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The two guitarists and songwriters Bad Temper Joe and Fernant Zeste present their first album together "Haunt": twelve tracks that were created at the crossroads of songwriter ballads and rough blues. The songs are about conversations at the table and at night, about longing and alienation, are carried by melody and melancholy and are driven by Fernant Zeste's sometimes dry, sometimes snotty electric guitar and Bad Temper Joe's biting lap steel.
Bad Temper Joe from Bielefeld and Fernant Zeste, who comes from Welles in Belgium and lives in Gent, met in 2016 at a joint concert in Bielefeld. Since then, the two musicians have been on concert tours together in Belgium every year and occasionally in Germany and the Netherlands. "Haunt" is the first collaboration between the two on a full-length player. Each of the two musicians contributes six original compositions that merge the qualities of the two songwriters into a very unique sound in a fresh, determined, disarming, vulnerable and unmistakable way. From the dark and rumbling "Battle Cry Blues", the aching groove of "Been a While Since We've Talked", the seething beat of "Winterblues at #5 (Or Maybe Not)", to the lively narrative of "Fannie Mae" to the economical, acoustic "Lullaby". Bad Temper Joe delivers heart-rending and tearing, then brutally distorted slide guitar solos. Fernant Zeste shapes the stomping rhythm with his electric guitar, allowing relaxed fills and riffs to flow in at the same time.
Produced by Jonathan Scheerlinck, the album was mostly recorded and mixed in collaboration with David Goetheyn at Dead Cow Studio in Zevergem, Belgium. Additional recordings took place in apartments, living rooms and hotel rooms. Henning Strandt took care of the audio mastering at the Watt Matters Studio in Bielefeld. The two musicians are not supported by a band. "Haunt" is an expression of a German-Belgian friendship between two songwriters, their voices and guitars.

01 Don’t Talk About Break-Up (While I Eat)
02 Winterblues at #5 (Or Maybe Not)
03 Battle Cry Blues
04 Fannie Mae
05 Minstrel’s Lament
06 Little Rain
07 Black
08 Lullaby
09 Shut Your Mouth
10 Nova (Nothing To Say)
11 Been a While Since We’ve Talked
12 All Is Fine Now

Bad Temper Joe presents his new album Ain't Worth a Damn, a collection of original and traditional blues tunes recorded during an intimate concert at the songwriter's hangout Café de Loge in Ghent, as part of Joe's tour of Belgium in November 2017.
With nine songs, eight original compositions, as well as a homage to Willie Dixon's "Spoonful", it goes on a journey through a musical landscape that has its roots in remote swamps and dewy meadows of the southern states. Ballads of love and loss, strokes of fate, destruction, alchemy and black magic follow. Cheering storms and shouts of joy are rare, the bones are heavy from the journey and the mouth is full of dust from the Teutoburg wasteland, the clothes are still wet from the Westphalian rain. Bad Temper Joe tells us his story in the tradition of the old Mississippi Delta blues singers, with the power of one man and his guitar.
"Ain't Worth a Damn" marks Joe's seventh long player since the release of his debut album "Sometimes A Sinner" in 2014. Produced by Fernant Zeste and Jakob Eismann, Bad Temper presents Joe, following his excursion with electric band on the 2017 album "Bad Temper Joe And His Band", this time again as we know him: in his purest and most unadulterated form - acoustically, alone and "live in concert".

1. Farmer's Daugher
2. Most Things Haven't Worked Out Yet
3. If Tears Were Diamonds
4. Nighthawk Woman Blues #9
5. Delilah
6. Man For The Road
7. Honey On My Biscuit
8. Spoonful
9. I Bid You Goodnight, Sweet Marie

If you want to assert yourself as a musician in the 21st century and make a name for yourself, you must first and foremost be adaptable, always deliver something different, something new - up to date - and, as in the financial sector and in business, a certain feeling have an anticipation of trends in the future. Anyone who succeeds in doing this most likely does not write their own songs and basically has hardly any freedom of choice, no opportunity for individuality.
On the other hand, there are also those musicians whose main focus in life is the thing itself - the music, making music - who mostly write their lyrics themselves and also take the composition into their own hands. Artists whose sounds somehow mean something to everyone, even if they should never claim to be suitable for the masses, precisely because their music comes from their own heart and is unique in its own way - like with Bad Temper joe
This name has long since become familiar to connoisseurs of the current German blues scene, as they value his virtuoso acoustic playing on the Weissenborn lap steel guitar, which is often presented in solo performances, traditionally reminiscent of the heyday of blues combos in the 1920s. But going back that many years in retrospect, Bad Temper Joe doesn't really move at all, as his fifth studio album "Bad Temper Joe and his Band" - the second in 2017 - clearly, clearly and above all loudly proves. This time around, he's making good on the promise "I'm gonna get me a Rock 'n' Roll band [...]" previously made on February's predecessor "Solitary Mind" and is now in the full breadth and diversity of an electric band, consisting of various guitars, harmonica, bass and drums - recorded independently and mixed together.
There's really no denying Bob Dylan's influence on Bad Temper Joe's music this time around, as three interpretations of the maestro's works interestingly illustrate. Even if its interpreter found inspiration in many different past decades, such as the 50s, 60s or 80s of the last century, "Bad Temper Joe and his Band" does not mean an imitation of well-known, past greats or analog, distorted studio sounds, but current, contemporary music that convinces with its sound power, quality and purity.
If you like blues, call it blues, if you like Americana or country, call it Americana or country, if you prefer listening to rock, call it rock - good music doesn't necessarily have to be able to be assigned to just one genre! One thing should definitely be said in conclusion: no four hundred and thirty-six words replace a first, second or even tenth listening experience.

