Hey Everyone!
For those who don't know Melou is currently living in an old Hotel in the lovely town of Aardenburg in the south of Holland. We all have our own rooms and a huge practice space and a working sauna! In the past weeks we have been recording a demo of all of the new material we have been working on. We are very excited about the outcome and are hoping to post some of it later on. We have been really coming together recently to focus our sound and create something new and interesting for all you good people. With the help of our new Organ and Keys player, Jeremy Jason de Lacombe and our old friend, Michael Geiler, we were able to record a number of new tracks and different versions of each that we are all very happy and excited about. We will be sure to post some of the new songs on our Myspace, when they are fully mixed and ready!
In other news, we did another interview with Omroep Zeeland Live in which they came to the hotel and checked out the recording process we had going. It was fun to have them over and the video should be up soon. We'll be sure to post a link once it airs. Melou also has a number of new places on the internet where you can keep updated with our new material and various media. Please feel free to check out our Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, and Hyves pages. We love hearing from you and there are various places where you can post comments and pictures. We have also posted some new videos on our Youtube of Annie at Omproep radio and our cover of Lauryn Hill's "X-Factor." You can check both of those out by clicking on the Youtube link.
For more information on where Melou will be playing feel free to check out the live page on our Website or the gig list on out Myspace. We hope to see all of you somewhere along the way.
To purchase the new album, "Battery Park", online visit iTunes or to order a hard copy visit Amazon.com.
"Battery Park", and our debut album, "Communication", can also be found at the Newbury Comics stores in Newton, Boston (on Newbury Street), Harvard Square, Amherst, and Nashua!
To find out where we're playing you can check out the Live section of our website or our Myspace, www.myspace.com/meloumusic, which will be updated regularly with upcoming performances.
The website now has songs from our new album "Battery Park" which can be found in the Music section. The new single from the album Wrong Way is now available as a free download by right clicking on the link and choosing save as. The new songs and pictures are also posted on our myspace: www.myspace.com/meloumusic.
Feel free to check out the new site and tell us what you think on our new Guestbook.
Two tracks from "Battery Park" are featured on various podcasts. One is an Italian Soul Podcast, called "The Funny Show" which features the first track on the album, "Step Right Up". The other Podcast is the very sexy Anji Bee's Chillcast which features the song "Travel On." You can check out either of the podcasts by clicking on one of the links:
Melou on Anji Bee's "Chillcast"
As for our first album "Communication", we came across a great review of it from the Dutch magazine "Fret:"
"The name "Melange" wouldn't have been a bad choice either. The band featuring singer Annie Goodchild presents their debut album Communication, a surprising cocktail of soul, jazz, folk, reggae, bossanova, swing and blues. Melou was founded in 2005 in Guatemala. Nowadays, Utrecht is their base, although country borders never seems to stop them. The debut got it's name from Melou's experience "that music is the most ideal way of communication". Goodchild's sultry and at the same time strong vocals occasionally bring to mind Vieira's (of Zuco 103). She shines in the first track and stays illuminated. The other musicians show their talent, especially through the interludes, which could just as easily be mini jam sessions. This is a cocktail that you'll order again and again!"
(January 2008 edition of FRET magazine)
"De naam Melange had niet misstaan. De groep rond zangeres en muzikante Annie Goodchild presenteert op haar debuutalbum Communication namelijk een verrassende cocktail van soul, jazz, folk, reggae, bossanova, swing en blues. Melou werd opgericht in 2005 in Guatemala. Tegenwoordig is Utrecht de uitvalbasis. De groep tourt veel in buitenland. Melou is vooral in Barcelona hot. Landsgrenzen vormden nooit een barriere. Het debuut dankt zijn naam aan Melou's ervaring 'dat muziek het meeste ideale communicatiemiddel is'. Goodchilds zwoele en tegelijkertijd pittige stemgeluid doet bij vlagen denken aan dat van Vieira (Zuco 103). Ze schittert in de openingstrack en blijft fascineren. De andere musici laten hun talent o.a. zien in de intermezzo's die even ongedwongen klinken als jamsessies. Melou een melange die je nogmaals bestelt. "
(January 2008 edition of FRET magazine)
We want to thank Fret magazine, the incredibly sexy Anji Bee, and The Funny Show for their support and to all of you have been helping us out and keeping the music alive.
Peace & Love
~Melou
