Thank's to these brilliant musicians who where more or less frequently involved in giving life and soul to my scores, these 10 or 15 past years :
Igor Semenoff (violin), Marie-Véronique Brasseur (vocal & percus), Jeannot Gillis (violin), Alfredo Marcucci (bandonéon), Joe Higham (tenor & sop' sax), Pierre Coulon (flutes), Claudine Steenackers (cello), Willy Gouders (clarinet), Barbara Wiernik (vocal), Rosa Canavatte (voc'), Herman Pardon (drums), Alain Everts (acc. guitar), Vardan Hovanissian (duduk), N'Fally Kouyate (kora), Stéphane Ginsburgh (piano), Anka Parghel (voc'), Gino Latuca (trumpet), Catherine Smet (Piano), Luc Van Lieshout (trumpet), Jean-Luc Millot (drums), André Klènes (D. Bass), Wiet Van de Leest (alto), Edith Heudens (violin), Dirk Descheemaecker (clarinet), Lode Cartrisse (oboe), Michel Berckmans (basson), Kate Karpenter (voc'), Gwenaël Micault (bandonéon), Pierre Narcisse (tabla), Mirela (voc'), Steve Houben (sop' sax), Luc de Graaf (e.guitar), Beverly Joe Scott (voc'), Jacques Foschia (bss clar.), Cécile Maréchal (harpe), Nicolas L'Herbette (e.guit.), Patrick Vankeirsbilck (bandonéon), ...
Influences
Dans le désordre, au fil des ans :
J.-S. Bach, Bela Bartok, Bauhaus, L. Berio, David Bowie, A. Braxton, K. Bush, Ron Carter, D. Chostakovitch, The Clash, The Cure (les débuts), Dali's car, Miles Davis, Defunkt, E. Dolphy, Ian Dury, J. Dutronc, Brian Eno, Morton Feldman, Luc Ferrari, Ibrahim Ferrer, R. Fripp, S. Gainsbourg, Gilberto Gil, H. Chaurasia, Jonathan Harvey, Talking Heads, Zakir Hussain, Irakere, James Horner, Ictus, Japan, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Steve Lacy, Ch. Mingus, Jony Mitchell, Eliades Ochoa, Odeon Pope, A. Piazzolla, S. Prokofieff, Alla Rakha, The Residents, Nino Rota, Fr. Schubert, Bobo Stenson, Tuxedomoon, Sarah Vaughan, H. Villalobos, A. Schnittke, Patty Smith, Tom Waits, J. Williams, John Zorn... et tout les autres.
Sounds Like
Sometimes, like billions of water particules suspended in thin air...
Most of the time like :
Born in 1966, started rehearsing with the Honeymoon Killers (Les Tueurs de la lune de miel) back in the mid 80's but got side tracked : started touring and recorded 2 LP's with Tuxedomoon - from 1985 on... Yvon Vroman had the bad idea to die anyway! Always "wanted to be a serious contemporary composer" 'till I discovered nothing is so serious.
Went on, either composing, arranging or just playing, with Anna Domino, Blaine L. Reininger, Steven Brown (Nine Rain), Eddy Loozen, Geoff Leigh (the very "spirit of experimental"), Minimal Man (late Patrick Miller), The Weather man, Drem Bruinsma, Nikki Mono, Didier Odieu, some jazz bands and who else...
Than it was time to start composing for film : Anne Levy Morelle's "Le Rêve de Gabriel" was the first succesfull aventure, back in 1996 (film was released in '97). 40 and some film's music latter : with the Internet started Musique pour images.com (the "cinematic episode" is all in there).
Along with it came some refreshing adventures, like this trio with Igor Semenoff & Willy Gouders : pure contemporary improvised music - but on mondays only. Well, now... we'll see what comes next. It's all a dream, isn't it? I hope you enjoy yours and keep alive this boundless curiosity.
The electric jazz improvisational collective PaNoPTiCoN will perform this sunday june 15th at L'EVASION DU 133a, Avenue Ducpétiaux 133a, 1060 Brussels.
Doors open at 8:00pm - Entrance : 5.00€
And don't forget : all our performances are displayed IN FULL & FREELY at our official blog ! Visit, listen and share http://enterpanopticon. blogspot. com
Ivan Thank you for the wonderful blessing that is Exit Wounds. It was a beautiful experience and I couldn't have done it without you. All the best to you in everything you do! xo Marja
Hello Ivan. I'll be singing Confession Sans Object for days. Such a wonderful melody and mood. Love the recording too. Awesome to hear some new music from you.
Ivan- hello my lovely friend! I hope your Summer has started out well...it has been a long time since we have chatted, eh? thank you for your comment about my new painting...i thought i would stop by here and leave you a bit of it. :-) ....come check out the rest of it on my page. Sam xx detail from SEGUE, 48" x 64", oil and varnish on canvas, 2008.
Hi Ivan! What do you make the evening, when you don't see the moon anymore in the woods? I'm often here to think and listening very gladly your music. This way my soul is calm. And then, because I lose me in the woods?
hey hey hey! i am coming to europe very soon! geneva, cannes, paris and hanburg, are u gonna be near any of those? would be great to see your work up close! let me know!