01 Hard To Do
02 Waiting On A Message
03 Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde #4
04 Caroline
05 Double Trouble
06 Can’t Wait
07 Blind Willie McTell
08 I’ll Be There
09 Til I Fell In Love With You
10 Meet Me In Your Dreams
11 Blueberry Hill

Dry tones of acoustic guitar, harmonica and the words "Gonna tell you 'bout a girl" open blues singer/songwriter Bad Temper Joe's new album "Double Trouble".
And then he begins to tell, about the girl who teaches men a lesson (Girl from the East), about love and sin (If Tears Were Diamonds), about the only thing that makes him happy (I'll Be Happy When You Cry), talks about his daily routine (24 Hours of the Day) or just wants answers (Ever Meet Again). In order not to endure all this blues alone, harmonica player Marcel Rahe joins in on six of the ten songs and provides musical support where necessary.
"Double Trouble" offers acoustic blues, songs and stories reduced to the essentials, the focus is on the text, the music sparingly, the songs simply knitted, as you know it from Bad Temper Joe.

1 Double trouble
2 Girl from the east
3 Spoonful
4 If tears were diamonds
5 I'll be happy when you cry
6 Next to you
7 24 hours of the day
8 Watching her sleeping
9 Ever meet again
10 Gave up loving you

It took just over half a year until a new musical revelation from blues singer and guitarist Bad Temper Joe followed the acclaimed acoustic album "Double Trouble". The "Double Trouble EP" can be seen as an extension to the predecessor and contains, in addition to the album version of the title track, four previously unreleased songs or versions. These include an outtake from the Double Trouble recording session, a live version of the song "If Tears Were Diamonds", as well as electric band versions of the title track and "Beggar's Velvet Serenade", a song from the 2015 album Tough Ain't Easy.
In keeping with the release, the 24-year-old, who has already shared the stage with Jessy Martens, Tommy Schneller, Greyhound George and blues runner-up Michael van Merwyk, is again drawn to the streets, to various festivals and to the pubs and clubs of the nation before he will end the year with a tour of Belgium. Bad Temper Joe has found his way and moves on without rest, from concert to concert, from recording session to recording session. The "Double Trouble EP" is the fifth release within two years and it shouldn't have been the last.

"Double Trouble is another successful step by the likeable blues singer on his way to the top of the German acoustic scene" - germanblues.org

"Bad Temper Joe should now be considered one of the really important songwriters and guitarists of the German blues scene." - Wasser Prawda

01 Double Trouble (album version)
02 Baby, Please Don't Go/Help Me (album outtake)
03 Beggar's Velvet Serenade (band arrangement)
04 Double Trouble (band arrangement)
05 If Tears Were Diamonds (live)

The music can be downloaded at the end of the order.

The first single from the new album "One Can Wreck It All"!

The song can be downloaded at the end of the order.

Bad Temper Joe - this name stands for blues. Rest assured, when Bad Temper Joe bends over his lap-slide guitar and plays the blues, he delivers a heartbreaking, soulful and unique sound that's all his own. This is the right, true, but unusual blues.
In the local scene, the grumpy 22-year-old with the rough, creaky voice has quickly made a name for himself through a large number of concerts and is no longer just an insider tip among insiders. He took his first step towards national stages with his debut album "Sometimes A Sinner" (Timezone/February 2014) and at the same time with his second release "Man for the Road" (Timezone/November 2014), he hints that there is still a long way to go will not end. This second disc contains thirteen songs, all of which were recorded during a concert of his "It's Bad You Know" tour in August 2014.
An insight into Joe's live program is offered, which shows songs from his debut album in a new guise, as well as three previously unreleased titles, the title track "Man for the Road", "Blood-Shot Eyes", the country ballad "I' ll Be There', and two foreign compositions featuring Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz' and Bo Diddley's 'You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover'. In addition, Bad Temper Joe is supported on three pieces by Thomas Feldmann (including First Class Blues Band) on the harmonica.
Bob Dylan once said "A lot of people don't like the road, but it's as natural to me as breathing". The same applies to the 22 year old. Tirelessly he strings one concert after the next. From time to time he allows himself a break to catch his breath and to be able to appear in front of his audience again with renewed energy. Bad Temper Joe: A Man for the Road!

