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Check out on YOUTUBE the live version of "How to drain the Swamp?". It''s an extract of the show we did at Theater Kikker on 22 June. The video is made by Hans Meijer of IM Audiovisual.

 

 

 

 

 

The last encore: The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
The 12th and last song in the digital Mist:Period series is a Walker Brothers original: The Sun ain't gonna shine anymore. At gigs we sometimes play this oldie as a last encore, in order to send the audience home feeling all lovin' and peaceful and stuff...
Although with the release of the last song our great internet adventure Mist:Period has come to an end, Mist will come back to you within a few months. We will keep you posted!!!

For now: enjoy The Sun ain't gonna Shine Anymore and the previous track Grand and Humble HERE.

 

Rick will be doing a short acoustic tour in Austria next week , together with Henk Hofstede of Nits fame. All three gigs are Live in the Living-shows. Tickets can be ordered here.

Unterwegs

Rick will be doing a short acoustic tour in Germany this week , together with his friends Jelle Paulusma (formerly Daryll-Ann) and Theo Sieben (singer-songwriter and guitarist on Rick's new, forthcoming solo cd in Dutch.) Check the diary on the VPRO 3voor12 Weblog (Dutch only).

 

Today's gig at Park Open in Arnhem is cancelled due to bad weather conditions! Apparently the "Ronde Weide" is flooded... Sorry for that!

 

For those of you checking in get your monthly dose of new Mist music: Mist is allowing itself a short summer break, only to come back twice as strong in August. So: no new track this month, two new tracks next month! 

 

Born in the Summer of Love is the 10th track of Mist's internet-album Mist:Period.

What's it about? Flourishing house music in Amsterdam in 1988? Are there any similarities to Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band? 

Listen and download HERE to figure it out.

 

Having entered the last stages of this challenging 12-song-'album in the air', it became clear to Mist that it was in need of a romantic ballad.  This home-baked new Mist-anthem contains a fine vocal guest appearance by Marijn Wijnands from the band Ma Rain. Mastering and final mixing was done by Martijn Groeneveld, our healthy man from Mailmen.

 

Yesterday's show was a thrill and a success. We wait for the dvd now. Thanks to all those who supported us!

 

 

On Friday the 22nd of this month, Mist will do a special "stage" show at Theater Kikker in Utrecht, celebrating the end of Mist:Period.  Mist will play most Mist:Period-songs, as well as some of the golden oldies. There will be lights, there will be music, there will be vision (Letterror.com), there will be drinks, there will be live dvd-recordings, there will be free downloads (sixmo.com) - don't forget to bring your memory stick! - and there will be a concert by electropop-artist Alan Lauris as well.  Reserve your ticket (10 euro) HERE. There is limited capacity, so please make a reservation. Payment at the entrance is no problem. We are very much looking forward to seeing you there!

 

Hands on the wheel: "Cruising "is the 9th turn on this bumpy ride we call Mist:Period. It is available for free download now. Click HERE to go the download page.

 

Just this morning, Spoor 14's Wessel Oltheten put the finishing touches to the mix and mastering of this electrifying Mist-tune. The song can also be heard live and acoustic on Opium (AVRO, Radio 1) on June 10. Friday 22, "Cruising" will make its grand live debut at the Mist:Period finale at Theater Kikker in Utrecht (click here to reserve your tickets for this special night).

 

 

Sad news: Mist wrote a happy song...!

The 8th track of Mist:Period is called You Blew My Mind. It is rather dancable, and, as from today, available for download HERE. 

Speaking of availability: don't forget to check the gig-page to order tickets for a exclusive Mist-show on 22 June at Kikker in Utrecht. During this special night, Mist will celebrate the completion of the Mist:Period-project with video, Alan Lauris, more free downloads and... live music, of course. 

 

 

We finally put our video(s!) for the 2003 song We Should Have been Stars on -line. Check 'm out! (click twice to increase size). The video is made by Benet Román and Alicia from La Chula, Barcelona.

