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This here is Rens Newland's big journey through time, from 1974 to 2022. Singles recorded by him, most of them his originals. From collaborations with Scope (Netherlands/Germany), to OSTINATO or Fuse Bluezz project (Vienna, Austria). Also solo guitar pieces and a lot of studio productions through the years on which he played or programmed all instruments. With SCOPE you hear Rik Elings on bass, Rob Franken on rhodes & synthesizer, Henk Zomer on drums. On "NEWLAND" you hear Tommy Böröcz on drums, Alee Thelfa om Percussion, Harry Gansberger on keys, Heinz Jäger on Bass. On OSTINATO you hear additional Gina Charles (later Charito) & Martin Fuss. On FUSE BLUEZZ you hear Simon Springer, Peter Gruber & Martin Wöss.

01. Frisky Frog Funk - Single 1974 |  02. Sibirian Husky - Maxi Single - 1984 | 03. Fingerflow 1 - Nylon in A - 2021 | 04. Voodoo Guy - 1984 (Instrumental Edit 2022) | 05. Having Real Fun - 1988 (Edit 2022) feat. Gina Charito| 06.Fingerflow 3 - Ferro in G7 - 2021 | 07 Lovin you . 2018 (Instrumental Version by Rens Newland) originally sung by Minnie Riperton composed by her & R. Rudolph | 08. Sway Shuffle - 2020  | 09 My Daily Dove Dance - 2020 | 10. Vienna Got The Blues - 2021 | 11.Like the Lakes - 2020 | 12.Baddest Beat in Town - 2022 | 13. |New Wide View - 2022 | 14. Two Roots - 2022 | 15. WAR -what is it good for? (2022 Edit by Rens Newland, originaly written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong, performed a.o. by the Temptations)

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As Rens Newland's roots were in the 1960s Blues, the Electric Blues of John Mayall, Eric Clapton and in Holland Cuby & the Blizzards or Living Blues. and he always tried to keep this deep music feeling in all the projects and styles he did in the meantime, it was no big jump to get back into that and make a Blues album. He and his friend Peter Gruber (bass player) were talking now and then in the last years, that they should do such a project together! Now finally in the Corona times, they did it. Finding the right singer is not easy, but they found him: Ric Toldon is a cool american guy (is also percussionist) living in Vienna, who even met Jimi Hendrix and was around at Woodstock and when the Stones played in the USA. As drummer the young Simon Springer was their first choice, as well as Rens' main keyboard man Martin Wöss for the piano and synth additions. The basic sound is of course build on Mr. Newland's guitars, here he used some of his dearest instruments, like Gibson ES 335 and L5, Fender Strato and Tele, Godin Red Line, Parker Fly and Takamine Acoustic Steel. The Tracks show the broad possibilities of the Blues in form and sound: Delta Blues, Funkblues, Jazzblues, Rockblues, Acoustic Blues and more. Some instrumental tracks are of course also part of the concept! All the music is by the bandleader and most of the lyrcs, some are by Ric Toldon, like "Sneeky C" with humour and desperation at the same time.

01. The Balcony Blues 3:59 02. Fonky World 3:10 03. Sneeky C 3:57 04. Vienna Got The Blues 5:21 05. You‘re So Mean 5:29 06. Blues Indeed 4:22 07. Need A Wah Guitar 4:19 08. Bad Day‘s Blues 5:24 09. I‘m Sliding 4:36 10. Red White Blues 4:53   Cover design by Rens Newland for GRFX

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Silent to Strong Wild Coolness  Careful & Curious Sweet Little Devil  
Funny Smart Boy Sage & Singing Good Girl, Mad Girl  Creative Guy 
Wonderful Innocence Jolly, Tough and Tireless 
Feeling Fine Against All Odds The Steady One

These are basically trio versions of all the songs from my former "solo" album "Family Trax", which are dedicated to his people (his tribe). The first production was very precise and with emphasis on the compositions and the many different guitars. Here on these recordings he got the thing more powerful, groovy and vivid by the added drums (Oliver Gattringer) and bass (Willi Langer). It brings up other essences of the characters he describes here. it's an unusual idea indeed to release two different versions of the same material! The musical styles go from Funk and Jazz to Rock and Hip-Hop, but all in his range of taste!
Again he used a lot of different guitars out of his collection to get the right sound to each vision.

