August 2026:
In order to get the best rocksound possible and to have a like-minded guy at his side Charlie had to follow his gut. Digging deep the conclusion was that the main man for the job would be one of Charlie's all time songwriting rock-heroes: Henk Koorn. Henk is a beloved living legend in the Dutch alternative music scene and frontman of Hallo Venray.
In his spare time he's also the lead-guitarist in Joy Division Undercover keeping Joy Division's legacy alive... !
After a decent listeningsession on Charlie's demos Henk was excited enough to start as his sound engineer for Charlie's first EP. Right on!
Underneath are some links to the coolest sounding songs of Henk Koorn on which Charlie decided to reach out after him. After you've listened to some of his works, no explanation will be needed why Henk became Charlie's Rock Dude Sound Engineer. Henk is a Rocking Dinosaur man… and is still living it!
Hallo Venray-Two Feet, Charlie is digging the “Lou Reed vibe" on this one:
https://youtu.be/yMFrBolpsLY?is=Y4ZQK_gjTQtktxUW
Hallo Venray- 2 meter sessions live (1993, unplugged sessions), the first 3 songs Charlie knows by heart.
https://youtu.be/2l996vkHRus?is=PgpiA3wKg9RM85pl
Hallo Venray- She's a pilot: guitarsolo reflecting a plane, coming from their best album A Million Planes to Fly. Have a listen!
https://youtu.be/y14NSMsVcfI?is=zNBmnjvvX9NQs0Pd
Hallo Venray playing one of their first songs LIVE : Be someone: cool intro
https://youtu.be/FmPCfknWFN4?is=ZPDYXI8i6i2ij1Jz
Hallo Venray- Jazz, the song starts a bit particular but the outro definitely has the rocksound Charlie is after:
https://youtu.be/HoLq832nM3E?is=QuSOqs1j7dw42Kqh
Performance of Joy Division Uncovered- Transmission, on which Henk is the lead guitarist and carrying it ….. the soundengineer had a good day here!
https://youtu.be/RKLms4YmJXs?is=BkbhwUhNovtva7HP