 

Official video

 

Alternative take

 

On Friday 22 June, Mist will do a special show with real music, genuine laptops and tangible image 'celebrating' the end of Mist:Period. It's a gig in Kikker, a modern but cosy theatre in Utrecht, in close collaboration with electro-popper Alan Lauris, Letterror and Sixmo. More detailed info will follow soon, but it is possible to reserve your tickets by clicking here.

 

For those of you who wondered if our Red Car had run out of gas: the answer is no!

The electric version of the song that we presented last week, during a crazy

seven-cities-in-one-day tour in The Netherlands, symbolizes the diversity of  Mist:Period. Whereas February's song Going On was a nostalgic trip, Red Car will carry you back no further than, say, Queens of the Stoneage. Oh well, as long as it's good, anything goes...

Until the end of April, you can download this 7th Mist:period-track free of charge by clciking HERE.

 

 

On 18 March, Mist will hit the road again, but just for one day. Between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m., we will render a visit to seven Dutch living rooms of our fans, armed with some acoustic gear, Casiotones and human voices. Chosen cities are Amersfoort (11 a.m), Apeldoorn (1 p.m.), Nijmegen (2.30 p.m.), Arnhem (4 p.m.), Utrecht (6.30 p.m.), Haarlem (8.15 p.m.) and Amsterdam (10 p.m.). If you want to join these exclusive gigs for free, please send an e-mail to .

This one-day-tour announces the 7th Mist:Period-track named Red Car.

Last Saturday, our friend and photographer Lex van Rossen died of cancer at the age of 57. On www.lexxx.com, you can see a slide show of his work (from Bowie to Blondie). Here are some Mist-pictures by his magic hands and eyes.

 

 

 

It has been a close call again, but the sixth Mist:Period-song is now ready and available. Click HERE to download it for free.

 

Although Going On - a song about love retirement - sounds like it could have been recorded in the 1960s, it could not have been recorded without some state-of-the-art computer software and high speed Internet access. Modern rock stars as we are, last month we've been juggling around with complete symphonic orchestras - on USB-sticks, that is.

Going On will be presented on Radio Noord-Holland tomorrow (tune in at Bijlage, between 12.00 a.m. and 1 p.m). 

 

 

 

30 January 2007

 

 

Surrender, the 5th song in the series Mist:Period, is now ready.

You can download the song - free of charge - by clicking HERE.

 

One of the nice things about this project is that it requires quick thinking and impulsive decision-making, as a result of which sudden brain waves, moodswings, accidents and even weather conditions significantly influence the end result. Whereas the products of November and December turned out to be intimate electronic pop songs, this one is a genuine stadium rocker... 

 

PS: Surrender is a song about finally surrendering oneself to real love before it is too late....will be caught by radio airwaves tonight for the first time on www.laserradio.nl  between 8 and 11 p.m

 

 

18 January 2007  

The 5th Mist:Period-song Surrender is on its way. Release date: 30 January. To kill time, you can read Rick's recent Spanish tour adventures in Dutch musiczine musicfrom.nl. Oh, and a happy 2007 to all of you!

 

As from today, Christmas Day, the fourth song in the series Mist:Period will be freely downloadable from our website.Christmas Day is melancholic electronic singer-songwriter stuff, bringing back memories of Christmas dance-parties you didn't belong at. Depressing? Sure, but what else can you expect these days...

 

A remastered version of September's track Healthy Man is made available here too, by the way. We weren't entirely satisfied with the previous mix/mastering, so there you have it. 

 

All older, analog Mist-albums and singles are for sale now at ridiculously low prices. Go to the shop and check it out.

 

 

Tour news: singer Rick will pay a Mist:Period promo visit to Spain next week, doing 6 acoustic shows(2 Live in the Livings, 1 in-store and three club shows), in collaboration with Astro Discos and the artists Ciudadano,  Gepe and Ninos Mutantes and travelling from Madrid to Valencia to Barcelona. 

