White Rose Transmission

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Member Since: 3/16/2006
Band Members: White Rose Transmission is a project with several line up's. WRT was set up by Carlo van Putten.

Later Adrian Borland of The Sound joined in and with Florian Bratman (Wolf Maahn) it became a project that whenever musicians joined, in a new album would be created. Several brilliant artist joined in and it became an outlet for their creative idea's. Mark Burgess of The Chameleons, Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls and Marty Willson Piper are only a few to mention on the long list.

At the moment White Rose Transmission are:

Rob Keijzer - guitars
Frank Weyzig - Guitars/Keyboards/Piano/ & sounds
Carlo van Putten - vocals/guitar

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WHITE ROSE TRANSMISSION - VALLEY OF BLUE FLOWERS

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WHITE ROSE TRANSMISSION - VALLEY OF BLUE FLOWERS - AMSTERDAM 03.03.2007 WINSTON KINGDOM

Influences: the Sound, the Chameleons, the Convent ;-) , Joy Division, the Doors, The Church, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd Echo & the Bunnymen, The Cure, Bauhaus, Bowie, The Smiths, Kraftwerk, Can, Hawkwind, This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, New Order, Gary Newman, Serge Gainsbourg, The Swans, Wire, Siouxie, Ulravox, John Foxx, Velvet Underground, Jeff & Tim Buckley, Leonard Cohen, The Church, New Order, Underworld, .... and so many many more to mention really.....
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Sounds Like: INTRO MUSIC MAGAZINE...

White Rose Transmission debut album: The project of two well-known musicians: Carlo van Putten, singer of German New Wave of New Wave hopefuls THE CONVENT and initiator of this project, along with Adrian Borland ex-mastermind of the British cult band THE SOUND and currently a solo artist. The idea of presenting his poems in some way was considered by van Putten for quite some time. In Adrian Borland he found a competent partner, who gave him the musical support he needed.

The prevailing mood of the album is one of dreamy melancholy and the gentle, deep melodies, which never sound cliched, would melt even the coldest of hearts. The production is clearly very much shaped by Borland's extensive experience and noticably carries his 'mark' which also worked to his advantage in relation to his solo albums, above all Alexandria. Third man in the group is the earlier Convent multi-instrumentalist Florian Bratmann, who has also co-written several of the songs. Three of the 13 tracks are in German, with "Allein" even a possible hit in the discotheques. Ultimately a very successful debut particularly recommended for autumnal nights in front of the fire.

ZILLO MAGAZINE..... A project involving Carlo van Putten (The Convent, vocals), Adrian Borland (ex-The Sound, guitar) and Florian Bratmann (keyboards and programming). The beautiful part is that even with this pedigree the band's style is not limited in any way.

Carlo's singing and Adrian's guitar playing are easy to recognize at any time, however White Rose Transmission are as much capable of producing piano ballads as rock-songs, romantic guitar-music as for Spinett waltzes, Doors covers or Chameleons-like wave, as well as all points inbetween. With the best will one cannot really conveniently 'pigeon-hole' this album (although Borland tries with the term, "techno blues" however who knows what that is until they've heard it?). German and English lyrics are utlised and the three members leave no doors closed musically, nevertheless the songs never sound half-baked or less than fully-formed. A versatile album for people who enjoy something different.
Record Label: http://www.poponerecords.nl/
Type of Label: Indie