Live, experimental pop-noir and gothic jazz (dark-jazz)with operatic singer and some screams with a  Diamanda Galas' - kind of atmosphere.  
Recorded live at Nov. 1, 2014 at  a Halloweenconcert at JV Blanko, Emmen, Holland. Recording by sound engineer Lauwrence de Vries. Song written by Screamin'Jay Hawkins.  
Vocals : Petra de Winter .  Piano:  Pim van Riezen.  Acoustic double bass : Marcel Peters.  Semi-acoustic live performance by Chabliz. 

20141101 Chabliz - I Put A Spell On You - Live Blanko Emmen

An Invitation to Sin, written by Van Dyke Parks, played by Chabliz, sung by Petra de Winter, produced  and arranged by Wim Oudijk. A strange, weird composition, but haunting and brilliant. This composition shows why Van Dyke Parks is a genius. 

InvitationToSin.mp3

This song is written by Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot. Famous Dutch composer and multi-instrumentalist Fay Lovsky plays musical saw ( singing saw ) and theremin in the solo. The song dives into the emotional world of a (female) stalker, the subject ( vocalist, writer) is the stalker who is desperately in love but the love is not to be returned.  Vocals : Petra de Winter . Piano : Pim van Riezen . Acoustic double bass : Marcel Peters . Drums : Ap de Ree . Produced and arranged by Pim van Riezen ( Chabliz ) .  Co - produced by Petra de Winter . Featuring Fay Lovsky on theremin and musical saw. 

01 You Were Meant For Me

song written by Henrik Olsen (lyrics and music)  and Petra de Winter (music). Henrik Olsen plays guitar. The bandmembers from Chabliz play the other instruments Pim van Riezen,  keyboards, mixing, mastering, editing, recording, Marcel peters,  bass, Ap de Ree, drums and recording, Petra de Winter, vocals, editing,). the mixing is done by Pim van Riezen.License by Koda, Denmark. Singer = petra de Winter. Chabliz. originally written song. Produced by Chabliz.. Demo / premix. Part of the choirs and the guitars are recorded and edited / equalized by Marcel van Ling from the Mo Sound Studio.  


Dont believe 2011-08-30d / work in progress

Note:  this song is not recorded by Chabliz, but by Olsen Winter. Written, played and recorded by Olsen Winter. Guitars; Henrik Olsen. Vocals: Petra de Winter. Sound engineering and mastering: Marcel van Ling (at the Mosound studio). Recorded, mixed and mastered at the Mo Sound Studio, Zoetermeer (Holland). Keyboards and drums added by Marcel van Ling and Petra de Winter. Bass: Henrik Olsen. Mixing by Marcel van Ling, Henrik Olsen and Petra de Winter. Henrik olsen lives in a suburb of Copenhagen (Denmark). This cooperation is an internet-cooperation that crosses the borders of our countries without car or airplane.

Butterfly is a jazzy popsong with a quite long intro with a rich atmosphere. later on the beat comes in, with some jazzy pop/rock/funk elements in it. The female vocals are somewhat jazzy.

Butterfly master

An interview with Chabliz' singer Petra in Dutch on Ice Radio + our Breakfast song.

Chabliz On Ice Radio - Studio Veerhuis

live recording from gig in music cafe JW, Rotterdam, Holland, summer 2012. Made with a simple iphone, so its simple sound quality. Just to give an impression of a live gig.

Chabliz - Nightporter

Work in progress. Not mastered yet and not fully mixed yet. A song with the old atmosphere of Blondie !  The master and videoclip/teaser  is ready now  - March 2013 - , you are able to find  it at You Tube and at http://soundcloud.com/chablizpopnoir    The new album is due to be released Spring - summer 2014. One of the more cheerful songs from Chabliz ! With childrens choir.


01 Blue Strike oct 12 ~work in progress  - non-final mix -

This is a compilation, a "sneak preview"  of the new, upcoming Chabliz album, that will be released in 2014. We are looking for a record company to release this album. 
Sixty minutes of music has been brought back to sixteen minutes. We tried to bring you the "highlights"of the album, but sometimes its hard to chose which pieces the highlights are , and in a compilation like this you just can't only put all the refrains and/or the finals right behind eachother, music only "works"  if there is a build up sometimes. However, we tried to glue pieces from all the songs together, in another order than the album-order, because this is a sneak preview and thats not the same.

