KANEpromoladies - Can You Handle Us?

It was April fools day... so you know things can get a little bit tricky today... but then we could read up on this update from Dinand on the KANE hyves:

'Guys, you'd be up for something special this summer? Something we've never done before?... Just got a phone call from soccer club ADO with the question if we would like to check out if their soccer stadium is suited to play gigs in... ' that was the vibe of the conversation a few months ago between them and our management. It's true, we were dreaming of doing this for ages; talks with the ADO soccer club had been going on for years, but for some reason just not made real. So no gig when ADO left Zuiderpark and no gig when the new stadium opened...

But now it's made real!!! If we were free to play a gig on Saturday the 6th of June at the ADO stadium was the question. Three times lucky it is. 'So you guys will come to check out the stadium this summer?', the question was. The answer is YES! But the fans get the scoop first and afterwards the world...
So... We'll be doing our biggest gig of the year right here at home, and we'll be trying out some New tracks of the New album as well. It'll be an intimate gig. KANE & the audiance, at home in The Hague. Message to the fans here and abroad; we really want you guys to be a part of this and get first access to the tickets as there will not be many available. Check Dutch newspaper het Algemeen Dagblad, KANE hyves and your mailbox with our newsletter tomorrow.

This ain't no joke... Ha, ha, We're gonna play!!! KANE, ADO, THE HAGUE.. On a beautiful summer day!

Your reporter of the day,

D.

---- update1: more info to be found on www.aa-concerts.nl

The single IT's LONDON CALLING will be released as a cd single and maxi single. On the 13th of October the digital release will be on the downloadshops and on the 17th of October the single will be on sale in the shops. On the single and maxi single there will be live material from the de KUIP concert, the videoclip, and also the Sunset Ibiza remix of Soulvation, the band of Ronald Molendijk and Jeroen Rietbergen.

Tracklisting:

CD single: 1. It's London Calling & 2. It's London Calling (Live In De Kuip - audio)

Maxi: 1. It's London Calling 2. It's London Calling – Sunset Ibiza Remix (Soulvation) 3. Wanna Make It Happen – Radio Edit 4. It's London Calling – live in de kuip (video) 5. It's London Calling – videoclip

at Dutch Free Record Shop you can find the MAXI single at the single prize! (that's 3, 99euro in stead of 6,99 euro) .The video's are applicable on the iPod video, Touch and iPhone. The maxi single is available as a separate downloadbundle, but please note this is without the video (so 3 tracks in total)

There you go - an email from KANE:

The De Kuip concert was a few weeks ago and the adrenaline is slowly fading. It was wicked! We want to go again! For you guys there will be a dvd and cd released of this concert this year. We’ll keep you posted on that.

As a sneak preview you can check out a little snippet of the De Kuip concert in the videoclip we made for 'Wanna Make It Happen' . He turned out so cool and you guys get the first viewing in the section 'KANE Backstage' on the EVERYTHINGYOUWANT open disc! Also added there: a film of the first five Clubtour concerten: Groningen, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Arnhem. With footage of the shows and some backstage recordings, offcours.

Enjoy!
D. & Dennis

--- Not able to check the Opendisc? Check out the KANEpromoladies YouTube channel to watch the WANNA MAKE IT HAPPEN clip!

The brand new KANE album, EVERYTHINGYOUWANT, is NOW available in record stores and on iTunes!!!

In light of the release of their new album EVERYTHINGYOUWANT both lead singer Dinand Woesthoff and guitarist Dennis van Leeuwen tell about the album.

 

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“Reflecting on it I can say we made a free fall the past 2 years. In making this album we use a totally different approach then we used to. EVERYTHINGYOUWANT is cocky, in your face but above all pleasure driven.” Dinand Woesthoff

 

Fearless, the previous album, and it’s legacy didn’t make it easy for us as a band and personal due to the emotions involved. We’ve closed that door for good now. Dinand: “how a record should sound like is being controlled by your own mind. The essence of KANE has always been: we want to create music, with bucketloads of energy, passion and fun. That hasn’t changed. After Fearless we felt the urge to record a new album which has been driven by pleasure.”