 

 

More gossip - about clips, weblogs and nice price albums - following soon.

 

Escape Lane, the third song in the series Mist:Period, is ready. You can download it free of charge by clicking here. A narrow escape it sure was: we finished the song only yesterday! Escape Lane is basically a home recording (including some nice computer bleeps and blurps), inspired by a long traffic jam on a rainy October morning on the highway A1. Mist dedicates the track to all of you who suffer daily in Dutch traffic congestion - detail: the song was born when Rick was humming along to the rhythm of the turn indicator...Check also the Mist:Period press section (new articles, reviews and radio stuff).

 

 

The 3rd Mist-song in the series Mist:Period is called Escape Lane. At this very moment, our technical man Wessel from Studio Hilversum is busy making the final touch to the mix. On Wednesday 8 , the song will be mastered and finalized, and on Thursday 9, the song will be offered as free download at the Mist-gig at Haarlem. On Friday  10 around noon,  the song will be presented for the first time at the VPRO radio show Cantina, presented by Jaap Boots. Apart from the new song, Rick's been asked to bring along his 10 favourite music pieces. On Sunday 12, the band will perform acoustically at Live in the Living to celebrate the birth of the third song.

 

Check here

The second song in the download series Mist:Period is called Subliminal. It is now downloadable on this site. The new Mist-song has been recorded at Mist's own studio and at home in Amsterdam, except for the drums, which were recorded at The Green Motel Studio in Utrecht. Mixing and mastering of the song was done at the great Studio Hilversum.nl. Mist would like to thank everybody for collaborating. Special thanks to singer Lydia van Maurik-Wever, who sings like a nightingale again. And also very special thanks to our producer Martijn Groeneveld for helping us out under sometimes difficult circumstances. Enjoy this song.

Download Healthy Man at www.youmakemusic.com. Some consider it a great song:

 

 

 

 

Mist is very happy to announce that

 

 

is finally alive!

 

This month's song - the first of 12 -  goes by the name of Healthy Man. Until 8 October, you will be able to download it free of charge. Check this page for more info. Have a fun year! 

 

As from September, a new Mist-album will be launched. However, it will not be released in the traditional way. Each month, Mist will release one new track in mp3-format . 12 tracks in 12 months. During the first month of release, the new track can be downloaded free of charge on this very website (and some other sites that will be announced soon). First release date: 9 September 2006. You will be able to hear the new song on 8 September on Radio 3FM's show "Leuk Is Anders". On 14 September in Paradiso, Amsterdam, the project will be presented with a show (special guest: Anderson). During this Mist-gig, you will be able to download the song on your mobile phone, I-pod or USB-stick. Dutchies, read the complete story here.

 

 New Mist

Mist is actually preparing and recording new stuff for a new challenging project that starts in September. Stay tuned and have a sunny holiday in the shade.

 

For all the French fans (and for  those who are on holidays in Paris): Mist will play the popular Flèche d'Or-venue in Paris on Saturday 1 July (be on time, it starts at 20h30).  It's a gig to celebrate the French release of Bye Bye at the Parisian record label Le Maquis. The day before, on 30 june, Rick will do a solo performance at the OPA-club (in Dutch, OPA means 'grandfather', but youngsters are welcome too). Anyway, the first French reviews of the album are not bad.

 

At the moment, Rick is doing some acoustic solo shows with his project Live in the Living. Last week, two living rooms in Saarbrücken and Leipzig turned into intimate German venues. Some brand new Mist-songs were played: Subliminal and Stay on the Road. In two weeks, Rick will do the same in Spain. it is not sure yet if these concerts in Barcelona and Madrid will take place in a living, in a garden or on a roof..... Check www.liveintheliving.nl for more info on these shows.

 

Some tour diaries and other stories Rick wrote in the past few years have been added to the site(until now only in Dutch..). Check the press section. As the French (and Swiss!) release of Bye Bye comes closer (17 May), we have also added some additional background information in French.

