-INTERVIEWS-

11-12-2007

Anneke talks about her departure from THE GATHERING, her new project, her touring plans, her part-time stint as a vocal teacher and she also reveals that she would gladly take part in a THE GATHERING reunion, not only for a tour but also for a new album.

Watch the interview here: http://www.metalzone.gr

12-11-2007
©faceculture

FaceCulture spoke with Agua de Annique. Agua (Anneke van Giersbergen) tells us about her difficult decission to leave het former band 'The Gathering, her first solo album and the symboliek meaning of the stewardess theme.




7-11-2007

“It Was Time For A Change”

© Paula Barouh

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31-10-2007

©Chad Bowar

Agua De Annique Interview

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23-10-2007

© metalhead

Audio Interview with ANNEKE


The singer talked about her new songs, about future collaborations and about The Gathering, but also about how she felt in Romania when she played at Artmania 2007 and what impressed her the most while she stayed in this country.

listen  to it! (14:48min)
download it(3.6mb)

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22-10-2007

interview at spits

AMSTERDAM - Na dertien succesvolle jaren als zangeres van The Gathering vond Anneke van Giersbergen het mooi geweest. Ze stapte uit de band en begon een solocarrière. Deze maand brengt ze onder de artiestennaam Agua de Annique het album Air uit.

11-10-2007
Sun and Air: An Interview with Anneke van Giersbergen
by Adrien Begrand

1-10-2007

interview at toazted

part I

part II

1-10-2007
interview for metallian ezine
Anneke's water and air



27-9-2007

Anneke van Giersbergen met Ferry en Eefje !


part I (beautiful one)

part II


© Walhalla

unfortunately only in dutch :)

Zangeres Anneke van Giersbergen is te gast bij Ferry en Eefje. Samen kijken ze naar reportages over Huub Hangop en performance-kunstenares Anet van de Elzen.

Bij Ferry en Eefje is deze week Anneke van Giersbergen te gast. Zij was dertien jaar lang zangeres van de succesvolle band The Gathering , maar daar is ze mee gestopt. Op 26 oktober komt de eerste CD uit van haar nieuwe band Agua de Annique. De CD heet 'Air'.




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-REVIEWS-

What the press are saying...

sputnikmusic
"On this, her debut album, she has allowed her voice to flow in a way it hasn’t in a long time, and it sounds more beautiful and inspired then ever before"

metaleagle
"enjoy the coming of a new era for Anneke"

metal invader
"The compositions follow a soft path full of harmonies and beautiful melodies, with the piano in many parts leading the way."


stonerrock
"Fucking incredible it is"


progressive waves
"Congratulation Agua de Annique!"

Heavy Music
A journey from darkness and sadnesses to a joy of life

sea of tranquility
"...catchy hooks with shimmering arrangements...['Air'] finds Anneke moving towards more aggressive & dramatic territory..."

The Sentimentalist
"Anneke lets her penchant for alt pop shine with this new project, while maintaining the angelic, yet dark vocal melodies that made her a beacon of light in the European metal scene."

Decibel
"What we hear on the understated Air is an artist (van Giersbergen) relishing the chance to go her own way...an effortless blend of the adventurous and the accessible."

Grinder
"...a very personal record... Anneke has started down a long and adventurous musical road with 'Air'... We'll see where she takes us."

Metallian
"'Air' is a dark and touching affair...a sad, contemplating (with flourishes of the positive, mind you) record that will affect immediately and directly if you let it."

[13] -NEWS- 28/9/2007 Newsletter and other things

 
 

Hello all!

Oh yes, we are coming to a new junction in our AdA adventure.
Now that the album is pressed and ready, we are rehearsing like mad men for the upcoming shows.
I am very excited indeed!

We have also set up a newsletter so if you want to receive your AdA news first hand, be sure to subscribe.
http://www.aguadeannique.com/mailinglist

The album is already up for pre-order.
On www.aguadeannique.com you can order your copy now and receive it around the time of release.

Many greetings!
Anneke

- Album 'Air' Teaser -

Agua de Annique, upcoming Album 'Air'. Teaser shot by www.markuyl.nl

Title:
Come Wander With Me
Artist: Bonnie Beecher (componist Jeff Alexander)

[12] -CONCERT- 20/9/2007 Rock On Roll stories-Eindhoven

September, 20 2007 at Rock ON Roll the stories
Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant



rock ON roll, the stories Productiehuis Oost-Nederland has requested some of the crème de la crème of Holland’s Godfathers of pop music to revisit the place where it all began: the Rehearsal Room. In this ambience the artist invites the public to listen and share some remarkable memories and musical experiences of life on the road. The atmosphere of a Rehearsal room is almost a living room scene where dialogue between the artist and public is at the most up close and personal. For exact address and detalis check: http://www.oninternet.nl

[11] -CONCERT- 16/09/07- 013 Popcentrum - Tilburg

Cultuurmanifestatie Tilburg 2007




High Tea 013 (Open Dag)

Liesbet + Maaike Hermans + Anneke van Giersbergen + Joris Dirks

- PRE-ORDER AIR!!

