Bieke Verstegen (vocals, organ, accordeon) Jan Myny (guitars, organ, programming) with live and recording support of: H.T. Roberts (bass, mandoline, banjo, ukelele), Niels Delvaux (drums), Mathieu Villain (harmonica), Pedro De Bruyckere (guitars), Gijs Hollebosch (dobro), Bart Maris (trumpet), Nils Decaster (Violin)
Mel Dune has been described as the perfect antidote for a world going faster everyday. Intimate poetry and honest music, while you're wandering around, searching for your lost soul.
Singer Bieke Verstegen, who's voice has been compared to Mazzy Star, and guitarist Jan Myny started working together in 2003.
After recording 'Crawling & Falling' in a 3 to 4 bedroom, they ran into producer HT Roberts. He fell in love with their music and a few months later, during the summer of 2004, they recorded 'Trying to get back home'. This was the first healty collaboration with other musicians such as Bruno Deneckere and Nils De Caster.
From 2005 on they did quite a few gigs. Amongst others Mel Dune played at 't Folk Dranouter, De Vooruit Gent, Krakrock Avelgem, AB Club...
In 2006 director Koen Mortier layed his hands upon some new demos. The demo version of 'Time hangs heavy on your hands' reminded him so much of 'Blue Velvet' by David Lynch, he decided to use it for the soundtrack of 'Ex drummer'. A movie based on a novel by one of Belgium's most famous writers, Herman Brusselmans.
2007 will be reminded as the year Mel Dune released their debut album. Surrounded by some fellow musicians they got back to HT Roberts analogue 'Long house studio'. Niels Delvaux on drums, HT Roberts on bass and lots of other instruments, Bart Maris blew his trumpet, Gijs Hollebosch played dobro, Pedro De Bruyckere added a little electric guitar and Nils Decaster played some violin.
This self-titled debut is available now!!!
To be continued...
Ex Drummer
This Friday 16/5/2008 in BRUSSELS, Belgium, discover the debut album ANTIKRISIS by MEC YEK's beautiful Rom gypsy girls LIVE ON STAGE at MUZIEKPUBLIQUE< www.myspace.com/mecyek
dag bieke en co, morgen spelen wij in jh achterban (in de land van waaslaan, achter dampoort) samen met karen elliot en midiyaski! gratis en voor niets, ingericht door steven h. groeten eline en thomas
She said look at me My life's a story My parents born winners Now they're sorry Do you want to know what I dreamed? Should I tell you know about the screams I hear at night? I asked her now would it be hip to write a song about chains & whips? Are you feeling allright? Are you feeling allright?
She said look at me All my days are wasted Thinkin' about all the different places We would be goin' to live and maybe We could be happy forever this way
She said look now what I've become He's still gone and now the darktime comes She said look now what I've become Lord I'm thirty-one And now the darktime comes
She said how I hate Christmas Eve New Year will be better I cannot believe I said I don't know but from what I heard It cannot get any worse
She said listen dear You try to console me But I don't even think you know me Have you seen purple in Saturday nights? Do you believe what it feels like Sunday night?
And she pulled away when I tried to kiss her I guess that I won't really miss her Well not every day Not every day
She said look now what I've become He's still gone And now the darktime comes She said look now what I've become Lord I'm thirty-one... And now the darktime comes
FOXYLANE (Club 16:50) THESE NEW PURITANS (Box 17:35) AS IN REBEKKAMARIA (Club 18:40) THE WHIP (Box 19:25) PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL (Club 20:30) M83 (Box 21:15)
Sunday, 1st June 2008:
B. DOLAN (Club 16:50) EXTINCE (Box 17:35) ZUCCHINI DRIVE (Club 18:40) TIDO BERMAN (Box 19:25) CADENCE WEAPON (Club 20:30) SAGE FRANCIS (Box 21:15) MEMBERS OF MARVELAS (Club 22:30)
Thx for the add, en jullie nummers zijn prachtig. Jullie staan bij mijn favorieten voor jullie preselectie, check it out here: http://gekvanmuziek.blogspot.com
hey Bieke & Jan, nog eens een dikke proficiat met jullie selectie voor de Rock Rally! 't is dik verdiend, en ik ben heel benieuwd hoe 't voor jullie gaat verlopen.
JA Jan moet meer zingen ! hey mooie muziekmakertjes :)
heb net jullie optreden in AB gezien mmmmoooooooii !! vooral het nummer dat jullie samen doen ( I can be patient with you.. somewhere out there all tangled up in blue..) weet nie hoe het noemt maar ik ben er helemaal weg van .. prachtig
hopelijk komen jullie hier nog es ergens in't gentse optreden.. succes in de rally !!
dag lieve mensen, leuk dat we jullie kunnen bezig zien wanneer we willen, tis cool! en een vraagje, kunnen jullie i've been waiting for you niet nog eens online zetten, of doorzenden naar me ;), vind ik echt wel één van jullie beste.. ach, en jan moet meer zingen! de groeten van tjaar! x
geniale muziek, ik word ier overvallen door dat zeldzame warme gevoel!! zeg, ik denk dat ik jullie zangeres herken van in de fatima, zou dat kunne?:) ik heb daar ook een paar jaar vertoefd anyway, merci om in te gaan op ons request, en hopelijk kan onze muziek jullie bekoren:)
