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go back further please go to the below sites.
>>AQUA:
http://www.aqualouise.co.uk/aqua/
>>LENE:
http://www.theaquaria.net
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>>SØREN'S NEW PROJECT -
LAZYBOYTV CD/DVD<<
Source: POPSHOP
Added: 18th Augest 04
TO BE HONEST I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROJECT IS BUT HERES SOME INFORMATION THAT
I HAVE GOT.
Hey guys, Søren has a new project called LazyboyTV, heres the web
site where you can check it out www.lazyboytv.com.
It will be released in Denmark on 30th August, the first edition comes with a
free DVD and the Catalogue number is 9867058.
 Heres some unofficial
information
The album is called "Lazyboy Tv", and the first single is called
"Facts Of Life" - it's already being played on Danish radio.
This is the tracklist:
1. Are You Qualified?
2. Facts Of Life
3. Inhale Positivity
4. Desiderata
5. I Love N. Y.
6. The Manual (Chapter 4)
7. Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
8. Man Woman (Yin & Yang)
9. This Is Truth
10. We Only Read The Headlines
11. It's All About Love
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>>RENE'S NEW BOOK "Popdreng"
HARD ON LENE<<
Original Source: BT
and VG
-
Taken From: Aqua
2001; used with permission.
Added: November 6th 04
Rene' Dif Is Hard On
Lene Nystrøm In new Book
In new book In his
new book "Popdreng" former Aqua-member Rene Dif claims he had to carry
a stoned Lene Nystrøm off the Stage in Tønsberg.
GETS THE BLAME: Rene Dif blames Lene Nystrøm the blame for Aqua's split in
2001. Lene herself put the collapse down to a bad combination of allergy
medicine and beer. 
- I'd taken some allergy pills and before the concert I drank a few beers. But
then the show suddenly went wrong. I had to go off the stage several times to
throw up, she said to VG a few days after the performance two years ago. Rene
Dif goes on to describe how he threatened angrily "to kick the manager in
the head" if he didn't go and get Lene Nystrøm down from the stage
immediately.
Criticism
Finally he had to go up and get her himself and carry her backstage. There he
tried to wake Lene up with the words: - You have to remember that there's more
than one person up there on stage. Don't do this again This is not exactly the
unreserved explanation of affection Dif gives his ex-girlfriend in the book
which comes out on Monday. Dif tells the details on himself - and Lene Nystrøm:
- Lene was vain, egotistical, and unprofesssional, says Dif in the book, and
blames Nystrøm for the group's final dissolution in 2001. In the book, as
reported in Danish B.T., Dif writes about how Lene suddenly disappeared, minutes
before the band had to go on stage for the TV programme "Top of the
Pops" in Germany.
Jealousy
Many times arguments and jealousy [? not sure of meaning of krangling og sjalusi]
between Aqua's two front figures threatened to break up the band, writes Dif in
the book. And the author spares no details when it comes to his own life either.
In the book, the former sailor tells how he was sent to boarding school in South
Zealand in Denmark, where many of the students wanted to experiment with each
other sexually. School corridors became [det etter hvert så som så med?].
After a steady stream of illegitimate activities in the daytime and petty crimes
at night, Dif was sentenced to two years in jail for stealing money from the
cash desk.
Eventually he had good luck. Thanks to a meeting with a DJ from Barbados and
employment on a Danish boat, where he met Lene Nystrøm: In 1996 the single
"Barbie Girl" became a million-selling hit all over the world. Now,
seven years later, it's a completely different woman from Lene Nystrøm who is
important in Rene's life, if we believe the author. Today it's his daughter Danielle
who means everything to Dif. - I idolize her, but I also have a guilty
conscience for all the years with Aqua when she had to do without me, tells Dif
in the 308-page book. In the autobiography, Dif writes that he and Aqua-Lene
split up as friends "but that's not the feeling you get as a reader"
[?meaning of "kjøper"] writes the B.T. review.
Dif Uncensored
Rene Dif reveals all
in his new book; the details we haven't previously been allowed to know.
He has heart and family problems, experience with cocaine and speed, has used
the services of a groupie, and has enough money to last a lifetime.
Once he even got crown-prince Frederik into a nightclub in St Tropez when the
crown-prince otherwise would have been refused entry, yet on another occasion he
wouldn't move over for Prince in a London club. "I couldn't give a flying
fuck whether it's Prince or anyone else."
This is about Aqua's Rene Dif and the revelations from his life as a
"Pop-boy" in the book of the same name, which is released by
publishers Lindhardt & Ringhof on the 10th November.
