MY BAND THINGS AND MORE
FIRST I TELL YOU THIS LITTLE STORY.
SINCE THE AGE OF 17, I STARTED PLAYING MUSIC... MY FRIENDS DID TOO AND WE FORMED SOME LITTLE GROUPS OR PROJECTS. IT WERE NOT THAT GREAT GROUPS BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN JAMMING AND KICKING AROUND.
I WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF ALL THOSE GROUPS AND PROJECTS ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES.
1.BRAINSTORM
WE PLAYED SOME PUNK AND NEW WAVE.
MEMBERS WERE LUC (drums), GERRIT (keyboards), JAN (guitar), CHRISTIAN (bass) and ME (vocals & additional instruments).
THE SET INCLUDED SOME SONGS OF ARE OWN AND SOME COVERS LIKE A FEW SONGS FROM THE STOOGES AND THE TALKING HEADS. THERE ARE SOME RECORDINGS LEFT OF THIS PERIOD BUT THEY ARE IN PRIVATE OWNING AND WILL NOT BE RELEASED. IT LASTED HOWEVER FOR A FEW MONTHS BUT WE COULD NOT CONTINUE BECAUSE SOME OF US COULD NOT MAKE THE SET A REGULAR REPETITION.
End of story......
2.HIDDEN FACES
THIS WAS and IS STILL MY SECOND GROUP .IT WAS FORMED OUT OF THE MEMBERS OF BRAINSTORM. ACTUALLY ONLY ME AND CHRISTIAN CONTINUED PLAYING TOGETHER.
THE GROUP IS STILL GOING ON AT THE PRESENT DAY BUT NEVER RECORDED A FULL CD ONLY FEW DEMO SONGS AND ALSO NEVER PLAYED LIVE GIGS…
WE FOCUS ON A LARGE RANGE OF INFLUENCES LIKE METAL - POP - ROCK - NEW WAVE - ETC...
To be continued......
3.THE SOAP
IT STARTED WITH THE IDEA OF PLAYING A GIG AT A FESTIVAL OF MODERN ART "BRUL".
I WENT TO SOME FRIENDS OF ME AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN COMPLETING MY SET WITH A SECOND ACT .AT THE FESTIVAL I WOULD PLAY AT FIRST SOLO AS JEEPEES SOAP WITH AN ELECTRONIC VIBES EXPERIENCE BETTER KNOWN AS THE TODAYS ADDICTOTRON, FOLLOWED BY THE SOAP WITH A MORE HARDER ROCK INSPIRED SET ...live recordings are in private owning and will not be released.
THE GROUP WAS FORMED WITH FOLLOWING MEMBERS .
FUNKEY (keyboards, vocals)--KRIS (drums)--KRISTOFF (bass) and ME (guitar).
KRIS IS NO LONGER ACTIVE I THINK, FUNKEY AND KRISTOFF WENT ON AND FORMED LATER "OORTCLOUD" AND FUNKEY HAS ALSO HIS SOLO THING "COLOUR DOT".ME I DO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN READ ABOUT IN THIS MAGAZINE.......
More to come later..........
4.
THIS IS MY SOLO PROJECT THAT IS STILL UNDER EVOLUTION AND HOPEFULLY WILL STAY UNDER CONSTANT EVOLUTION . IT ALL STARTED BACK AT THE END OF 1996. I STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH MAKING SOME BEATS AND WEIRD TUNES AND THIS ALL EDITED BY SEQUENCERS AND SAMPLE LOOPS , SUPPORTED BY SOME SAMPLED VOICES FROM ME AND OTHER PEOPLE GENERATED BY A COMPUTER. THE MUSIC I TRY TO BRING WITH ADDICTOTRON IS A MIX OF DANCE - HOUSE - TRANCE - GROOVE - TRIP HOP and more ...
IN THE SUMMER OF 97 I RECORDED THE FIRST DEMO.
