Cape Sleep - Maria (Solo) | The Influences

CapeSleep (Kim Janssen) covers 'Maria' by ‪@thisissolotv‬ for The Influences.

Filmed at Stephan Siepermann‘s studio & workshop in Utrecht, The Netherlands as part of the tribute 'Solo, by other people'

Filmed by Matthijs van der Ven.
Audio recorded & mixed by Matthijs van der Ven.

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'Maria' is one of Kim Janssen’s favorites by Michiel Flamman, the artist now operating as Cape Sleep explains: “It is a very small subtle song about everyday things; a cleaning lady who never sees the people she works for. Something very small, but at the same time big and tragic. I think she works in that house as a kind of ghost and tries to make it her home. It’s melancholic and very beautiful and the same actually for the for the family. From the point of view that he sings it, is from the person who lives there and has the feeling like ‘There is a kind of watchful angel that we never see.’ It is just very beautiful, very melancholic and at the same time it has something very beautiful and positive. It also ends on a positive note that it's her home and wherever she is, she makes it her own”

Janssen actually picked three Solo songs as options, while we were arranging these recordings. “There are so many, and I started digging through the whole Solo discography, but Maria was really my first choice. I also remember that I did a living room tour with Michiel a long time ago and I always thought it was very beautiful when he played it. He was a bit done with the pop venues and he wanted to come with us. I think he had also just released the record Before We Part in 2008 with Maria on it. So, it was always just him and a guitar and that was very cool.”