Offers from
groupies
On sex life as a single popstar: "I didn't become someone just jumping to
right and left. Maybe a little to the right...?" he writes, but only once
has he taken up a groupie's offer. "I saw her. She saw me. She came over.
There were a few minutes of talking - it got really strong. She was gorgeous. I
was drunk. So we left. Took a cab. Drove back to my hotel. Screwed around [N.B.
I am guessing the meaning of 'bummelum' - not in my dictionary!] and then she
ran off. I never even found out her name."
Drugs and jet-set:
On drugs "Some
musicians... think that drugs are necessary just to get by, others are more
sensible and leave them alone. At one time I wasn't so sensible. I experienced
parts of the drug scene at all the big jetset-parties - especially in France,
Monaco and England."
On the millions, the precise sum of which is known only by a few economic
advisers: "I think if people knew how much it was, they would be more pain
in the ass than they have been beforehand. I don't know whether life is better
now, because I can buy a Ferrari and some Rolex watches? I could easily sit down
and not lift a finger for the rest of my days, but I wouldn't be
satisfied."
We also hear about his guilty conscience in relation to his now 13-year-old
daughter Daniella, who he had as a 22-year-old. The same goes for his family -
his mother and algerian father who split up the same year he was born, and his
childhood living with grandparents, in streets and alleys with changing schools,
where he "actually only attended to steal other childrens' lunches".
And how he had to pay rent to live at home from the age of 14, and delivered
newspapers or collected bottles to earn money.
There is also an insight into how his relationship with ex-girlfriend Lene
Nystrom was strained - and indeed, what man could hack staring at his ex at work
for 24 hours a day, for many years, without problems, when they're no longer
together?
And we hear some of the discussions leading up to the release of Aqua's 3rd
album, that instead turned into their break-up, among other things, because Rene
felt that it was more like a Lene-solo: "We damn well tried to find a place
for you, but it's difficult" said songwriter and Lene's husband Søren
Rasted.
Finally, readers can ponder over the fact that Rene, according to the many
repeating passages and chapters about the Press's handling of him and Aqua -
finally concludes that "To tell it like it is, I don't read any of the
stuff that's written about me".
We hope for Rene's sake, that all 400,000 former Aqua-buying Danes don't do the
same.
Besides his book, Rene Dif is taking a career-break after his sentencing for
violence against ex-girlfriend Ibi Støving. Perhaps a wise move, as his new
book discloses that he has on several occasions been admitted to hospital in
Copenhagen with heart problems caused by stress.f.
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>>LENE IN THE UK WITH
SINGLE<<
Source: PLAY
WITH LENE - KATE BUSH MAD
Added: 11th April 04
According to Play with Lene (Kate mush mad) Lene will be going to the Uk on the
15th June. Her plans are that 'Here We Go' will be her next single in the UK
& Japan, 'Scream' will be her single in Canada and 'Pants Up' MAXI will be
her single for the rest of Europe. It is rumoured that another version of the
album will come out with these releases which include songs only released on
B-side singles or the Japanese Version of Play with me!!
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>>NEW LENE REMIXES FOR
HERE WE GO<<
Source: KING
OF BEATS
Added: 1st December
I found
a few sources that stated that the song by Lene - 'Here We Go (Kurtis Mantronik
Mix) (White Label) existed, the news is dated SUNDAY MARCH 30 2003, which means
that it was done before Lene's album came out, hopefully this is a sign that the
song Here We Go will be released after Pretty Young Thing which is
due for releases early-mid December.
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>>LENE SECOND SINGLE NAMED<<
Source: http://www.aqualene.cjb.net
Original source BT
Added: 1st November
Lene's
second single has been named and it's .... "Pretty you thing". This is
the single that will hopefully increase Lene's Album sales which are
disappointing.
Original
Article:
" Published October 11, 2003"
Lene Nystrøm - no success with solo album.
According to
the Norwegian daily VG, the album is on a disappointing 72nd place on the
national charts, which means sales of a few hundred records. "We are a
little disappointed about the sales in the first week. We believe we will
correct that with 'Pretty Young Thing', single number two", says Morten
Jensen, marketing director for Universal Music.
"Source: B.T.":
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>>RENE'S NEW SINGLE,
"The Uhh Uhh Song."<<
Source: BT
- Aqua
2001; used with permission.
Added: August 12th
Rene
Dif is ready with his new single, "The Uhh Uhh Song."