I RECORDED IT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS A VERY GOOD LOCAL SOUND TECHNICIAN CALLED MICHIEL . HE WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN LOCAL CONCERT HALLS AS MIXER ON THE P.A. , HE ALSO WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS SOUND EDITOR FOR A LOCAL TV STATION CALLED "VTM" AND ALSO FOR THE NATIONAL RADIO "BRT". I KNOW HIM FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HE NOW HAS A STUDIO OF HIMSELF TOGETHER WITH FUNKEY FROM "COLOUR DOT" . THE STUDIO IS LOCATED AT FUNKEY'S HOME AND IS CALLED HIGHER GROW RECORDING STUDIO'S .
TIME GOES ON AS WE ALL KNOW AND SO I HAD MY MIND ALREADY ON THE SECOND DEMO
THE TITLE IS "Rare cuts & ends that try to take part in a freakshow".
IT IS A KIND OF MUSICAL JOURNEY TRUE DIFFERENT MUSIC STYLES AND INFLUENCES
IN 1998 a 3TH DEMO WAS THERE ...
ADDICTOTRON "a short walk at the end of the afternoon"
including very nice songs and has again shown some very great skill from this computer-based project...
IN THE NEW YEAR 2000 THERE IS GONNA BE A BRAND NEW ....yes it is the 4TH DEMO CD FROM ADDICTOTRON///DECCADANCE
EXCLUSIVE THERE ARE SOME TRACKS FROM THE PLAY-LIST TO BE PREVIEWED
....HERE.... & ...HERE... & ...HERE...
HOPE TO HAVE BEEN OF SOME INTEREST TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SEE YA SOON .
5.
THIS IS MY LONGEST RUNNING SOLO PROJECT IT IS A COMBINATION OF WEIRD STYLES AND INFLUENCES.
SOMEWHAT IN 1985 THERE STARTED A NEW HYPE ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT WAS BASED ON INDEPENDENCE NEW AGE INSPIRED MUSIC STYLES. MANY PEOPLE STARTED THERE OWN LABLES AND STARTED PRODUCING THOSE WEIRD MUSIC STYLES. MOST OF THEM RELEASED THEIR WORK ON TAPE. IT DID NOT TOOK VERY LONG BEFORE THERE WAS A SORT OF NETWORK ALL OVER THE WORLD OF PEOPLE EXCHANGING ALL THOSE WEIRD WORKS BETTER KNOWN AS MAIL-ART.
SOME OF THEM EVEN MADE SOME NAME OUT OF IT...................... LIKE -THE RESIDENTS - THIS WINDOW - THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS - TUVA - SELFS WHITOUT SHELLS - VIDNA OBMANA - DELETED - OBLIVION - AK AK - GORGONZOLA LEGS - ETC...........
JEEPEES SOAP HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MIX OF STYLES FROM POP , ROCK , NEW WAVE , FILM-LIKE TUNES and even other styles.
ONE OF THE LEADING PRODUCERS OF SUCH MUSIC IS AND WAS SOMEONE WHO LIVES HERE IN SINT-NIKLAAS. HIS TRUE NAME IS ERIEK VAN HAVERE BUT HE IS MUCH BETTER KNOWN AS LITTLE ERIEK. WAY BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S ERIEK STARTED PRODUCING THOSE SO CALLED UNDERGROUND GROUPS ON HIS OWN LABEL WITCH HE CALLED ET - EE TAPES . .ERIEK PUT ON THESE TAPES A WIDE RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS FROM OVER THE WORLD, HE CALLED HIS COMPILATION THAT IS STILL GOING ON - NOTRE-DAME - ON THESE COMPILATIONS HE COLLECTS AN INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULT RANGE OF MUSIC. JEEPEES SOAP ALSO APPEARED ON THIS COLLECTION.
ABOVE YOU SEE ONE OF THE COVERS FROM THE NOTRE-DAME SERIES. IT IS NR.04 ONE I MADE PART OF...
