October 25, 2007

KANE RELEASE NEW ALBUM WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC

The Dutch rockband KANE signed a contract with Universal Music. Mid-2008 the new album will be released.

KANE was founded in 1998 in The Hague,Holland. In 2000 the band released its debut album 'AS LONG AS YOU WANT THIS'. Since then KANE sold over a million copies, went several times to the number 1 position in the charts and won a large number of awards. 

The band is one of the most seen played live in the Benelux. At his moment lead singer Dinand Woesthoff and guitarist Dennis van Leeuwen are working on their 4th album in LA and NY. The eagerly expected follow up album to their double platinum 'FEARLESS' album is expected to be released in 2008.

'This week recording started. we've taken a long time to choose the right partner, because we wanted to be sure of the aim and flow of the new KANE record', says lead singer Dinand Woesthoff. 'We've chosen Universal Music because they're the best. Simple and clear.'

Kees van der Hoeven, President/CEO at Universal Music Holland: 'We've kept track of the succesful career of KANE and are delighted to contribute to this new phase in their career. We've already got the chance to listen to some rough demo's and they blew us away. We can't wait to start...'   


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KANE - INTERNATIONAL RELEASED BIOGRAPHY

Lead singer: Dinand Woesthoff
Guitarist: Dennis van Leeuwen

 

Although formed back in 1998, it is now Kane take their dynamic blend of accessible rock to new fans across Europe. Over the last 4 years the band has enjoyed sweeping success in their own market selling out prominent stadia (2X AHOY Rotterdam 2002) and supporting huge worldwide acts such as Bon Jovi. As Holland's most popular live-band, Kane have performed at all the major festivals including 'Pinkpop' and 'Parkpop'. They have also performed outside of Holland, such as the Marktrock festival (Belgium), Expo 2000 (Germany), Heineken Jammin' (Italy), SuperBock-SuperRock (Portugal) and Rock Werchter (Belgium.) Kane was also the supporting act during the most recent Simple Minds Tour, played several duo-shows (Scandinavia and Germany) with their American counterparts The Calling and even delivered a specially requested performance in tropical Curaçao.

Their infectious sound owes much to the ability of an extraordinary lead singer but also draws upon international influences from U2 to West Coast American Rock. "What If" is a detailed, almost inimitable record readying KANE to join their international contemporaries throughout Europe.
Besides GOLD and PLATINUM album awards, this band have already amassed three Edisons (Holland's most important music award, 2001 and 2002), a total of 6 TMF awards (most important local video station) and 2 consecutive MTV awards for "Best Dutch act" (2000 & 2001.) Last year also saw the band nominated for another Edison (Best Song: Rain Down On Me, the current single off the album) whilst a few weeks will reveal the result of a further two nominations for this year's award ceremony in the Best Singer and Best Rock category!
Only last year Kane received the Horizon Award at the 2003 Surround Awards in Los Angeles USA for the SACD version of their second album So Glad You Made It. Another international achievement was the fact that the remix of the song Rain Down On Me was placed on EA game FIFA Soccer 2004.
As would appear very apparent, the natural ingredients have always been in place. Dinand, the lead singer is a striking individual with an unnervingly versatile voice, remarkably blending raw power with delicate precision. Alongside are a talented group of musicians whose diversity is mirrored throughout the bands material, from the anthemic lead single "Rain On Me" to the graceful ballads such as "Before You Let Me Go".
 

The ongoing struggle described by Dinand as they honed the sound and depth of their material has undoubtedly provided an experience that is translated into their music.

"We struggled for four years to overcome preconceptions over a Rock 'N' Roll mentality in the shroud of dance-based music genres in Holland. But it was here that the vision was born to consolidate what had gone before, in order to move forward and into beyond." 

Once this goal was affirmed, the band went back into studio in an effort to obtain every last drop of potential from their work. Three tracks in particular "Head Down," "My Best Wasn't Good Enough" and "Damn Those Eyes" were critical to this inspired effort.

"We knew we could get more out the songs so we kept at it, we kept striving for that elusive romanticism."
It is this romanticism and detail that lends even the most aching ballad a wonderful sense of hope and of future. This curious positive energy runs throughout the record and is present both at the peaks and at the troughs as Dinand explains,
"The record is a story of my life. Sure, there are ironic and funny moments as with 'Can You Handle Me', and equally there is hurt and yearning as expressed in 'Damn Those Eyes' and 'Let It Be.' But what punctuates all of these emotions is an appreciation of life itself as with 'Rain Down On Me' - the kind of willingness to carry on.  This lends a sort of context to the feelings we encounter."
 

Kane have continued to mesmerise audiences with the enormous breadth of emotion inherent to their work. Dinand's voice proves a faultless medium for loud and compelling choruses, swiftly answered by verse obliging subtlety and finesse. "My Best Wasn't Good Enough" is exemplary of this delicate restraint capable of band. 

