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About Me

Art Of Empathy is a one man darkwave/neofolk project of me, Jef Janssen. Although... one man... Without the support of my dear wife Ann and friend Peter I would never have finished a single track!
Thank them and everyone else who supported me during the creation of this music. Thank you too, dear visitor, for your interest. Slow down and enjoy your stay...
The music of AOE is downloadable for free. Just click the DOWNLOAD button for the full album or click a songtitle for a single track.
Clicking the TO ARCHIVE button leads you to the album archive where you can find: booklet, lyrics, images, high-quality mp3' s, streams, ...
AOE is all about creating beautiful, dreamy soundscapes, but there's just a bit more: with certain spheres and stimuli AOE tries to convince you to reflect about things.
Because wondering can open doors. It can put things in a different light and break through conventions. It can recall that wonderful, innocent curiosity. It makes people think twice about senseless tv-messages, political evolutions, ecological disasters and absurd commercials.
In the end AOE is just chilly music for dreamers. Download it, sit back and relax.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/11/2006
Band Website: artofempathy.be
Band Members:

Influences: Empyrium, Dargaard, This Mortal Coil, Diary Of Dreams, Anathema, Antimatter, Wongraven, Of The Wand And The Moon, ...
Sounds Like:

CD - Evening Sessions

1. Delightful Darkness
2. Winter's Dancing
3. RAW
4. Dow Joneses Lullaby
5. Tiny Doll
6. Those Days
7. Detachment
8. Met
9. Believe
10. Happily Ever After
11. Dwelling In Light

Looks and sounds like...

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Record Label: Ekleipsi
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

10 Songs for free download - Vol.1: In Autumnal Fog

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=wQfNZi5MFGQ Dear friend of AOE,the video displayed up here is a MUST CHECK OUT! Please forward it to everyone who might love this! Lots of respect goes to the ...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:34:00 PST

The Shadows Commence - Review (English) - Evening Sessions

ART OF EMPATHY's self-declared mission is to sooth you, to make you turn of the TV and clear your mind from all the hysteric impressions you get from the medias every day. They would like to make you...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:07:00 PST

Metal Heart - Review (French/English) - Evening Sessions

Art of Empathy est un one man group belge fondé il y a plus de 10 ans par Jef Janssen. « Evening Sessions » est un album aux sonorités douces et délicates, d'un style plutôt ambiant. Beaucou...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:46:00 PST

What brings the future?

Dear friend of AOE,as time flies by, exactly one year has passed since the release of 'Evening Sessions'. What once started as an experiment ("Is it possible to spread AOE's music around the wo...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:43:00 PST

RMP - Interview (Dutch)

Valt AOE eigenlijk te vergelijken met bepaalde andere bands? Dewelke? Ik denk dat ik met AOE erin geslaagd ben een vrij uniek geluid te creëren: een sfeervolle (ambient) mix van neofolk en darkwa...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:20:00 PST

RMP - Review (Dutch) - Evening Sessions

AOE is een creatie van Jef Jannsen, een heel gewone naam die echter staat voor heel bijzondere muziek. Art Of Empathy kan je letterlijk vertalen als "De kunst van het inlevingsvermogen" en zo klinkt ...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:13:00 PST

Metal Waves - Review (French) - Evening Sessions

Art Of Empathy, est un one-man-band belge formé il y'a presque dix ans par Jef Janssen multi instrumentaliste passionné, qui se dévoua a ce projet pour nos offrir une musique sincère, touchante, et e...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:06:00 PST

Slushau - Review (Russian) - Evening Sessions

-> One problem: myspace doesn't accept Russian characters... Please follow this link for the source-page of this review.--------------------Shadegrown - Slushau4,57/5 (02/12/07)...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:03:00 PST

Alternation - Review (Polish) - Evening Sessions

-> One little problem: not all symbols are displayed well. Please follow this link for the source-page of this review.-> Click below ('comments') to display the English translation of this revi...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:52:00 PST

AOE joins Lunar Hypnosis compilation

What is Lunar Hypnosis about?Lunar Hypnosis is a webzine specializing in reviews of bands in Metal, Neo/Dark Folk, Neo Classical, Ambient, Darkwave, Electro, Noise/Experimental, Gothic, Rock, Anime/v...
Posted by Art Of Empathy on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:02:00 PST