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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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“Koyo” touches upon the motivations that drive the band to create music. When the desire to discover and explore the world awakens in him, the Koyo embarks on a journey leaving his homeland and loved ones behind. Destitute, he wanders through various countries until he reaches a new, unknown land, where he is confronted with a new set of values much different from his own. Even though he struggles financially, he uses his music and spirituality to carve a way through this strange world, in hopes of building a dignified life for himself.
Arising from the Jazz-Sector, Barakah is enriching its music with a variety of stylistic influences from around the world with no hesitation. Yet the band has managed to preserve a certain openness for musical styles like Hip-Hop, Funk, Rock and Metal and to artistically interweave these styles in their repertoire, with elements of North African Gnawa music and Latin American rhythms. The musically diverse components are skillfully merged into an energetic and impulsive aesthetic. With all that comes a great joy in improvising and a slope to experimental concepts.
In their quest for their identity, Barakah pushes their musical boundaries to explore new concepts and ideas. On this journey, the image of Koyo serves as a guide to lead the band on, and as a reminder of what fascinated them so about music in the first place.

Sherif Abdalla: drums | Paulo Correa: keys Martin | Demmer: guitar | Jakob Mayr: trombone | Thomas Milacher: bass | Anton Prettler: reeds
Recorded at Treehouse Studios Vienna | Mix & Recording Director: Ken Rischard Master: Martin Siewert | Fotos: Helmut Perez Mayer | Artwork: Vero Sforza
Cover Design: Rens Newland & Anton Prettler | all titles published by Jive Music, except Tr. 10 (manscript).

01. Prologue (Sherif Abdalla) 1:42 02. Insomnia (Anton Prettler) 7:05 03. Efervescencia (Martin Demmer) 1:55 04. Otra Vez (Paulo Correa) 4:53 05. In Spite Of (Paulo Correa) 6:57
06. Koyo (Anton Prettler) 5:24 07. Red Sun (Anton Prettler) 2:24 08. Horus (Anton Prettler) 5:58 09. Zarouan (S.Abdalla, P. Correa, A. Prettler) 7:48 10. Isi‘s Vegan Cheesesauce (Markus Dutka) 5:42 11. Caracol (Paulo Correa) 2:43

This production was subsidized by S.K.E.! We kindly thank this austrian social, cultural organisation (part of austro mechana)!

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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