"We are not full of contrived hatred like many other groups making music today. We get the blues like everyone else and sometimes it helps to express that, but we are not driven by negativity, that's not where we are coming from. Songs like 'Hold On To The World' and 'Our Hearts Will Beat As On' for example. These are songs about hope and faith. Songs craving for that holy grail. That's what drives us………even in the darkest hour."

The diversity of feeling within of the track connects with all listeners as it perfectly reflects the unbalance of emotion when one confronts the opposing virtues of love and loss at the same time. An audience stands compelled to witness Dinand's often unpredictable, but always inspiring interpretation with every sweeping cascade of sound and melody.

 

However, any melancholic mood does not last long as the gentle and frank admission that is "Let It Be" is juxtaposed with the rhythm and energy of tracks such as "Head Down". It is here that the hard-edged rhythmical structure of the guitar-laden Rock tracks is most present. Dinand's vocals soar effortlessly over the strong instrumentation rendering the listener almost tingling with a nervous excitement as the track builds to its inevitable and climatic chorus.

In spite of the frenetic energy from some of the uptempo tracks on the record, Kane never lose sight or judgement of the melodic sensibility upon which their music founded. "What If" is essentially a collection of constructed melodies founded upon, and delivered with real and honest emotion.

In this manner, Kane as a group now speak a universal language. Their words and music have an irresistible pull and are not tarnished with the ephemeral popularity of other more transient rock bands. We look with eager anticipation to Kane's ascension to the world stage and we invite you to join us being among the very first to welcome them.

 

KANEalbums: 

1999 – As long as you want this
2001 – So glad you made it
2003 – What if
2004 – February
2005 – Fearless
  
Forthcoming album expected early 2008...


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KANEpromoladies concept

The KANEpromoladies-concept was created in 2004 by Krisje as a promotional tool for the Dutch band KANE.

Basic assumption of this concept: promoting the Dutch band KANE with the media both abroad and in the Benelux with bold promotional campaigns and at the same time enlarging the already existing fanbase by doing so. The strength of this concept lies in its creativity and its hands-on mentality in the realisations

Target groups are as mentioned earlier the media both abroad and in the Benelux, the fanbase as well as keypeople from within the music business.

Applications are contriving and realising noticeable promotional campaigns for the abroad media and the Benelux media as well as targeting new fans by maintaining several online communities and using new-media tools.

Final aim is increasing the single/album/dvd sales and enhancing the (abroad) fanbase for the Dutch band KANE.

The KANEpromoladies-concept was created and is being managed by Krisje. After studying ethics and cultural science she stepped into the music world by coincidence and decided to combine her interests in web design and marketing with her passion for music. The KANEpromoladies-concept clearly shows that she's got a lot going for her to supply new successful bands or artiest with creative promotional campaigns both online as in using her solid network.

Realisations:

* The KANEpromoladies hand out 100 tickets for the JIMtv showcase with KANE amongst fans

* realisation of the KANEpromoladies minisite on kanecrew.nl

* realisation of the International ladies section on kanecrew.nl: fans from the UK, Germany, Norway and Portugal get their own web space on which they can report on the promo's they're doing for the band in their own country.

* The KANEpromoladies hand out the two last tickets to the sold out KANEgig at the Vooruit venue Ghent to fans 

* The KANEpromoladies set up a meet & greet for 2 fans with KANE during the recording of the tv-show 'De zomer van 2005'

* The KANEpromoladies hand out the NOKIA cell phone promotional board with the images of KANE to 2 fans

* The KANEpromoladies invite 15 fans on to the show Live Request on JIMtv where KANE performs

* The KANEpromoladies set up a meet & greet for 2 International with KANE a few hours before the Malieveldconcert, Den Haag

* realisation of the kanecrew-myspace http://www.myspace.com/kane_crew and kanecrew group in cooperation with kanecrew and promoting this myspace until september '07

* realisation of a LastFm account : http://www.last.fm/user/kanepromoladies/ and KANEpromoladies group

* realisation of a Hi5 account : http://kanepromoladies.hi5.com

* realisation of a Twitter account : http://twitter.com/kanepromoladies

* realisation of a Pownce account : http://www.pownce.com/KANEpromoladies/

* realisation of a Facebook account http://www.facebook.com/KANEpromoladies and KANEgroup

* realisation of a Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/KANEpromoladies and KANEmusic group

* realisation of a Netlog account : http://nl.netlog.com/kanepromoladies and KANEfans group

* realisation of a virb.com account : http://www.virb.com/KANEpromoladies en KANEmusic group

* realisation of a ilike account : http://www.ilike.com/user/kanepromoladies

* realisation of a purevolume account : http://www.purevolume.com/listeners/kanepromoladies

* realisation of the KANEpromoladies keysite, www.KANEpromoladies.com in cooperation with www.lookslikedesign.com


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