New song up #2

#2 is now up

Soothing Escapades

Recorded in ARTin Studios, Helsingborg Sweden & Helena's appartement a late night
by
Gustav Haggren and Helena Arlock.
2008

Helena Arlock: vocals, nord lead, cello
Petter Bengtsson: drums
Gustav Haggren: bass
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We are rehearsing to do a show in Malmö at the 30th of Jan - Emergenza @ Bodoni, Bergsgatan, Malmö, SE
Or actually not quite this week that has passed - Drummer Petter Ericsson has been in France skeeing, and I'm not jealous at all...... - so these upcoming days it's going to be a bit more hectic.
Nevertheless it's been a productive week. A few more dates for the Germany Tour in March are settled:

3.02.09 BalconyTV - Hamburg
3.02.09 PonyBar - Hamburg
3.04.09 Bronco’s - Hannover
3.05.09 Eisen - Bremen
3.07.09 Cafe Del Sol - Bad Salzuflen
3.09.09 Kulturrampe - Krefeld
3.11.09 Objekt5 - Halle

I need to lay down and rest and try to get my cold to go away - hope you like the new song.
There will be more....

*H

new song - fragile me, fragile you

So here it is, the first song from the upcoming EP.

Fragile Me, Fragile You

Recorded in
ARTin Studios, Helsingborg Sweden & Helena's appartement a late night
by
Helena Arlock and Gustav Haggren.
2008

Helena Arlock: vocals, nord lead, cello, organ
Petter Bengtsson: drums
Gustav Haggren: bass, e-bow
Pancace Adolfsson: vocals

Keep your eyes and ears open - more songs will show up.. *H




















Helena & Pancake | Gustav

frosty grass and bonfires

A new year.. and it always leaves you empty, waiting to be filled with it's adventures

i spent the new years celebration in a cabin in the woods, we gathered around a bonfire outside, listening to the sound of fireworks far away and telling stories. Nice to run away like that.


The new year feels promising. I can't wait to get my EP fully done (very close now) - to go on tour again - to try out my new songs with the band...

The pictures are from the last show of 2008 in Malmö, Sweden.

You can see more of them at helenaarlock.com

All the best to you all for the year, and I hope we'll meet. Lots of love

*Helena

recording Vlog!

a preview form the recording of the EP!

Helena Arlock
Petter Bengtsson
Gustav Haggren
Thomas Denver Jonsson
Pancake Adolfsson



Coming soon...

*H

A Hectic Spring, somehow..

Recording the EP has been a lot of fun.
I'll put up a video log soon!

I will take a break from touring during the summer, finish the recordings and book the tours for the fall.

Here's the very very delayed blog and video log from the Indienational tour I 2008

Enjoy,

love

*Helena
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Germany/Holland/Belgium
Another Indienational tour. This time with these bands:
Shooting John | Helena Arlock | Gustav and The Seasick Sailors
With the bass player and drummer from GATSS - a bit more groovy!

29.3
Bremen, Germany
A ruff week-end. We arrived this friday, the 28th, greeted by our sweetest Nando.
So good to see the the crew of Eisen again!
The show was great and we stumbled into bed late that night accompanied by the early morning birds. By then we'd been awake for 24 hours.

..

We had the saturday off and Nando had managed to get us all tickets to the soccer game - Werder Bremen VS Duisburg.
My first game ever, exciting, and a great experience.






After the game (Bremen lost so we were all a bit sad) we got some food and went to a concert an Lagerhaus. Thank you Kogge Pop for the tickets!
The night went on and we went to the best coctail bar in Bremen and rounded it all off at a crazy rock and roll bar Heartbreak Hotel.

..

30.3
A sad farewell after two splendid days in this nice town.
Only one not so nice thing, I got two sharp pieces of metal in my breakfast the last morning, the cafe is a great place, but that was scary. Blood everywhere :)
You need some action, right?

Off to Hamburg and Astra Stube.
Nils Rose showed up - not wearing his sunglasses though, i am a bit disappointed.
It'd been 6 month since me and Gustav played there the last time.





During the soundcheck the door opens up, I hear Gustav screaming "no way!!" and I turn around...there stood Frank Gebauer, a friend whom we hadn't met in a year.
He's a friend of Alina, who we stayed with in NYC, and they both travelled with us to our very first US show in cold cold upstate NYin February.
Thank you Frank for staying the whole night, it was great to see you again.

After the soundcheck - Michael, you are astonishing! - we all went to meet up with Jon, the base player, who were to join the tour.
He'd been travelling for two days, coming from New York City to Amsterdam, then four trains and finally a tram to get ot us - what a hero!

The show was so so good, an audience like that is the reason why you do this...

31.3
-We are now at Ä in Berlin. It's a really cousy place, the room where you play feels like a big livingroom.
We played together with Illute (Ute) who set this night up. She was great.


