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Djurre de Haan meets Hank Williams

The Day Hank Williams Died
Whilst we are busy preparing our gigs at EuroSonic 2013 and arranging the last bits and bobs for our tour in Indonesia, here's a something just for your pleasure. On New Year's Day Djurre played a few songs during the Hank Williams Tribute in Paradiso. And if we may believe the press, he delivered an amazing performance:
 "Djurre de Haan (awkward i) performed his fantastic own version of Ramblin' Man. With his tough and forceful voice, he made this sons his own and transformed Hank Williams sorrow into a battle song for the wandering man"...
We couldn't find a properly filmed version of Ramblin' Man, so here's Lost Highway:

Indonesia di sini kita datang! INDONESIA here we come

Indonesia di sini kita datang !
Right after playing at Eurosonic Noorderslag 
and just before the IFFR where the Dutch release of De ontmaagding van Eva van End will take place, 
we will do a little tour through Indonesia accompanied by the gamelan orchestra Nikimuzieku and with the support of The Erasmushuis in Jakarta. 
These little things will happen in January 2013...

To be continued...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We wish you a fantastic new year! 

Djurre meets Beck and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble at De Wereld Draait Door

Last week Djurre and Diederik talked about Song Reader, the new album of Beck. Just descriptions abut them playing Beck, words written down and published in the NRC. No music to hear, no videos to watch. Many of you asked if there was any footage available of Djurre and Diederik playing "Old Shanghai". We had to disappoint each of you. But there is hope! Today's breaking news:

Djurre just returned back to the Netherlands between two shows in Germany and:

Tonight live at DWDD Djurre (awkward i), Marien (Moss) and Roosmarijn Reijmer are talking about Song Reader the new album of Beck. AND for all waiting to HEAR and see; Djurre will be playing "Old Shanghai" with the one and only Nederlands Blazers Ensemble / Netherlands Wind Ensemble live on TV! So, turn on your TV at 19.25 Ned3 and enjoy ...

And to complete the whole story, this is how it sounds when Djurre plays "Old Shanghai" with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble:

Just for the fun of writing it

Coincidences. Sometimes you have bands playing the same night at the same venue. And sometimes the combination of these band-names as well as the one of the organization turns into something, let's call it special. Today is sometimes, as  "Tonight Rotterdam invites you to awkward i Fuck the Writer at Cafe Stalles ..." Entrance is free, as well as the condoms, thanks to The Deflowering of Eva van End.

awkward i in Dordrecht or how to leave a synth behind and take the wrong suitcase

It was a regular Thursday in November 2012. We played at the Dolhuis in Dordrecht, supported by Jacco Gardner. Great show, great people, great audience, only parking the bus was kind of painful... Conclusion; a good Thursday night in November with the band...

"Let's head back to Amsterdam!"

Satisfied, you start driving.  And then, somewhere between Dordrecht and Amsterdam in the middle of nowhere, you suddenly receive a phone call from Jacco Gardner: "Guys, did you leave your synth in Dordrecht?" As we actually did leave it, Jacco and his band took our synth with them, whilst we were waiting at a lonely petrol station near somewhere for the nightly synth-band-bus-swap to be happening. Time was passing, toilets were used and snacks were bought... And then, just when Jacco was handing over our synth, he received a call from Dordrecht, asking whether they might have mixed up suitcases and taken the wrong suitcase with them. A suitcase filled with microphones of the Dolhuis. Nope, they didn't but we did.... 

This morning, a little suitcase, filled with microphones made a little trip from Amsterdam, back to Dordrecht, accompanied by Geert de Groot. Geert you are today's hero and probably tomorrow's hero as well, as we do not yet know what we will take or do not take along with us from Cafe de Amer in Amen tonight... 

HALLELUJAH ! AMEN!

See you at Amen tonight for more ringing the changes...

And thanks a lot, Jacco Gardner for the cosy little synth-band-bus-swap...

Traditionals Live Tour

Only a few humble days left before we are gathering under the Christmas-tree, singing Christmas-carols, once again. As it still takes more than 45 days before we can “make a joyful noise and let it ring”, we will celebrate other valuable occasions. Occasions, like this year's last project by Paradiso Melkweg Productiehuis, on Saturday 27 October in the Amstelkerk in Amsterdam. Murder Ballads will open this special night and after the break Jelle Paulusma, Carol van Dyk, Ro Halfhide, Peter te Bos and of course Djurre de Haan will close the night with a Traditionals Live concert. 
In case you are wondering now: “What are Traditionals?”, the answer can be found here... In case you are thinking: “Sounds good, but Iam busy on Saturday”, no worries, In A Cabin With is organizing a whole tour of Traditionals Live concerts during the following weeks, just have a look at our tour-dates.

