October 2001

ACCESS 2 AMSTERDAM

20 october Melkweg Access to Amsterdam : Ska & Reggae Showcase
2000 Venus Hill (NL)
2100 Les 100 Grammes de Têtes (F)
2200 The Dill Brothers (B)
2300 Rude Rich & the High Notes (NL)
2400 The Mahones (CDN)

We're having a little break!! But we're back soon!
Read a review about Acces to Amsterdam

http://columns.ink19.com/tof/upallnight Bob Pomeroy (U.S.A)

"Since I missed the Ska showcase on Friday, I started the evening of showcases at the Melkweg. When I arrived, Venus Hill were already playing. I was immediately captivated by the Amsterdam-based band. The band play an irreverent, personal interpretation of the tried and true ska sound. With three lead vocalists out front, Venus Hill had a bit of the Supremes in their skank. The horn section alternated hot licks and silly dance routines while the rhythm section nailed down a steady beat. The bloom is off the ska rose here in the States but Venus Hill reminded me just how much fun this sort of music can be. Venus Hill are a fun band. I found it impossible to watch this band and not be energized by the obvious joy these people find in playing music. The only thing that disappointed me about Venus Hill is that they won't have a CD out until later this year.

September 2001

INTERNATIONAL COMPILATION CD - CITY A LIVE WITH BEEF AND ABEL

And our cd is getting there! and we will appear on an international compilation cd! From Skunk Diskak (France)

We only need to earn some money to release our own cd:-)




On the 23rd of september City-A-Live melkweg, with Beef and Abel


August 2001

ATMOSPHERE OPEN AIR

And the 18th of august we will be playing at the Atmosphere Open Air Festival in Neede. Venus Hill will open this festival with for exemple Birgit, Brainpower en Greenlizard.

look at the pictures!!
http://www.atmosphere-events.nl/review_show2.asp (new)

July 2001

GROOTE WEIVER - ON(W)IJS FESTIVAL- MAASBOULEVARDFESTIVAL - NIJMEGEN

Lasse is back home, a bit sooner then planned, so he wo'nt be there this weekend :-( we will be playing without keys for the moment.

There are nice shows coming!

This weekend(7 juli) first we will be playing with GOH, Facehugger en the Nitwitz (Krommenie) at the Groote Weiver start = 20.00, nice to play with friends :-) !

On sunday the 8th of juli at the ON (W) IJS Festival (Spierdijk) together with the Apers and a House Ska band and others. Will be great! Nice little festival with music that starts at 15.00 , our playtime is 21.30.

And we will be playing next week, the 14th of juli, at the Maasboulevardfestival, together with Peter Pan, Labirinto, en de Beatbusters with Def P !

And we play at Nijmegen in front of Bukkus at the Summerfestival

April 2001

PAASROCK - N201 - ARTICLE IN METRO - STUDIO PLANS - LASSE BACK TO FINLAND


Festival Paasrock: Venus Hill Kane de Dijk de Meern (Utrecht)!

We will play the 20th of april:
Aalsmeer: location N201
SKa is being programmed there every month!

Friday the 13th of april there will be an artikel with a picture in the newspaper METRO.

New gigs are going to come! See shows.

Paasrock was great! 3000 people in the audience.... Well organised festival!
N201 was great too. !! The audience sure knew how to have a party :-) For the ones who saw us in april and think we have two singers.... That's temporarely. Due to an operation I'm not singing at the moment. But before you know it I'll be back :-) and we'll be singing with the three of us again :-)

And finally our plans for recordings are for real! The plans are there for a looooong time :-) but now it is really going to happen! New recordings! At last....... We are looking for sponsors... More will follow!

Unfortunately, it's going to happen.. Our keyboardplayer Lasse is going back to Finland. He worked as a proffesional keyboard player in Finland and came to Holland for a few years to study at the University of Amsterdam. We were the lucky ones to have been able to work with him during his stay in Holland. But now he's going back... Together with his qualities to arrange music, there was no other who could feel better what we wanted with a song. We are going to mis him. He's not gone yet, but it means that we might look for another keayboard player if he comes along. There are already some people interested. If you are too you can call 020-6235035

FebruarY 2001

NOORDWIJK - LAST SHOW WITH SASKIA - EELCO COMING BACK

We will play 17 februari in Noordwijk : location JOIN! Will be a nice party! First a punkrock band, and than Venus Hill!

It will be the last show with our saxophone player Saskia. She was going to leave sooner, but fortunately for us she can have her goodbye gig. She's going to America because of her study. Our Eelco, our former saxophone player who's becoming a pilot and now temporarely back in Holland, is going to replace her for the time being. On february the 17th we will be playing with a five piece hormsection.

Unfortunately!! Due to circomstances The gig in Grootebroek has been canceled! Sorry In april we will continue.

January 2001

UTRECHT

Venus Hill in 'Tivoli' (Utrecht) in january is not going to happen. But.... we do have a chance to come to Utrecht in april!!