1. Man for the Road (Bad Temper Joe/Ian Andrews)
2. Next to You
3. Where Is Home
4. Lead Me, Great Jehova
5. Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin)
6. Where My Sorrow Goes
7. Sleeping Giant Blues
8. Waiting for Jimmy
9. Blood-Shot Eyes
10. Love Is Evil
11. True-Hearted
12. You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover (Bo Diddley)
13. I’ll Be There

Bad Temper Joe releases his brand new studio album One Can Wreck It All. The 12 compositions, all written by the East Westphalian blues bard himself, are contemporary blues in its purest form. On "One Can Wreck It All" BTJ shows himself as a songwriter with flair - and as a performer who has an unparalleled presence and impact.

When it comes to blues in Germany, there is no getting around the grumpy late twenties. The German specialist press calls him "one of the really important songwriters and guitarists of the German blues scene" (Wasser Prawda) and praises his "rough, powerful[n] singing [...] and his excellent fingerpicking" (Bluesnews). Bad Temper Joe is making waves internationally: as the only European act in the finals of the International Blues Challenge 2020 in Memphis, USA.
"One Can Wreck It All" is Bad Temper Joe's seventh studio production in long-playing format and convinces with economical instrumentation, which then, when Joe allows it, develops a powerful and haunting sound. The album rattles and whirrs with an intensity as if it were all held together by the heavy, aching groove and the rusty strings of an old guitar. BTJ shows his devotion to the tradition of the old Mississippi Delta blues singers. "One Can Wreck It All" is an expression of blues craftsmanship at the highest level, which radiates warmth, presence and timeless elegance at the same time.

01 The Night Johnny Cash Quit Doing Pills
02 Early Morning Blues
03 Hole in My Pocket
04 Don’t Mess With a Mule
05 One Can Wreck It All
06 Crazy World
07 Wishing Well
08 Road Works Rock
09 Me and My Rockin’ Chair
10 I’ll Never Get Well No More
11 If Her Hair Ain’t Longer Than Mine
12 The Promise

With "Solitary Mind", Bad Temper Joe releases his fourth studio album in 2017 and invites you on a three-quarter hour long, powerful and soulful journey through the acoustic blues.

01 (She's My) Mississippi
02 Homeless
03 Made-Up Woman
04 Honey For My Biscuit
05 In The Shade
06 Love Song At 4 A.M.
07 What It Takes
08 Queen Of Dwarfs
09 Approximately Little Snow White Blues
10 Most Things Haven't Worked Out Yet
11 The Last Song Will Be Sung For You

The just 21-year-old from Bielefeld has already made a name for himself on the blues stages of East Westphalia within a short time and is no longer just an insider tip for insiders.
Combining powerful guitar and harmonica playing with an expressive voice, Joe knows how to captivate any blues and folk audience with his extraordinary stage presence.

01 Why Do I Choose To Suffer
02 Lead Me, Great Jehova
03 Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
04 Next To You
05 Where Is Home
06 Waiting For Jimmy
07 That Is That
08 Love Is Evil
09 True-Hearted
10 Broken Bottle Top
11 Sleeping Giant Blues
12 Where My Sorrow Goes

Songwriter and guitarist Bad Temper Joe opens a new chapter in his young musical career with his sixth studio production "The Maddest of Them All". Five years after his debut album, friends and fans of the 26-year-old can even look forward to an extra portion: The latest long player is the East Westphalian's first double album and includes 22 brand new songs in two acts that are deeply rooted in folk, country and blues.
"The Maddest of Them All" once again presents Bad Temper Joe as a brilliant storyteller and thoroughbred musician. The stories are more powerful and exciting than ever and show another personal side of Bad Temper Joe. Here he slips into the role of a Yankee soldier in the American Civil War, there in that of an outlaw on the run, elsewhere he talks about the problems of mobile phone addiction, sings that life is just a risky game or about life as a traveler Musician.
The songs were recorded completely live and without overdubs on five cold November days in the Watt Matters Studio in the Teutoburg idyll, partly supported by Joe's band with Max Dettling on bass and Paul Moser on drums. Guest appearances also include Marcel Rahe on harmonica and David Lübke on banjo and guitar. The music is presented close, personal and genuine, without much decoration, without slapstick, so that the focus is on the songs and stories. Because that's what Bad Temper Joe stands for.

