Mark Van Overmeire
I received this cd from Mark Van Overmeire, an excellent musician and composer from Belgium. We will present his music more closely in our DAY OF THE MUSICIAN on Thursday, the 14.th of July 2005 starting at 10.00 Central European Time. During the 24 hours period you'll be able to hear his music many, many times. There'll be also a special one hour show with Mark's music project on Friday, the 15.th of July at 00.01 CET.
Thank you Mark for sending your cd to Libra Radio!
Mark Van Overmeire (April 2, 1968) is a composer, classical guitar player and percussion performer from Belgium. He started studying music at the age of 15. At the age of 17 he entered the intriguing world of composition trying to master the fundamental rules of classical music.
At that time Mark got interested in the exciting rhythms of jazz and studied jazz harmony. He has worked with the numerous musicians allowing himself to grow as a performer. In March '97 he embarked to South America for 4 years, enriching himself with impressions of another world. The result was a musical journey of his stay in this heart warming continent recorded on the tape.
Mark formed his band in October 2001. He had written 6 compositions based on his 4 year stay in South America and was eager to record those feelings on tape. The resulting album "Impresiones", published on his own record label Kramúsica and released in the US on August 10, 2004, is a work full of emotion. It travels from world to jazz, from folk to classical, from ambient to soundtrack.
Van Overmeire and his band effortlessly combine jazz, world, folk and even classical music. In lesser hands, such disparate musical shifts would be a major distraction, but Impresiones treats these stylistic differences as if they somehow belong together.
"Impresiones" is a work of infinite compassion within the realms of the human experience. The atmospheric layering & ambiance of this work is strikingly unique in its vision & breadth. A sublime sonic blending of emotion & variance, cast in shades of dark & light with an audio-painter's stroke of inspiration & depth.
If you're looking for something completely different for your ears and soul, you should try this album. While listening to this music you'll feel pioneering and adventure, courage and freedom, enthusiasm and energy, and sometimes some deep sadness of a dreamer & wanderer. You also might find some influences of the Pat Metheny in the Mark's music, which is ok with me, since i love this style of music very much.
Mark has got also his own blog called Musical Travelogues.
Thank you Mark for sending your cd to Libra Radio!
Mark Van Overmeire (April 2, 1968) is a composer, classical guitar player and percussion performer from Belgium. He started studying music at the age of 15. At the age of 17 he entered the intriguing world of composition trying to master the fundamental rules of classical music.
At that time Mark got interested in the exciting rhythms of jazz and studied jazz harmony. He has worked with the numerous musicians allowing himself to grow as a performer. In March '97 he embarked to South America for 4 years, enriching himself with impressions of another world. The result was a musical journey of his stay in this heart warming continent recorded on the tape.
Mark formed his band in October 2001. He had written 6 compositions based on his 4 year stay in South America and was eager to record those feelings on tape. The resulting album "Impresiones", published on his own record label Kramúsica and released in the US on August 10, 2004, is a work full of emotion. It travels from world to jazz, from folk to classical, from ambient to soundtrack.
Van Overmeire and his band effortlessly combine jazz, world, folk and even classical music. In lesser hands, such disparate musical shifts would be a major distraction, but Impresiones treats these stylistic differences as if they somehow belong together.
"Impresiones" is a work of infinite compassion within the realms of the human experience. The atmospheric layering & ambiance of this work is strikingly unique in its vision & breadth. A sublime sonic blending of emotion & variance, cast in shades of dark & light with an audio-painter's stroke of inspiration & depth.
If you're looking for something completely different for your ears and soul, you should try this album. While listening to this music you'll feel pioneering and adventure, courage and freedom, enthusiasm and energy, and sometimes some deep sadness of a dreamer & wanderer. You also might find some influences of the Pat Metheny in the Mark's music, which is ok with me, since i love this style of music very much.
Mark has got also his own blog called Musical Travelogues.
posted by O.marian at 18:21
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