 

Another factor that’s been of importance is the fact that Dinand opened up himself to influences from outside. “Before I wanted to be in control”, the singer tells, “ I would go like: what? Write songs with others? Are you insane?!”. The guys now embrace new influences and therefore surround themselves with a new flow. Dennis van Leeuwen: We’ve been searching for new things, people, locations that would inspire and motivate us. Our quest lead us to several places, amongst them the States.”

 

The rumour that KANE recorded the album abroad to conquer the world isn’t true. Dennis: “That’s not a priority at this moment. The past year we’ve been focusing on bringing out the best in ourselves, with some help of other music minded friends. We found them in Holland and in Amerika.”

 

The new KANE album has been recorded for the most part in New York. The guys got help from producer Scott Jacoby and the city that never sleeps turned out as a source of inspiration for EVERYTHINGOUWANT.

 

Although recording in NY wasn’t an obvious choice. “I visited the city before. Pavement jungle, shitload of bricks”, Dinand tells. “But this time I got a real taste of the city and immediately was swept away by the drive you feel there. Everybody is on a mission or making it’s dream come true and that drive reflects on the overall mood. The city is just alive. The fact the album sounds like it does has a lot to do with that drive. I just had to write a song about it: New York City Soul. I called up the others and said: I haven’t got anything, just a title and now we’re going to make a track.

 

That turned out to be the key for the new album, doing everything in reverse. When Dennis and Dinand decided to make the jump and set no boundaries for themselves they really jumped in and let go. The record deal with their record company had ended but they didn’t close a new one with another record company. They decided to start up their own company KANE Records. After a while they signed with Universal Music.

 

And that wasn’t the only unconventional aspect during the recording of EVERYTHINGYOUWANT. “We’ve written tracks in Los Angeles, in Philadelphia and in New York. Three totally different cities with their own unique vibe. That resulted in tracks that are urban, dance, rock, soul and even gospel orientated. We’ve never said to each other: that’s enough for an album. We’ve kept on writing and writing to reach new levels” both KANE guys explain. 

 

Dinand: “we’ve turned around the whole recording process. Not intentionally, it just happened. A few demo’s were added without any enhancement onto the new album. It’s a huge enrichment to say: we don’t know where we’re heading but we don’t care. And when it turns out the things you realised are exactly what you stand for and are feeling you get a huge kick!” KANE had created about 50 ideas/tracks and only those tracks that survived their creative whirlwind landed on EVERYTHINGYOUWANT. During the selection process Dinand thought: “With each track that makes the album I’ve got to go: damn I want to be in that band! And Dennis thought: “With each track I’ve got to have the feeling: I want to buy that album!” That vibe made it very diverse tracklisting.

 

Just take the first single Catwalk Criminal and it’s follower up Shot Of A Gun. ‘Catwalk Criminal’ kicks in. Puts you on the wrong track. It’s a dirty sexy track about animal attraction. A bold statement as a first single: “Listen up, dit is onze nieuwe sound’. But that doesn’t have to say there isn’t any room for tracks like ‘Shot Of A Gun’. Dinand: “Shot Of A Gun is a comfort song. In comparison to ‘Catwalk Criminal’ it tells listeners the legacy of KANE. This track is so entwined with the past and the new. The song, which was recorded Los Angeles, is the most symbolic on the album on which isn’t much room for romance. Dinand: “Like all KANE albums EVERYTHINGYOUWANT is a very personal album.

 

It’s personal because it reflects our positive flow. This album tells about relationships, love but above all lust and danger. The sound is cocky and in your face.” Wanna Make It Happen is the dirty rock track of the album. The track R.E.A.L clearly has got the ‘we’re the kings of the world’ attitude and shows KANE hasn’t lost their bravado. Are You Feeling It? is beatdriven, with an urge for freedom and freedom of speech and titeltrack EVERYTHINGYOUWANT is the most electrorock of all, more so then ‘Catwalk Criminal’.

 

EVERYTHINGYOUWANT is KANE’s rock ‘n soul album. Thanks to producer Scott Jacoby. More a nu soul man who’s never made a rock album. No problem for KANE. “He did what he’s good at and we did the same on our part. We surrounded ourselves with the likes of Scott Jacoby, Neil Dorfsmann, Gail Ann Dorsey and Sterling Campbell who play in David Bowie’s band, and brought a lot of Soul to the new album. Mindblowing feeling! When you start working on a new album and say: I’m gonna make a rock album, it’ll turn out a rock album. If you allow in all possibilities it can turn out to be whatever you want, everythingyouwant”.

