Hangin’ out… We had two. Doing three more this week. Doing some more next week. Not writing more about it now though. Stay tuned for the album…as always.
As some of you might have heard or noticed, our guitar player Martin Beusker is no longer part of Avant La Lettre. This is Thijs Havens playing with us at Plein 79 in Den Bosch. Thijs is a good friend. He is one half of Saelors, and is also lead singer and guitarist in Havens. [...]
Last fall Muziek Centrum Nederland asked us to participate in their Unsigned project. This project is meant to bring talented, but unsigned bands to the fore. Two of our songs would be (re)recorded to be featured on an Unsigned album, to which 5 other bands would contribute. The record would be recorded by JB Meijers [...]
3voor12 was interested in the progress we’re making with our album. The called us for an interview today. Read all about it: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel/43220099
Here’s a little blast from the recent past (07/11/09). After a long day of playing, in Velvet and Vyssotski in Amersfoort, we topped the night off with a special session @ Museumn8 Amsterdam Acoustics Offline @ Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Here’s an impression: Special thanks to Arttu for putting it together. Kind regards,
Hi everyone, We hope you’ve had a good Christmas. We’ve laid low for a while. Getting some rest after a couple of months of back-to-back performing and recording. But we’ll be back on the scene in Januari, with new shows planned. We’ll also be finishing something we’ve been working hard on, and you’ve all been [...]
The demo version of our track No Procedure That Fits has been featured on the new & first ever 3voor12 Hollandse Nieuwe compilation. Check that out here. And stay tuned for the official album version… Kind regards,
Working hard in the studio.
Playing Paradiso was great. We had a lot of fun. Shout outs to everybody who made it to the show, as well as to those who couldn’t. And for those of you who keep asking me for photo’s of the show. Stop it, here they are: avant la lettre LIVE @ Paradiso (by Dim Balsem) [...]
Dear family & friends, For two weeks to come, you won’t be able to see us, reach us or find us. We’ll have vanished from the face of the earth. After a long Popronde tour, the time has come, the hour has rung, the bell has finally tolled. We’re recording the album. Soon we’ll have [...]
The Popronde went out with a bang this weekend! After what was supposed to be the last show @ Dynamo Eindhoven (photos here), our friends from The Mad Trist convinced us to join them for a guerilla gig @ de Effenaar @ 03:30. Avant La Lettre & The Mad Trist on stage, together. Ofcourse way [...]
Hi guys and gals, This weekend we’ll play our last Popronde gigs, tonight in Leiden and tomorrow in Eindhoven. We had a great time playing across the country. And we met al lot of cool people. We enrolled in the Popronde as kind of a joke, but it turned out to be very fruitful, a [...]