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Sioen

Sioen meets Soweto !!

About Me

BIOGRAPHY 2000: First demo 'S', Sioen solo on the piano - First concerts in hometown Ghent, Belgium

2001: A lot of gigs, rockrally's, ... in Belgium

2002: Performing more gigs, experimenting with more musicians on stage - In the meantime the demo 'S' sold more than 2.000 copies

2003: Release of 1st album 'See You Naked' (golden record in Belgium) - Composing the score for the belgian film 'Team Spirit II' - More concerts in Belgium and The Netherlands

2004: Performing in the biggest clubs and on the biggest festivals in Belgium: Rock Werchter, Dranouter Festival, Marktrock, Lokerse Feesten, Francofolies Spa, ... - Release of 'See You Naked' in The Netherlands, Germany, Suisse and Austria - Nominated for 'Joseph Plateau' movie awards for 'best soundtrack' of Team Spirit II - Zamu Award for 'Best Newcoming Artist'- Breaktrough Artist on MTV Korea with the single 'Cruisin'' 2005: Release of 2nd album 'Ease Your Mind' (golden record in Belgium) -Performing in Belgium (2nd time Rock Werchter and Dranouter Festival with guest appearance of Toots Thielemans), The Netherlands, Germany, Suisse, Austria & France (as support for Girls In Hawaii) - ...

2006: Performing in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Suisse, Austria and China - Host of the 0110-concert in Ghent, Belgium (with Tom Barman (dEUS) and Arno)

2007: Release of 3rd album 'A Potion' - Performing in Belgium (3rd time Rock Werchter, Marktrock, Dour Festival, ...), The Netherlands, Germany (as support for MIA.), ...
Download ' a potion'
Download 'No conspiracy at all'
Download 'Ready for your love (high)' (New Single)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/1/2005
Band Website: sioen.net
Band Members: piano, vocal : Frederik Sioen

violin: Jeroen Baert

drums: Laurens Smagghe

bass: Sjang Coenen

guitar: Fritz Sundermann
Influences: The Beatles, Bob Marley, The Flaming Lips, Richard Ashcroft, Damon Albarn, The Who, Pearl Jam, Randy Newman, Prince, Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Mozart, Jacques Brel, Brian Wilson, Nirvana, Marvin Gaye, Danny Elfman, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Björk, John Frusciante, Lou Reed, The Meters, dEUS, The Coral, Keith Jarrett, Jimi Hendrix, Evil Superstars, Mark Lanegan, Little Feat, Bram Vermeulen, Raymond Van 't Groenewoud, Bach, Schubert, Rufus Wainwright, Antony & The Johnssons, Feist, Verdi, Ryan Adams, Di Angelo, Soulwax, Radiohead, Chet Baker, Alice In Chains, Dave Matthews, Arno, Jeff Buckley, Bill Evans, Nick Cave, James Brown, Elbow, Edith Piaf, Pink Floyd, Curtis Mayfield
Sounds Like: NEW VIDEOCLIP: IT DIDN’T LAST

All videos of Sioen on www.youtube.com/sioentheband

New pics of Sioen on www.flickr.com/photos/sioen

Sioen - Ready For Your Love (video)

Ready For Your Love (high)

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Sioen - No Conspiracy At All (video)

No Conspiracy At All

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Record Label: Universal Music Belgium / Kabron Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Sioen Meets Soweto with kids

More photos of me in Soweto on www.facebook.comco(Frederik Artist Sioen)Sioen on iLike - Add iLike to your MySpace...
Posted by Sioen on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:35:00 PST

Sioen Meets Soweto with Besten and beer

I'm in Soweto right now. Check out these photos !Sioen on iLike - Add iLike to your MySpace...
Posted by Sioen on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:25:00 PST

Sioen Meets Soweto Blog 4 - een trip naar Mpumalanga

Een trip naar MpumalangaJoepie, ik heb wilde beesten gezien! Olifanten, leeuwen, giraffen,  everzwijnen, zebra's en zelfs wilde duiven, maak dat mee! Bovendien  heb ik aan het raam van God g...
Posted by Sioen on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:32:00 PST

Sioen Meets Soweto Blog 3

Een blij weerzien vandaag met Tom Roos (Gentenaar en bekend van Wurre  Wurre), die al enkele jaren in het centrum Ipelegeng werkt en er met  hart en ziel een jongerenwerking opzet. Vandaag g...
Posted by Sioen on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:34:00 PST

Sioen Meets Soweto: volg Sioens avonturen via zijn blog

volg mijn avonturen in Soweto, waar ik repeteer met Zuid-Afrikaanse muzikanten voor een optreden met nieuwe SIoen-muziek op 22 juli tijdens de Gentse Feesten (bij St Jacobs) (de blog vind je onder Not...
Posted by Sioen on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:13:00 PST

Sioen Meets Soweto Blog 2

MANDELA IS NEN BUFFALO..Cold Cold Cold.. van de band ..Little Feat.. spookt sinds mijn aankomst  in Johannesburg door mijn hoofd, en het was weer even aanpassen aan  truitje gedraag en handj...
Posted by Sioen on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:57:00 PST

Sioen Meets Soweto 1

DE INLEIDING..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   Het begon in april 2008 toen ik werd uitgenodigd door een delegatie van 'oude wijzen' (lees: oud = ervaren,...
Posted by Sioen on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:35:00 PST

PLAY A GAME WITH SIOEN/ NEW CLIP I NEED A DRUG!

The new Sioen-clip Sioen 'I Need A Drug' is not just an ordinary videoclip, but rather a VIDEOGAME! 'Game' because you decide, in Lara-Croft-Style, how it continues! It's even possible to watch the vi...
Posted by Sioen on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:20:00 PST

New single 'Ready for your love (high)'

'Ready for your love (high)' is the second and new single of the album 'a potion'.The video will be online somewhere in June. Download 'Ready for your love (high)' (New Single)...
Posted by Sioen on Thu, 24 May 2007 06:42:00 PST

Free tickets - Paard van Troje, Den Haag


Posted by Sioen on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:16:00 PST