crossroads ego profile picture

crossroads ego

About Me


crossroads ego is marco bakker (°31 december 1980) from tremelo, belgium. marco started to create electronic music from the moment he discovered his computer should be used for making sound, not homework. over the years his tracks evolved from cheesy techno beats to deep, experimental, minimalist ambient music. discovering the belgian label u-cover and its artists was a milestone in this evolution. crossroads ego’s music can be described as isolate, serene and hypnotizing.
contact: [email protected] (mail/chat)
AVAILABLE NOW ON DUCKBAY - 'LISTEN':
"Listen features a collection of artists from all over the world."
"the idea for the compilation was born out of a simple, yet profound appreciation of sound and the effect it has on us. each artist was approached because of his/her unique sound aesthetic - they were not confined by a central theme or concept. the end result is a collage of sonic landscapes: warm tones, field recordings, drones, textures, digitized and analogue events, and other mysterious occurrences."
1. IJO – U.Me
2. Offthesky – Taciturning
3. Elian – The Feeling Has Passed Me By
4. Porzellan – Irissin Mangata
5. Russell garden – Shh…
6. Crossroad Ego – Glimma
7. Son of Rose – Flocksandflocks
8. Segue – Passing
9. Entia Non – Silt
10. Glenn Ryszko - Untitled 003
11. Chubby Wolf – A Wispy Tear
12. Corey Fuller – Mado
13. Shunji Takami – Larp
14. Ryonkt - Circulation

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/24/2006
Band Members: My iBook, my headphones and me.
Influences: deltidseskapism ("dunklets högtid", "nattmusik"), joel tammik ("eluline"), ontayso ("score of an imaginary iceland", "elochim", "magical tone tricks"), kettel ("volleyed iron"), sigur rós ("takk"), asher ("the depths, the colors, the objects & the silence"), forestflies ("variations of trees"), autumn, winter and sometimes spring, fog, morning light, trees, the kalmthoutse heide covered in snow at 7 am on january 1st, lonely long drives, solitude, the state of mind just before you fall asleep...
Sounds Like: I'd rather have you telling me.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

db compilation listen available

AVAILABLE NOW ON DUCKBAY - 'LISTEN': "Listen features a collection of artists from all over the world." "the idea for the compilation was born out of a simple, yet profound appreciation of sound and t...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:09:00 GMT

’glimma’ soon to be released

I'm proud to inform you that my track 'glimma' will be released on a compilation which should be out soon. More info to follow!
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:09:00 GMT

Moving on to my new house

Some of you might have noticed; it's been awfully quiet in my page lately. No new music, no new things to report to you. Actually I'm glad I found some time to answer messages from some of you. At the...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:10:00 GMT

It’s all so quiet...

It's all so quiet nowadays... on this page. I can't seem to find any time to update things or to create new music. But hey, no stress! ;-) Time will tell. The renovation of my house is going well...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:16:00 GMT

Added new track online...

I just finished uploading 'glimma' (5'24"). This is the 7th track of my 'crossroads ego' project, with a total time of 51'30" for now. I'm planning to make an album with some more shorter tracks. This...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:56:00 GMT

New track coming up!

Finally I managed to find some time to make some more music... The result is 'glimma', a 5'24" lasting, rather simple & minimal track. As soon as I find or make a suitable picture, I will put this tr...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:52:00 GMT

FIVE tracks!

Thanks INT_routine for telling me how to have 5 tracks on my player (unfortunately it didn't work out), but many thanks to Rudi Araphoe for showing me the way! ;-)It's great to have nice MySpace frien...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:22:00 GMT

Added new track online...

It's a fact: my new track 'nos calan gaeaf' is online. Some info about the title can be found in my previous blog entry. Too bad MySpace doesn't allow more than 4 tracks at once, so 'tendar ljuv' had ...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:39:00 GMT

Finished a new track

Well, I just finished a new track: 'nos calan gaeaf' (9'57"), this is Welsh. A full explanation according to Wikipedia: "Calan Gaeaf is the name of the first day of winter in Wales, observed on 1 Nove...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:44:00 GMT

Remix of MySpace page

As you can see I did some visual changes on my page. I got tired of the depressing grey shades... Thank you, some free lay-out editor! ;-)
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:41:00 GMT