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Stijn

About Me


Morning
In the summer of 2000 I joined Morning. Fir five years we performed a lot and released several demoEPs. In 2005 we released our debut album "Hour of Joy" worldwide through Black Lotus Records. Promoting this album we toured the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany and supported Epica and The Old Dead Tree on their minitour! We did a lot of cool gigs and played with many great bands, like the before-mentioned Epica, but also After Forever, Orphanage, Erik Norlander, Lana Lane, Stream of Passion, Ayreon, Trail of Tears, Therion and Paradise Lost! We hope to release our second album this year. Check our website and my blog for updates!
Stonepit
PITStudio-owner Hans Reinders asked me to join Stonepit (back then called Exit 22, consisting of (ex-)members of Boondoggle and Kelvin Zhero) in 2004. Unfortunately, I had to quit the band after a few months because of a lack of time. In 2005 they needed a keyboardist for their first gig and I re-joined the band. We did some gigs and started to record our debut album. This album "Living On A Park Bench" was released in the summer of 2007.
Skeptic
In 2007 I was asked to join Skeptic, a new progressive/neo-classical metalband. Bastiaan, Reinier, Joost and Ruud also form the absurdly good Death-tribute band Symbolic and singer Jos is also involved in Sander Gommans' Project HDK .
GEAR
Korg Trinity - Novation KS5 - Korg MicroKORG - K&M Stands
DISCOGRAPHY
2001: Morning - "Little Moves" - DemoEP
2002: Morning - "Circle of Power" - DemoEP
2003: Morning - "Inside" - DemoEP
2004: Exit22 - "Handpalm" - 2L Publishing
2005: Morning - "Hour of Joy" - Black Lotus Records
2007: Stonepit - "Living On A Park Bench" - Independent
2008: Morning - "Moments of Truth" - Snakebite Records
Guest appearance
2001: Keltgar - "Wintermist" - Uxicon Records
Basso vocals in "The Gates To My Fantasy"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/06/2007
Band Website: floydianslips.net
Band Members: MORNING
Website - MySpace

Saskia van Heugten - vocals
Martijn Brauwers - guitars
Bas Rensen - guitars
Stijn Bannier - synths
Pol Bannier - bass
Jim Van De Kerkhof - drums

STONEPIT *RIP*
Website - MySpace

Hans Reinders - vocals
Roger Gransier - guitars & backing vocals
Stijn Bannier - synths
Alex Wurms - bass
Leon Verkoulen - drums & backing vocals

SKEPTIC *RIP*

Jos Severens - vocals
Bastiaan Kuiper - guitars
Reinier De Valk - guitars
Stijn Bannier - synths
Joost Jansen - bass
Ruud Van Helden - drums

Influences:

Queen, Pink Floyd, Focus, King Crimson, Mike Oldfield, Ayreon, Star One and everything else Arjen Lucassen-related, Rhapsody, DragonForce, Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Paganini, Corelli, Karl-Heinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Philip Glass, Psyopus, Dillinger Escape Pla
Record Label: BarCode Records

My Blog

Please vote for Morning!

Vote for Morning ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:50:00 GMT

Morning needs your help

Attention, attention... MORNING needs your help ASAP! Scars on Broadway is looking for a dutch supportact for their show at the famous Melkweg venue in Amsterdam. You might know 'SoB' since Sy...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:25:00 GMT

Morning announces album release

Morning is very pleased to announce the release of their second full-length album "Moments of Truth" in the Benelux and North- and South-America.For the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, Mornin...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 16:49:00 GMT

Teaser online

There’s a short teaser online of a new Morning song: Fading vs Waiting.This song will open our album "Moments of Truth"!
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:54:00 GMT

Stijn vs Stijn: new song

Really bizarre thing yesterday: in the morning I was called by radiostation FM Brussels, if I could be in their show that evening...Seems that a Belgian reggae-artist called Mika sued the English band...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:05:00 GMT

Back in NL & gigs

Hi there!Together with Pieter and my brother Stan I was in Eastern Europe the past two weeks and we had a great trip! Beautiful weather and girls, meeting lots of new and nice people, seeing some grea...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:34:00 GMT

Holiday: first trip and Morning recordings

So I had my first holiday trip to Retranchement (in Zeeland, Limburg). This was our 'Boy's Week Out': getting drunk, drinking, boozing, having fun, partying and getting drunk!I've updated the calendar...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:38:00 GMT