At home

I saw your message, please hold on
Today I won’t have any time till I’m at home
My plate is packed
But I have plenty time tonight, when I get home

At home there’s time and peace sublime

So much gets done at home
No cortisol, no conference call
No cheesy pranks at home

You’re right, it’s true, my budget’s due
I’m in a meeting but I’ll get it done at home

At home there’s time and peace sublime So much gets done at home
No cortisol, no conference call
No boring chat at home

I have to skip the show tonight
I have to plough through lots of work tonight, at home

Do take a friend
I’ll be awake, so call me up when you get home

Lyrics: Bastiaan Geleijnse

‘A gospel for those consigned to cubicle life, Chris Abelen’s album captures the angst and ennui of the career office employee.’

– Band Camp Jazz Pick

Vocals: Lorena del Mar
Trumpet: Angelo Verploegen
Alto Saxophone: Floris van der Vlugt
Trombone: Chris Abelen
Baritone Saxophone: Tini Thomsen
Guitar: Thijs Huybens (solo)
Double Bass: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Drums: Yonga Sun

Lyrics: Bastiaan Geleijnse
Recording: Wedgeview Studios, except trombone, baritone sax, recorded ‘at home’.
Music, editing, mixing, mastering & production: Chris Abelen

Offsite weekend

We’ve been working for so long never took a rest
Our innovative talent crew
has followed vital changes through
to keep up with the best
But once a year we break away
from the office murk
in an informal rendezvous,
with pep talks, games and barbecue
we contemplate our work

chorus 1:
Offsite weekend
our team dynamics need review
and dogmas disappear
Offsite weekend
we talk projected revenues
until it’s time for beer

chorus 2:
Offsite weekend
We look each other in the eye
we do that once a year
Offsite weekend
creative visions multiply
Until it’s time for beer!

Lyrics: Bastiaan Geleijnse

‘A gospel for those consigned to cubicle life, Chris Abelen’s album captures the angst and ennui of the career office employee.’

– Band Camp Jazz Pick

Vocals: Lorena del Mar
Trumpet: Angelo Verploegen
Alto Saxophone: Floris van der Vlugt
Trombone: Chris Abelen
Baritone Saxophone: Tini Thomsen (solo)
Guitar: Thijs Huybens
Double Bass: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Percussion: Yonga Sun

Lyrics: Bastiaan Geleijnse
Recording: Wedgeview Studios, except trombone, baritone sax, recorded ‘at home’.
Music, editing, mixing, mastering & production: Chris Abelen

Nobody told me

Verse 1

I did not see it coming, I must have been blind
Amazing how clues just get blocked from your mind
When that meeting was cancelled, two weeks ago

appointments rescheduled twice in a row
and Martha came in without saying hello
But still I kept going, still I didn’t know

chorus

My company smart card bounced in the restaurant today
suddenly it all makes sense, they’re sending me away
My colleagues go on eating like nothing is wrong
But I know that they know I’m over and gone
A line is growing behind me and my tray
Maybe I’ll leave it here, just walk away
I finally get why Denise won’t call back
Why the beamer broke down while presenting to Jack And
why my proposal got ‘lost in the mail’
In hindsight it isn’t so hard to unveil

chorus

bridge

Nobody told me Everyone knew it’s over, I’m fired, I’m totally through
Nobody told me Everyone knew it’s over, I’m fired, I’m totally through

chorus

Lyrics: Bastiaan Geleijnse

‘A gospel for those consigned to cubicle life, Chris Abelen’s album captures the angst and ennui of the career office employee.’

– Band Camp Jazz Pick

Vocals: Lorena del Mar
Trumpet: Angelo Verploegen
Alto Saxophone: Floris van der Vlugt
Trombone: Chris Abelen
Baritone Saxophone: Tini Thomsen
Guitar: Thijs Huybens
Double Bass: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Drums: Yonga Sun (solo)

Lyrics: Bastiaan Geleijnse
Recording: Wedgeview Studios, except trombone, baritone sax, recorded ‘at home’.
Music, editing, mixing, mastering & production: Chris Abelen

Honey will you text me back

Honey will you text me back
If you can find the time
Tell me please that you’re OK
that your men survived the day and that you held the line

Honey, I’m so proud of you
You’re doing what is right
Defending our liberty
our mortgage and the GDP
from the morning till late at night

Honey will you text me back
You left before I woke
Darwin rules in business life and I am sure you will survive
just don’t do too much coke
just don’t do too much coke

‘A gospel for those consigned to cubicle life, Chris Abelen’s album captures the angst and ennui of the career office employee.’

– Band Camp Jazz Pick

Vocals: Lorena del Mar
Trumpet: Angelo Verploegen
Alto Saxophone: Floris van der Vlugt (solo)
Trombone: Chris Abelen
Bass Clarinet: Tini Thomsen
Guitar: Thijs Huybens
Double Bass: Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert
Drums: Yonga Sun

Lyrics: Bastiaan Geleijnse
Recording: Wedgeview Studios, except trombone, baritone sax, recorded ‘at home’.
Music, editing, mixing, mastering & production: Chris Abelen