Je ne sais pas s'il y en a que ca interesse, mais...

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Dear everyone,

We have a sad news to announce.
Anneke is about to leave the Gathering.

The band's statement is posted on the website. Anneke's statement should be published on her myspace account soon.

TG webteam

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Chier. Et pas qu'un peu.

Bon ils vont splitter avec un peu de chance. A moins qu'ils ne prennent Tarja.

Cela dit je pensais qu'ils avaient déjà splitté. Il y avait pas une histoire de mise en stand-by du groupe ?

Triste nouvelle mais pas forcèment une surprise, on sentait bien après la sortie de Home, qui sera donc surement un splendide testament, que le groupe était moins dedans qu'auparavant, on verra la suite pour le groupe et pour Aneke, j'ai hate de toute façon de suivre leurs aventures futures, ce split nous évitera en tout cas d'avoir été déçu par le groupe et c'est déjà énorme

Je crée un sujet à part entière sur ce départ, ça le mérite je trouve et je poste des news fraiches, Anneke crée un groupe déjà et quittera effectivement Gathering en aout :

Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen has announced the formation of a brand new band called AGUA DE ANNIQUE.

"Over the last 10 years I have turned many dreams and experiences into songs," Anneke said in a statement. "I started recording a selection of the very personal ones during the past six months. We've laid down the basic tracks at the Waterfront Studios in Rotterdam and recorded overdubs at The Void in Eindhoven, as well as in the comfort of my own home studio. I'm excited to send these songs off into the world and share them with [everyone]!

"I have formed a band called AGUA DE ANNIQUE to help me voice these songs. We will release an album called 'Air' in the fall of 2007.

"Besides the wonderfully talented people in the band, a few of my friends will make appearances on this album. The lovely Kristin Fjellseth will sing additional vocals, Jeffrey Fayman has made a string arrangement for a song called 'Ice Water'. Heleen de Witte plays the flute and Timothy Conroy provided some killer trumpet work. The album is mixed by Jon Anders Narum."

AGUA DE ANNIQUE is:

Anneke van Giersbergen - Vocals/Piano
Joris Dirks - Guitars/Vocals
Jacques de Haard - Bass
Rob Snijders - Drums

Anneke van Giersbergen's final appearance with THE GATHERING will take place on August 4 at the Ankkarock festival in Finland.

et voila les réactions sur le depart :

Anneke van Giersbergen, singer for world-renowned Dutch rock act THE GATHERING, has decided to leave the band and pursue new goals in life and music.

In a statement from van Giersbergen, she says: "Dear people, I wanted to send out this message to all of you to inform you that I have decided to leave THE GATHERING.

"After much consideration and some serious soul searching, I feel that it is time for me to change my direction in life and develop and search out new goals.

"In all the wonderful years that I have been a part of THE GATHERING, we, as a band, have always strongly believed in sincerity, both personally and within our music. I have always been able to give one hundred percent of myself to the band and its music. Over the last year I developed an urge to initiate my activities from a different place in my heart, focusing on myself and my family.

"In order to stay true to myself, the band, crew and the fans, I see no other option than to leave the band and pursue my new goals in life and music.

"I loved my 13 years with THE GATHERING and I take pride in all the beautiful music we have made together and will always cherish the good times we shared on the road and in the studio. The decision to leave all of this behind has been incredibly difficult, but since it's made from the heart, I strongly believe that I have to go with it. Although it saddens me to say goodbye, I have made a lot of exciting plans for the future both personally and professionally.

"Thank you for all the love and support and I hope we will meet again in life and music."

The band has posted a statement on its web site regarding the singer's departure. It reads as follows:

"We are very sorry to announce the fact that Anneke has decided to leave the band [effective] August 2007. Anneke has several reasons not to be a member anymore. We really regret the fact we could not find a way to continue together. However, we (THE GATHERING) will be working on new material with male and female vocalists. Expect a CD release somewhere in 2008.