 01. Silent to Strong 02. Good Girl, Mad Girl  03. Creative Guy 04. Feeling Fine Against All Odds 05. Funny Smart Boy 06. Sweet Little Devil 07. Wonderful Innocence 08. Careful & Curious 09. The Steady One 10. Jolly, Tough and Tireless11. Wild Coolness 12. Sage & Singing 

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R.E.N.E.  M.A.Y.A.  O.W.E.N.  A.S.T.R.I.D.  A.R.N.E.  S.I.E.B.R.E.N. R.O.S.Y.   D.I.E.T.Z.  R.I.V.K.A.  F.E.M.I.   Y.O.U.R.I.  I.S.I.S.

This is a very emotional, interesting and important project by guitar artists Rens Newland
With a very precise composing system he made melody modules, blocks or modules
(how you like to call it), constructed out of the names of the people of his tribe. Additionally he tried to weave their personalities, their characters,
music tastes and moods into the compositions and arrangements.
The musical styles go from Funk and Jazz to Rock and Hip-Hop, but all in his range of taste!
Again he used a lot of different guitars out of his collection to get the right sound to each vision.

01. R.E.N.E. - Creative Guy 02. A.S.T.R.I.D. - Feeling Fine Against All Odds 03. A.R.N.E. - The Steady One 04. S.I.E.B.R.E.N. - Funny Smart Boy 05. M.A.Y.A. - Wonderful Innocence 06. O.W.E.N. - Silent to Strong 07. R.O.S.Y. - Careful & Curious 08. D.I.E.T.Z. Jolly, Tough and Tireless 09. R.I.V.K.A. - Sweet Little Devil 10. F.E.M.I. - Good Girl, Mad Girl 11. Y.O.U.R.I. - Wild Coolness 12. I.S.I.S. - Sage & Singing 

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2 Blues to Move 3 The Vain Search 
14 This is Souljazz 5 About City Blues 
6 About Light 7 Let's Get Musiphysical
9 Listen to your Ears 10 Bluesbooster 
12 About Tears

A broad spectrum of his composing as well as his playing is showed here of Rens Newland. He choose to double all the melodies with the Tenor Sax of master Herb Berger, because in the several gigs and recordings Rens found out, that the blend is perfect between him and Herb! Also the other fellow musicians, Wolfi Rainer on drums, Andy Mayerl on upright bass and Martin Wöss on piano act very keen and tasty, leaving room for the melodies and improvisations. The Bandleader uses a lot of different electric guitars, from the Jazz Gibson L5 to Fender Tele, even the Line 6 Variax makes wonderful appearences.
The style goes from easy going Groove Jazz and some light Funk to interesting Fusion ballads and Jazz sounds.

01.Renew Intro Tune 0:43 02.Blues to Move 4:22 03.The Vain Search for Easy Solutions 6:09 04.This is Souljazz 5:38 05.About City Blues 5:15 06.About Light 3:48 07.Let's Get Musiphysical 5:26 08.Cue Cumber Sand 5:05 09.Listen to your Ears 7:10 10.Blues Booster 5:36 11.Turboline 5:09 12.About Tears 5:54 13.Venetian Carnival 6:55 14.This is Souljazz - Vocal Edit 5:16 All composed by Rens Newland

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Algorhythmo Typico

Being one of the pioneers and masters of fusion jazz, Rens Newland presents here kind of a new approach: with his younger fellow musicians, Wolfi Rainer on light drums and Andy Mayerl on upright bass, he plays mainly acoustic steel guitars (some tunes with his crunchy Jazz guitar) to come up with what he calls "bluesy acoustic fusion".
The concept is about bringing colour into a grey world.

01. Anarchy Energy 02. Algorhythmo Typico Melido 03. Grey Into Orange 04. In The Wind Of Feelings 05. Clouds Over Vienna 06. World Wild Waltz 07. Look Like Kool 08. Betty’s Bob 09. See 2 Sides 10. Amsterdam CS 11. All Just Visitors Here

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Zweierlinie

With his colourful band the well-respected guitarist/composer leads us in a peculiar world of modern New Orleans grooves. (Martin Wöss, János Mazura, Horst-Michael Schaffer...)

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About Moving

An exciting jazz guitar/groovy rhythm concept, which shows once again the great possibilities of the guitarplayer/composer (with the band „Groovit“, feat. Willi Langer, Christian Lettner, Joris Dudli, Oliver Gattringer, Flip Philipp)

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The Way 4 You, The Way 4 Me

Great guitelectrio meets universe percussion meets cool lyrics! With: Willi Langer, Oliver Gattringer, Stephan Maaß, Lional Lodge, a.m.m.

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Kinderparty-Ouverture

A fresh and interesting concept for young intellectuals and youthful grown-ups!! Also for educational goals. (Thomas Kugi, Gerald Preinfalk,Werner Feldgrill, Paul Urbanek....)

