CD ALBUM KISS OF LIFE now available at: ***CD BABY.com*** (INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS)
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Musicians featuring on New Album KISS OF LIFE:
**Myriam G.S. Mestiaen: Vocals, Piano**
Ron Reuman: Drums**
Mario Goossens: Drums** (Postcard only)
Bert Verschueren: El. Guitar, Ac. Guitar**
Bart De Nolf: Ac. Bass**(Postcard only)
Chris Carlier: Ac. Bass, El. Bass**
Vincent Pierins: El. Bass, Moogerfooger** (Hangover Blues only)
Frank Vaganée: Altsax**
Marc Senechal: Sitar**
Dirk Blanchart: Producer, Sound engineer, Additional songwriter, Ac. Guitar, El . Oud, Samples, Synths, Backing vocals**
Peter Bulkens: Sound engineer Studio The Groove, Schelle**
Karl Broekaert: Sound engineer Home recordings, Moerbeke-Waas**
Jessica Ballenger: Vocab adviser**Lisa Hugo: Vocal coaching**
Steve Michiels: Pièce Unique Productions**-----------------------------------------------------------------------CD AVAILABLE IN BELGIUM AT:
Vynilla Record Shop: Sint-Kwintensberg 38, B9000 Gent: website:
http://www.vynilla.com
CD ALSO AVAILABLE IN BELGIUM AT:
Storehouse online shop: website: http://www.pieceunique.info
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REVIEWS CD ALBUM KISS OF LIFE FEATURING MYRIAM G.S. MESTIAEN:
CUTTINGEDGE.BE: Kiss of Life: Pop die het leven kust
Achter de naam Kiss of Life schuilt de artieste Myriam G.S. Mestiaen, voor de een of de andere misschien al bekend van de tentoonstelling van haar 'getekende dagboek' enkele jaren geleden. Samen met twee handvol muzikanten produceerde ze nu een bloedmooie cd, en blies daarmee een aangename wind in de hoek van Nina Simone, Kate Bush en andere soortgelijke rabauwen.
De liedjes op 'Kiss of life' kunnen gerust pop genoemd worden, als pop tenminste mag smaken naar jazz, rock, nostalgie en eighties. In het dromerige 'Riverman’ schuimt een psychedelische gitaarrif alle kleuren van
de melancholie af. Hipper, maar niet minder subtiel klinkt 'Recycling women', waarin de beat en Mestiaens meisjesstem dat typische onschuldige eighties-gevoel opwekken dat Jenny Wilson niet overtuigender kon
overbrengen. Met 'Kiss of life' drukt een klassiek opgeleide kunstenares zich uit en test ze haar theorieën over muziek, het leven en de connectie daartussen. Voor wie dat niet weet of wie het niet interesseert, is Myriam G.S. Mestiaen echter ook gewoon een vrouw die piano speelt, songs zingt en daarmee betovert.
(door Jennifer Beckers cuttingedge.be).............................................................................
FILEUNDER.NL: Kiss Of Life featuring Myriam G.S. Mestiaen - Kiss Of Life(Piece Unique):
An Pierlé, hoe zou het toch met haar zijn? Wij werden bij File Under zelfs een beetje verliefd op haar. Maar sinds de laatste cd uit 2006 en de aansluitende toer is het stil. Tja, je loopt dan het gevaar dat wij stiekem om ons heen gaan kijken of er elders nog iets te snoepen valt. De Belgische Myriam G.S. Mestiaen is een mevrouw die op het juiste moment naar ons lonkt. Zij doet dit onder de bandnaam Kiss Of Life, die inderdaad wat lekkerder bekt dan haar eigen naam. Mestiaen is onder haar eigen naam echter wel bekend als beeldend kunstenaar. Bij de eerste 150 exemplaren van haar debuut krijg je zelfs een zeefdruk van haar cadeau. Haar muziek doet mij dus aan An Pierlé denken. Dit komt door het gebruik van de piano en vooral haar stem. Toch is ze geen kopie. Er zijn meer invloeden. Ik noem een Kate Bush (ligt voor de hand als je An Pierlé noemt), maar er zijn ook jazzinvloeden die bijvoorbeeld weer te vinden zijn in het werk van Nina Simone. Haar grote hulp was een oude bekende van ons dirk Blanchart. De wegen die ze met Kiss Of Life bewandelt zijn soms best commercieel en toegankelijk zoals in opener “Recycling Woman”. “The Soul Is Blind” is daarentegen een tranentrekker en “Teach Me” geen makkelijke kost. De eerste single “Hangover Blues” zou niet mijn keuze geweest zijn, al werkt het nummer wel naar een verdienstelijk hoogtepunt toe. Het echte venijn komt er in mijn oren pas uit in het bloedstollende “Riverman” mede door een The Edge-look-a-like-gitaargeluid. Het jazzy “Today I’m Living” kan mij wat minder bekoren, maar dat ligt puur aan mij. Niet aan haar. Nee, laat Myriam G.S. Mestiaen maar schuiven. Zeker met zo’n begeleidingsband maakt ze indruk.
