CD: POR 1961
RELEASED: 2006
LABEL: PopOne

Disc 1:
01. Shades Of The Night
02. Bewitched & Bewildered
03. Drama Queens
04. Still Alive
05. Valley Of Blue Flowers
06. Inner Walls Of Stone
07. Meet Me In The Next Life
08. After The Fire
09. Underneath The Skin
10. Rusty Cars Break Down
11. Bone Breaking Days
12. Prelude

Disc 2:
01. Martha's Harbour [All About Eve]
02. Circle [Edie Brickell]
03. Walk This World [Heather Nova]

A project that recorded and gigged sporadically throughout the late 1990s, White Rose Transmission consisted of guitarist and vocalist Adrian Borland (the Outsiders, the Sound), vocalist Carlo van Putten (the Convent), keyboardist and guitarist Florian Brattman, and violinist David Maria Gramse. They released 2 albums that received critical acclaim in Germany and were nominated for several German alternative music awards. Unfortunately, with the sudden and unforeseen suicide of Adrian Borland, the project came to a grinding halt. Carlo continued his carreer with his band The Convent and also started a new band called Dead Guitars who will be releasing their debut album by the end of this year. He was also planning to release a solo album which would include a variety of songs which he had written over the last 4 years together with Rob Keijzer (guitar). But with the renewed involvement of original WRT collaborators Mark Burgess (The Chameleons, bass), Florian Bratmann and David Maria Gramse (violin) he decided to release the album under the monniker of White Rose Transmission and dedicate the album to Adrian, and to the legacy Adrian left with his music. Bewitched & Bewildered is different from it's 2 predecessors because it's merely an acoustic (guitar) album with added touches of bass, violin and keyboards to complete the palette. It's is a beautiful and delicately crafted release celebrating human emotions and human values and the delicate balance and quiet power of both. The varied qualities of the guitars set against keyboards and percussion interweave an ever-expanding air of warmth and reverence as the soft spring winds begin to thaw the harsh winter cold. The bonus disc includes 3 excellent acoustic cover versions of All About Eve, Edie Brickell and Heather Nova, the songs are perfomed by Carlo van Putten on vocals with Marty Willson-Piper and Martin Bosker on guitar.

Influences / Similar Artists:
The Convent, Mark Burgess, Adrian Borland, Marty Willson-Piper