 

 

 

 

 

With the release of the album ‘EVERYTHINGYOUWANT ‘ and the KANE concert at de KUIP venue in a few months the band decided to do a try-out tour in order to be ready for their smash out concert at de KUIP.

At the request of several KANE decided to try-out at different venues in Holland. “The exclusive one-off try-out at the Paard van Troje venue on the 23th of April was sold out in a mather of hours so it was clear to us we had to go on a little tour”, according to lead singer Dinand Woesthof. The try-outs are - amongst other venues - at Paradiso, Patronaat and the Mezz, check out the full list below for the location list.

Ticket sales for the try-out tour kick off this Saturday at 10:00 local time. Check the venue websites on our Tourdates page where you’ll be able to find more info in time. Tickets will cost 25 euro each except service costs.

The new album ‘EVERYTHINGYOUWANT’ will be in stores from Friday the 9th of May.

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Met de release van het nieuwe album: ‘EVERYTHINGYOUWANT ‘en het concert van KANE in de KUIP in het verschiet, heeft de band onlangs besloten een try-out tour ter voorbereiding op het concert in de KUIP te organiseren.

Daarvoor heeft KANE op verzoek van de vele fans besloten om verschillende podia in Nederland aan te doen. “De speciale one-off in het Paard van Troje op 23 april aanstaande bleek namelijk in zo’n razendsnel tempo uit te verkopen dat deze tour gewoonweg niet achterwege kon blijven”, aldus zanger Dinand Woesthoff.

Op de volgende data zal KANE een try-out concert geven:

5 juni 2008 Tivoli, Utrecht (www. tivoli. nl)
6 juni 2008 Oosterpoort, Groningen (www. de-oosterpoort. nl)
10 juni 2008 Paradiso, Amsterdam (www. paradiso. nl)
12 juni 2008 Effenaar, Eindhoven (www. effenaar. nl)
14 juni 2008 Luxor, Arnhem (www. luxorlive. nl)
15 juni 2008 Patronaat, Haarlem (www. patronaat. nl)
19 juni 2008 Lucky & Co, Rijssen (www. lucky. nl/podium)
20 juni 2008 Mezz, Breda (www. mezz. nl)

De kaartverkoop van de try-out tour begint aanstaande zaterdag om 10.00 uur. De voorverkoopadressen zijn te vinden op de websites van de desbetreffende locaties. Daar is te zijner tijd ook meer informatie te vinden over de aanvangtijden van de verschillende concerten. Kaartjes kosten 25 euro per stuk plus servicekosten.

Het album ‘EVERYTHINGYOUWANT’ is vanaf vrijdag 9 mei verkrijgbaar

Read on the site of Gerard: Dutch music channel TMF will showcase an exclusive KANE concert as promotion for their new album ‘Everything You Want’ somewhere in May or June. Tickets for this showcase can be won on the website www.tmf.nl or on the Dutch show ‘Re:action’. If you order the new KANE album before the 6th of May at www.freerecordshop.nl there’s also a chance you’ll win tickets for this exclusive showcase.
The second single from the new KANE album is titled ‘Shot Of A Gun’. The track is currently Megahit on Dutch radio 3FM, Alarmschijf on Radio 538 and Superclip on Dutch music channel TMF.

It are crazy times: Dennis and I started about two years ago with the preparations for the fourth KANE album. No clue where we were headed, but a very clear view on what had to be different. Someone once said to me: if you want change, you’ll need the courage to change yourself: making a dream come reality starts inside you. And that’s how it goes. So we let go and jumped: KANE records was born. From this point on we’re an independent. Afterwards we chose Universal music to join us in our adventure. And that’s a good thing. Good feeling that there are record companies that still find the word ‘music’ in ‘musicbizznizz’ important. It only makes us more powerful right here in the Benelux.

 

 ‘EVERYTHING YOU WANT’ is our fourth album: on Wednesday the 9^th of May you’ll find it in (Dutch) stores.

