NOTEBOOK LIVING 7 INCH - 3 remixes on VINYL - RELEASE OCTOBER 2008
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DESDEMONA DIED MINI-ALBUM (art/poetry) - RELEASED 2005
SHORT FILM TITLED "YOU AND ME" Short film "You and Me"; images and direction by Louis van Zwol, music by Aardvarck (see his link on this page) words and narration by Wonder. Film has been screened at various theatres and events like the MTV Club Cinema (Amsterdam), VPRO Nachtpodium (Dutch national TV), Zebra Filmfestival (Berlin), Doodlebug Presents (Manchester) Saatchi and Saatchi Gallery (London UK).
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RECORDING/PART OF PERFORMANCE MARCH 2009/AMSTERDAM
(also www.youtube.com/wonderfilms)
Influences
my influences in life, living and thinking are mostly songs so will just randomly type some things i love listening to or that i love for the lyrics, the voices or the musical energy that came along at the right time. in random order respect to all of the following: coltrane, david bowie, julie london, nina simone, public enemy, art blakey, lloyd parks, sarah vaughn, chaka kahn, pj harvey, beastie boys, andy bey, the gossip, the slits, FYC, joanna newsom, the selecter, ray charles, thin lizzy, roberta flack, bad brains, the clash, erik satie, miles davis, minni riperton, alice russel, jennifer lara, stevie wonder, latyrx, arctic monkeys, QOTSA, dizzee rascal, tina turner, sonny rollins, aretha franklin, bjork, hole, tanya stevens, mikelangelo and the black sea gentlemen, ESG, the talking heads, jackie mittoo, kate bush, the stray cats, the beatles, RZA, sly and robbie, burning spear, betty davis, the cure, edie brickell, herbie mann, me’shell ndegéocello, blondie, creedence clearwater revival, the beat, the meters, horace andy, johnny cash, janis joplin, howlin' wolf, breakbeat era, roni size and his crew, the the, moloko, jeff buckley, fatback band, leonard cohen, siouxsie and the banshees, sade, iggy pop, ann peebles, paul weller, herbie hancock, fishbone, primus, thelonius monk, tricky, bow wow wow, johnny guitar watson, händel, saul williams, anthony and the johnsons, peaches, isaac hayes, joan armatrading, holly golightly, MIA, coco rosie, madrugada, roots manuva, the violent femmes, tori amos, bananarama, led zeppelin, the cramps, cassandra wilson, john bonham i love you i love you, bob marley, special aka, donald byrd, cinematic orchestra, david holmes, chicken shack, fleetwood mac, tom waits, erik b and rakim, gwen mcrae, le tigre, muddy waters, misty in roots, morrissey, damian marley, gang starr, madness, outkast, delibes, unkle, grace jones, mink de ville (knowing this list is a petit peu incoherent and incomplete). respect to all that share creative wealth. same goes for art, books, thinking thoughts, words and poems. love sleeping when i’m not awake, love dreaming when i’m not paranoid, am influenced by things that spark the brain and make you go hallelujah in the night.
Track 1: Tendril
Words and vocals by Wonder.
Production/music by Spencer H.W. Marsden (see link on this page).
Track 2: Think or breathe or blink
Words and vocals by Wonder. Music by Aardvarck, (see link on this page) additional production by Spencer H.W. Marsden.
Track 3: Dreaming grace
Words and vocals by Wonder.
Music By Clive Hunte for Busha Productions, featuring Jeri Lindo on guitar. (see link on this page).
Track 4: Greedmachine
Words and vocals by Wonder.
Production/music by Spencer H.W. Marsden (see link on this page).
Words and vocals by Wonder.
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hi/hello. small intro for the question that keeps popping up in my mailbox: yes, i paint the paintings that are in the picture section and the voice on the tracks playing is also mine/written, spoken, sung and recorded. i've also written some cross media theatreplays (modern dance, video, poetry, narration), wrote lots of poetry at one stage (performed across europe), worked on some short films (one which i also posted on this page), published short stories and exhibit my art-work when able... creativity has brought me much beauty, the proces itself, in connections with the many people i've had the honor to work with, or through mutual & shared inspiration within the greater poem that is life. thank you for passing by my myspace.
on my last album 'Notebook Living' (out in October 2008, i've had the honor to work with some truly talented musicians & producers who worked with my words and vocals. (Spencer/Mild Man Jan, Clive for Busha Productions, Janet/The Present Occupier, Danny Dubble D, Aardvarck)) thank you very much for looking out for it/their links are all included down below, they are all very different people, musicians, producers, and very uniquely gifted in their own right. please support them by adding them as a friend.
NEW YORK ZERO ZERO & AMSTERDAM RECONSTRUCTION Première: 26 November 2009, 21:00 hrs Eenmalige voorstelling Location: SMART Project Space, Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam
Dir.: Jérôme Schlomoff France 2006 / 2009
Two abstract urban meditations composed by French visual artist Jérôme Schlomoff. Both filmed with a pinhole movie 35mm camera, these two films create mysterious and eerie portraits of the two cities, a ghostly New York City under a snowstorm and a poetical exploration of Amsterdam as a city suspended between past, present and future, in a visual voyage filmed at some of the city’s building sites.
Jérôme Schlomoff’s most recent film ‘Blonde Redhead Meets Gainsbourg’ screens at the IDFA 2009
Both films are going to be presented with a live soundtrack performed by experimental hip-hop producer Smooth One and bass player Mouard Baali.
Smooth One biographical notes: Smooth One comes from the abstract hip-hop scene. He wrote with Dj cam the two first album in 1996 and 1998, Underground Vibes and Substance. After a live album recorded in « Transmusicales » festival in Rennes and many remix for Air, Tek9 and Silent Poets, Smooth One decided to work alone, mainly on film music, and managing his own label, Superflux, which also published the soundtrack of NEW YORK ZERO ZERO & AMSTERDAM RECONSTRUCTION. http://www.lesuperflux.com/.
This week remember just how important you are. We all find it easy to acknowledge the importance of others in our lives. Yet it is all too easy to overlook our own need to be nurtured and loved. So this week give yourself that extra little care and attention. In looking after our own needs, we make ourselves better people for those around us. Enjoy your own uniqueness my friend.
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more - more unseen forms become manifest to him.
Rumi
This is your week my friend and what you make of it, is in your hands. Tell me what great moments are you planning on bringing into being? Enjoy each and every moment, you deserve no less than the best.
Thank you for the complements! I noticed that you'll be playing in Berlin in early December. If you happen to be in Berlin in early November, then you should come by one of those shows I play there. It would be nice to meet and drink a few beers after one of the shows. Either way, I hope you have a nice show in Berlin (my favorite town in the world)!
hello and much thanks.... i was thinking of you and there you popped, nice to hear from you and see your work(beautifilled post) _____a friend of mine's spending sometime in berlin so if you're around:: here's his blog http://www.ngarciaphotographs.blogspot.com/ hopefully you can be mutually inspired :)
i'm working on some new stuff, i'll give u a shout when it's up XXX
