2 meter sessies vol.6

2 METER SESSIES VOL.6
various artists november 1995 radio records
01: spearhead - people in the middle 02: sjako! - all of my life 03: pete droge - northern bound train 04: heather nova - walk this world 05: big country - woodstock 06: the jayhawks - blue 07: john hiatt - as good as she could be 08: duke - ain't no sunshine 09: nick lowe - true love travels on a gravel road 10: adrian borland - winning 11: the watchman - bohemian blues 12: dEUS - hotellounge 13: the connels - '74-'75 14: junkhouse - stone horses 15: soul coughing - screenwriter's blues 16: big head todd & the monsters - circle 17: radiohead - my iron lung
Being invited to do a 2 meter session is always somewhat of an honour for today's bands. The series has been going on for such a long time now, and so many legendary musicians have done their thing there, it's almost impossible not to be impressed by the history of the sessions. dEUS' invitation back then must have been a sign dEUS truly was doing things the right way, and they were here to stay. This compilation cd has Hotellounge on it, from their wonderfull session from '95. It sounds brilliant again, in it's acoustic glory, with Tom Barman doing the french lyrics at the end again. Jan Douwe Kroeske, organisator/mentor/producer of the 2 meter sessions, comments on dEUS' track: 'These people from Antwerp like to explore the edges of rock music. They're very creative, and never sound alike. At the entrance of the 2 meter studios was an old, antique little piano of barely half a meter tall. The gentlemen of dEUS immediately fell in love with the toy. We moved it into the studio, and the old thing got a star role in Hotellounge. Tic tic, ploing, tic tic ploing...' Other than the dEUS-track, I'm fond of Heather Nova's song, My iron lung by Radiohead, and Duke's cover of Ain't no sunshine. But that's just my own opinion and taste of course! :) What I also like on this cd, ànd is a tiny bit dEUS-related, is the Screenwriter's blues track by Soul Coughing. During live gigs, Tom Barman likes to sing Hotellounge with a sample of this song; '...it's five AM, and you're listening to Los Angeles...'. Well at least now you know where he got it. So, a nice cd, worth considering if you like a couple of the bands and musicians on it- the 2 meter sessions have an excellent reputation after all