In 2004 the former guitarists of the band High Five Jive, Jan Jaspers and Bart Lievens, returned. Along with their Dizzy Dimples companion Gert Servaes and pianist Wouter Haest they put together a completely new blues band: Voodoo Boogie. Let me say up front that this is no traditional blues band. We are thrown back and forth in a 12-song-long ritual. "Who Will Be Next", the first number on the CD, written by Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett), lets us know that we will have to keep alert throughout the next eleven songs. It is followed by the title track "Losing My Cool" in which a Hammond organ tries to deceive me and lure me into a dark world. With "The Voodoo Boogie" I am overtaken by a feeling of fear. Psychedelic sounds take hold of my spirit, the Hammond only intensifying the feeling. Do I hear the Doors? With this song the band is frighteningly close. Did I mention that this is no traditional blues band? That is obvious again with the song "I Gave You Love", with its Rhodes piano that tries to lure me into a sound that strongly resembles the Doors. The band pulls me into a dark world of musical adventure. Do I hear John Lee Hooker there again with "Walkin' the Boogie"? But... do not expect an exact copy of the original. The band fills it with their own unique sound. During a voodoo ceremony spirits or gods can take control of the minds of the participants, with music and dance playing a crucial role. For the moment I want to remain in this "musical intoxication", but who will pull me out when it is over?

Translation by: Amy Crawshaw