Since his time with Aqua,
Rene Dif has tried to find his own musical niche and universe - and it looks as
though he's found it with this new single.
It's a hot party number that many package-tour-happy Danes are likely to
experience under parasols in the south. And certainly at night dancing with the
travel company reps.
The song can be described in short as 'DJ Ötzi meets the Baha Men, and although
this sounds like a potent cocktail, it's difficult to get it out of your head
when you've heard it a few times. Rene Dif is a bundle of energy on stage, so
take it from us, you'll get the total Beach Party experience when you meet the
new Rene Dif.
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>>LENE CANCELLED IN
AUSTRALIA<<
Source: Sanity
website.
Added: 30th September
Lene's album and
single releases has been cancelled in Australia for unknown reason. It is
believe to actually be postponed, because of the lack of interest in Denmark and
other countries. Lenes record company may want to see how well it goes in other
countries and then they may decide on weather it is worth releasing in Australia,
if it is released it will be in early 2004. Lene's single IT'S YOUR DUTY was suppose
to be part of a "way cool holiday promotion" but currently is not
involved in the radio promotions. Australia is one of the more accepting
countries of music like Lene's and it is a disappointment that she is not releasing
her solo career in Australia.
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>>PLAY WITH ME JAP INFO
AND INTERVIEW<<
Source: UNIVERSAL
MUSIC JAPAN.
Added: 13th September
Here is the
information for Lene's solo release in Japan which does have an OBI strip which
is not shown.
LENE - PLAY WITH ME
Cat Number: UICP-1042
Release Date: 21st September 2003
Tracks:
1. Virgin Superstar
2. Pretty Young Thing
3. It's Your Duty
4. Play With Me
5. Bad Coffee Day
6. Here we go
7. Bite You
8. Up in Smoke
9. We wanna Party
10. Pants Up
11. Surprise
12. Scream
BONUS JAPANESE TRACKS
13. Doin' It to you
14. Paper Bag
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>>LENES RELEASE INFO FOR
AUSTRALIA<<
Source: SAIN Music Mag Issue 62
Aug 2003.
Added: August 12th
Its
confirmed for all Lene's fan's In Australia, Her album "Play with me"
is being released on the 6th October with single "Its your Duty" being
released on 18th September. The debut single It’s Your Duty will be part of
the "Way Kool" school holiday’s singles campaign in September, which
will be supported by marketing. The tracks for the album are as followed:
1. Virgin Superstar
2. Pretty Young Thing
3. It's Your Duty
4. Play With Me
5. Bad Coffee Day
6. Here we go
7. Bite You
8. Up in Smoke
9. We wanna Party
10. Pants Up
11. Surprise
12. Scream
13. Doin' It to you
14. Paper Bag
Her album is being released in other countries on the 29th September, MAKE SURE
YOU ALL GO OUT AND BUY THE ALBUM... If the Aussie album has bonus tracks or is
different to the others contact me and I will be happy to buy you a copy and
send it your way (you paying that is lol)
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>>AQUA SPLIT
CAUSED BY SUCCESS<<
Source: BT
- Translated by Aqua
2001 and used with permission.
Added: August 12th
Aqua's hits
made millions roll in. But success tore them apart, and today 'the fantastic
four'
hardly see each other.
When it fell to pieces, it was just a business friendship. For almost 5 years,
Aqua were constantly in each others' company and the media spotlight. But one
day, 22 months ago, the bombshell dropped: Aqua split up!
Since then we haven't heard much from the 3 jellyfish and the Norwegian mermaid. They turned their backs on the
pop world and on Denmark. Simply had enough of it all. And of each other.
When they were on top, Lene, Rene, Søren and Claus repeatedly confirmed that
their special friendship was a big part of the recipe to success. But today the
4 members hardly see each other. Apart from Lene and Søren, who are of course
happily married.
None of them will talk about it. But even with the release of their second album
in February 2000, there were signs of problems, Søren Rasted told B.T.
"We had been together so much, I got the feeling we were almost too good
friends. You should always keep a little distance from each other otherwise it
becomes like a marriage. It's healthy to keep a few things to yourself so you
have something to talk about. There was a time in Aqua when we didn't. We were
so unsure where we stood with each other, because we had been together so much
yet didn't have anything together".
It was a year later in a restaurant in London, over a pizza and a few glasses of
wine, that they realised that the best times lay behind them. "It was with
relaxed but clear vision, that we parted. We all needed a bit of breathing space
from each other" they later told B.T.
