Sailing To The Sirens

Lionel Lodge & Rens Newland

After over two years of playing live together they decided to do an, across the boards, down the line duo album. Well, it turned out to be a band album, full production but still a crossing of the lines between Lionel and Rens' musical worlds. Taking 11 of Lionel's new originals and sweeping them through Rens' aural perceptions they produced an album that laps up against many a different shoar.

The most produced album in Lionel's catalogue, it shines with the brilliance of Rens' arrangements and multinstrumental ablities. They started each song with the basic acoustic guitar duo and built it from there and the end result is a coral landscape of stormy seas and promised calm.

"This CD took a long time to make, we spent quite a bit of time in the studio but mainly because during the year and a half we were recording it there were many other things happening and we had to fit it in between the studio's and our scheduels. Some of the songs, like Song For Him, were recorded on the same day they were written, which was great for me as I could hold the mood that inspired the song and put that same emotion into the vocals. We recorded it in Rens' studio, so we were quite relaxed in the process and most of the time in was just Rens and I in there sussing out the approach and dynamics of the songs. We are very greatful to Maria De Silva, R'Becca, Martina Eory and R.Dee for their gracefull backing vocals and also to Bernhard Osanna for his groovy contra bass playing on some of the songs. The artwork and design for the CD booklet was the work of the gifted Sheila Ehm (s.ehm@i-one.at) The photo of Moana was taken by Lothar Ponhold (www.ponhold.com) and the one of Rens and I by Sigrid Müller. The CD is available in Austria, Germany, Belgium and Portugal on Jive Music and currently in other territories through the on-line cd store CD Baby. Or alternatively you can catch us at one of our shows and buy directly from us. This way, in person you can also see if our traits are showing, which, I would bet, by now, most probally are."