CD 1
01 Hell’s Gonna Fly
02 Bad Gasoline
03 Talkin’ 21st Century Schizoid Blues
04 My Favorite Things
05 Heartache Shuffle #13 & #36
06 Flyin’
07 A Smoke, Burgers & Beer
08 Supper in Mexico
09 Postcards Ain’t Enough
10 Rules & Lies
11 Highway Takes the Lonely

CD 2
01 Everything’s Gonna Be Just Fine
02 Waiting in Vain
03 Bury Me Anyplace But Mississippi
04 Cheap Beer & One Night Stands
05 Blues Never Stumbles
06 Life’s a Gamble
07 Races to Run
08 Rebel River Incident
09 High Hopes
10 Mind Over Matter
11 Our Love (for Livia)

Slowly but purposefully, the Bielefeld blues musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter Bad Temper Joe is making his way through the musical 21st century. His music does not claim to be suitable for the masses. Nevertheless, nobody will be able to escape the sounds of his Weissenborn guitar once he or she has gotten involved with it. With "The Memphis Tapes", BTJ is now releasing a very special piece of music for all blues lovers: an EP on vinyl, artistically designed (artwork: Gerald Oppermann) and recorded at the famous Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee - right there, where blues greats like howlin? Wolf, Junior Parker, James Cotton and last but not least Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash have recorded many of their songs.

"The Memphis Tapes" lets six songs from Bad Temper Joe's earlier productions sound completely new in a different guise: in that sound that only the Sun Studio and only one record makes possible. The recordings take the audience into the night of February 2, 2020 on Union Avenue, where the venerable studio is located. A surprisingly warm wind is blowing outside for the time of year. The tape machine is already rattling inside. A single chair is provided. Joe, as always with his guitar on his knees, sits down. A few microphones are arranged and sound engineer Daniel Crockett gives the signal through the glass pane: the recording is in progress. Just one day earlier, the East Westphalian blues bard was still on stage at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis, playing his songs in front of an enthusiastic audience of more than 2,000. The theater - also known for the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line" - was the venue for the finals of the International Blues Challenge. Bad Temper Joe not only held up the colors of the German blues at the challenge. He was also given the special recognition of being the last European remaining in the competition to appear in the final. He had already delighted the American audience in various clubs on Beale Street the previous days.

So, well prepared, we went to the Sun Studio. In a single night, Joe records multiple takes of the six tracks that will now appear as The Memphis Tapes. The result is worth listening to: the recordings, mixed by Henning Strandt, give the listener the feeling of being right there: in Memphis, in the Sun Studio, right next to BTJ. The spirit of Johnny Cash seems to hover over the late 20s when the country ballad "Girl from the East" rings out. Quite a few of the blues spirits should nod approvingly when he once again sings about tears and diamonds. Finally, Joe takes his audience onto the highway to bid the grumpy singer/songwriter farewell—not without a last standing glass—made only for the traveling life. There are probably only a few artists who succeed in captivating their audience with such a minimalist setting. With "The Memphis Tapes" Bad Temper Joe shows once again that he succeeds from the first to the last note. The Memphis Tapes will not change the world. But if you get involved with the crackling of the vinyl record, you will forget the fast pace, the ups and downs and the back and forth of our time for almost 30 minutes.

Side A

01 If Tears Were Diamonds

02 Hell’s Gonna Fly

03 Girl From The East

Side B

01 Homeless

02 Sleeping Giant Blues

03 Man For The Road

Blues craftsmanship at its finest: The Night Johnny Cash Quit Doing Pills.

The song can be downloaded at the end of the order.

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Bad Temper Joe seems restless. After Sometimes A Sinner and the live record Man for the Road, the man from Bielefeld has now released his third album, Tough Ain't Easy, on the nation's record tables in just over a year. Business as usual on the one hand, but somehow different on the other. Rough blues and soft ballads alternate in the familiar manner, but Joe also takes a new path. Actually known for playing the guitar lying flat on the lap, the so-called lap slide technique, there are only pieces on this disc that are played in a conventional way. "Since I've only played lap slides in my concerts since the summer of 2014, I practiced on a regular guitar 90% of the time at home. So most of the songs came about that way. […] At the moment I just feel more comfortable with this way of playing,” writes the 22-year-old in the liner notes.
Bad Temper Joe describes his new album as a kind of book. "First there's the 'woke up this morning' line in 3rd Floor Elevator Blues and that's kind of the foreword. And all the other songs are like chapters in this book.” The focus is on the lyrics and the mood of the songs. And if you end up missing the slide guitar, you'll find a video of the song Outlaw Blues as a bonus.
Reduced to voice and guitar, Tough Ain't Easy immerses the listener in Bad Temper Joe's stories. Like a narrator, he leads through the individual chapters. Truly, this isn't a tight blues, there are also elements of folk, country and Americana here. But these genres have strong common roots and Joe embarks on a journey to these roots with his stories.