LATER ON ERIEK GOT MORE INTERESTED IN MY WORK AND IT WAS HE WHO TALKED ABOUT A FIRST COMPLETE SOLO RELEASE. SO IN 1989 I PUTTED MY TRUST IN ERIEK HANDS AND THAT WAS THE START OF MY FIRST RELEASE.
IN 1989 I RELEASED ON ET - EE TAPES THE FIRST TAPE THAT WAS CALLED - MESSAGE FROM AN UNDISCOVERED UNIVERSE - IT WAS A TAPE DURING 40 MINUTES. FEATURING 10 SONGS FROM THE EARLY YEARS 1987-1989. IT ALSO CONTAINED 3 SONGS FROM ONE OF MY GROUP PROJECTS HIDDEN FACES………..there are now 5 tape demo's….
DURING THE YEARS JEEPEES SOAP ALSO PLAYED SOME GIGS. MOST OF THEM AT SMALL LOCAL CLUBS LIKE PUBS AND SOME YOUTH-CLUBS LIKE THE FORMER O.J.C.CLICHEE WITCH IS NOW KNOWN AS ' T KOMPAS AT SINT-NIKLAAS. I WAS ALSO LUCKY TO APPEAR AT A GREAT EVENT OF INTERNATIONAL ART AND MUSIC THAT TOOK PLACE AT SINT-BAAFSABDIJ IN GHENT BETWEEN 2-31 OF MAY 1992 AND WAS CALLED "BRUL" WHAT MEANS "SCREAM". SINT-BAAFSABDIJ IS AN OLD MONK CASTLE WITH AN ANCIENT HISTORY.
HERE IS A PHOTO FROM A GIG AT O.J.C.CLICHEE AND THE LIST OF PRESENTATION ON "BRUL".
IF YOU LIKE TO CONTACT ME FOR A SHOW OR YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JEEPEES SOAP SEND ME AN E-MAIL.
THEN THE EVOLUTION STROKE ALSO JEEPEES SOAP AND SO IT HAPPENED A FIRST FULL DEMO CD ON NOVEMBER 5TH 1997.
"Heavy Roads" THE FIRST FULL JEEPEES SOAP demoCD.....
AS TIME GOES BY WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF A MILLENIUM BUT IT IS ALSO MORE OR LESS A NEW BIRTHDAY FOR ANOTHER CENTURY OF GREAT MUSIC AND ART....BECAUSE OF THIS END AND BEGINNING I FINISHED A BRAND NEW REMIXED DEMO CD FROM OVER 10 YEARS OF JEEPEES SOAP TRACKS UNTIL EARLY 1999
HOPE I HAVE BEEN OF YOUR SERVICE...THANKS FOR SUPPORTING OVER 10 YEARS OF INDEPENDENT MAIL-ART ALL OVER THE WORLD.
6.Darkmouth
DARKMOUTH IS MY BRAND NEW DARK RITUAL AMBIENT PROJECT
FOR SEVERAL YEARS I WAS TRYING OUT HEAVY TUNES ON MY SYNTHS
I DECIDED THAT BESIDE THE OTHER PROJECTS I HAVE RUNNING LIKE ADDICTOTRON and JEEPEES SOAP
IT WAS TIME FOR THIS PROJECT BASED ON HEAVY AMBIENT TUNES AND SOUNDS
THE FIRST FULL DEMO 1998
I RECENTLY HAVE BEEN PASSING TRUE A VERY GOOD AND INSPIRING WINTERPERIOD 1999 THAT GAVE ME THE STRENGHT AND DARKNESS I NEEDED SO MUCH TO BRING OUT THOSE VIBES THAT MAKES ME DO THOSE THINGS I DO WHEN I GO INTO THE WORLD OF DARKNESS AND AMBIENT SPHERES...
THANKS TO THIS I JUST FINISHED A BRAND NEW DEMO JUNE 1999
THAT'S IT FOR THE MOMENT FRIENDS BUT I WILL SOON BE BACK WITH SOME MORE...
IF YOU WANNA CONTACT ME
SEE YOU IN THE NEXT MILLENIUM MY DARK BEAUTIES...