We pack a big punch! Roofs do come off!

Check us out on Bandcamp

Laura Vane Vipertones BandcampIt took a while but now we’re finally on Bandcamp as well. Looks like a great tool to promote our music to all of you out there. We tried to put all our releases up there so you can have a good listen and if you decide to support us, you can even buy it immediately from Bandcamp. Very cheap but you can always decide to donate more if you thinks it’s worth it ;-) Seems like you can also easily share it with all your friends since they supply sharing and embedding codes etc. So you know what to do, don’t wait any longer and have a peep. Hope you enjoy https://lauravaneandthevipertones.bandcamp.com/

New Single – Hot Money

Laura Vane & The Vipertones - Hot MoneyHot Money is the third and new single from Laura Vane and The Vipertones’ hugely colourful and diverse third album ‘BodyQuake’. Although on first listen this may sound like an all-out pop song, once you start to follow through the groove to the first chorus, you will feel yourself almost being subtly steered by the guitar, and the drums into the flow.  Laura delivers a seductive punchy vocal, whereas the keys are featuring very selectively and with character. You get the feeling that Laura and the band have been honing their craft further still to provide full-power catchy songs. It’s a total foot-tapper, that is until you feel the urge to get up and join in with the ‘ow ow ow ow’!  Continue reading→

BodyQuake das neue, dritte Album – SOUL TRAIN

laura-vane-viper-tonesWas “BodyQuake”, dass einmal mehr von Ton van der Kolk und Phil Martin (Aiff, The Jazzinvaders, Soul Snatchers –  der SOUL TRAIN berichtete) initiiert, eingespielt, arrangiert und produziert wurde (Martin ist als Produzent gelistet), von seinen Vorgängern unterscheidet ist sein noch einmal deutlich weiter aufgebrochenes musikalisches Spektrum, dass als Hauptzutat nachwievor retrospektiven Soul, Funk und Jazz sein Eigen nennt, jedoch stilistisch regelrecht virtuos Genregrenzen sprengt und diese mit einem stetigen Wechsel in den Tempi deutlich unterstreicht. Continue reading→

Musiccredo: “BodyQuake” is een album waar talent, speelplezier en muzikaliteit vanaf spat!

laura-vane-viper-tonesBodyQuake is het derde album van het Brits, Nederlandse collectief Laura Vane & the Vipertones. In 2008 is de band ontstaan door de samenwerking via Myspace tussen een aantal soulveteranen van eigen bodem en de Engelse souldiva Laura Vane. Songwriter en zangeres Laura Vane, ook wel “miss honey-over-sandpaper tones”genoemd, heeft een indrukwekkende staat van dienst. Zo bracht zij eerder albums uit met artiesten als The Streets en Gnarls Barkley. Continue reading→

Dusty Groove: a voice which has the kind of creative slink and groove that you’d find in an Amy Winehouse record!

An even more playful set than before from Laura Vane & The Vipertones – a record that still has some of the older funk and soul elements of previous releases, but which also comes across with a more contemporary vibe as well – a kind of bouncy, jaunty sort of soul that seems to work even better with Laura’s vocals! The singer’s got the kind of quirky charm you’d guess from her image on the cover – a voice that may not challenge Aretha Franklin for soul supremacy, but which has the kind of creative slink and groove that you’d find in an Amy Winehouse record. Instrumentation is mostly from the core combo – with lots of Hammond and Rhodes – and titles include “I Won’t Be Your Gun”, “Pictures”, “Just Do It”, “The Enemy”, “Delightfully Easy”, “Hot Money”, “Hi Fidelity Lover”, and “Silence”.  Dusty Groove about ‘BodyQuake’