01 3rd Floor Elevator Blues
02 Trusted But Twisted
03 Come On In My Kitchen
04 Rich Man Blues
05 Delilah
06 Old Oak Tree
07 Farmer’s Daughter
08 Chicago At Midnight
09 Rosie’s Blue Eyes
10 Beggar’s Velvet Serenade
11 Nighthawk Woman Blues #9
12 I Bid You Goodnight, Sweet Marie
13 Data Track: Video „Outlaw Blues“

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Chaosbay from Berlin/Kaiserslautern reach a whole new level with their second full-length album: wildly virtuoso, grown up, aware of their strengths, the group founded in 2012 celebrates their incredibly energetic interplay with almost pedantic perfection at an incredibly rapid pace. Comparisons like PERIPHERY, KARNIVOOL, TESSERACT, but also OPETH, PORCUPINE TREE and DREAM THEATER always seem to come up when speaking of their unique sound. Double bass thunderstorms, djent riffs and evil growls alternate with great melodies, harmony vocals and acoustic guitars. Produced in a modern and uncompromising manner, powerful, virtuoso, tricky and yet always focused on catchy hooklines, the record leads through the nine chapters, between which recurring musical motifs and topics are hidden.
The album is more up to date than ever. Aside from genre-typical fantasy epics and surreal dream sequences, the band expresses their opinion on racism, xenophobia, the refugee crisis and moral decay in times of capitalism. “It no longer felt so sensible for me to come up with stories at a time when there was really enough to tell about what was really going on.”, said singer and main songwriter Jan Listing in an interview with Shieldmaiden's Voice. Mixed and mastered by Christof Kempe (Embark Audio), who was also responsible for the sound of bands like TIME THE VALUATOR, BREATHE ATLANTIS or BURNING DOWN ALASKA, the album is in no way inferior to international competition.

01 Enjoy The Rise
02 Amen
03 Mediterranean
04 D.O.A.
05 Limbus Inn
06 Soldiers
07 Criminals & Sons
08 The Lyin’ King
09 Heavenly Island (Epilogue)

Chaosbay from Berlin/Kaiserslautern reach a whole new level with their second full-length album: wildly virtuoso, grown up, aware of their strengths, the group founded in 2012 celebrates their incredibly energetic interplay with almost pedantic perfection at an incredibly rapid pace. Comparisons like PERIPHERY, KARNIVOOL, TESSERACT, but also OPETH, PORCUPINE TREE and DREAM THEATER always seem to come up when speaking of their unique sound. Double bass thunderstorms, djent riffs and evil growls alternate with great melodies, harmony vocals and acoustic guitars. Produced in a modern and uncompromising manner, powerful, virtuoso, tricky and yet always focused on catchy hooklines, the record leads through the nine chapters, between which recurring musical motifs and topics are hidden.
The album is more up to date than ever. Aside from genre-typical fantasy epics and surreal dream sequences, the band expresses their opinion on racism, xenophobia, the refugee crisis and moral decay in times of capitalism. “It no longer felt so sensible for me to come up with stories at a time when there was really enough to tell about what was really going on.”, said singer and main songwriter Jan Listing in an interview with Shieldmaiden's Voice. Mixed and mastered by Christof Kempe (Embark Audio), who was also responsible for the sound of bands like TIME THE VALUATOR, BREATHE ATLANTIS or BURNING DOWN ALASKA, the album is in no way inferior to international competition.

01 Enjoy The Rise
02 Amen
03 Mediterranean
04 D.O.A.
05 Limbus Inn
06 Soldiers
07 Criminals & Sons
08 The Lyin’ King
09 Heavenly Island (Epilogue)

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CHAOSBAY’s 20-minute track "Tragedy No.1" is one of the band's first releases in 2015. According to singer and main songwriter Jan Listing, it was the first song ever composed for this band. Inspired by musical role models such as PAIN OF SALVATION, DREAM THEATER or PORCUPINE TREE, a continuous piece was composed that combines a variety of motifs and themes, a modern, powerful production (by Dani Weber, bassist of the band THE INTERSPHERE) and a complex arrangement. In the following years this “symphonic” approach to composition would become the band's trademark. The EP is considered the predecessor of the highly acclaimed debut album VASILISA, which was released that same year (also due to some hidden hints in the booklet). As a harbinger of this legendary 40-minute concept album (also available here at Timezone), it is also bursting with virtuoso instrumental passages, tricky rhythms, catchy hooks, heavy riffs and shines with the multi-faceted voice of Jan Listing, who growls, raps and sings his way through all octaves with ease. Fans of STEVEN WILSON, MUSE or SYMPHONY X will definitely enjoy this record.

