12-03-2005, LVC , LEIDEN

Cafebar 401 surprised LVC ordeance in Leiden

Best  bands not only come from the West

Lilian van Dijk sunday 13 maart 2005 15:44

It rarely happens you're going to see a show of a well known band and you get thouroughly impressed by the support act. That happened to 3 reporters of 3voor12 region The Hague, who went to see Hallo Venray on the 12th of march in Leiden. Cafebar 401 deserves a review on their own!

When you're from The Hague, you know your bands. But the main problem of the 'Hague Scene' is bands all sound alike. The Kane-Direct-Anouk lookalike circuit is huge and the Hallo Venray style Americana bands are also countless. It's a breeze to enter the LVC totally unprejudiced to get browbeat by a band that plays almost un-Dutch but comes from the hinterland, far away from the part in the land where its all supposed to happen. Because who knows where Luttenberg is? You could compare them to 'Skik', who also come from a place most people can't point out on a map.

We're standing in front enjoying ourselves. Everything's right with this band. Great vocals, interesting tempo changes and rythmes, instrument control and fascinating songs. Not a band where you quickly start thinking: more of the same. Every song has something suprising, something characteristic. Admirable how they perform too. It isn't easy to support a reknown band as Hallo Venray, but yet this band really stands out. Vocalist-Guitarplayer-Pianoman Tije Oortwijn smiles and looks confidently into the venue. The others in the band are more engaged with making music, but it swings, it gets you excited. This is a band we would like to see on every big summerfestival and not only on those in the eastern part of the country.

Cafebar 401 consist out of Tije Oortwijn, Dennis Kleinlangevelsloo, Wout Oosterwechel and Martijn Masman. Last year they released there self-titled debut album with American indielabel Wampus. Musical influences they talk about are Soulwax, Beck, Masters of Reality and Queens of the Stoneage. There music may be influenced by these big names, but it's Cafebar 401 who make the music that seperates them from the rest. De 22 year old Tije Oortwijn has written all the songs and produced the songs on the album. The master tapes went tot the states where Wampus does the distribution and promotion. In Holland Pink Records does the distribution.

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source:  http://www.3voor12.nl/denhaag