AIR will be released on october 26th.
Do not let that discourage you to buy it already;
Pay now, play later.

Using our paypal account management@aguadeannique.com you can reserve your copy.

All copies paid in advance will be autographed by Anneke personally and delivered to you around the day of release.

Price, including shipping:
Nederland: € 16
European Community: € 17
Rest of the World: € 18

Make sure to enter your postal address correctly!

[10] -NEWS- 11/9/2007 Latest concert dates

Hello friends!

A miracle has occurred and we will definitively play the Amsterdam Melkweg gig on the 3rd of November!!!
That first AdA live weekend we will be joined by the lovely Kristin Fjellseth and her band from Norway.


All the shows have now been confirmed.

Last weekend we started rehearsals!






It's going really well and we are looking FW to go out and play!

See you soon...

Anneke

[09] -CONCERT- 9/9/2007 Merry Pierce release party featuring Anneke on vocals!

Yesterday evening Merry Pierce had an album release party! They perform almost the entire new album and a bunch of other stuff as well at the great Merleyn venue in their hometown Nijmegen.



They had unexpected guests appearances and they played songs they had never played before and most likely will never play again, though who knows..

Anneke was there too! 








She performed THE masterpiece Audrey's Dance from the  forthcoming Merry Pierce  album " The warm aquarium ".





Early in the evening
Its been a long hot day
Something inside me is steaming
It makes me wanna play
I drive my car lalf dreaming
Into the night away

There's this place up north
Mostly men go there
I feel I'd like to stay there

Cause when she dances there is nothing to compare
Just wanting more and more

The dance floor turns into a total love affair
It leaves me wild at heart

A final sin before
Heading home to please again
But I'm the one on fire

Cause when she dances there is nothing to compare
By far
The dance floor turns into a total love affair
Once more

Quite something to seee
When a girl parades at night
The wild songs they are singing
To the tension she is bringing
One reason to be dreaming
On my way back home

Once you're in no chance for leaving
The lights go down, I feel alone
But I know she's there

Until the new rising sun
There's no way back home
Oh no no








The album will be available in stores tomorrow,  Monday 10/9.



 the album can be ordered on the webshop of their record company



thanks to my dear friend Hervé for the pictures and the following videos
audrey's dance (part one)
audrey's dance (part two)

thanks to my dear friend Sveta  for the following video
audrey's dance

-BAND PICTURES-

Rob and Anneke




Joris- Jacques- Anneke- Rob





Joris

-2007/2008 Live Reports & Tourdates-

for more info, pictures and videos, just click on the link you are interested for ;)




16 Feb 2008 Club Twentietoe, Tiel





8 Feb 2008 Hedon, Zwolle





7 Feb 2008 (with within temptation)





12 Jan 2008 Noorderslag, Groningen



11 Jan 2008 Rock ON Roll the stories @ Noorderslag


02 Jan 2008 Little Devil, Tilburg




29 Dec 2007 Bibelot, Dordrecht


 
08.dec.2007 Underworld- Athens (GREECE!)


01.dec.2007 Metropool Hengelo

25 Nov Tivoli de Helling-Utrecht30 Nov Atlantis-Alkmaar


24 Nov Beursgebouw, Eindhoven



18 Nov de Nieuwe Nor-Heerlen


16 Nov de Boerderij-Zoetermeer




10 Nov W2-'s-Hertogenbosch



9 Nov Mezz

7 Nov radio appearance  - Club 3voor12 on 3FM




3 Nov Melkweg-Amsterdam



2 Nov Doornroosje-Nijmegen




30 Sep the Little Devil - Tilburg (tryout gig)

[08] -NEWS- 7/9/2007 Anneke is back on Ayreon

Anneke van Giersbergen appears once again on an Ayreon album.

here is an audio sample


Arjen says about Anneke:

"Hans van Vuuren of the Transmission label is a big fan of Anneke and one day asked me to have a good listen to her voice. Indeed I was quite impressed. Anneke is a pitch-perfect singer and her voice has a wonderful deep vibrato. It took quite some time to convince Anneke (but more specifically her band) to participate on Ayreon. I planned a whole day for her to record her vocals for 'Into the Electric Castle', but she was done in little over an hour! I think her melodies for The Gathering are quite unique, so I asked her to create her own melody lines for the song 'Tunnel of Light'. She is a very talented singer and it is unfortunate she doesn't do more side-projects. If she did, she could develop even more and we would be able to enjoy her voice so much more!"

-LYRICS-

Trail of grief

Mister I cannot read you
Your eyes are clouds of mist
Well well, how can I heed you?
I wish you did not exist

Uncover me
I hail to see
Your mystic trail of grief

It's funny how my heart feeds
On overload
It will never lead me though
I am just too old

For this game
I bare to see
Your mystic trail of grief

Uncover me!