 

Eleven tracks… the best ones that survived the kill your darlings sessions the past two years: ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’ did make the final tracklist… and so did ‘I Belong To You’…ofcours… the others didn’t: 9 to go!!! The feedback we got from those who had the chance to listen to the new album (still just on a demo recording) for the first time this week are amazing. The best KANE album up until now.

Still on the agenda: recording lyrics for the final three tracks, then back to New York to finish everything of. It should be ready by Monday the 7^th of April. On its way to you guys!

 

Just let us know what you think about ‘Shot Of A Gun’. Use the internet and our pages on Hyves, KANE.NL (for the official breaking news)… Myspace and YouTube for all the interactive talks… with you guys.

 

Enjoy yourselves,

 

D.

[ in Dutch ] In het internetmagazine Bomvol staat deze maand een interview met Dinand en Dennis waarin de heren vertellen over de steden waar hun nieuwe album werd opgenomen, waar ze zich het meest creatief en chill voelen en welke plekjes all over the world gewoon ‘hun ding’ zijn…

Sla Bomvol open via http://www.bomvol.com/8/index.php?origin=m0_8 en kijk, luister en onthoud welke steden totally KANE-approved zijn…

 

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This month there’s an interview with the guys from KANE to be found in Dutch online magazine Bomvol in which they talk about their favourite cities. Whether it’s NY where their new album was recorded or hometown Delft where their own studio has its location, each city has got that special thing the guys need to be creative and at ease …

Unfortunately the interviews are in Dutch but you might get the vibe of the cities who are totally KANE-approved as you watch the guys talking about them…

BACK ON TRACK WITH ANOTHER FUNKY RHYME ... which means there’s some mayhem going on. 

 

Dinand wrote a new update on the official KANE hyves:

 

Gotta say good for the mayhem, but it’s some crazy shit this time. We’re working in at least two different places at the same time on the new album. Primarily New York and Delft alternated with Ibiza, Los Angeles, London and… my back yard ha, ha. Ja, life is tough. At the moment we’ve got a studio build in my garden shed. Meanwhile Dennis is hard at work at the Delft studio. So everybody’s working like nutters but it seems like we’ll make our deadlines. Consequence of that is we’re all in our own little worlds these days. Totally focused on details and o fuck… got to finish those lyrics today. Once and a while we’re pulled back into the reality of the KANE bizznizz. Like deadlines, designs, releases… and ticket sales.

 

I’ll get back to that in a minute. First let’s talk releases. The next KANE single will be ‘SHOT OF A GUN’. We shot the video for that single last week in Los Angeles and Brussels. In a few weeks you’ll get it in your face. We’re extremely happy with the reactions on our first release ‘CATWALK CRIMINAL’. YouTube got over 125.000 views in 1 month and with an entry at number 2 in the charts we made a cool start I think. Like always, very sincerely, Thanx to and for your support!!! Heading to ‘SHOT OF A GUN’ followed by... that fourth KANE cd. I’m in to deep to talk to much about it but it’s hard when you’ve got 45 songs and knowing there will be only 12 songs on the album. ‘Kill your Darlings’. I’m getting emotional now ha, ha.

 

And after we announced the try-out show in The Hague we received a lot of messages and phone calls regarding the chaotic presale. Honestly, seemed nice to do a gig in our hometown before the album was released. Seemed a good plan to a lot of folks, because a few seconds after the tickets got into presale the sever of the website crashed and tickets were sold out at about 11:20. This mayhem is wicked to a band and their ego’s; it’s mostly chaos for those who didn’t get their hands on those tickets. I apologize for the stress people.

 

At the moment we’re looking into doing more shows. Might be a small tour in 8 city’s, we’ll see. That’s been a long time for us. Not really on topic but seeing the chaos last Saturday that little tour would be something that’s called for. For those that did manage to get tickets for the The Hague venue… we’ll see you there. For those without a ticket. We hope to see you soon, not to long after the 23th!!!

 

Thnxxx and adios, D.

From Universal we got this:

 

After Catwalk Criminal it’s time for KANE’s second single; Shot Of A Gun. Along side the single version there will also be an additional acoustic version…

The maxi single includes the club mix van Catwalk Criminal seeing this is a huge hit in the international DJ scene. Finally they’ll get this on CD.  The video of Shot Of A Gun is applicable on your iPod Video. Just get it on there and enjoy! Track 2, the YouTube mix, was created especially for the fans to post and embed through YouTube on their own blog (Hyves, MySpace and Facebook).

