suzanne vega, sheryl crow, emmylou harris, aimee mann, ryan adams, daniel lanois, starsailor, david gray, richard ashcroft, tom mc rae, shawn colvin, paul weller, rickie lee jones, counting crows, franz ferdinand, blondie, bruno deneckere, the velvet underground, annie lennox, damien rice, josh ritter, chrissie hynde...these are the people that I listen to very often so maybe some of them will have had some kind of influence on the music that i make....
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Marjan Debaene…
is one of the top five female singer-songwriters in Belgium.
She has been so for the last twelve years, since her first album, Growing Pains, was released in September 1996. That album, containing 17 acoustic-electric poprock songs got some good reviews in specialized magazines and media in Belgium. Now after ten years and a second album called Humanoid, which was released in 1999 and which generated a huge tour in Flemish and Dutch cultural centres, Marjan is back again.
For the bigger part of 2005 and 2006, Marjan has been preparing herself for a new record. She has been arranging and producing the new material, which sounds more grown up and more edgy, with Alex Brackx. In March 2006, Marjan released a new single ‘Charlie Chaplin’ which sounds very much unlike her previous work. It is a song that stands alone on the new record in terms of style and sound, but is so unbelievably catchy that you just have to move your body when you hear it. A second single, Drive, was released in Belgium in August 06 and received airplay on national Radio 1 and several local radio stations. The album itself, entitled Wolfish Times, contains 14 new songs written between 2001 and 2005. The album tells stories of hurt, happiness, bad luck, good tidings, changes and love. The album was released in the fall of 2006.
Marjan produced this record with Alex Brackx, who has been her permanent guitarist for a over decade. The sound they chose was an honest one, no artificial effects but just pure songs played by a small group of musicians, with Marjan’s voice in the center of the attention. Musical references are the early Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, the Wrecking Ball album of Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin…
The album got excellent reviews in belgian national press and Radio1 selected the song 'demon' for their chart show 'Carte Blanche', where it held on tight for 10 weeks and where it climbed to a very nice 6th place.
The following single 'Simple' has been accepted in the Radio1 playlist and Radio2, the biggest radiostation in Flanders, has also put 'demon' in the playlist...
March 2008: Marjan's latest video for the single 'Wolfish Times', made by Liam Chan, did really well in the Puur Belgisch-chart of belgian music channel JIM tv. It entered the chart as highest newcomer at 4, and was the number one for two weeks in a row. It remained in the chart for 11 weeks in a row.
Marjan tours with her accompanying band, featuring bassplayer Bert Embrechts, drummer Eric Bosteels and guitarplayer Alex Brackx to present this album in Belgian venues but the new album also generates very interesting supportgigs for Luka Bloom and neeka and a European tour in the UK, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland, France… Buy Wolfish Times online at Proxis
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Up all Night EP (2003) - finally released on iTunes!
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You can also buy Marjan Debaene music at Napster, Rhapsody, emusic ....
Hello marjan debaene!!! remember SnoCap??? because now you can use TunesPlus software to sell your songs here at MySpace. See my profile for details!!!
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My Best Wishes are for you today, tomorrow and forever!
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Wat is dit weer lang geleden. Ben je ondertussen aan de nieuwe plaat bezig. Eerder dit jaar hadden we onze eerste albumrelease, dit is het logische vervolg. Laat je ons weten wat je ervan denkt?
Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu - van jazzhel tot technohemel 1e druk uitverkocht – 2e herziene druk eind oktober verwacht
Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu - van jazzhel tot technohemel is een boek dat in slechts 4,5 maand volledig is uitverkocht. De tweede druk van het boek ligt inmiddels bij de drukker en wordt eind oktober verwacht. Wie tussen nu en 25 oktober het boek online besteld, maakt dus in feite een reservering voor een exemplaar van de 2e druk. En dat belonen we graag! Wie vóór 25 oktober online besteld, betaalt geen verzendkosten.
Revu: '…. aanstekelijk historische werk…. ' Volkskrant: '… een prima excursiereader, maar ook een reisgids om zelfstandig mee door muziekstad Berlijn te lopen.' Dagblad van het Noorden: Jonker omzeilt de valkuil van betweterigheid en waakt voor een te gedetailleerd informatiebombardement. Daardoor leest haar boek als een vlotte, alternatieve resiids, ...' FileUnder.nl: 'Een must voor zowel muziekliefhebbers als politiek geïnteresseerden.' LiveXS: 'Voor iedereen die ooit in Berlijn is geweest, er nog naar toe wil of gewoon precies wil weten hoe Berlijn is geworden tot wat het is, lees dit.' CuttingEdge.be: 'Al weet je best veel van de Duitse geschiedenis, zo aangenaam compact, met een rode draad, kom je zelden tegen.'
Thanks for your good wishes! This is a fabulous live shot! So 'YOU!'. It's seems too long since our good times and great tour in Belgium. Just talking about it with singer/songwriter Vicky Sjohall today (who's on tour with me now in Norway/Sweden/Denmark). xox
Vrijdag 11 september is Vleugelrock terug uit vakantie en dit met een pop-editie met Le Moment Suprême, Joni Sheila en Garcia Goodbye!! Inkom is erg gratis!! Deuren gaan open om 20u, adres: Vleugel F, Brusselsestraat 61A, Leuven.
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