Mavis Acquah wrote the lyrics of “The harder we fight (the sweeter the love)” and sings the lead and backing vocals. We met in august 2011, when we started working together with Roog and his act Hardsoul Live. It was the beginning of a series performances with Mavis until now, either with Roog, Dennis van der Geest or Dames Draaien Door/Ladies In The House and later Venus Tunes Live as well. We had so nice gigs together and I liked her voice so much that I decided to ask her if she was in for an adventure. She had attended the Lion King school (Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties), but has been working mainly with House producers for years, but a funk tune was maybe a bit out of the box? She was enthusiastic about it and just a few days before her daughter was born we finished recording the song. I love her bright but soulful voice and I am happy we are continuing to work together, with dj’s and also in combination with the Saxify remixes… Here's the result of "The harder we fight":
Today is the official release of my latest album Dark Horse!Pictured here: Susanne Alt and Dark Horse drummer Willie Jones III in The Hague a few weeks ago.Dark Horse, along with all other previous albums, is available in my shop. If you want to support me, this is the best way, apart from buying the items after a concert. If you order your CD or LP here you will get a handwritten card from me and I will post it personally :-) 100% of the revenue will go to the artist and her label.But Susanne, I thought Dark Horse was already released 2 weeks ago at your concert at Bimhuis?That was a sort of pre-release concert. I chose this moment to sell physical merchandise there because once there's a digital release, for some people it will lead to less physical sales. On the other hand, digital platforms are a chance to let people listen and let them decide how they want to listen. I get it, it's convenient, and I also use a lot of streaming media for learning music and teaching. Personally, I choose to buy an album when I really love the music and/or want to support the artist, especially if it's self-released. Did you know that it takes more than 2000 Spotify streams to equal a revenue of €10? Sometimes, at concerts I get into discussions, why I sell my cd's and vinyls so cheap?People tell me I should be charging €15 or even €20 per cd and €30 or €35 for an album. I feel I don't have to make more profit on top. I rather want to encourage you to buy some of my previous albums... and carry it the brand new tote bag :-)Also, we used the concert at Bimhuis for shooting video material. In about 2 weeks I will send a newsletter with an overall update, also including brand new footage of this new music, so stay tuned. Subscribe here (Subscribe form on the website).Other ways to buy Dark Horse:If you happen to have a gift voucher from bol.com, order it from there. There's distribution in Germany for the people that like to order it via WOM, HHV and other shops.Super happy to make this happen, also extra shout out to German distributor Plattenfirma to go. I wish there was a service like that in Benelux and other countries as well! I definitely can recommend their services.And, how convenient, since today Dark Horse is out on all digital platforms.Reviews and radio airplay are coming in one by one, mostly involved, interesting and positive responses. Sometimes I read that the expectations of the writer was different, or sometimes things are misunderstood, but you know, what really counts is that people take the effort to write about it!!! Writing about culture is important, wherefore thank you everyone who makes it happen. I really appreciate it and feel humbled. Thank you Jazzfuel once more again for the outstanding service and communication.From time to time, Incoming press will be added to the press section, so if you come back sometimes, you can see that it will be filling up. Also, if you want you can read around in our archives with all the articles about previous albums. - Mavis Acquah wrote the lyrics of “The harder we fight (the sweeter the love)” and sings the lead and backing vocals.We met in august 2011, when we started working together with Roog and his act Hardsoul Live. It was the beginning of a series performances with Mavis until now, either with Roog, Dennis van der Geest or Dames Draaien Door/Ladies In The House and later Venus Tunes Live as well.We had so nice gigs together and I liked her voice so much that I decided to ask her if she was in for an adventure. She had attended the Lion King school (Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties), but has been working mainly with House producers for years, but a funk tune was maybe a bit out of the box? She was enthusiastic about it and just a few days before her daughter was born we finished recording the song. I love her bright but soulful voice and I am happy we are continuing to work together, with dj’s and also in combination with the Saxify remixes… Here's the result of The harder we fight:Here's the Junie Morrison remix of it:Mavis and I together with Hardsoul Live.Read more of my scribbles? Go to my weblogBewarenBewaren