"Well, if that doesn't whet your appetite for the upcoming 40-minute piece VASILISA." - Metal Hammer 2015

“Powerful, undeniably original Progmetal" - Babyblaue Seiten 2019

01 Chapter I: The Issue
02 Chapter II: The Society
03 Chapter III: The Decline
04 Chapter IV: The Climax
05 Chapter V: The Upshot

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Prog metal outfit CHAOSBAY from Berlin / Kaiserslautern are re-releasing their debut album VASILISA (2015) as a completely remastered version. This time with a classy digipack design, including lyrics and credits. With its digital release in 2015, the album made the band internationally known as a prog insider tip. The record is based on the Russian fairy tale "The beautiful Vasilisa" by Alexander Afanasyev and is a concept album, which tells the story in terms of content and music through all eight chapters.

Brutal staccato riffs, double-bass thunderstorms and epic melodies lead through this piece at high speed. The sound can be compared to bands like DREAM THEATER, OPETH and PORCUPINE TREE. In the process, topics are repeatedly taken up, processed and combined almost symphonically to form a large overall work that sounds closed, entertaining and exciting. Singer and main songwriter Jan Listing screams, growls, sings playfully over several octaves, from gentle to aggressive. Virtuoso instrumental passages alternate with catchy hooklines and atmospheric pads. Produced and mixed by Daniel Weber (bass player for German prog-gods THE INTERSPHERE), the album shines with a powerful, modern and yet organic sound. VASILISA brings CHAOSBAY into another league and gives a foretaste of the highly acclaimed follow-up album ASYLUM (2020).

"Strong and definitely worth hearing" - Baby Blue Pages 2019

"Vasilisa means queen - a worthy name for this masterpiece" - Streetclip.de 2015

01 I. Prologue 03:25
02 II. Three Brothers (Will You Marry Me) 05:43
03 III. Arrow One (Raise The Veil) 07:11
04 IV. Arrow Two (Pathetic) 05:17
05 V. Arrow Three (The Curse) 03:40
06 VI. Revenge (Come Back Home) 05:29
07 VII. The Rescue (Hail To The King) 05:34
08 VIII. Secret King (Creeping) 04:54

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Consists of the album Vasilisa (remastered) in CD digipack and a T-shirt, premium quality in black with white print. The t-shirt is only available exclusively in this limited bundle.

Prog metal outfit CHAOSBAY from Berlin / Kaiserslautern are re-releasing their debut album VASILISA (2015) as a completely remastered version. This time with a classy digipack design, including lyrics and credits. With its digital release in 2015, the album made the band internationally known as a prog insider tip. The record is based on the Russian fairy tale "The beautiful Vasilisa" by Alexander Afanasyev and is a concept album, which tells the story in terms of content and music through all eight chapters.

Brutal staccato riffs, double-bass thunderstorms and epic melodies lead through this piece at high speed. The sound can be compared to bands like DREAM THEATER, OPETH and PORCUPINE TREE. In the process, topics are repeatedly taken up, processed and combined almost symphonically to form a large overall work that sounds closed, entertaining and exciting. Singer and main songwriter Jan Listing screams, growls, sings playfully over several octaves, from gentle to aggressive. Virtuoso instrumental passages alternate with catchy hooklines and atmospheric pads. Produced and mixed by Daniel Weber (bass player for German prog-gods THE INTERSPHERE), the album shines with a powerful, modern and yet organic sound. VASILISA brings CHAOSBAY into another league and gives a foretaste of the highly acclaimed follow-up album ASYLUM (2020).

"Strong and definitely worth hearing" - Baby Blue Pages 2019

"Vasilisa means queen - a worthy name for this masterpiece" - Streetclip.de 2015

01 I. Prologue 03:25
02 II. Three Brothers (Will You Marry Me) 05:43
03 III. Arrow One (Raise The Veil) 07:11
04 IV. Arrow Two (Pathetic) 05:17
05 V. Arrow Three (The Curse) 03:40
06 VI. Revenge (Come Back Home) 05:29
07 VII. The Rescue (Hail To The King) 05:34
08 VIII. Secret King (Creeping) 04:54

