Chabliz

We have one song that somewhat has an Xmas vibe, and that’s our version of ‘Imitating Angels.‘ Every year around this time, we share the music video with our little Christmas angel. The end of the year is also the time for the Snob 2000. And we’re in it again, thanks to your votes! We’re most grateful for that, thank you! At the time of writing this, the top 700 songs haven’t been announced yet, so we don’t know everything yet… What we do know is that our song Moon has reached position 1558 this year (up from 1505), and the song we recorded with our fellow musicians from the band Dizzy Panda, Bite My Tongue, has climbed nearly two hundred places, from position 1054 to 853. Both songs have been played on Pinguin Radio in recent days. We hope that a few more of our songs will make it into the Snob 2000 of Ondergewaardeerde Liedjes in the coming days.

Update 12/28: Today two other Chabliz-songs have been played in the Snob 2000 on Pinguin Radio: Our Joy Division song (the only cover on our Heroes and Foes album) New Dawn Fades reached the Snob on position 467 and our good old Nightporter song reached position 434! Thanks to you!

Over the past year, we’ve performed several live shows, including some livestream concerts featuring completely improvised music. We’re also working on new repertoire for our next album, and progress is going well. Many songs are being written, and some beautiful pieces are emerging. This year, we’ve rediscovered the synths, which has given our music a fresh new direction. In May we released our new music video: Senta, directed by Lars Smetsers and his wonderful team. In November Senta was one of the three nominees for Best Music Video by the prestigious The Hague Film Awards, by the The Hague Film Festival (THFF). In September this music video was selected for the Night of Short Films at Oogst in Hengelo. In June, Senta also was added to the Cool Top 20 Playlist on YouTube. And the Free 40 Alternative Charts placed our Senta song on their chartlist. On top of that the Dutch Alternatieve Muziekman wrote a nice article about it, and Pinguin Radio published an article on their site .

In the coming months, we’ll continue writing and recording new music; expect a new single or EP in 2025! We also have a few performances lined up, including a livestream concert on Sunday evening, January 5, and a show on February 2 as part of Gluren bij de Buren in Gouda. Also, our Senta music video will be screened on more short film festivals in Europe.

2024 was a good year for Chabliz, but not for the world. We hope 2025 will be a better year for everyone. We wish you a wonderful holiday season and a great 2025!

On the evening of Sunday, September 29, we performed another Livestream Concert, featuring completely improvised music on grand piano, analog synthesizers, double bass, and vocals. You can listen to parts of it here. Our next free Livestream Concert will take place on Sunday evening, January 5. Furthermore, we are spending this beautiful, warm autumn writing lyrics and arranging, rehearsing, and recording new songs for our upcoming EP. In addition, we’re working on arranging new performances.

Great news: In May we’ll release our new music video. Film director Lars Smetsers shot this music video, together with his wonderful crew. Our bandmembers have some ‘cameos’ in it… Curious for backstage footage? Go here, here and here (scroll down). The day before the video shoot our singer gave an interview (in Dutch) about Chabliz and the new music video to local radiostation Omroep Baarle, because the set was situated in this interesting village:

And we’re recording new songs again! In February we gave a few well-received live concerts in Gouda and Vlaardingen. At the moment we’re booking new concert dates again for the upcoming months.