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can_of_be

Jan Willem to perform at Lowlands!!!

About Me

can_of_be consists of 5 experienced musicians who just love strange music and weird tunes and 'suffer' from the obsession to weld that into their own songs. Main instruments used vary from and between electric guitars, cello, piano, glockenspiel, jewish harp, percussion, accordion, keyboard, electric bass, scrapmetal and a singing saw! The music that comes out is extremely divers... can_of_be searches for the perfect balance between caressing beauty and derailed madness; they explore the boundaries of dynamics, giving each song its own, sometimes cinematic sphere. This leads to a sweet lullaby suddenly being transformed into a theatrical gypsy theme, or a funky groove resulting in minimal music. Each song is played about with until it has its own organic feel in an effort to create an inescapable sound, in your face!______________________________________________________ Lucifer Ecstacy

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Member Since: 4/4/2006
Band Website: canofbe.com
Band Members: Julie Scott - vocals & guitar;Lesley Strik - drums, percussion, samples & vocals;Jan Willem Troost - cello, singing saw & vocals;Roeland Drost - keyboards, percussion & vocals;Bas Flier - guitar
Influences: David Bowie, Ween, Tom Waits, dEUS, Sonic Youth, N.E.R.D, The Pixies, Jeff Buckley, Nick Cave, Kurt Weill, The Cure, Virgin Prunes, Jesus Lizard, Motorpsycho, PJ Harvey, Billie Holiday, Tricky, Blur, Dinosaur jr, Beck, Arcade Fire and many, many more...
Sounds Like: Tim Burton on acid
Record Label: Tocado Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Djiedabbeljoe takes over Lowlandsfestival!

It`s amazing! Our own little celloplayer Djiedabbeljoe will be playing at the Lowlandsfestival this summer! He wil be performing with De Heideroosjes on Friday and we will be there in the crowd throwi...
Posted by can_of_be on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:27:00 PST

Strange days

A lot has been going on lately. About a month ago we decided we didn`t want to do the typical rockshow-thing anymore. We wanted to be able to improvise more, create while performing live. This led to ...
Posted by can_of_be on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:07:00 PST

TSE KAO PRODUCTIONS!

We are happy to anounce that Tse Kao is going to help us with some of the bookings!Check his myspace for more info  http://www.myspace.com/kao_tse  ...
Posted by can_of_be on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:33:00 PST

Easter bunnies!

Happy Easter everybody! Like our bunny-pics? Aren`t we cute?? Don`t you just want to cuddle us? We do!.......
Posted by can_of_be on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:52:00 PST

Vote for us! can_of_be for president!!!!

Vote for us here:http://www.popinstituut.nl/lowlands/stemlijst.html
Posted by can_of_be on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:30:00 PST

MusicfromNL

Check het interview met Julie over Don Quichot op http://www.musicfrom.nl/magazine/interviews/24061/julie-van- can_of_be-over-don-quichot.html...
Posted by can_of_be on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:55:00 PST

We are so beautiful it hurts.....

Oh, check our wonderfull new photo`s....aren`t we lovely and pretty....don`t you want to look at us forever....we are the new gods and goddess of the universe...tralala........
Posted by can_of_be on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:14:00 PST

Support us at Sellaband!

Can_of_be on SellaBandCheck us out on Sellaband! http://www.sellaband.com/can_of_be...
Posted by can_of_be on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:50:00 PST

first review

Hey, check our first review on http://www.musicfrom.nl/magazine/recensies/23761/can_of_be-d on-quichot.html
Posted by can_of_be on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:31:00 PST

Pop Unie CD

The Pop Unie will be presenting a cd during the Noorderslag-Eurosonic popseminar next January and will be using one of our songs called "Again"!There will be 2 special evenings in The Waterfront in Ro...
Posted by can_of_be on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:18:00 PST