In German, The word Mist means something like "rubbish", "nonsense", "shit"  or "bullocks". Scheisse!  Notwithstanding this somewhat misleading fact, most of the reviews on Bye Bye in Germany appear to be not "mist" at all...  Read some of these not so shitty reviews here.

To celebrate the actual German release of the album, Rick is doing a solo show in Berlin this Sunday at  a Live in the Living-show in Prenzlauer Berg. The whole 5-piece-band will play the Pop Up Festival in Leipzig on 20 May.  Auf Wiedersehn.

 

Tired of pop? Listen to a remix of Weightless, a personal view on Mist by Machinefabriek. Wanna hear the original? Check the music section.

 

On Saturday 25 March, Mist will play amidst famous and infamous Dutch writers and poets, at the prestigious yearly Poetry Night at the Vredenburg CongressCentre.  As the Dutch national "week of books" has music as a theme, Rick will also do some acoustic solo shows at libraries, in collaboration with writer Thomas Verbogt and poet Arthur Lava.

 

Digital shopping becomes easier everyday. You can download separate Mist-tracks (and albums) in the SHOP now. And it's all legal. Thanks to our friends from You Make Music and Sixmo.

 

17 February, 2006 

Mist-music.com may look and act a little weird these days; we're more or less rebuilding the site. Sorry for the inconvenience!

 

 

Bye Bye will be officially released in Germany and France this spring.  Distribution in Germany will be done by Cargo in Wuppertal and promotion will be taken care of by Nois-o-Lution in Berlin. And in France, Mist is signed by Le Maquis. a nice company from Paris 

 

Coming Thursday 12 January at 4 p.m. Mexican time, radio station Radio Universidad de Guadalajara will do a special on Mist, with a live interview with Rick. Listen to the announcement here !

 

Arthur and Rick will be playing at Noorderslag-festival  in Groningen on Saturday 14 January , during the first Live in the Living of this year. Mist - the complete orchestra - will be present one day later on the  You Make Music-festival in Tivoli De Helling, Utrecht. Other bands on the thrilling bill: At the Close of Everyday, Solo, Brown Feather Sparrow, Campsite and more.  Check for tickets here

 

Mist wishes you a year full of beauty, good luck and excitement.

 

Mist is becoming more technologically advanced by the day... For those of you with a not too old-fashioned cell phone: you're welcome to freely download three exclusive Mist-ringtones!

A happy X-mas to you all.

 

This Friday 16 December, Mist will play at 747 Live at VPRO Radio. It is a discussion programme presented by writer/columnist Theodor Holman. If you can't attend the show (see gigs for details), you can follow Mist at the webcam too:  www.747live.nl

 

This week, Bye Bye has been officially launched in Chili by Quemasucabeza, Mist's label in this longest country in the world. One of Quemasucabeza's other bands, Congelador, will tour in Argentina next week.

Check them out if you can...

 

 7 December at the PARADISO, Amsterdam: Astro label Presentation with Schwarz, Mist and Camping. 20h00. Entrance: only 7 euros.

 

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9 December at Mains d'Oeuvres, Paris: Astro label Presentation with Schwarz, Mist and Camping. 20h00. Entrance: only 7 euros.

 

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 Spainful Delight 

Barcelona, Tarragona, Murcia, Jaen, Madrid, Vigo, Burgos, Aranda de Duero, Miranda de Ebro.....:

Mist just finished the Spanish tour....and needs some sleep now. Soon you'll be able to find some pictures of all the incredible food we had (and of some gigs). Check the gallery next week. See you at the Astro-label party on 7 December in Paradiso, Amsterdam, or on 9 December in Paris.

