We had a great gig yersterday at De Hip in Deventer (NL). Thanks Fonz Scheepstra and everybody at De Hip. This is the first song that came out of our recording session with Jan Hidding of the Cuban Heels.
another review for our new single
ElectroBluesSociety are a Dutch-based “Organic Dance music” duo mixing electronics with raw, vintage live Blues-based sounds; self-described as “two guys and a bunch of junk with a broad taste and an open mind. Together, they are mixing modern technologies with 30+ years of live stage experience.” ElectroBluesSociety (EBS) consists of drummer and bassist Jasper Mortier and guitarist and Black & Tan Records owner Jan Mittendorp. Mortier has worked with the likes of Paul Oscher, Preston Shannon, “Sax” Gordon Beadle, Philip Walker, and Boo Boo Davis, while Mittendorp has toured extensively across Europe & The US with artists such as Percy Strother, Smokey Wilson, Boo Boo Davis, Erskine Oglesby, and Roscoe Chenier. Jan Mittendorp personally, worked with American R&B singer and guitarist Roscoe Chenier for nearly 20 years and released two of his critically-acclaimed albums—Roscoe Style (1998) and Waiting for My Tomorrow (2006)—on Black & Tan Records. Chenier’s rendition of traditional Gospel hymn, “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” was originally released on Waiting for My Tomorrow in sparse, stripped-down acapella form. Now, nearly 12 years after its initial release, Black & Tan Records have properly re-released “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” with a newly-orchestrated backing track arranged by EBS to accompany Roscoe Chenier, who, unfortunately, passed away in 2013. Jan Mittendorp said, in an exclusive statement sent to The Witzard, “Jasper and I and both terrible singers (to put it mildly) but [on the other hand], we love Blues and Roots music, mainly because of the vocals.” Mittendorp enthusiastically continued: “so, instead of doing some bad singing ourselves, we prefer to use something good that is already existing. We have some more projects coming up, where we use new vocal recordings of guest singers that we invited for a recording sessions.” ElectroBluesSociety’s “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” personally, reminds me of Jamie xx’s 2011 full-album remix of Gil Scott-Heron’s 2010 return-to-form I’m New Here, fittingly re-titled We’re New Here. “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” has been released as a digital-only single on Black & Tan Records, now available on Apple Music, Deezer, Soundcloud, Spotify, and similar like-minded digital retailers.
first review for our new single
Dutch Blues Act ElectroBluesSociety release a hauntingly spectral musical accompaniment to the late Roscoe Chenier’s acapella rendition of gospel standby “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”. Interestingly, ElectroBluesSociety, a Dutch blues act, comprised of Jasper Mortier (drums, bass) and Jan Mittendorp (guitar, production), who worked with Roscoe Chenier on several releases and several European tours decided to pay tribute to their late friend by adding a spectral and moody arrangement Chenier’s vocal that’s appropriately bluesy yet subtly modern, while retaining the timeless vibe of the original vocal take.
our new single
Today we released our new single on Black and Tan Records
B&T 966 – Will The Circle be Unbroken – ElectroBluesSociety feat Roscoe Chenier
The original acapella recording of this old gospel tune was done by Roscoe Chenier and released on Black and Tan Records in 2006. On this single we added a new musical background to Roscoe’s voice. Jan had the luck to work with Roscoe on several releases and tours in Europe from 1993 on and he certainly was one of the nicest guys to work with. Unfortunately Roscoe died (far too soon) in February 2013.
The track is released on Black and Tan Records and will be digital only. This means it will be available on all the download and streaming platforms. Here are the links to a few popular ones.
new recording session with Jan Hidding
Last Sunday we did a recording session with Cuban Heels singer Jan Hidding.
Man, what a voice and what a feel. The results of this session are coming soon! We expect to release at least three new tracks the coming months.
little review from our show in Verden (Germany)
Im Im neuen „Mais 12“, gab es von der „Electrobluessociety“ jede Menge intelligent genutzte Soundtechnik, die immer wieder Staunen machte und einen dichten, mal raffiniert verfremdeten und mal orchestral vervielfältigten Blues erzeugte.
review on BluesZine.nl
De ElectroBluesSociety is een stel heren die elektronica mengen met het geluid van echte instrumenten. Deze heren zijn Jasper Mortier (bas, drums) en Jan Mittendorp (gitaar, elektronica). Beiden hebben ruime ervaring in de blues en hebben het podium gedeeld met mensen als Preston Shannon, Philip Walker, Paul Oscher, Boo Boo Davis en Byther Smith om er maar een paar te noemen. In mei doken zij de studio in met harmonicavirtuoos Kim Snelten en het resultaat hiervan is nu als single “Duck” verkrijgbaar. Het is een instrumentaal nummer dat duidelijk bouwt op elektronica. Niets voor bluespuristen, zou je zeggen. Maar in dit geval wordt het goed ingezet en is het als een van de gebruikte instrumenten hoorbaar. Het is een lekker swingend nummer, waarbij vooral de harmonica van Snelten indruk maakt.
review new single
Here is what TUNED UP wrote about our new single release:
If you’re in the mood for something easy listening but not sleep-inducing, this song hits the spot. I’m not particularly into jam bands but for some reason I got lucky this afternoon when clicking through promo emails. This was the first song in a unread Tuned Up email that popped up, and it’s suiting my Saturday afternoon summer coffee shop mood perfectly. I think this band should play Columbus’ ComFest in the future. All the aging hippies and young guns will love it.
new video / Electric Chair
Here is a new video from us recorded live May 2017 in our rehearsel room in Vorden (Netherlands). We are using vocal parts from Electric Chair Blues by Guitar Welch. For handling the camera’s we had assistance from Peter Tump.
new single feat Kim Snelten
B&T 964 – ElectroBluesSociety feat Kim Snelten – Duck (harmonica)
Here is the first single release from the recording session that we did with Kim Snelten. The single is released on Black and Tan Records available on all the digital download and streaming platforms and here the links to a few popular ones.