File: Kiss Of Life featuring Myriam G.S. Mestiaen - Kiss Of Life
File Under: Een kus op iedere wang en eentje op haar voorhoofd
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(door Ewie, 19 juli 2008:www.fileunder.nl)...............................................................................
COLLECTED SOUNDS: Review KISS OF LIFE CD by Anna Maria Stjärnell (Sweden)
Myriam G.S Mestiaen is a capable pianist and on this album she approaches a style somewhat like that of a more prog-influenced Tori Amos.Recycling Woman uses a sitar to create a unique and bedazzling sound as Mestiaen weaves her spell.The Soul is Blind is soft and makes a rather soulful sound, and the lead vocal is seductive.Myriam G.S Mestiaen also works in a subtle jazz influence throughout the album.Hangover Blues is a little bit bluesy, but retains a sharp focus. The singer remains icily cool and doesn’t show the intensity that a proper blues singer would.Quicksand is a jazzy slow song to end this complex album on a happy note.This is an exceptional album by any standards.(12th of Nov. 2008)
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Sounds Like
THE MAKING OF: Kiss Of Life:
Studio Recording sessions at The Groove Studio in Antwerp, November 2006: Produced by Dirk Blanchart; Photos by Elisabeth Broekaert:
THE MAKING OF: Kiss Of Life:
Home Recording sessions in Moerbeke-Waas, April 2007: Photos by Elisabeth Broekaert:
"Myriam G.S. Mestiaen makes music that speaks to the soul. More than that, if the theory that music has the power to heal rings true, then “Kiss of Life”, the first full length CD from multidisciplinary artist Myriam G.S. Mestiaen goes a step further in exploring the intricate role it plays in the human experience. Without assigning the inaccurate label of concept album, the songs as a whole invite the listener into an intimate emotional bubble where mystery, nostalgia and longing pave the way for death and rebirth.
Musically, the once solo pianist Mestiaen, fills in her raw and delicate vocals with an eclectic but classically trained hand accompanied by a skilled rhythm section and digital samples that don’t interfere with the timeless sound. Somewhere between jazz, rhythm and blues, world music and rock with the vocal styling of a smoky lounge chanteuse donning Kate Bush theatrics, Mestiaen experiments with all the angles to create a simultaneously unique and familiar sound. The collaboration with producer and musician Dirk Blanchart on Kiss of Life reflects a movement back to basics without sacrificing virtuosity in lyrics or music; a polished production that still allows for surprises and improvisation during live performance.
Kiss Of Life encompasses not only the recent CD but also a book of Mestiaen’s picture diaries, the website www.kissoflife.be , an online archive of illustrated diary entries going back to 1993, a four song EP released in 2004 and a series of live performances over the past 5 years throughout Belgium. "
(by Jessica Ballenger)
W H O T H E F * * * I S M Y R I A M G. S. M E S T I A E N ?
(written by Chris Van Camp / English translation by Jessica Ballenger):
Around two decades ago, when a guy came up to you twirling his car keys around and launched a courageous "Don't I know you from somewhere?" -it meant that you had a high "wow-factor" in his eyes. Then the inevitable happened. You danced together to a slow song, had three kids, and he called you "honey", or some variation of this, for the rest of your days together.
Today, everything's different. It's no longer a slightly tranparent pick-up line, but more of a variation on Nero's verdict. If they don't know you from somewhere, you'll get a thumbs down and be banished to obscurity. If they do know you from somewhere-it doesn't matter if it was the Miss Strawberry pageant or the Nobel Prize for Kids-you'll get a thumbs up. After all, fame in itself opens every door these days. The modern Renaissance man is a V.I.P.; living it up in every possible artistic discipline and void of any visible talent.
It's very likely that a publisher can praise your work to high heaven, but not know how to market it to the public because...nobody knows you.