Beautiful one

Beautiful one
Your hair shines in the sun
I wish I'd never left

The wind intwines our hair
Our words get swept through the air
I wish I never left

Your face shines in my eyes
Our last look before our goodbye
I wish I never left

Beautiful one
You shine like the sun
I wish I never left
Before I have said
You are the one
You are the one

Your sun will come and go
But its beauty will keep its glow
I wish your rays would shine over me
Keep filling me with your beauty
I wish I never left
I wish I never left





Day after yesterday.

Today is the day after yesterday
And yesterday didn't go so well
My love came down and assured me
Sit down I have something to tell

When I met you my eyes hurt
That is how beautiful you are
I don't suppose I could feel this way
If I'd still have you by my side
By my side

I did not anticipate your candour
Even though I didn't know you too well
They say one door closed is another door open
But this door is leading me straight to hell

When I met you my eyes hurt
That is how beautiful you are
I don't suppose I could feel this way
If I'd still have you by my side
By my side

I'm just broken up
I'm caving in
That is how tired I am
I don't suppose I could feel this way




witnesses

No change no pleasure no jokes no sex
No choice no morals no ethics no depth
No colour no fight no freedom no life
Profound creation, temptation is swept

I hear knocking on my door

I wonder how it's possible
That I just sit here in my room
Watching some TV
Thinking of nothing and nothing
And I don't know how
Does anybody have the nerve
To come to my door
And sell the world of God

I wonder what's the remedy
And I can move on with my life
Before you people are through
With the extinction of the universe

You save the world from me
I wonder who will be left over...



come wander

He said
Come wander with me, Love
Come wander with me
Away from this sad world
Come wander with me

He came from the sunset
He came from the sea
He came from my sorrow
And can love only me

Oh where is the wanderer
Who wandered this way
He's passed on his wandering
And will never go away

He sang of a sweet love
Of dreams that would be
But I was sworn to another
And could never be free

The Rayfords were brothers
Four men tall and bold
And for one I was chosen
With my love still untold

They heard of the wanderer
They heard he loved me
They heard that…
(....)


You killed Billy Rayford
Bespoke onto me
Struck him down in his anger
'Neath an old Willow tree

By the lake where our love dwelled
'Neath an old Willow tree
You killed Billy Rayford
'Neath an old Wilow tree

They sought out their brother
And found him alone
They wept by the lakeside
For a boy hardly grown

They wept by the lakeside
And vowed he must die
The wandering stranger…

[07] -NEWS- 7/9/2007 Ex-Gathering singer Anneke van Giersbergen Returns October 26

Agua de Annique's music captures the solace and beauty of life, told through a wondrous backdrop of musical arrangements and emotionally-drenched lyrics.

After deciding to part ways with renowned Dutch rock band The Gathering early this year, charismatic singer Anneke van Giersbergen formed the alternative rock/pop band to allow herself to venture out and voice her solo material and personal lyrics.

van Giersbergen who also plays piano on the rock/pop-influenced album, wrote all of the music and lyrics, except the song 'Sunken Soldiers' by friend/musician Kristin Fjellseth and 'Come Wander with Me' by Jeff Alexander (from the 60s TV series The Twilight Zone).

The debut album 'Air,' due out in 26th October 2007 via the end records, was recorded at various studios in Holland (Waterfront and The Void), as well as in the comforts of the singer's home studio.

The band is rounded out by Joris Dirks (guitars/vocals), Jacques de Haard (bass) and Rob Snijders (drums) Additional musicians involved on the debut album include: Kristin Fjellseth providing additional vocals on the album, Heleen de Witte on the flute, trumpet work from Tim Conroy and Jeffrey Fayman's string arrangements for "Ice Water." The album was mixed by Jon Anders Narum.

The first time the music world noticed van Giersbergen was when she joined The Gathering, a doom metal band from the Netherlands that were in the process of shifting their style and no doubt changing the music scene from that point onward. Her beautiful vocal melodies atop the band's powerful guitar tones and stellar drive created a unique sound of female-fronted metal that would go onto inspire many bands years later.

Her 13 years in the band (1994-2007) were definitely a busy one, as she and the band put out eight studio albums and toured the world several times over, their sound and style constantly evolving. Anneke won a 'Devil' award in 2005 for Best Singer from the Dutch National Institute of Pop, while the band won several awards over the years too, including the Dutch 'Edison' award for the DVD 'A Sound Relief', as well as 2007's Live XS awards for 'Best live band in Holland' 2007 and 'Outstanding achievement' award 2007.'

Now with Agua de Annique, van Giersbergen heads into new territory as a solo singer/songwriter, a challenge she's willing to face as her emotions guide her effortlessly through each musical arrangement and beyond…




AGUA DE ANNIQUE
Air
TE090-2 | The End | October 26th, 2007

01. Beautiful One
02. Witnesses
03. Yalin
04. Day After Yesterday
05. My Girl
06. Take Care of Me
07. Ice Water
08. You Are Nice
09. Trail of Grief
10. Come Wander
11. Sunken Soldiers
12. Lost and Found
13. Asleep

-STUDIO PICTURES-