The are, at least, four bands, plus one drum & bass producer known as Spook… Read Full Bio ↴The are, at least, four bands, plus one drum & bass producer known as Spook.

1) Spook's first love and first musical interest started with his four painted friends from the band KISS. Though his musical roots lay in the 1980's he learned to appriciate/love lots off other music like: Free, Kevn Kinney, Bruce Springsteen and his favorite rockband Tesla. It means that Spook can go from Heavy Rock to Singer-Songwriter which is actualy his way to write and to perform. All members of the band have different musical interests and that makes this band sounds unique! .. .. .. .. .. ..

Spook: (Vocals) Jeffrey Hurkens: (Guitars and Vocals) Thijs Westenberg: (Guitars) Armein Broer van Dijk: (Percussion) Jows Harmelink: (Bass) Robbert Plette: (Drums)

At the end of 2001 SPOOK released his first solo album called Colors. Songs written by himself and some (co-)writers who stands near by him. Heavy rocksongs like "Waitin'for the night" but also pop, blues and passioned ballads rumble in unstopable emotions through your speakers. During the recordings Spook surrounded himself with sounding names of the Dutch musicscene. Spook's songs are basicly a reflection of his heart and emotions, or based on a true story. The last 7 years Spook is surrounded by five also musical talents and madder their diverse musical interests the six gentleman created a very fine sound and are a real band. These guy's diserve lots of credits of what Spook is and how he and his band performes. It took a long time to record some new material and the new single of "The City" is Spook's newborn child and there is more to come. "The City" is recorded at short notice and this new single comes with a brand new video and is allready shown at myspace and you tube, there's live material on the shelf and Spook regained new energy and there are new songs to come. Spook played together in the last years with: Ian Parker, Laberinto, 16 Down, and Beef and played at several big festivals and in venue's that matters. Belgium, Scotland and Germany are the countries Spook is aiming at and all the fine venues in Holland. Either electric or acoustic, Spook wil grab you! The last months Spook hit the stage and it was magic again. New pictures are added to the slide shows and it shows a little bit of the energy that comes to you when you visit one of there shows. So be there the next time. Keep yourself informed!!! .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... ..Get Your Own!.. |

2) An interesting combination that comes together, for this one slice of Sheffield, UK sound sleeze, from 1999. Spook was, in short, a partnership of The All Seeing I & Moloko, with members: Richard Barratt & Dean Honer + Róisín Murphy (vocals) & Mark Brydon. This cocktail come together to present their contorted versions of grace jones' nightclub classic feel up.

The original is a dark bass bin blaster weaved together by an infamous "atmosfear" sample, with roisin wailing on fine form. This on a definite early morning riser to bring the dancefloor to life as it did busted out from danny tenaglia at the twisted party in miami at the recent winter music conference.

The remix comes from a few miles down the m1 which is courtesy of manchesters very own salt city orchestra. They take the track in another direction on a more laidback groove.

Polishing the tougher elements and pushing the track into a deeper mode along with tweaking the finer elements , one for the connoisseurs.

3) A band, from Australia, featuring Chanel Cole, Daniel Belle and electronic producers Statler and Waldorf. Spook's beautiful debut album is "The Dusk Sessions". It was formed when Statler & Waldorf approached Sydney based musicians Chanel and Dan to feature as guest vocalists on their new downtempo project. Meeting in Brisbane, everything changed when a studio session on the first night went horribly right. Starting as just a jam on some existing track ideas, a style and feel nobody had anticipated evolved as the session continued into the early hours of the morning. The next day the original plans and tracks were abandoned and the decision made to follow the new ideas to whatever their destination may be.

Six months later, the result is known as Spook, a band with an identity and style unmistakably their own. Reminiscent of early 90’s Trip Hop with elements of everything from jazz, blues and folk to electro and classical, Gascoigne's leftfield compositions and production mesh perfectly with Cole's intricate melodies and delicate lyrics while Belle's impeccable vocal harmonies and string arrangements add a rich lushness to offset Hede's sharp electro beats. Think Portishead or Massive Attack and you get a hint of what is on offer.