Since then, Rene has worked with Claus a bit, but has hardly seen the others.
Even Claus and Søren hardly see each other, despite being each other's best man
at theirs weddings and being friends for many years before Aqua.
According to the press release from Universal Music, the split happened - that
was actually not a split but a "break" - because of a "lack of
spark".
But above the direct effects on each other, it was also, indirectly, the 3
weddings that led to the funeral of Aqua on the 14th August 2001 - 11 days
before Lene and Søren's idyllic wedding, in Søren's confirmation church in
Blovstrød in North Zealand.
Claus Norreen was the first to get married, in August 2000, in bare feet at
Valdemar Castle on Tåsinge, to music journalist Siggy Madsen from the teen
magazines Chili and Frikvarter. He wanted a normal life with wife and children.
Tired of a life under pressure and stress.
But the drops that made the aquarium overflow, fell when Lene and Søren shocked
everyone when suddenly in May 2001 they got married in Las Vegas. No-one -
including Rene and Claus - even knew that they were in a relationship, but after
7 years as friends, they has just suddenly fallen in love. It was particularly
hard for Lene's ex-boyfriend Rene to take.
"It's difficult when you are four, you have a job, and then you suddenly
become 3 (Lene and Søren were like one person), and I believe in the old saying
that three's a crowd. At the end there was a debate every time we had to make a
decision, and it burns you out" Rene told B.T.
Of his and Lene's relationship, Lene says that "Rene and I are too similar
to be a couple. We are both far too impulsive and temperamental to be
together". And as if their previous relationship didn't make things
complicated enough, it also affected Rene's relationship to the new couple, that
his girlfriend Ibi Støving lived together with Carina Jensen, who Søren dumped
so suddenly for Lene.
Additionally, Rene felt frozen out of the music composition by Soren and Claus.
"My needs were not being fulfilled at the end. I was less involved with all
the new things on the third album. I had already been cut down on the second
album, and now I was going to be cut down again. I wasn't interested in
that".
Before it came to be "a workplace" and "hard routine" the Danish-Norwegian
goldfish were highly successful, with the title of all-time best selling Danish
act in popular music.
As late as May 2001, their light shone over an audience of 38,000 fans and 100
million TV viewers during the vote-counting at the Eurovision song contest,
where they played a medley of their biggest hits with Safri Duo as guest
artists, emphasised by the light and smoke from 550 fireworks.
One month later they launched four new numbers from the third album, on a mini
tour that began with Lene almost collapsing on stage in her home town of
Tønsberg,
and culminated before over 20,000 festival-goers at Roskilde.
The music went more towards the rock direction, yet still with their trademark
lyrics: funny. Finally they went on the Grøn koncert tour. And 2 weeks later it
was over. Career and friendships up in smoke.
NEWS: (July
7, 2003)
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"Ex-Aqua singer Lene Nystrøm will be releasing her first solo single
"It's Your Duty" in September, with the full-length album
"Play with me" to follow in September or October." Source www.itsatrap.com
Track listing includes
-Surprise
-It's your duty
-We wanna party
-Up in smoke
-Pretty young thing
-Play with me
-paper bag |
-Keep your pants on
-Here we go
-Doing it to you
-Bite you
-Bad coffee day
-As good as it gets |
NEWS: (May
6, 2003)
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Was watching Australian TV tonight on channel 10 and got the shock of my life,
Coke a Cola have a new add to promote their product and have redone a version of
Rene' Difs first solo single "Let it all out", It is very different
though a lot faster, it is based on Rene's single Let it all out not the original
Push it Single, because they say "Push Push it real Good" and that's
only in Rene's version. The let it all out single was not released in Australia.
NEWS: (January
11, 2003)
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Shit, It's been a while since I have updated this section, Anyways theirs 2 more Aqua releases in the Pipe Line these are as
followed:
(1)>>>>>>
NAME: AQUA MANIA REMIX Vol.2
RELEASE DATE: New release date undetermined As yet.
CAT NUMBER: UICO-2006
DESCRIPTION: The 2nd AQUA remix album. Includes” Cartoon Heroes" (a single off their big hit album” Aquarius"),"Around The World”,” Bumble Bees", and expected to contain material previously not released in Japan.
(2)>>>>>>
NAME: The Video Collection [Initial pressing only limited release]
RELEASE DATE: 2003/02/19
CAT NUMBER: UIBO-9002
DESCRIPTION: Priced-down limited reissue of the DVD, Includes Extra Material from previous The VIDEO COLLECTION
E-MAIL ME:
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