Line of Life is the very first song i wrote for the Spinshots. Just before we quit after 9 or 11 years (i forgot what it was) this version made it to be the B side of the singe ‘Balkan Dinosaur’, and I am really happy we recorded it. It never reached it’s full potential but i still like to hear it – there are some versions on the web so give it a try 😉

I wrote ‘Balkan Dinosaur’ for the Spinshots in an attempt to mix ‘Balkan’ with ’70s ‘glam’Rock. It’s part of the EP series ‘Seven Bullets, One Gun’ in which we unfold a story about a young woman being murdered. Fans can find out who the killer is by following clues from lyrics and the graphic designs of the covers.

Cover for the EP ‘Balkan Dinosaur / Line of Life’ by the Spinshots. Part of the EP series ‘Seven Bullits, One Gun’: The Spinshots brought out this series over their last year of existence but never quite finished it. The idea was that the album was a ‘Whodunit’: it tells the tale of a murdered young woman and listeners can guess who the killer is by following cues from lyrics and design.

Cover art for ‘Love Antenna’ and ‘Cuba Libre’ EP by The Spinshots.

Poster promoting the single ‘Balkan Dinosaur’ by the Spinshots. The poster is made from squares so we could upload a square at the time on instagram, building suspension with giving information about the event bit by bit through instagram.

Logo for the Spinshots during the ‘seven Bullets’ period.

‘Love Antenna’ was the final song I wrote for the Spinshots. I think it is one of our best productions – I really love everything about it.

‘Cuba Libre was written by Ruud ‘Trompie’ Kleiss and me, and the lyrics are by Flora Dolores and me. At the time we called the music of the Spinshots ‘Neo Exotica’ – which meant a danceable kind of beat-music mixed with Latin, African, eastern European and Indian music.

Part of the singles series ‘Seven Bullets, One Gun’ – with clues in the artwork and the lyrics.
Emanuel Wiemans made this beautiful drawing and I did the design.

Love Antenna is one of the last songs i wrote for the Spinshots. i made it a habit on the covers for the single series ‘Seven Bullets, One Gun’, to already show a propagation for the next single. This would be ‘The Great Black Open’ – hence the space girl.

Seven Bullets, One Gun was meant as a whodunit, our fans could solve a murder with hints in the lyrics and sleeve designs. But i already knew by the time Love Antenna came out, that this was our last single. Hence the seven lost & lonely astronauts.

‘Seven Bullets, One Gun’ was an EP series by the Spinshots. The idea was that we made a ‘Whodunit’ over 7 vinyl singles. Clues about the murder of a Romanian runaway girl were given in the texts and the covers.

Note: the drawings on the first two covers were made by Emanuel Wiemans, the drawings on the last two covers were made by me.