The songs: 
0.00 - 1.02: "You were meant for me" , written by Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot.
1.03 - 2.18: "Imitating Angels" 
2.18 - 3.13: a piece from our gothicversion of Michael jackson's "Billie Jean"
3.14 - 4.49: "Poppies in Flanders Fields", composed by our good friend Gerrit Vennema
4.49 - 6.17: "Breakfast" , written by Billy McKenzie
6.17 - 7.47: "Blue Strike" . We wrote this song together with our ex-pianist Henk Greven.
7.47 - 8.57: "Don't believe". written by Henrik Olsen and Petra de Winter
8.57 -11.58: "Lady grinning soul" final / outro; song written by David Bowie ( but not this part)
11.58 -12.57: "The swing" ; written by Petra de Winter and Henk Greven, prod: Wim Oudijk.
12.57- 14.10: "When sirens call" ; written by Petra de Winter & Henk Greven.
14.10- 15.39: "In the flesh" , written by Henk Greven and Petra de Winter
15.39 - 16.49: the end/ outro /last part of "You were meant for me" ( again...).

All songs mixed and produced by Pim van Riezen, Petra de Winter and ( sometimes) Chabliz, except "The Swing" ; the Swing is arranged, mixed and produced by Wim Oudijk.
Arrangements by Pim van Riezen and Chabliz.
Recorded by Pim van Riezen and Ap de Ree.
Some vocal recordings and guitars by Marcel van Ling, Mosound Studio. (vocals "The Swing" and choirs in "Don't believe").

Line up: 
- Petra de Winter: all vocals except childrens choir in "Blue Strike" 
- Pim van Riezen: all keyboards, strings, samples, production and arrangements
- Marcel Peters: bass and acoustic double bass ( picked and bowed)
- Ap de Ree: drums, percussion

Guests: 
- Marcel van Ling: guitars, except guitars in "Dont believe"
- Henrik Olsen: guitars in "Don't Believe".
- Anne de Ree: childrens choir in "Blue Strike"
- Gudrun Blok: childrens choir in "Blue Strike"
- Giselle Bentvelsen: cello in "Breakfast" 
- Berit Janssen: trumpet in "Poppies in flanders fields"
- Wim Oudijk: male backingvocal in "The Swing" .

All songs in this compilation are glued together by Marcel van Ling at his Mosound Studio. 
Mastered by Arizona mastering.
Compilation by Petra de Winter.

We would like to thank our colleague Dezibelle for the idea of making a compilation.


Sneak preview new album Chabliz: work in progress

This is a compilation, a "sneak preview" of the new, upcoming Chabliz album, that will be released in 2014. We are looking for a record company to release this album. 
Sixty minutes of music has been brought back to sixteen minutes. We tried to bring you the "highlights"of the album, but sometimes its hard to chose which pieces the highlights are , and in a compilation like this you just can't only put all the refrains and/or the finals right behind eachother, music only "works" if there is a build up sometimes. However, we tried to glue pieces from all the songs together, in another order than the album-order, because this is a sneak preview and thats not the same. Also from a few songs we added still non-final mixdowns, because we are still mixing a few songs ( no final master yet).

The songs: 
0.00 - 1.02: "You were meant for me" , written by Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot.
1.03 - 2.18: "Imitating Angels" 
2.18 - 3.13: a piece from our gothicversion of Michael jackson's "Billie Jean"
3.14 - 4.49: "Poppies in Flanders Fields", composed by our good friend Gerrit Vennema
4.49 - 6.17: "Breakfast" , written by Billy McKenzie
6.17 - 7.47: "Blue Strike" . We wrote this song together with our ex-pianist Henk Greven.
7.47 - 8.57: "Don't believe". written by Henrik Olsen and Petra de Winter
8.57 -11.58: "Lady grinning soul" final / outro; song written by David Bowie ( but not this part)
11.58 -12.57: "The swing" ; written by Petra de Winter and Henk Greven, prod: Wim Oudijk.
12.57- 14.10: "When sirens call" ; written by Petra de Winter & Henk Greven.
14.10- 15.39: "In the flesh" , written by Henk Greven and Petra de Winter
15.39 - 16.49: the end/ outro /last part of "You were meant for me" ( again...).

All songs mixed and produced by Pim van Riezen, Petra de Winter and ( sometimes) Chabliz, except "The Swing" ; the Swing is arranged, mixed and produced by Wim Oudijk.
Arrangements by Pim van Riezen and Chabliz.
Recorded by Pim van Riezen and Ap de Ree.
Some vocal recordings and guitars by Marcel van Ling, Mosound Studio. (vocals "The Swing" and choirs in "Don't believe").