 

Release of  Shot Of A Gun on the 11^th of April...

Guitarist of Dutch rockband KANE, Dennis van Leeuwen, will participate on recordings of a special single released to raise awareness for Tibet. The track ‘Als je ooit’ is an adapted Dutch version of ‘As ge ooit’ of JW Roy and Gerard van Maasakkers. Also working on the recording are Peter Slager and Bas Kennis (from Dutch band Bløf), Bart van der Weide (Racoon), Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering), JW Roy, Loten Namling and Jeroen Goossens. The track will be released before the Dutch Ticket for Tibet festival, which will be on the 20^th of April in Amsterdam. Dutch bands Bløf and Racoon will perform next to other musicians.

Since 1950 Tibet is under occupation of China. The people of Tibet have been fighting along side the highest religious and political authority, the inspirational Dalai Lama, for their independence for years now. All the info on this topic is to be found on http://www.myspace.com/104277526( Save Tibet myspace ) and www.tibet.com

 On Wednesday the 23th of April it’s finally time for the exclusive try-out gig for KANE’s long awaited new album! The guys from KANE and their band will perform the brand new tracks along with some of their best classic songs. For this one off the guys chose the Paard van Troje venue in The Hague, Netherlands seeing it’s their favourite venue. Want to be there? Then you’d better be quick because only a few hundred will be available for this exclusive gig.

Ticket sales start on Saturday the 8^th of March at 10 o’clock. Tickets can be purchased on http://www.paard.nl ( click on ‘event’ and ‘buy tickets’ )

date: Wednesday the 23th of April 2008 – Location: Paard van Troje, Prinsegracht 12, The Hague Netherlands – doors: 19u30 – kick off: 20u30 – cost: 25 Euro (excl. admin. cost )

Things seem relaxed on this end but it ain't. Dinand just got back from New York where he's been singing. Result? Single number 2 is nearly ready to be released!  Bet you gonna love this one! Release date and more info soon!

 

The artwork for the new single is nearly finishes as well. Then there's a video to be shot. Always great fun. Once again with our friend Bjørn from Belgium who's busy with preparations. Afterwards Dinand will finish off singing in the new album and there will be some remixing as well. Deadlines are tight but still we're on schedule.

 

Got some disturbing mails from Belgium. No worries, we'll soon be heading over there and all info on this trip will be put on www.kane.nl. Kanefans, the waiting is nearly over. Soon more news on KANE.NL Its gonna be a long HOT summer!

 

See you soon! 

 

 

 

 

On Saturday Dennis wrote a new update:

 

I already mentioned Scott, our producer, is in town these days. Primarily to check the recordings made in New York and to extract the best ones. But today we’re also recording some guitars in a familiar spot: The Wisseloord studios in Hilversum. Got a funny story about that place to tell you guys: our engineer back in New York (Neil Dorfsmann) once worked on the famous Hysteria record of Def Leppard right here at the Wisseloord studios for months alongside the legendary producer Mutt Lange, husband of the lovely Shania Twain (name dropping, got good at that ever since we’ve been in NY…) Neil told us the Wisseloord studio got his name from that legendary recording session. It lasted a staggering three years. The producer insisted the guitars were recorded string by string and drums had to be recorded at the nearby swimming pool because the sound was awesome. Those were the days. I suggested we’d do the same shit but unfortunately nobody fell for that… Anyway, at the Wisseloord we’re on known territory because here’s where we recorded the 'As Long As You Want This' album and the 'What if' was remixed here by Tim Palmer. Mind blowing exciting sessions of table tennis were played here during breaks with Tim. All won by us, off course. And b-sides, one with the longest title ever: 'Christmas Time Won't Be The Same Without You But Maybe Next Year It Will', and 'Moment Of Truth', were recorded here. Good to be back.

 

Two days later and three songs more… Today’s Saturday and single 2 is almost finished. Everybody’s exited! Sounds awesome. But we got a tight schedule and we’re now working on track 4. Meanwhile girlfriends, buddies, record company friends, publishing mates and visual artists drop in. Amongst them also Reyn, friend of the family, who showcased some string-music. Great to record back in Holland but at the same time so we’ve got so much distraction. So different then recording in a studio on a mountain near Woodstock in New York, where you gotta take in groceries for the whole weeks or take a stroll for two hours to get that milk you wanted. To be continued!