And maybe, maybe because it's nearly Christmas or maybe due to the spur of the moment and the spirit of the place, Djurre will play a song or two on his ---> --->

awkward i's Djurre de Haan - A Mothers Last Words To Her Son at DWDD Recordings concert

Live at the DWDD Recordings concert awkward i's lead-singer Djurre de Haan performs 'A Mothers Last Words To Her Son' from Washington Phillips live at DWDD Recordings in Paradiso.

awkward i deflowers Singer-songwriter KaFé of Kroepoekfabriek in Vlaardingen

Yesterday, we had a great show in Enschede at The Overload show, thanks to all of you for joining us. 
And on Sunday 14 October we will be back on the road again, heading for Vlaardingen, where we are honored with the deflowering of the Singer-songwriter KaFé at the Kroepoekfabriek (quite a lot of deflowering going on recently with awkward i's music ... ).
Anyhow, let's make this a memorable first time...

The deflowering of awkward i's sound-track

A few months ago we spend hours, days and even nights, putting all our energy into composing. Unifying atmospheres, impressions, emotions and moving pictures into soundscapes, into music. The result of all our effort is: The sound-track of the Dutch movie “The Deflowering of Eva van End”, directed by Michiel ten Horn, music by awkward i ... Meanwhile “The Deflowering of Eva van End” had its premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada (by the way, here is a little review). And as it will take until February 2013 before you can watch the movie in the Netherlands, we have prepared a little something for you guys. Call it a pre-view, a pre-taste, a pre-impression, call it the perfect way to start your week-end; 

We proudly present you the teaser of “The Deflowering of Eva van End”...

Enjoy, have a great weekend and, as for next week, we will catch you somewhere between Enschede and Vlaardingen ...

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday to you! 
And we got some new tour dates waiting for you... 
And there might be a little Germany-tour coming up in December.... 
Oh, and Djurre will be trying-out some new songs, together on the road with Bettie Serveert .

And today is Wednesday, so happy Wednesday!

awkward i your favorite band ...

And as they say in the Netherlands: "If it is broadcasted on television, it's true." Yep, kind of...
Anyhow, as we made it on Dutch national TV it's time for us to move up to Enschede on 11 October and play a show with The Black Atlantic. To get you into the right mood for this night, Djurre made a little mix tape with songs that inspire him.
And on Sunday 14 October we have the honour to inaugurate the new singer-songwriter cafe at the Kroepoekfabriek  in Vlaardingen with our live show. 
And as they say in the UK: "Be there or be square...!"

awkward camp fires at Into The Great Wide Open

Okay guys, we are off to Vlieland for some shows during the Into The Great Wide Open Festival. Please don't break into our houses while we are away... To make it up with those of you that are staying home, enjoy this little digital camp fire... And for the rest of you, see you at Vlie either


7 sept 2012 - 20.00 during the camp fire sessions
                                at the Naar Buiten stage
8 sept 2012  - 10.30 at the Vogelbescherming
9 sept 2012 - 10.30 at the Vogelbescherming

or somewhere in the great wide open of the eiland...

awkward i under influence

awkwardi has been one of the most frequent acts at Onder Invloed shows over the last years.  From the first time at UROCK Cafe, the two nights in Amsterdam, to Festival aan de Werf and EKKO in Utrecht. Therefore, there have already been a lot of videos of Djurre de Haan at the OnderInvloed website,

 but they never did  record an actual session. Earlier this year we decided it was time, so we headed to Cafe Tabac in Amsterdam and filmed a couple of covers... 

A day to be remembered ...

Saturday 21 July, the sun was shining and we went to Beverwijk playing two shows at the Young Art Festival, went full of amazement through the magic woods they created there and loved the tiniest stage we played so far in the pipo-truck of De Liedjesfabrique. We went to Utrecht the same night, playing at De Parade and experienced an epic show. In other words, Saturday 21 July, 3 shows on one day, it was a day to be remembered.

Today, we will be heading for Chemnitz in Germany in expectation of our show during the MS Beat Festival on 28 July and we will be back in the Netherlands for Duizel in het Park in Rotterdam and Festival In Vervoering in Utrecht on Sunday 5 August.

See you then, somewhere, somehow and thanks to all of you that made 21 July such a memorable day!

And when the rain begins to fall, we will be your sunshine from Beverwijk to Utrecht

As the summer is hiding behind some heavy clouds of rain, we will try to cheer-up your weekend with “magnificent intro`s combined with gripping poetry & melodic depth; varied, subtle, complex plain gorgeous music”.... 

Here you can already pre-taste 1% awkward i (thanks to Sizzer Amsterdam), the full 100% can be consumed this Saturday during the Young Art Festival in Beverwijk and at De Parade in Utrecht. Just to be sure that you won't miss us, whilst hiding from the rain, showtime in Beverwijk will be at 5 pm and at 7 pm Djurre will do a solo-show at the Liedjesfabrique-stage, there.