Maybe it's always been this way. Otherwise, why was Van Gogh abandoned in his poverty and Kafka left to languish in his room? Why did Anais Nin have to publish Henry Miller's work and her own diaries on a hand press before it had a right to exist?
Apparently it's very difficult to recognize a genius even when they're right under your nose. So God forgive the publisher who first realized how good the material was and then closed the books with a "but...who the F*** is Myriam G.S. Mestiaen?". Being a psychic doesn't even have to be one of your hobbies to predict that this exact question in the mind of the publisher takes priority over any form of uninhibited value judgement of the work itself.
But sometimes, if you're lucky, you get struck by a sudden flash of insight. The understanding that someone unique has crossed your path. Myriam Mestiaen is that kind of someone. Her passion alone, which enabled her to add something everyday since 1999 to her mammoth work. The subtlety of her humor. The "outsider"-perspective she provides in situations she's actually taking part in. The way she can take a few telling lines, some small details, and above all leave out the frills and in doing so hold up a mirror to ourselves. She takes you through a seemingly innocent exhibition of her honest drawings, but along the way she unmasks the emptiness of the art scene, the vanity of insecure people, and her own personal angst. There's no way around it, somewhere between Nina Simone and B.B. King, Priscilla and Filip, you'll be standing face to face with yourself. Whether you know Myriam or not.
Relax. Pucker up your lips and experience her Kiss of Life. They say the first one's the most exciting. Bet you'll be back for more.................................CHECK online Illustrated Diary: www.kissoflife.be.........................................
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Download Release Date: November 30th 2009 Record Label: STRFCK RCRDS Downloadable from all good portals, everywhere! I-Tunes. Play.co.uk and the remixes on Beatport as well!
The Beatport release will feature the 3 remixes as an “We don’t care about the remixes” EP.
As a present, for 1 week only, you can pick up for free an exclusive radio edit from Chew Fu (Lady GaGa’s DJ, remixer for Rihanna and Beyonce, and just recorded the “hottest track of the year”, said Zane Lowe, with his new single featuring Wiley ‘Take that!’). Not an mp3, but the full WAV! Not available anywhere else!
This saturday the crew of youth club KRAK (Avelgem - BE) comes up with another groovy edition of 'TheBrothersGonnaWorkItOut'. Let's groove on Soda'n'Suds, Grapes! ft. Flip Kowlier LIVE, DJ ROM1 aka Mr Explicit and many more!
This wicked party is taking place at the community center of Avelgem (Belgium), on the border of East- and West-Flanders and Hainaut.
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
How's it going? There is a free track available for you at the moment on our myspace page. Just click the FREE DOWNLOAD box at the top of the page and enter a valid email to download the tune. How cool is that!
Have a great week and thank you very much for being electronically connected to us as friends and fans.
On 11 & 12/09/09 the Krakrock-crew launches 'Club Soda'. With a lot of good vibes and a very strong line-up, a collection of excellent DJ’s and international, border crossing VJ’s will bring you a fresh mix of drum’n’bass, electro, house and ragga/dancehall!. This wicked club-festival is taking place at the community center of Avelgem (Belgium), on the border of East- and West-Flanders and Hainaut.
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Musicians featuring on New Album KISS OF LIFE:
**Myriam G.S. Mestiaen: Vocals, Piano**
Ron Reuman: Drums**
Mario Goossens: Drums** (Postcard only)
Bert Verschueren: El. Guitar, Ac. Guitar**
Bart De Nolf: Ac. Bass**(Postcard only)
Chris Carlier: Ac. Bass, El. Bass**
Vincent Pierins: El. Bass, Moogerfooger** (Hangover Blues only)
Frank Vaganée: Altsax**
Marc Senechal: Sitar**
Dirk Blanchart: Producer, Sound engineer, Additional songwriter, Ac. Guitar, El . Oud, Samples, Synths, Backing vocals**
Peter Bulkens: Sound engineer Studio The Groove, Schelle**
Karl Broekaert: Sound engineer Home recordings, Moerbeke-Waas**
Jessica Ballenger: Vocab adviser**Lisa Hugo: Vocal coaching**
Steve Michiels: Pièce Unique Productions**-----------------------------------------------------------------------CD AVAILABLE IN BELGIUM AT:
Vynilla Record Shop: Sint-Kwintensberg 38, B9000 Gent: website:
http://www.vynilla.com
CD ALSO AVAILABLE IN BELGIUM AT:
Storehouse online shop: website: http://www.pieceunique.info
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