Mit „Darkest Night“ feiern zwei international anerkannte Blueskünstler, Christian Dozzler & Michael van Merwyk, ihr Debüt als Duo. 2012 trafen sich die beiden Europäer (die sich seit der gemeinsamen Arbeit am Larry Garner-Album „Embarassment to the Blues“ kennen) dann aber zufällig in Memphis wieder und schmiedeten dort Pläne für ein gemeinsames Projekt. Nach einer ersten, erfolgreichen Europatournee zeigen diese zwei Spieler von Weltrang auf „Darkest Night“ nun ihr ganzes Können.
Der gebürtige Wiener Christian Dozzler, mittlerweile in Dallas ansässig, ist ein hochgeschätzter Vertreter des Piano-Blues, der auch meisterhaft mit Mundharmonika und Akkordeon umgeht. Sein Partner, der deutsche Multi-Instrumentalist Michael van Merwyk, sammelte zunächst bei Hunderten von Auftritten in seiner Heimat Erfahrung und konnte in den letzten Jahren dann die internationale Bühne im Sturm erobern.
Auf „Darkest Night“ präsentieren die beiden Zweimetermänner handgemachten Akustikblues vom Feinsten. Unter den insgesamt 13 Titeln befindet sich u.a. auch die eine oder andere in Vergessenheit geratene Bluesrarität, teilweise mit knapp 100 Jahren auf dem Buckel. Das Duo zeigt also einen tiefen Respekt für die Tradition – möchte aber keineswegs in der Vergangenheit stehen bleiben.
So haben sie an einem Tag bei einer lockeren Aufnahmesession auch auf etliche Titel aus eigener Feder zurückgegriffen. Mehrere von Dozzler komponierten Stücke, wie bspw. „Long Cold Winter“ oder „Try To Forget“, setzen auf die Geschicklichkeit und Kraft seines Pianospiels im Barrelhouse-Stil; von der feinfühligen Akustikgitarre van Merwyks abgerundet, erwecken sie den Geist solch legendärer Duos wie Big Maceo Merriweather & Tampa Red oder Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell. Seine Ballade „A Million Miles“ erklingt dafür wesentlich moderner und suggeriert sogar die Country-Koryphäe Willie Nelson. (Das Jahrzehnt in Texas hat bei Dozzler offenbar abgefärbt.) Zu den Songbeiträgen von van Merwyk zählt die groovende Uptempo-Nummer „Good Lovin'“ wie auch das denkwürdige, von Larry Garner mit verfasste „Ain't No Bluesman“. Fast noch beeindruckender ist der elegante, von Herzen kommende Titelsong „Darkest Night“: Hier wird der sehnsuchtsvolle Klang der Lapsteel-Gitarre subtil und effektiv vom Piano unterstützt. Das ausgelassene Instrumentalstück „Sir Wilson's Bounce“ beschwört dagegen den Boogie-Woogie-Geist der 1940er und macht Lust auf mehr.
Nach der Veröffentlichung von „Darkest Night“ im Frühjahr 2014 machen sich Dozzler & van Werwyk unter dem Motto „Four Meters of Blues“ auf den Weg und touren erneut ausführlich durch Europa. Auch live wird durch ihren gekonnten Umgang mit älteren Bluesjuwelen und neuen, eigenen Stücken eines deutlich: Diese beiden Musiker sind nicht nur groß, sondern auch großartig.

01 Good Loving
02 I Can´t Sleep
03 I'm Gonna Rock Some More
04 Ain´t No Bluesman
05 Some Cold and Rainy Day
06 Loose Lips
07 Long Cold Winter
08 A Million Miles
09 Black Ace
10 I'll Try to Forget
11 Sir Wilsons Bounce
12 It´s Alright
13 Darkest Night

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Groundbreaking first album from the true inventors of Folk-Punk

Steve Baker came to Germany in 1976 with Have Mercy, a crazed Anglo-American acoustic blues and jugband whose members also included Henry Heggen and Rory McLeod. German blues expert Werner Weber, who saw the band performing in London and spontaneously invited them to play in his hometown of Aachen, described their music as “Rocking Harmonica Blues”, but in spirit it was in many ways closer to the energy of the punk rock scene then emerging in Britain. Have Mercy ended up in Hamburg, the northern port city which played such a vital role in the development of British beat music, where their riotous performances swiftly earned them the reputation as one of the hottest acts on the thriving “Hamburg Scene”.

Thanks to their highly individual but undeniably authentic style of rocking roots music and their inspired live shows, Have Mercy gained a considerable degree of notoriety in their adopted hometown. They were soon offered a deal with Antagon Records, a Hamburg label which had recently released LPs by Scottish folk icon Alex Campbell and jazz singer Bill Ramsey. By coincidence, Boodlam was recorded in Hamburg during the same two week period in February 1977 when The Clash were recording their eponymous debut LP in London.

As well as the title song, the album includes ripping versions of J.B. Lenoir’s “Mojo Boogie”, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee’s “Poor Man But A Good Man” and Leadbelly’s “Midnight Special”, plus several originals, among them Steve Baker’s “Hustle On Down” and two early songs from Rory McLeod, “Collector Man” and the whimsical “Somebody Else Will”. Powered by massed harmonicas, with Heggen and McLeod’s formidable lead vocals, plus backing vocals from everybody else, and driven by the double Dobros of Brian Barnett and Dick Bird, the album oozes manic youthful energy. It also gives Have Mercy a serious claim as inventors of what later came to be known as Folk Punk. For the first time since the band parted company in the late 1970s, their seminal debut album is now available again, as a download from Timezone Records including original artwork.