 

Greetz, dennis

On the KANE myspace we can read up on a new update from Dennis:

 

Yesterday we played live at the show of Paul de Leeuw for the very first time in KANE history. Must admit, not bad at all. Just watched the show on tape and damn that new firebird I gave myself as a birthday present sounded awesome! ;-)

Gotta thank you guys as well for our number 2 entry in the charts! Dinand already thanked you guys but have to join in here too! Great. Really close finish there (2%!!!) so we’d almost popped the cork of the champagne bottle. In any case we’d better wait with doing that until the second single will be released, another part for sure! Really great you were there once again supporting us like you did. Think CATWALK CRIMINAL got a hold on you guys now doesn’t it. Took some time, no prob. We already knew the song for a while. Once again, thanks for the support!

This week it’s working back at home in The Netherlands. Producer Scott Jacoby should be stepping out the airplane as I write this. Dinand and Scott will take a listen at the recordings made at the All Aire Studio and we’ll record some additional tracks. We’re slowly finishing that recording proces. Still should take a while I guess what’s always exciting I think. But one thing’s for sure. It’s gonna be one hell of a record!

Ok have a nice day and see you soon! Gr, dennis

A shout out from the guys on their Hyves:

 

Woooowwwww... KANE IS BACK ... like it’s been said ‘a little weird, but fucking delicious’ KANE entered the official Dutch single charts today. CATWALK CRIMINAL WENT STRAIGHT TO # 2!!!!!

Thanks everybody for your support... So cool... it only took a small 2% to keep us from the number one position… might get that number one position next week ‘cause we’re so damn close! The 15th KANE single delivers us our 9th top 10 single... Yes.. we’re very proud, Thnx so very much,

 

KANE  

 

 

In the KANE newsletter we can read:

 

After two weeks of recording intensly at the All Aire Studios near Woodstock in upstate New York we finally came back home yesterday. Weird to be out of the country at the time your new single is being released. But this morning we got a text message from Universal with some good news! Catwalk criminal, our new single, has reached the #2 position in the Dutch midweek chart. That’s amazing! But a real chart entry hasn’t been made… we’re counting on FRIDAY! And we can already say we’re really really close to that magical #1 position.

If enough Dutch fans buy the single before Friday the guys can make it to that #1 position. Hope they got that champagne on ice...

Sterling Campbell and Gail Ann Dorsey are collaborating with the guys on the new KANE album. Both play alongside David Bowie on stage. Drummer Campbell is known for his work with Duran Duran, Soul Asylum, B-52's, Eric Clapton, Iggy Pop, Tina Turner and Lou Reed. Bassist Dorsey played alongside Gwen Stefani, Bryan Ferry, Tears For Fears and Skin.

KANE is currently recording their new album at the All Aire Studios in New York’s Catskill Mountains. The new album is expected to be in stores in a few months. The first single of the album 'Catwalk crminal' is in stores as of tomorrow.

A few days after Belgian tv-presenter Chris Duchauchoit made an emotional appeal to polticians in Belgium regarding the BBC-documentairy ‘Bulgaria’s abandoned children’ there we see Dinand Woesthoff of Dutch rockband KANE joining forces to raise awareness for the inhuman living conditions of these abandoned children. Dinand called upon several Dutch politicians by writing them emails to start immediate action against Bulgaria. After watching the BBC-television documentairy ‘Bulgaria’s abandoned children‘, Woesthoff (still recording in Amerika) send out emails to Jan Marijnissen from the Dutch SP party and Femke Halsema of the Dutch GroenLinks party. In the documentairy it’s shown how handicapt together with poor children are being cared for in dreadfull conditions in an orphanage in Bulgaria. The GroenLinks party has already started debats on this topic and started an online-petition against the inhuman conditions in orphans’ homes like these. The party will hand over the results of the petitions to the European Union.

Check out the documentairy on http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9176914173325307126 to sign the Dutch Groenlinks petition check http://campagne.groenlinks.nl/bulgarije and for all further info check http://www.tbact.org/