Right before the show I heard a swedish voice asking if we knew if this were the plaec where we'd play tonight.
This girl from Stockholm had moved to Berlin a couple of months before and her old flatmate had tipped her off of the show, so nice. A shame that I didn't get to meet her friend though. It's always strange being on tour and suddenly hearing your own language from someone else. It takes a while before you realize that it is Swedish they speak..

We had to go home right after the show, the next day we had to drive to Amsterdam = leaving 7am...
Ute's friend Paul were so kind and let us stay in his apartment that night, thank you.

1.4
7am, so so so so soo early!!
But we managed to pack up the car with all the gear and got going.
We made it in time, barely, and the show at Desmet Live went good.





Unfortionately we didn't have time to hang out in Amsterdam this time.
Insteda we started driving towards Kruibeke, Belgium.
Around midnight we arrived, and two tired friendly faces greeted us.
Jerome and Veerle.
We also got too meet the tired new family member, Hifi - the dalmatian.



Sleep...


2.4
Back at t'Elfde Genot in Sint-Niklaas. Jerome came witht us but Veerle stayed in their bar.
Nice show and even nicer laughing and drinking that belgium beer at Cafe Carnot afterwards.

3.4
It's Jerome and Veerle's 4th anniversary and we are all oing to Antwerp.
Me and Gustav have a mission - find a heart-shaped cake to hand to them at the show tonight!

A nice day, wooden escalators, beer, vinylstore, beer, strolling, beer...





And the show at Cafe Carnot was succesfull. It was the first night of the small festival - Folk You - arranged by Cafe Carnot and Jugdhuis T'erwalle (Kruibeke, BE). This night it was me, Helena Arlock and Gustav and The Seasick Sailors that played.
We found a heart-shaped candy cake after all. And it was another late night at Carnot.

4.4
Tonight Shooting John will play at Jugdhuis Terwalle with another Swedish band - Giant Wide.
Now off to Carnot to help Jerome move the stage to the other venue!

5.5
The whole Folk you festival was great. After the show last night we had one last afterparty with Jerome and Veerle.
Jon (the bass player) were very eager on the shots, on of Jeromes specials is called "wake up the dead" and I guess you can figure the rest of the night out from there...

Breakfast and another sad goodbye....

So the great finale at Tonenburg, Höxter, Gemany.
Cannot describe how happy we were to get an ending like that.

An amazing tour.
Thank you all who made it happen..

The audience.

Nando, Benno and the *Eisen* crew
Spike
Nils Rose, Michael, Martina @ *Astra Stube*
Ute and *Ä*, Paul
Kevin @ Desmet Live
t'Elfde Genot
Jerome, Veerle, HiFi, Cafe Carnot
Kevin, Jugdhuis t'erwalle
Christina Seckelmann
Immylou Coalminer
Tonenburg

Special thanks to Jon and Patrik.
and to Peder and Gustav

Interview...

So, off on tour on friday - yay here's the dates:

MAR 28 - Eisen, Bremen (DE)

MAR 31 - Ä, Berlin (DE)

APR 01 - Desmet Live, Amsterdam (NL)

APR 02 - t'Elfde Genot, Sint Niklaas (BE)

APR 03 - Café Carnot, Kruibeke (BE)

APR 05 - Tonenburg, Höxter/Albaxen (DE)

Hope to see some of you there!

Sweden doesn't seem to understand the concept of psring - it's snowing and snowing and snowing and....darn
But it's actually a pretty nice day today and I'm going to pack up my laptop and get myeslf out there for a little walk.







And check this out:
http://vanbloggen.blogspot.com/2008/03/helena-arlock-gustav-haggren-hits.html
From my friend Thomas Denver Jonsson

love and respect

*Helena

Upcoming tour....

Hey you all, spring is coming and the tour for march is all booked. Here it is:

March 28 - Eisen, Bremen, Germany (+GATSS + Shooting John)
March 30 - Astra Stube, Hamburg, Germany (+GATSS + Shooting John)
March 31 - Ä, Berlin ,Germany (+GATSS + Shooting John + Illute)
April 01 - Desmet Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands (+GATSS + Shooting John)
April 02 - t'Elfde Genot, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (+GATSS + Shooting John)
April 03 - Cafe Carnot, Kruibeke, Belgium (+GATSS)
April 05 - Tonenburg, Hoxter-Albaxen, Germany (+GATSS + Shooting John)

This tour I will travel and play with Gustv and The Seasick Sailors and Shooting John, both bands also from Sweden. Check them out!
www.gatss.com
www.shootingjohn.com

(for the show at April 3rd and 4th - by a combo ticket! 3rd = Helena Arlock + GATSS, 4th = shooting john + Giant Wide at Jugdhuis TerWalle, Kruibeke, Belgium)

You will probable be able to buy a DVD with live clips and WhatElseYouDoOnTourThatCouldBeCaughtOnTape from the last Indienational Tour - we are putting it together now.

I hope to see you there!

Also, did you visit the page for Helena Arlock Music on FaceBook? Become a fan! Here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Helena-Arlock/20848554336 Until next time, live long and prosper love *Helena

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