Live, Spook is fronted by Chanel. Dan provides harmonies, bass and guitar while Gascoigne (Statler) supplies the keys (rhodes, piano and synth lines) and Hede (Waldorf) manages the underlying sequences and beats.

‘The Dusk Sessions’ is an album that draws you in without having to demand attention. It is accessible yet emotionally sophisticated, Popular as opposed to Pop. "5 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon on the balcony having drinks with friends”. A before-and-after a big night out chill.

Written, produced, recorded entirely at the Statler and Waldorf studio in Brisbane 'The Dusk Sessions' is the antithesis of the formulaic Idol album, instead being a testimony to musical inventiveness and a healthy do-it-yourself attitude. Relying on strong songwriting rather than a conveyor-belt approach to music 'The Dusk Sessions' represents a refreshing change in direction for Australian music.

4) SPOOK – Dutch for GHOST - is a brand new trio by Simon Segers (De Beren Gieren, Black Flower) on drums, Nicolas Rombouts (Ottla, Dez Mona) on double bass and Filip Wauters (The Wodads, BackBack) on pedal steel and guitar.

What started in the summer of 2019 as a one-off meeting has now grown into a fully-fledged collective that breaks the boundaries between improv and composition with intense interplay and sparse themes. The prominent presence of the pedal steel gives SPOOK an allure of "free country" or "post western". Add some pulsating progrock rhythms and the free spirit and virtuosity of jazz and you capture the unique sound of SPOOK.

Filip Wauters: pedal steel, guitar
Simon Segers: drums
Nicolas Rombouts: double bass

Running Away
Spook Lyrics

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I couldn't stay, the walls were creeping in on me
I can't explain the reason for it
I've worn so many faces it's hard to find which one is mine now,
Run from so many places I don't know where I can go this time.

Can't keep running away from myself.

Every day I feel you creeping in on me

I can't explain the reason for it....
Well could this be love?

Oh, I've run from so many places I don't know where I can go this time

Can't keep running away from myself.

Overall Meaning

In Spook's song "Running Away," the lyrics describe the internal turmoil that the singer is facing. The walls are creeping in on him, and he doesn't know how to explain this feeling. Throughout his life, he has worn so many different masks that he's lost track of who he really is. He's been running from so many different things that he no longer knows where he can go. Despite this intense struggle, the singer realizes that he can't keep running away from himself.

In the second verse, the singer reflects on how he has been feeling the presence of someone else creeping in on him every day. He can't quite grasp the reason for it, and wonders if it might be love. Despite this possibility, he still feels like he's on the run, and doesn't know where to go next. The song ultimately ends on the same refrain - he can't keep running away from himself.

Overall, the lyrics to "Running Away" suggest that the singer is struggling with their identity, and has been running from something for a long time. They're starting to realize that they can't keep running forever - at some point, they need to face whatever it is they've been avoiding. The song is a poignant reminder that sometimes the only way to find peace is to confront the challenges we've been avoiding.

Line by Line Meaning

I couldn't stay, the walls were creeping in on me
I felt trapped and suffocated, like the walls of my surroundings were closing in on me and there was no way out.

I can't explain the reason for it
I am unable to articulate why I felt that way, what triggered it or how it came to be.

I've worn so many faces it's hard to find which one is mine now
I have put on different personas and adopted various roles to fit into different situations or impress others, to the point where I don't know who I truly am anymore.

Run from so many places I don't know where I can go this time.
I have tried to escape from many situations, people or problems in the past, but now I feel lost and uncertain about where to turn or what to do next.

Can't keep running away from myself.
I realize that all my efforts to escape or avoid dealing with my issues have been futile, as the only thing I can't escape from is myself and my own problems.

Every day I feel you creeping in on me
I sense a constant presence, a force or a feeling that is gradually encroaching on my space and affecting me in different ways, but I don't know what it is or how to stop it.

Well could this be love?
I wonder if this feeling, this influence or this person that is haunting me could be something positive, like an expression of love or connection, or if it's just another source of pain and confusion.

Contributed by Levi K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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