K's Choice.de

Sep 13, 2010
Dear all,
Concerning our shows in Israel…
We never labeled our band as political, but since we consider ourselves to be concerned people who believe in human rights and in doing the right thing, we have a page on our site called “ACT!” in which we invite everyone to visit organizations we support, like Amnesty, Oxfam, Unicef, Avaaz, etc…
A while ago someone posted a letter on our website’s forum telling us how deeply disappointing it was to learn that we were playing Israel, especially because of our sympathy for these organizations who she, I believe in most cases rightfully, claims are pro boycotting Israel.
This, she added, makes us hypocrites.
Recently a blog has been set up inviting people to sign a petition to urge us, K’s Choice, to join the Israel-boycott by cancelling our shows there. The blog briefly explains the Israel-Palestinian situation, and concludes the only right thing to do for an international artist is to not perform in a country whose government is responsible for this.

We are politically aware, but no political experts, so the last thing we want to do is open a public politics debate on our site. It’s important to have these, but there are other sites more suitable for this (like the ones we put on our ACT!-page).
I am not writing this to question these blog-activists’ good intentions, nor to tell you the Israeli or the Palestinian authorities were/are guilty or innocent of certain crimes.
We do have our thoughts on this, but admit that we consider ourselves not to be sufficiently educated in politics to share this in a public forum.

I am simply writing this to share that in Tel Aviv we will be playing for the Israeli people, for our fans. We are musicians who live for sharing beauty with everyone who lives to do the same. I have met a lot of good people in Israel, as I have everywhere else in the world, which answer to this description.

I am convinced we would meet plenty of kindred spirits in say Ramallah, too.
Reading the messages on our forum I learned from a Belgian girl called An who’s currently living there that people cannot come to our shows, because they are regrettably being denied entrance to Israel.
As long as this is the case, I can only say we would very much welcome the thought of a local promoter contacting us about playing a show in the West Bank one day.
Like I said : we want to share our music with everyone who’s into it, so we would look forward to that.

Some of the organizations on our site have a different view from us on how to be part of a solution (boycott vs no boycott). That doesn’t mean we want to take them off our site. These organizations mean a lot to us and to the world. They make a difference, no matter how small, so we want them on there for people to discover.

If all of us, everywhere and all around the world (not just artists, I mean everyone and from every profession, and yes : activists, too) would decide only to work in countries whose leaders are righteous and pure at heart, there would be very little activity, and no progress whatsoever.

I’ve been thinking about writing this for months, and all this time I didn’t because I was under the impression common sense made it unnecessary. But apparently I was wrong: someone publicly questioned our integrity and I honestly believe they were wrong to do so.
Peace,

Gert

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Sep 29, 2010
After a long European festival season and with a golden album under their belt k’s Choice are ready to hit the road again for an extensive intimate venue European tour. For the first time after their comeback with Echo Mountain, and consequently for the first time in 8 years, the band will be visiting lots of major European cities such as Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Vienna, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Amsterdam, Rotterdam… and of course their own capital, Brussels, with a show in the legendary Ancienne Belgique! The tour starts on November 6th in Germany. All tour dates can be found on our tour page. As per now, all shows are on sale.

Oct 4, 2010
K's Choice's brand new album Echo Mountain, will officially be released on the UK market on October 18th. Order your CD copy right now and enjoy a special early bird price: 5 GBP per album (+ 2 GBP / shipping). This special price is valid until October 17th so don't wait too long before ordering your copy. Here’s the link... http://mim.io/5cf06

Oct 7, 2010
K's Choice just recorded a brand new song called "Between All and Nothing". It will appear on the 4th edition of “TeGek!?”, a charity CD to support awareness for psychiatric patients. Check out their site and the new album: www.tegek.be and www.sad.be. Other fine Belgian artists and bands participating are Yevgueni & Jan De Wilde, Customs, Neeka, Meuris, Willy Willy & Isolde Lasoen, Hannelore Bedert, A Brand, Freaky Age, Hautekiet & de Leeuw, Walter De Buck & Helmut Lotti, Roosbeef, Flip Kowlier, Milk Inc., Sien Eggers and the wonderful Isbells.
The album will be released on Friday October 8th.

...auch minder legale wege zu gehen um an die songs zu kommen...