And for all of you living in Utrecht and surroundings – don't fear the rain – we will keep you dry at Cafe Correct at De Parade around 11.30 pm. And that's a promise!

Mid Summer Scenes Parade

With midsummer night, summertimes have arrived ...

The fresh cut grass smell in the air, the sun on your nose and the chance to dive into deep waters... Summer, where all the days run into each other and every day is a saturday night ... 

"So, over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier, over park, over pale, thorough flood, thorough fire, we do wander everywhere..." 

Life feels easy and we will pack our stuff and join you spending these sweet Saturday summer-nights as the theatre-festival DE PARADE and the crowd-sourced ScenesConnected Festival are calling.

On Saturday 30 June in Rotterdam and on Saturday 21 July in The Hague we will taste Saturdays' sweetness at DE PARADE.

On Saturday 7 July,  awkward i will connect with the scenes in Maastricht and perform twice during the ScenesConnected Festival in Maastricht. One show on the Sjiek & Sjoen stage (whatever this may mean or be). The other show during the festival will take place in a bush (yes a bush), where our dear friends of  The Mad Trist and Sparrow Falls will join us for a few songs. 

This might sound very strange to you, so you better come along and see and hear it with your own eyes and ears ...

Let's run into each other on one of these Saturday-nights sharing the craziness of these summer-nights...

Baby I love you !!!

A kidnapped drummer on Liberation Day

As today is Liberation Day, we liberated Keez from Lola Kite and captured him behind our drum-kit as we will join the "Bevrijdingsfestival" in Amsterdam and dedicate a few songs to freedom.  See you at 18.15 at the Beursplein...
PS: A big thank you to Lola Kite for making this possible... 

With love from Zwolle

Your Autograph is the last song of our second album, called Everything On Wheels. We have only played it live once, during our release show in Paradiso. This is the second time Djurre plays this song in front of an audience. 
Enjoy!

Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam adds awkward i to its permanent collection

The blossoms start blooming and we are celebrating... 
As the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has added awkward i to its permanent collection, we will do a special museum-show with the entire band on Friday 20th of April. For this musical honor of Van Gogh, Djurre has composed a song, called Rock is the Road that is inspired by the painting My Road by M. K. Čiurlionis and for this show we have invited a special guest to join us on percussion...

And in celebration of the Record Store Day on Saturday 21st of April we will drive up and down the Netherlands for a couple of instore-concerts. 

13:00 - 13:30 Waaghals Arnhem

16:15 - 16:45 De Jongens van Hemmes (Groningen)

17:45 - 18:15 Plato Groningen

Try to catch us if you can…!

Once upon a time In De Kringloop in Zwolle

Happy Easter ...

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our new band-member Martin

Meanwhile in the tv studio ...

at the table - on the table 

and then...

Djurre is preparing for DWDD

Meanwhile in a kitchen somewhere in Hamburg...

The LivingroomConcert ReleaseTour is moving

Having played two shows of the German LivingroomConcert ReleaseTour of Everything On Wheels, we are enjoying a day off at Stuttgart before hitting the road again by tomorrow...

Two days filled with adventures are behind us, more is to be experienced...

Hope to see you somewhere along:

13  March: Chemnitz –

15  March: Hannover –

16  March: Hamburg –

Everything On Wheels Release Party mit Wohnzimmerkonzert-Tour

Die Deutschland Release von „Everything On Wheels“ wird gefeiert und das mit einer sehr besonderen Tour:
einer Wohnzimmerkonzert-ReleaseTour
In einem äußerst intimen Rahmen präsentiert wir in einer akustischen Duo-Besetzung das zweites Album exklusiv an unser deutsches Publikum. Klein, intim und hautnah. 
Willst Du auch eine der Erlesenen sein?
Einfach bei Shows auf das gewünschte Konzert klicken... 

Hallo Deutschland, wir sind awkward i

Welch ein Tag!

Liebe Leute von heute,

wir schreiben den 17. Februar 2012 und das heisst, dass genau heute unser neues Album “Everything On Wheels” endlich in auch Deutschland herausgebracht wird. Stürmt in die Plattenläden und überzeugt euch selbst ...

Und für die ewigen Zweifler unter uns, hier eine kleine Hörprobe auf dem Podcast von FluxFM und sollte das nicht reichen, dann hätten wir da auch noch ein Paar Album-Kritiken...

 

Und sollte das immer noch nicht reichen, dann kommt doch einfach vorbei bei einem unserer Shows in Deutschland ...

Wie auch immer, heute ist ein schöner Tag! Komm Welt lass dich umarmen welch ein Tag!