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Initially envisioned as a softer, cleaner version of the Air album, Pure Air ended up becoming a unique collaborative endeavour that unknowingly set a standard for the future in Anneke's solo career. Along with a handful of songs from Air stripped down to acoustic form, Pure Air boasted nine cover songs recorded with musicians including Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Danny Cavanagh (Anathema), Marike Jager, and Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, The Gentle Storm) to name a few, going so far as to revisit previous collaborations in new form such as Ayreon's 'Valley Of The Queens' and her own 'Day After Yesterday'.
- Carl Begai

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released July 3, 2020

Recorded in The Void, Eindhoven, the Netherlands by Pieter Kloos and at Anneke's Sunny Side Up Studio by Rob Snijders

Mixed and mastered by Pieter Kloos
Artwork by Raj Scheijen
Cover photo by Paul Bergen

THE BLOWERS DAUGHTER
Words & Music by Damien Rice
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar, keys and backing vocals - Danny Cavanagh

BEAUTIFUL ONE
Words & Music by Anneke van Giersbergen
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen and Niels Geusebroek
Guitar - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar, bass guitar and backing vocals - Joris Dirks

WILD FLOWERS
Taken from the album: De Ontmoeting
Words & Music Frank Boeijen and Henk Hofstede
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar and backing vocals - Marcel Verbeek
Domra - Svetlana Tratch

DAY AFTER YESTERDAY
Words & Music by Anneke van Giersbergen
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen and Marike Jager
Keys - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar - Joris Dirks
Bass guitar - Jacques de Haard
Drums - Rob Snijders

COME WANDER WITH ME
Words & Music by Jeff Alexander and Tony Wilson
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen
Trumpet - Kyteman
Guitar - Joris Dirks

VALLEY OF THE QUEENS
Words & Music by Arjen Lucassen
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar - Arjen Lucassen
Cello - Dewi Kerstens
Flute - Ewa Albering

TO CATCH A THIEF
Words & Music by John Wetton and Geoff Downes
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen and John Wetton
Guitar - Joris Dirks

IRONIC
Words & Music by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar and backing vocals - Joris Dirks

WHAT’S THE REASON?
Words & Music by Niels Geusebroek, Van Essen and Tjeerd van Zanen
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen and Niels Geusebroek
Guitar - Niels Geusebroek
Space guitar - Joris Dirks

YALIN
Words & Music by Anneke van Giersbergen
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar and backing vocals - Joris Dirks
Bass guitar - Jacques de Haard
Drums - Rob Snijders

SOMEWHERE
Words by Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt
Music by Sharon den Adel
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen and Sharon den Adel
Guitar - Joris Dirks

WITNESSES
Words & Music by Anneke van Giersbergen
Vocals - Anneke van Giersbergen
Guitar - Joris Dirks
Bass guitar - Jacques de Haard

THE POWER OF LOVE
Words & Music by Peter Gill, Holly Johnson and Mark O'Toole
Vocals and guitar - Anneke van Giersbergen


The Blower's Daughter published by WB Music Corp. (Warner Chappel Music Inc.) Niels Geusebroek appears courtesy of Trinity Entertainment B.V.
Wild Flowers published by Boeijen Music
Marike Jager appears courtesy of Morning Coffee Records
Come Wander With Me published by Aspenfair Music Inc / Sony ATV Music
To Catch a Thief published by Willowsongs Ltd.
Ironic published by Aerostation Corporation / Universal Music Publishing
What's the Reason? published by Flotser Music / Shoot The Moon
Somewhere published by Mother Earth Publishing / Universal Music Publishing Sharon den Adel appears courtesy of Within Temptation
Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt are published by Mother Earth Publishing / Universal Music Publishing
The Power of Love published by SPZ Music

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Anneke van Giersbergen Eindhoven, Netherlands

Dutch vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen is easily one of the hardest working people in music and an artist that defies being pigeonholed by genre.

After thirteen years as the front woman for melancholic metallers, The Gathering, she struck out on her own in 2007. Since then, her creativity has known no bounds.

She tours on a regular basis all over the world, with band and solo.
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