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Dutch Daydreams

Variety and virtuosity. Lots of acoustic guitars (some electric), solos, duos (with himself), trios (three - or more - tracks played), in a relaxing mood.

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She Does It Young Spirits About Humour
The Hill House Woman`s Taste  About Aesthetics 
 If you Try Hard, it Will Start Wittgenstein 

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Rens Newland was born in Holland, where he started as a jazz and fusion guitarist, with the well-known band Scope. 1977 he moved to Vienna and has successfully developed his carreer, on the one hand through his collaboration with internationally renowned musicians such as Toots Thielemans or Benny Bailey, and on the other hand through his experiences as a composer and arranger for the Austrian Radio Big Band (ORF Big Band). In this new project, in which all the tracks were written by Rens Newland himself, he combines down-to- earth blues elements with multicultural influences, sometimes also using weird, new sounds. The basic framework for this sound painting is formed by his trio: Joe Dudli on drums / Uli Langthaler on acoustic bass / Rens Newland on electric guitar, which is supported by some special guests from the Austrian Jazz scene (Rudi Mille and Stephan Mitterbacher on keyboards, Paul Zauner on Trombone, Herwig Gradischnig on tenor saxophone, ...). Newland’s skilfully played improvisations alternate with musically sensitive stories. For example, “She Does It” is about a woman who inspired him to write many compositions and here the atmosphere of the album becomes really sensual. “Music is like a woman’s touch - Jazz is sexy” could be seen as the basic message of this CD.
The guitarist (Holland-Austria) opens us a powerful world of melodic feelings!
Rens Newland - guitars, Uli Langthaler - upright bass, Joris Dudli - Drums, Stephan Mitterbacher - Keyboards, Herwig Gradischnig - Saxes
Guests: Paul Zauner - Trombone, Rudi Mille - Keyboards (plus recording & mixing!)

1 She does it | 2 Young spirits | 3 the Hill house | 4 Woman`s taste | 5 About Freedom | 6 Wittgenstein | 7 About Humour | 8 Shuffle Boat | 9 Art of nature |
10 If you try hard, it will start | 11 Paisley | 12 About aesthetics

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Soulbrothers feat. Sheila Fernandez
Move That Thing feat. Stella Jones
Ladybird feat. Cedric Hayman
Sweet Soul feat. Anzo

The excellent band around guitarist Rens Newland used to back up stars like the Supremes and Gloria Gaynor. Here presenting own material sung by great soul voices from Vienna (a.o.: Tini Kainrath, Stella Jones, Andie Gabauer, Lynne Kieran). 

01. Soulbrothers, Soulsisters feat. Sheila Fernandez 02. Move That Thing feat. Stella Jones  03. Ladybird feat. Cedric Hayman 04. Lovelife feat. Tini Kainrath 05. Burning Desire feat. Andie Gabauer  06. Give Me Something More feat. Cloud Tissa & Christine Brezovsky 07. Don’t Do That To Me feat. Amber Schoop 08. Sensual feat. Michael Kellner 09. Say It Straight feat. Chris Kisielewsky 10. Sweet Soul feat. Anzo 11. Gonna Make It Mine feat. Irida 12. You Only Read My Mind feat. Gina Charito 13. In Deep feat. Lynne Kieran 14. Need Your Touch feat. Jacqueline Patricio 15. Let Us Stick Together
Featured musicians: Willi Langer: bass, Oliver Gattringer: drums, Christoph Schoedl: drums, Christian Lettner: drums, Gerri Schuller: keyboards, Ray Leslee: grand piano, Martin Wöss: keyboards , Maggie Faltin: back vocals , Rebecca Kolland: back vocals, Michaela Brezovsky: back vocals, Peter Duke: back vocals, Luis Ribeiro: percussion, Patrice Heral: congas, tablas, kratsch, derbuka , Flip Philipp: vibraphone, programming, triangle, cowbells, Josef Burchartz: trumpet, Martin Fuss: alto/tenor sax. Christian Radovan: trombone, Dominik Stöger: trombone, Violins: Nicolas Geremus (Concertmaster), Michaela Wild, Wei Ping Li, Russel Mcgregor, Patricia Kopacinskaya, Walter Ebenberger, Martin Klimek, Renate Buchmann, Piroska Batori, Emanuel Schulz, Lukas Raab, Violas: Michael Buchmann, Wolfgang Prohaska, Celli: Christian Schulz, Melissa Coleman, Merike Hilmar, Birgit Dormayr, Christoph Unterberger, Double Bass: Bernhard Ziegler, Rens Newland: all guitars, programming, keyboards, back vocals