 

If you want to download Mist, do it legally now at www.sixmo.com/ymm.htm

 

Mist had a great time in Mexico City and Villahermosa and wants to thank everybody who sang along and supported the band so warmly. Soon you'll be able to find pictures, live takes, some video and stories on this site.  Dutchies: read the diary of the tour on www.vpro.nl/portals/diaries/index.shtml?2534202+13832894+24684626

 

 11 October 2005

Spicy news: MIST will leave for Mexico next week to promote the brand new album Bye Bye.

The tour includes a huge open air-show on 22 October, on the prestigious international arts festival Ceiba in Villahermosa, in the state of Tabasco (www.festivalceiba.org).

Mist represents The Netherlands on this festival and will open this special night for the immensely popular Mexican rockband Jaguares. Supported by the Mexican delegation of record label Astro Discos and Astro's first Mexican signing Mexican Favorito, Mist will also play in Mexico City on Friday 21 October, at Centro Cultural Roots. Besides, there will be a few radio shows and an Astro showcase night in the capital (D.F.) that very same week. For the Dutch fans: Rick will be interviewed by Dolf Jansen at Radio 3FM in his programme 'Leuk is Anders' on Friday 21 October between 1 and 2 p.m. It will be Rick's first interview done in bed (probably), because it will be around 6 in the Mexican morning at that time...

 

Two Mist-takes have been added to the music section of this site. They were performed live at Dutch radio programme VPRO Music Hall (De Avonden), on 6 September.

 

On Thursday 15 and Friday 16, Mist will play in Berlin again, at the music fair Popkomm. Check

www.popkomm.de or www.hotellounge.de for details or have a look at the giglist. Other bands that join Mist on stage are a.o. Monoland from Berlin and Absynthe Minded from Belgium. It will be the third collaboration with the new, Belgian Mist-sound technician Joachim.

Rick will try to find some time to write a 'music business diary'  (in Dutch) for the website of VPRO. Check www.3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/landkaart/index.jsp, section Amsterdam, to verify if he has been lucky.

 

 25 August 2005

Coming Thursday 1 September, Mist kicks off the autumn tour in Paradiso in Amsterdam at 8 p.m., supporting the Finnish space-poprockers 22 Pistepirkko. Tickets 10 euro. After that, in the big hall, there is a show with the remainders of 80s-legends Frankie Goes to Hollywood.... Relax.  

 

There is a new Dutch booking agency that will take care of new Mist-shows in The Netherlands. The Alternative is a fresh agency under guidance of Willem Venema, former head of programming at Mojo/Double You Concerts. Other alternative acts from the Benelux booked by The Alternative are for example Bettie Serveert, Voicst, Absynthe Minded and Pete Philly. Check www.thealternative.nl for more information.

 

This week, from Monday to Friday, Mist can be heard every day on the national (Spanish) radio programma Siglo XXI on Radio 3, presented by Tomás Fernando Flores. If you click on the direct link  www.rtve.es/rne/audio/sr3w.htm, you can listen to it on-line. Rick also gives a short explanation in Spanish about every song broadcasted. And: last Saturday, national daily newspaper El País wrote a nice review on Bye Bye. The other important daily paper, El Mundo, followed a week after that.

 

Mist - Bye Bye is now  also available through www.youmakemusic.com, a musically interesting platform for good record labels such as Sally Forth, Volkoren, Excelsior and artists such as Solo, Solex, Anderson, Brown Feather Sparrow, At the Close of Everyday etc.... Besides, there is a short column by Rick about his experiences with the internet.  Soon, all relevant Mist- and Astro-music will be for sale on this site.

 

No, but one of the new Mist-songs, Weightless, can be found on a cd-sampler that goes with the Dutch magazine Jazz, available in almost every book store, tobacco shop and gas station.

 

This Sunday 26 June, between 7.00 and 8.00 p.m.,  you can listen to two live songs by Mist on the popular Dutch Radio show Opium. Check for more info: www.kunsttribune.nl/opium. It is also possible to visit this show. It starts at 7 p.m. and entrance is free. Address: De Plantage (next to entrance of Artis Zoo), Amsterdam.