Steve Baker: harmonica, vocals, kazoo, guitar
Brian Barnett: guitars, vocals, kazoo
Dick Bird: guitar, vocals, mandolin, washboard
Jon Echols: harmonica, vocals, percussion
Henry Heggen: lead vocals, harmonica, jug, washboard, kazoo
Rory McLeod: Lead vocals, harmonica, jug, washboard, spoons
Werner Weber: rhythm guitar (Dallas Rag)

1. Mojo Boogie (J.B. Lenoir)
2. Hustle On Down (Steve Baker)
3. Somebody Else Will (Rory McLeod)
4. Poor Man But A Good Man (Terry / McGhee)
5. Stealin '(Gus Cannon)
6. Biggest Kick (Henry Heggen)
7. Dive Bomber (Have Mercy)
8. Viola Lee (Noah Lewis, Gus Cannon)
9. Dallas Rag (Trad. Arr. Dick Bird / Werner Weber)
10. Blind Man (Lafayette Leake)
11. Collector Man (Rory McLeod)
12. Wine (Sticks McGhee)
13. Midnight Special (Leadbelly)
14. Boodlam Shake (Trad.Arr. Have Mercy)

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Keep your feet still? Stay cool? Only ice-cold guys can do that with the songs of the Berlin band KENSINGTON ROAD. Everyone else is immediately hooked on the band's modern, international sound, which skilfully bridges the gap between indie rock and alternative pop. Authentic songs that get by without bells and whistles - because after thousands of kilometers in the tour bus through all of Europe and countless live shows, the “hard-working band” knows exactly what they are singing about.

With their third album "LUMIDOR" (release: August 10th, 2018) KENSINGTON ROAD made it straight to number 28 in the German album charts.

"Kensington create the big indie rock throw with LUMIDOR" (umagazine)

"Your new album sounds seductive from start to finish - a road trip for the ears" (Münchener Merkur)

Side A
01 white noise

02 All you want

03 taxi

04 Silent But Loud

05 Blacktop

06 Here We Go Now


Side B
01 gold

02 The Hunter

03 World Will Know Your Name

04 Stay or Run Away

05 When You Come Around
06 Taxi (Acoustic)

Keep your feet still? Stay cool? Only ice-cold stoics can do that with the songs of the Berlin band Kensington Road. Everyone else is immediately hooked on the authentic sound of the band, which gets by without any frills or artifacts. Because after thousands of kilometers in the tour bus across Europe and countless live shows, the “hard-working band” Kensington Road knows exactly what they are singing about.
"Lumidor" is the third album by Kensigton Road. With songs that are even rockier, more straightforward and more direct. The new single “White Noise” gives a little foretaste, which exemplifies the intense vibe of the new album: A song that plays with the bittersweet moments in life in terms of both content and music. The moments in which you literally lose yourself in the "white noise" or seize new opportunities. Kensington Road seizes the opportunity - and always remains positive, far from common rock clichés and lures the listener from the reserve with forward-pushing energy.

1. White noise
2. All you want
3. Taxi
4. Silent But Loud
5. Blacktop
6. Here We Go Now
7. Gold
8. The Hunter
9. World Will Know Your Name
10. Stay or Run Away
11. When you come around

The new album from Kensington Road - available for pre-order now! Delivery for the release on August 13th, 2021.

180g LIMITED EDITION YELLOW VINYL

Keep your feet still? Stay cool? Only ice-cold guys can do that with the songs of the Berlin band KENSINGTON ROAD. Everyone else is immediately hooked on the band's modern, international sound, which skilfully bridges the gap between indie rock and alternative pop. Authentic songs that get by without bells and whistles - because after thousands of kilometers in the tour bus through all of Europe and countless live shows, the “hard-working band” knows exactly what they are singing about.

With stories of friendship, solidarity and confidence, but also stumbling, falling and getting up again, SEX DEVILS OCEAN goes straight to the heart. Especially in times like these, KENSINGTON ROAD show all social and personal insecurities the finger and always remain positive. Far from the usual rock clichés, the band lures the audience from their reserves with forward-pushing energy and a passionate live show. Real, authentic, no bullshit.

“Electrifying songs with battle-tested riffs, tingling melodies and a high density of instruments. Original and exciting - rock that is fun without being fun. "(KN)

Side A:

01 Ghost Mountain

02 Living In A Lumidor

03 Duke of Persico

04 Class Of 9205 Pablito Pablito

Side B:

01 Sex Devils Ocean

02 Change is good

03 Into The Universe

04 Red Light

05 Steve Shoeman

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STEVE SHOEMAN was written on a sunset hike in the South African Drakensbergs - he was a native of the town Haenertsburg who passed away quite young and gave "most generously to the people on the mountainside" - the whole story inspired a song about love, life and companionship throughout the years - a bittersweet lovesong with an appeasing ending.

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