Line up: 
- Petra de Winter: all vocals except childrens choir in "Blue Strike" 
- Pim van Riezen: all keyboards, strings, samples, production and arrangements
- Marcel Peters: bass and acoustic double bass ( picked and bowed)
- Ap de Ree: drums, percussion

Guests: 
- Marcel van Ling: guitars, except guitars in "Dont believe"
- Henrik Olsen: guitars in "Don't Believe".
- Anne de Ree: childrens choir in "Blue Strike"
- Gudrun Blok: childrens choir in "Blue Strike"
- Giselle Bentvelsen: cello in "Breakfast" 
- Berit Janssen: trumpet in "Poppies in flanders fields"
- Wim Oudijk: male backingvocal in "The Swing" .

All songs in this compilation are glued together by Marcel van Ling at his Mosound Studio. 
Mastered by Arizona mastering.
Compilation by Petra de Winter.

We would like to thank our colleague Dezibelle for the idea of making a compilation.


Chabliz album compilation / sneak preview june 11: work in progress

Dutch pop-noir band with enchanting female vocalist with a wide four-octave vocal range, who uses several vocal techniques. Chabliz released two albums, a live album (BlackBlue) and a studio album called "Nightporter". Both albums got loads of good reviews in the Dutch and international press (Oor, Fret, Live XS, Music maker, Heaven, NRC Handelsblad, AD, Volkskrant, Amazon and many others). "Nightporter"was produced by Wim Oudijk, who made several hits with his band "Navel" and the famous Dutch  "Drs. P". The new album is ready and due to be released in/around January 2015. The first albumtrack is recorded with featuring artist Fay Lovsky, who plays theremin and singing saw. The band is looking for a label right now. Chabliz released two videoclips in 2013 (www.youtube.com/chabliz ).  In June 2014 Chabliz won the Public Prize of the Delft Fringe Festival, category "Music".  The band makes popnoir and gothicjazz with pop and rock influences. They are inspired by bands and artists like Beach House (dreampop) , Ute Lemper, Nick Cave, Nico, Nina Hagen, Melanie Safka, David Bowie, Joy Division, Bat for Lashes,  and  many others. You'll also hear some Van Dyke Parks influences. 

Ten years ago singer-songwriter  Petra de Winter signed a record deal with major CNR-Arcade. She performed at stages in London, Copenhagen and Tunisia. In Holland she was a guest of Paul de Leeuw at his popular national TV show. Petra has also worked with many other Dutch musicians and producers, such as Holger Schwedt, Arie Spaans (Suburbs / Naked ), Cor Gout (Trespassers W), Daniel Derks (ex-de Dijk), Hans Eijkenaar, Michel van Schie and Tjeerd van Zanen. She was the lead singer of musical theatre group "Danse Macabre". She studied at the DJAM (Amsterdam) and the Royal Conservatory.

Double bass-player Marcel Peters has played the North Sea Jazz Festival four times. He also accompanied jazzvocalist Faye Claassen and Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue).

 Chabliz' studio album "Nightporter" has been produced by Wim Oudijk. He had several top 40 hits in the seventies with his band 'Navel'. Last years he worked with many  national and international bands as a producer; Wim produced a.o. "Venus Flytrap" and the hitalbum of famous Dutch artist "Doctorandus P". He co-founded the "Trespassers W".

Drummer Ap de Ree was a finalist in the important "Big Prize of Holland" with his band "The Butler". He also played in new wave band Basic Scream, and formed a duo with his ex-wife, a gifted singer and pianist. They toured together for several years. He played in coverband "Liverpool"and nowadays he also toures with Mattie Poels in his band Del Norte.

Pianist/keyboardist Pim van Riezen had some small hits with several club and house / dance songs at the Rave label. He studied at the conservatory of Amsterdam and plays pop, classic organ and jazz piano. His extra speciality is recording, mixing and producing. 

Singer Petra de Winter also sings in "Olsen Winter"  (Copenhagen) and "Far Go Traders"  (Zagreb, Croatia) (both also here at Soundcloud). She also sometimes sings leadvocals and choirs/ backing vocals  for other artists and DJ's.  if you have a track to sing  for her, please contact her.  
Petra is also the moderator of the Soundcloudgroup "Gothicjazz". 
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