"With Anneke we've made great albums and did fantastic shows, which we are very proud of! We had a great time! We wish Anneke all the best for the future.

"The remaining festivals we will play together with Anneke. No new gigs will be scheduled. The last gig with Anneke will be the Ankkarock Festival in Finland, the 4th of August. Also the new DVD, 'A Noise Severe', as well as the double live CD will still be released this summer."

THE GATHERING released its latest album, "Home", in April 2006 on The End Records.

dommage .. mais bon , je suis confiant sur leur capacités à trouver la ou les personnes adequates ( cf 2 chanteurs ? ) ... avec un peu de bol, ça pourra nous faire 2 excellents groupes ...

Le groupe d'anneke, il n'y a pas d'indication sur un eventuelle oruentation musicale ?

mieux y a du son :

une demo de agua de annique ici :

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =107141585

c'est sympa , mais bien dégouté quand même qu'elle quitte The gathering!
leurs dernières prestations live m'avait réconcilié avec ce groupe...

L'extrait ressemble vachement à du Massive Attack.
C'est ce vers quoi le groupe tendait sur la fin?

Ce serait très marrant en tout cas. Je n'avais pas accroché sur les derniers mais je ne sentais pas non plus la motivation qu'il y avait dans les premiers albums.

@+,
NicK.

J'ai enfin écouté le titre de Aqua de annique et j'aime beaucoup, l'ambiance musicale se mele bien a la voix de Anneke, ça augure du meilleur pour la suite en tout cas

Ben je suis dégouté ! The Gathering, c'est Anneke et à partir de là, je crois que c'est un peu comme Skid Row sans Baz, le groupe est mort et ne retrouvera jamais une chanteuse pareil. J'espère que son nouveau groupe vaut ça...

Triste pour The Gathering.......à mon humble avis le groupe va avoir beaucoup de mal à se remettre du départ de sa chanteuse!

Ouais, tout ça est bien triste mais pour ma part je fais confiance au groupe pour nous trouver une nouvelle combinaison. Je ne me fais certes pas d'illusion quant à leur popularité (anneke est l'image du groupe) mais bon ça ne doit pas les empecher de pondre de nouveaux grands titres.

Good luck everyone!

le groupe a lancé ses recherches et ne se laisse visiblement pas abbatre :

Dutch rock act THE GATHERING has launched a vocalist search following the recent departure of Anneke van Giersbergen. Interested male and female vocalists are invited to send a short bio and one or two MP3s to audition@gathering.nl.

Quelques mots de Hans sur tout ça :


THE GATHERING drummer Hans Rutten has answered several fan questions regarding the future of the band in the wake of vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen's decision to leave the band:

Q: Why no farewell tour or even one gig at Paradiso in Amsterdam?

Hans: "The original idea was to tour until the Ankkarock festival [the last gig with Anneke], and fill up the gap between now and August doing some more festivals, maybe even some club gigs. While we toured North America, Anneke informed us she only wanted to play the last three gigs. She felt it was the right thing to do. We understand why people ask, even beg us, to give the fans one last chance to see the band live. Of course, we thought about doing a special last show. The fact is that Anneke explained to us she doesn't want to play with us anymore. It would be a emotionally tense show instead of something to look forward to."

Q: Is touring the main reason Anneke quits with the band?

Hans: "It's hard for us to answer this question. But no, I don't think so. Of course, being away from home while having a family is hard. Besides that there's also a 'health' issue. Going in and out of aeroplanes and air-conditioned buses is not healthy, especially when you are a singer. Being on the road can be pretty heavy sometimes. Jet lags, stinky backstages, sleeping in buses or not sleeping at all.. You name it, we saw it. We know Anneke had difficulties with touring, but I don't think we toured like crazy the last 2-3 years. When Anneke decided to quit and talked with us about her decision, we tried to convince her there would be a possible way out, even without touring, just making records. I think it was time for her to do something else, to have a fresh new start. An urge to do something else was so strong that she felt like she had to leave the band."

