Sunday 18 December 2016

ReQuest CD8

This is the second CD of the additional 2 ReQuest CD's.
Here's the updated Spotify list, a few additions to that one. 
In total ReQuest has 146 tracks, of which 35 are on Spotify.
The whole collection is 9 hours and 6 minutes in length.

CD8 (2006-2017) 

01 Alleen (1:41)


Live track from the compilation album “Poetracks” on which various Dutch artists play songs with lyrics from famous Dutch poets/writers. This track has lyrics by Gerard Reve. Henk sings and plays piano.

02 Is It Me? (4:01)
03 A Dentist In Germany (2:29)
04 Kitchen (3:15)


3.4.2007-January 2008: De Werf Studio, Amsterdam, prod.: Nits
Doing The Dishes iTunes Bonustracks

05 Glazen Hart (Radio Edit) (3:32)


Special edit of this track from the “Aardige Jongens” CD (the track is 5:04 on that CD). The track is written by Henk. It has a shorter intro and fades out earlier. It appears on a rare CDr promo single.

06 My Left Foot (3:23)

Unique track from one-off group “Bleekwater” 
(Seppo, Henk, Oli and Pim). This is from the LofiDogma project: artists record a track in 1 day. This really nice track is recorded December 23, 2008. It's available on a CD-r from Sound Development, and also as a download on iTunes.

07 Forget-Me-Not (2:41)
08 Container (3:36)



May, June and …?... 2009: De Werf Studio, Amsterdam, prod.: Nits
Strawberry Wood iTunes Bonustrack

09 Time (2:52)

Track 4 from the album Across by Perquisite, released in 2010.
Henk wrote lyrics and does lead and backing vocals, as well as guitar and piano.

10 Haarspeldbocht (Hairpin Bend) (3:44)



Taken from the compilation album “All surprises”, released June 8, 2010.
The album is freely available from http://thecurveball.bandcamp.com/

11 Bricklayer (3:13)



Malpensa iTunes Bonustrack (2012). Also appearing on a German CD-r promo.

12 Bad Government And Its Effects On Town And Country (Perquisite Remix) (3:20)



Itunes only remix by Perquisite w/ Dazzled Kid
Also released on CD-r promo.

13 Lament (live 18-01-2013) 




Unique track performed only once: at Radio 1, Met Het Oog Op Morgen, 18 January 2013.
This show has the "world-premiere" of this brand new track.
Inspired by the Dutch artist Jan Montyn, Nits played at the opening of the exhibition the 19th of January at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam.
I uploaded the track to Youtube, click on the pic.



Unique track by Henk, released on the CD “Meer Mokum” in 2013

14 In The Dutch Mountains (live with Filippos Pliatsikas) (5:24)
15 Sketches Of Spain (live with Filippos Pliatsikas) (5:05)



Both tracks are live renditions from the classic Nits tracks, together with Greek popstar Filippos Pliatsikas, released March 10, 2014 on a compilation 2CD containing various other collaborations with other artists. There's also a version with DVD including the performance of In The Dutch Mountains. This is also on Youtube:




16 Take This Waltz (Yules & Henk) (7:05)



A collaboration which appeared on the Leonard Cohen tribute album “Songs of Love and Love”, free with Les Inrockuptibles, released on September 27, 2014. This track also appears on the Yules album "I'm Your Man Naked", released in 2014. Track 1 on that CD is "First We Take Manhattan" on which Henk plays acoustic guitar and does backing vocals. This track is included in the Spotify list, but not in the ReQuest set.

17 Orange & Yellow & Grey (2:40)

A track from the Leo Blokhuis project "What The World Needs Now"






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