 

Rick's 'other project', Live in the Living, is organizing a nice intimate Mist-tour in people's homes.

Between 1 July until 10 July, the acoustic version of Mist will play living rooms in different Dutch villages and cities. If you want to attend one of these concerts, check out the website www.liveintheliving.nl and register before it's too late. Apart from Mist, artists such as Brown Feather Sparrow, Marijn Wijnands, Mist's own Arthur, Kamino, André Manuel, Kamino, Lawn, JP den tex, Tom America etc. etc.. will show up too.  

 

Mist found a new fine bass player. His name is Bart van Kuijk, he uses four strings and has played in bands such as Chishango and Bukowski. Bart replaces Jeroen, who has left the band due to lack of time and slight musical differences. Tomorrow, 7 June, Bart will have his first gig with Mist in SPC, Nijmegen.

 

Dutch fans can check Mist on the radio: Saturday 4 June 2.00 p.m., Radio Noord-Holland De Muziekafdeling (interview, album). Sunday 5 June, between 12.00 and 1 p.m.: Kink FM Oeverloos (interview, album). All week: www.radioexit.nl and next week, Bye Bye is 'cd of the week' at  www.laserradio.nl

 

Mist wants to thank everybody for being in de Melkweg yesterday evening, during their cd-presentation show (and Brown Feather Sparrow's). Read a nice concert review in today's issue of NRC Handelsblad.

 

Two new Mist-tracks have been added to the music section of this website. Check them out. 

On www.8weekly.nl, you can win a Mist-single. Don't forget the upcoming Mist- and Brown Feather Sparrow-cd-presentation show on this Thursday 26 May in the Melkweg. Tomorrow 23 May, Bye Bye will officially be released in Mist's second home country Spain.

 

For the first time in its history, the broadcast of the radio programme VPRO 3voor12 was interrupted due to a technical problem. During at least 8 minutes, the Dutch listeners were deprived from sound. The unfortunate thing about this is that it happened just while Mist was playing its live show on the very same programme..... VPRO will 're-broadcast' part of the lost  tracks now on coming Wednesday, 18 May, in the same programme, between 10.00 p.m. and 01.00 a.m. On their website www.3voor12.nl, you can hear part of the Mist-show. Tracks played: How to Drain the Swamp, Hips of the Year, Relapse in Time, Only for a Moment and Name.

 

The first 100 people who buy the new Mist-album Bye Bye at the following cd-stores, will get 1 free entrance for the cd-presentation gig at the Melkweg on 26 May: Concerto (Amsterdam),  Get Records (Amsterdam) and the Plato-stores in Utrecht, Rotterdam, Groningen, Deventer, Zwolle, Leiden, Apeldoorn and Enschede. Run.

 

Coming Wednesday 11 May, Mist will play a set of 5 new songs on VPRO's live radio 3FM show Club 3 voor 12, together with a.o. Admiral Freebee(www.3voor12.nl).  On Saturday 14 May, you can tune in to TROS Muziekcafé on Radio 2, where MIST will play three songs (between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.)

 

On Tuesday 26 April, the new MIST-album Bye Bye was reviewed by D.J. Arensman in the Dutch national newspaper Het Parool. Check www.parool.nl and click on Muziek. Another nice album review by J.W. Broek, on www.subjectivisten.org. Another smash review in Aloha. Click here to read them all.

 

This week, the 3-track single Only for a Moment arrived safe and well at the Dutch MIST-office. The B-side of the single is called Weightless . Both songs will be on the album that is about to be released now (26 April). The C-side of the single is an album-outtake called Wanted, Baby.  A very up one: for all of you heartbreakers and broken hearted. So, tune in to your favourite radio station or buy the single here.

 

Welcome to the brand new website of MIST.  A lot of things will happen between today and tomorrow. First things first: this website has been constructed by Constantijn (www.1site1.nl) and the design idea was brought to us by our own Jeroen. Have a walk, take a look. And write down 26 May in your agenda to start with (see gigs).