Into the night, whisk me away
comforting thoughts and fluffy clouds
out of the darkness when the lights are out

I have a wish, let this be real, not fantasy
seeing my friends all around me as the day goes by
and I won't let them leave anymore

End of the night, sunrise to come
images faded, no longer show
as I awaken they are gone

Wings of the night.

Music: Pim van Riezen, Petra de Winter, Marcel Peters
Lyrics: Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen, Karianne Hylkema
Vocals: Petra de Winter
Grand piano: Pim van Riezen
Acoustic double bass: Marcel Peters
Violin: Natasja van Doesburg
Viola: Cora Hildering
Cello: Sophie Ehling.
String section conducted by Pim van Riezen
String arrangement written by Pim van Riezen
Production: Pim van Riezen
Production assistent: Petra de Winter
Picture by Riske de Vries

Wings Of The Night (short version)

Song written by Dizzy Panda
Remake by Chabliz
Vocals:  Petra de Winter & Ntll
Keys:  Pim van Riezen  
Double bass: Marcel Peters
Sound effects: Dizzy Panda
Produced by Pim van Riezen
Assistent production: Petra de Winter
Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter.
Artwork & music videos: Dizzy Panda.

Bite My Tongue - Chabliz version with Dizzy Panda

Chabliz plays David Bowie's "Lady grinning soul " and singer Petra de Winter adds an improvised vocal final at the end of the track.
This song clings to life itself.
Vocals : Petra de Winter. Piano and keyboards : Pim van Riezen. Acoustic double bass : Marcel Peters. Electric guitar : Marcel van Ling. Acoustic guitar : Pim van Riezen. Drums : Ap de Ree.  
Mixed and produced by Pim van Riezen and sidekick Petra de Winter. Mastered by Arizona and Pim van Riezen. Recorded by Pim van Riezen and Ap de Ree. Electric guitar recorded by Marcel van Ling ( Mosound Studio). 
Photo : Marlene Dietrich

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We wrote this song after we saw Liliana Cavani's impressive movie "The Nightporter". For more info and lyrics, please visit our website www.chabliz.com
Artwork by Ingrid mol and Quinten Smit. Arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk in his Discofair studio.

This is what famous A&R manager Holly Hutchison wrote about this song:

“Nightporter”. This song succeeds in making you feel torment. it evokes extreme sadness. Very gloomy. If you want to wallow after a bad breakup or a funeral……this is the music for that. The vocal feels sort of dark Glee…..dark theater. (..)” Famous USA (LA) – based A&R manager Holly Hutchison in the Hotseat, www.anrgirl.com/hotseat , May 2012.


Nightporter

We wrote this song after we saw Liliana Cavani's impressive movie "The Nightporter". For more info and lyrics, please visit our website www.chabliz.com 
Artwork by Ingrid mol and Quinten Smit. Arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk in his Discofair studio. 

This is what famous A&R manager Holly Hutchison wrote about this song:

“Nightporter”. This song succeeds in making you feel torment. it evokes extreme sadness. Very gloomy. If you want to wallow after a bad breakup or a funeral……this is the music for that. The vocal feels sort of dark Glee…..dark theater. (..)” Famous USA (LA) – based A&R manager Holly Hutchison in the Hotseat, http://www.anrgirl.com/hotseat , May 2012.

This is the private Soundcloudpage of Chabliz, without members or followers.  It's  reachable on invitation.  It contains some still unreleased material and work in progress, non-final mixdowns, and more. For more details about Chabliz, visit https://bio.link/chabliz, www.twitter.com/chablizpopnoir, www.chabliz.com and/or www.soundcloud.com/petradewinter

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