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":
This is a tune called Kalunga Dance, from my latest album Dark Horse, order it here or buy it at a concert, the next one is Brebl, Nijmegen 1 day after my birthday on 16th of April! Hope to see you there!In this performance, we featured percussionist/vocalist and world citizen Helene Jank. She lived and worked in Brazil for quite a while and I really think it's audible here. I love the way she and the band creates this moment of space within the concert and this is also why - I think - visiting concerts is important because then you get to experience the whole context of the concert. How is the program build up, how does the audience respond and what does music makes you feel. More info:Susanne Alt: sax, Matthijs Geerts and Ike van Bergen: keys, Thomas Pol: bass, Yoràn Vroom: drums, Helene Jank: percussion Performed at 16th of January 2026 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Recorded by Onno Prillwitz Filmed by Robert Glass and Albert Nooij. - 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