Q: Was Anneke's decision a big surprise?

Hans: "Yes and no. I personally had a very good conversation with her two weeks before she told us she decided to quit the band. She said she was still thrilled about recording a new GATHERING album and all the ideas we had going around. So yes, it was a big surprise. We just had a year off, as she was pregnant and we didn't tour that much at that time. She said she didn't have the time and energy to do things she would like to do. She wanted to have more time for her family, her own music and hobbies. We decided Anneke would only have to be involved in the musical part of the GATHERING and take some load of her shoulders. Eventually I think the idea of a solo album triggered the whole split."

Q: Why do you continue with the name THE GATHERING? Many people associate Anneke to THE GATHERING and THE GATHERING to Anneke. It would be difficult to get rid of this "female singer heritage" just like that.

Hans: "The departure of Anneke doesn't mean we will also just stop making music. It is her decision and we regret it very much. Not everybody knows THE GATHERING was founded by me, Hans, Rene and our former vocalist Bart Smits. Frank joined THE GATHERING 6 or 7 months later. We also had already made 2 albums before Anneke came to the band. Simply put; there was a GATHERING before Anneke, and there's a GATHERING after Anneke. We like to see this as a third era. People tend to forget we asked her to join THE GATHERING back in 1994. We gave her all the musical space, so she could grow, as she has a unique voice and is very talented. We are aware of the fact that Anneke's voice has been very important for the music of THE GATHERING. She became, at least for some people, more important then the other band members. As I said, she has a terrific voice, but she simply isn't THE GATHERING. We want to continue making music and like THE GATHERING always evolved we will again. Rene and Frank always came up with 90% of all the musical ideas. Four members of THE GATHERING continue, so why change the name? Even if we would change our name, we would be labelled as 'the ex-GATHERING members' anyway. It won't be an easy task, but in all the sadness we feel about Anneke's decision, there's also a lot of excitement going on right now. We can do whatever we want. All of a sudden there's a lot of fresh space surrounding us. We are aware that our new album might be the most important one we'll probably ever make. So we will take all the time we have, will not rush into things. Chemistry between the vocalist and the music is the most important thing in music, at least for me. I don't care about hotshot producers, fabulous guitar players, drummers who care more about what kind of endorsement deals they have. I care about chemistry, and with Anneke we had a terrific kind of symbiosis. We think this is possible with other vocalists. It will be different, it will take some time for people to get used to it."

Q: Is THE GATHERING planning on "hiring" a male singer only?

Hans: "It all depends. It depends on what will happen musically and what will be on our path. Sure is that we are open to work with both male and female vocals. We think it's exciting to work with new vocalists. First we'll work on the music and from there we'll decide what kind of voice would fit best. It's also possible that a song is strong enough without vocals. There are so many options right now. We really want to keep them open, at least for a while. In all these years we've made a lot of friends and met some great vocalists. I think a lot of them would like to work with us. In the past we already worked with Trickster G on our 'Souvenirs' album. There are more roads leading to Rome.

Q: Do you have any musical ideas for the new album?

Hans: "Like every GATHERING album, it will be different again. Especially this time; it will be a new era of the band. Especially Rene has some very strong new ideas. We think this time our music will be more guitar driven and more up tempo. We will not continue with what we did on 'Home', despite of the fact that we all love the record. Again; we will take our time.

Q: Will you, when you will play live again, do the "Anneke-era" songs?

Hans: "It's hard too say anything about this right now. As I see it now, we will focus on the new songs and maybe we'll also play some older material in a new way. Time will tell."

Hop voici ce qui a été joué hier au tout dernier concert de Anneke avec le groupe :

Shortest Day
Alone
Even the Spirits are Afraid
Probably Built in the 50's
Saturnine
Monsters
Eleanor
In Motion#1
Travel
Liberty Bell

et les adieux de Anneke en live :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bZ_T5kMRE