the loveshakes

Quercus (lat.) = the oak tree; Renatus = a unique name; Renatus (lat.) = the reborn one; Quercus renatus = a special oak species; quercusrenatus = songs to make your day!



'qr' is a young man with a special interest in music. He spend the last couple of years with his acoustic guitar. In fact, he started to play guitar on an old mandolin, that he inherited from his grandmother. Only a few years later, he bought himself an old acoustic guitar from his schoolfriend. The same instrument he is still playing today. He always found it easier to compose his own songs, rather than learning to play songs from others. Doing that, hes developed his very own style (actually out of a unableness than out of creativity), which is a combination of his soft voice with lovely indie-melodies and strumming blurry guitarplaying. The guitarplaying somehow seems (at first) kind of unusual in comparison with now-a-day radio rock/pop music. Thats because there are lots of changing rhythms and tempi. Though now, it is quite difficult to fit that into the context of a band. Maybe thats why he never tried to play in a band. The style could be called singer/songwriter. Thus a very unspecified genre; its some kind of (acoustic) guitar-based indie-rock music.



Singing in english as a german sometimes seems difficult. For him there was actually no choice - it is easier! cos the english language has a flow that fits quite good to rock/pop struktures. German though has a rough edge to it that works like a stakkato on an otherwise smooth flow.
The songs can be very different. They varify from a slow balad calmness (first date) to upbeat rock- stomping vividness (golden smile).



In case you like qr's music, you're most welcome to contact me, drop a comment or ask me to become your friend.



I will not accept selfpromoting bands.



Visions:
Renatus Derbidge ist ein junger Berliner, der auf seiner Gitarre wunderbar zurückgenommene Blätterbrisen-Nummern im ästhetischen Geiste von Weakerthans, Death Cab For Cutie oder Nada Surf spielt und dabei mit dieser entwaffnenden Stimme singt, die über ihre eigene Euphorie erstaunt. (Uschmann)