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thechocolatelovers

Music, passion and love!

About Me


The Chocolate Lovers have been making music since 2004, our first real gig was on a fashion show by Chris Janssens. Since then we have played in numerous places, and on various occasions. For bookings mail to [email protected] or [email protected].
Our first E.P. is finished, but while we were working on it, we decided to make and record some more songs. We want to make a full cd. Meanwhile we'll be doing some gigs, to test the fresh songs. Take a look at our upcoming shows and come to one of them!
DETAILS
Finished songs:
Here is Always Somewhere Else
Summer Song
Sister (save me)
THE BAND
Tania Jooris : vocals
Kris Verdonck : guitars, lyrics, music
Jef Leyssens : s/u bass, e bass, b vocals
Mark Scauflaire : drums, percussion
THE GUYS WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE
Pascal Deweze : recording engineer
Pieter Van Buyten : producer
Butsenzeller: final editing & mastering
Sinners Welcome is recorded at Studio Jesus, Hoboken.
Our good friend Butsenzeller made a remix of Sister, to complete the E.P. Check it out in the player !!!!
DEATH LETTER BLUES
SINNERMAN

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/31/2005
Band Website: youtube.com/lasttangoinparis
Band Members: tania jooris, leadvocals ----- mark scauflaire, drums ----- jef leyssens, standup bass ----- kris verdonck, guitar/songwriting
Influences: piaff, johnny dowd, nick cave, elvis, blind willie johnsson, pixies, velvet underground, tetes raides, noir desir, julee cruise, paolo conte, guns n' roses, bob dylan, migala, sinatra, john prine, muddy waters, john lee hooker, sonic youth, brian eno, polish folk, porn soundtracks, enrique morente, leonard cohen, nina simone, lennon, chuck berry, harry nilsson, johnny cash, lou reed, john cale, nico, soundtrack of eraserhead, richard hawley, dez mona, william burroughs, birthday party, louis armstrong, billy holiday, pepe romero, jacques brel, scott walker, cat power, smog, kris kristofferson, willie nelson, brigitte fontaine, sr chinarro, migala, cpt beefheart, dion, the coasters, the big bopper, miles davis, thindersticks, monk, bessie smith, louis armstrong, rocket from the thombs,king missile, tom waits,mahalia jackson
Sounds Like: billie holiday walking through twin peaks
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Melopee

Hi everybody,   I decided to post our song 'Melopee' on our space again. I really like this song, it always makes me cheerful somehow... So I hope you will enjoy it too :-). We made it in 20...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:50:00 PST

Movies

Er staat een maffe compilatie van ons optreden op de website van de Dolle Mol. Wild stuff ;-). Ga naar www.dollemol.be,  en klik door op audio/video.  Ook zijn er  beelden online van on...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:26:00 PST

To all kind and curious people

Just to tell you that we appreciate the feedback we've been getting on the new EP! It 's really nice to see you guys are really listening!! Thanks!!    
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:25:00 PST

New EP online!

Dear Friends, The EP is finished and we have put it online. Hurray! It features four songs : Here is always somewhere else Summersong (with Sjoerd Bruil on vocals) Sister And a Butsenzeller remix of...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:02:00 PST

ZONE 03

Lieve mensen, Kijk uit naar de juli-editie van de zone 03, er staat een interview in met Kris en mij. En een spannende foto, gemaakt door Johannnes van de Voorde. Gegroet! Tania Dear people, if you g...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:19:00 PST

FINALLY WE'RE BACK IN THE STUDIO

finally, we're back in the studio. recording starts this friday. four new songs, four musicians, one hell of a producer and a great, new studio. the ep will be released sometime this fall. ...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:21:00 PST

Cutting Edge: MySpace groep van de week.

We zouden niet willen suggereren dat we op de Cutting Edge-redactie aan welke vorm van subjectiviteit dan ook doen. Dat een band met de naam 'The Chocolate Lovers' onze aandacht trekt, kunnen we ander...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:51:00 PST

MELOPEE

Melopee is gemaakt voor de Gedichtendag 2007. De tekst is van de hand van Paul Van Ostayen. Muziek: the chocolatelovers. Met gastbijdrage van dichter/kapitein Peter Holvoet-Hanssen. _______________ Me...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:10:00 PST

concentrate lyrics

Gimme me some soft musicmake me a sad song I am sitting in the dark,weeping a bitfor so long I cannot laughfor the tears I lose Soften my sensefor the strenghtI choose There are some hard times a...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:59:00 PST

new line up

thechocolatelovers   are now a Quartet   with   tania jooris on vocals jef leyssens on standup bass mark scauflair on drums kris verdonck on guitar  ...
Posted by thechocolatelovers on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:31:00 PST