I had been walking around for a long time with the idea of \u200b\u200ba new project where I would mix brass instruments with electronics.\u00a0I’ve been brooding over the ideal composition of such a group for years in notebooks.\u00a0How many musicians would I need?\u00a0Should I add saxes or not?\u00a0Would one drummer have arms enough for everything I wanted to write?\u00a0Then came corona.\u00a0But actually that was a gift.\u00a0All ballast overboard and leave from the core: me, my cornet and a lot of buttons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did some tryouts in 2021 and let my material mature a bit.\u00a0In December I made a selection and I started recording it.\u00a0With this release I hope to score great performances in the summer.\u00a0I can already see myself standing in a fairytale setting at a small alternative festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a solo project you end up talking to yourself and that doesn’t make you any better.\u00a0Wim Henderickx helped me a lot with puzzling to the right shape.\u00a0From my first sketches I started working with Dirk Miers from DESTUDIO in Asse to refine the sound of beats and percussion.\u00a0I have often worked with Dirk and I now know that I can trust him blindly.\u00a0He feels perfectly what I want to tell with my music and he is a very strong sound engineer.\u00a0My music is often described as cinematic and I want to translate that feeling into the entire performance.\u00a0You could already see a start in the teaser of ‘jump off’.\u00a0It was made by my brother Frank.\u00a0As brothers we disagree about everything just as often,\u00a0but when we exchange ideas about video in this project, we are immediately on the same wavelength.\u00a0I am also very happy with the help of a few people behind the scenes.\u00a0At a try-out I met Nele De Cock who held up a mirror to me from minute one.\u00a0She is a great sounding board and support for anything not directly related to music.\u00a0I am also very grateful to Cluster.\u00a0It may not always be clear to outsiders what Cluster does for its composers, but without Cluster I was probably still scribbling in my notebook.\u00a0The January 2021 Global Music Sessions were the perfect push into the rough to jump into the deep end.\u00a0She is a great sounding board and support for anything not directly related to music.\u00a0I am also very grateful to Cluster.\u00a0It may not always be clear to outsiders what Cluster does for its composers, but without Cluster I was probably still scribbling in my notebook.\u00a0The January 2021 Global Music Sessions were the perfect push into the rough to jump into the deep end.\u00a0She is a great sounding board and support for anything not directly related to music.\u00a0I am also very grateful to Cluster.\u00a0It may not always be clear to outsiders what Cluster does for its composers, but without Cluster I was probably still scribbling in my notebook.\u00a0The January 2021 Global Music Sessions were the perfect push into the rough to jump into the deep end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my music I flee from reality.\u00a0I withdraw and create my own sound world that is a response to all external stimuli.\u00a0One day it is war and misery in the world, the next day it is a busy family celebration.\u00a0Music has always had a great comforting power for me since childhood.\u00a0I don’t have a direct message with this music, otherwise I might have been more concerned with lyrics.\u00a0I want to take listeners on a journey to the place where I feel safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The great thing about jump-off is that it can mean whatever you see in it.\u00a0It is some form of an obstruction, you can interpret it as a hindrance but also as a closure.\u00a0It also radiates strength and tranquility at the same time.\u00a0All feelings that fit intuitively with the music for me.\u00a0For me, a title is rarely the starting point for writing music.\u00a0In this case too, I went looking for the right title that matched what the music means and radiates to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More music will be released in the coming months.\u00a0No date has been set yet, but the EP will be released in the fall, which includes jump-off.\u00a0In the summer I hope to be able to do many performances on small cozy stages and festivals.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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