In a few words:
- I am a sound engineer graduated from the SAE Brussels.I used to work a lot for the magasin 4 before it closed.
I also work for different live sound companies: Procon, Live4Life, Arto, Eurovoice, ATS, Shows on the road, Event support services.
I work for the venues the Coliseum, the botanique and the recyclart.
I work or used to work with a few bands:
Abbey road, Anachronia (Fr), Dylath Leen (Fr), Mystica, Syn (Fr), Trouble Agency, Marie-Noire, Halo trail, Karim Baggili, Skeptical Minds, Baune, Hexen, Jeuc dietrich, Cristal, No MÃ s control, Urbango, Marvelous Gospel Singers,...
Here is some of my experience.
FOH
Karim Baggili Quintet, Maison de tous à Beaucourt, France
Kraak festival, recyclart, brussels
31Knots + Quiet, centre culturel de Bièvre
Alma-rock
Star Academy sings Joe Dassin
Nocturnes de l'ulb
Brussels Summer festival – Mont des arts
Bear Rock festival – Chapiteau
Dylath-Leen + Mystica, Ten Weyngaert, Bruxelles
Syn, Bétiz Fest, Cambrai
Urbango, Centre Culturel de Menen
Marie-Noire, Centre culturel d'Uccle, Bruxelles
Marie-Noire, Ateliers de la Fucam, Mons
Marie-Noire, Entrevues, Witloof bar – Botanique, Bruxelles
Karim Baggili quartet, Centre Marius Staquet, Mouscron
Marvelous Gospel Singers, Eglise de Jurbise
Marie-Noire, La Vénerie, Bruxelles
Dig up Elvis + The Von Durden party project, Café central, Bruxelles
Rolling bottles, Palais des Colonies, Bruxelles
Rock Bless you, Fleurus (Live 4 Life) 2007
Les Anges / Kris Dane, Jauche (Arto) 2007
Urban Trad – Centre culturel d'Ottignies (Arto) 2007
Les Blaireaux + Daphne D + Balimurphy - Atelier 210, Bruxelles
Monitoring engineer:
Un soir autour du monde (Babylon Circus, Mellino, La Baleine, Kermesz à l'est, Felipecha, Fredy Masamba, Desert rebel soundsystem, Courir les rues, Sinus Georges), Chapiteau, Abbaye de Villers-la-ville
Balkan trafic festival, Salle Henri Le Boeuf, Bozar
Crystal Antlers, Rotonde - Botanique, Brussels
Centerock festival (Hulkk, The experimental tropic blues band, Ok Cowboy, Les héritiers, The chargers), Palace La Louviere
Redpower tour (diplomat, bikinians, caroloregians), Coliseum
PPA Festival (Diplomat, Alpha 2.1, Bikinians,...), Moustier-sur-sambre
A brand, Freaky age, Malibu Stacy, The subs – Coliseum, Charleroi
Habib Kane, Zaho – Coliseum, Charleroi
Made In CharlyKing : Morning Red + Shove It + Saladin + KLM + Bk L-Yen + Lundi 7 heure + Freddy Loco + Los Petardos + ON prend l’air + Johnny Weissmüller from the jungle + Bobble Head - Coliseum, Charleroi
Dour Festival – Assistant
Abbey Road / Comeback80 – Lac des vieilles forges (Fr)
Spa Tribute Festival – Spa
Fiesta du rock – Flémalle
Fêtes de la Musique – Charleroi
Festival de soutien au Archbishops – Maison de la culture de Namur
Abbey Road + Pilgrims – Nandrin
Touch'May Festival, Salle de la Source, Soignies
CenteRock Festival, Palace, La Louvière
Inc'rock festival, Jodoigne
Wiska Festival, Hall Omnisport de Plomcot, Namur
BeLive tour, ferme du biéreau, Louvain-La-Neuve
Balkan trafic festival, Bruxelles, Bozar
Claudine Muno and the Luna Boots, Théâtre 140, Bruxelles
Memento Mori Fest, Palace, La Louvière
WASP, Colliseum, Charleroi
Tchéky Karyo "Ce lien qui nous unit", Maison de la Culture de Namur
Metal Mean Festival - Méan
Mât Noir Festival – Marcinelle
Differtival – Messancy
Ensyferum (Fi) – Coliseum de Charleroi
BuriedFest – Liège, Casernes Fonck
LL Metal fest – La Louvière, Palace
Gerpinnes rock festival (William Dunker,...)
Watcha / My Pollux (Fr) – Coliseum de Charleroi
Festival Sortie 23
- I am a musician (bass, guitar, keyboards, voice, computer and weird noisy artefacts, Theremin... Singer/Composer in Ethereal Mind, Bass player for Blött, used to play keyboard and Theremin in Fungus Imperator ex-bass player of Atroxentis, ex-guitar player in Garden of Decay, briefly worked with Dark Sensation, Bloody Hands, Mystica, Decorporate, some others... and the author of a lot of different solo projects ranging from noise to electro...). I might now join a Faith No More cover band.
- I am a graphic designer (logos, cd covers, websites,...)
- I am a writer (novels, poetry, scenarios,...)
All the places where I have played (or almost): OHK Ostende, B52 Eernegem, Panique D'o Mechelen, DNA Brussels, Magasin 4 Brussels, MJ Watermael boisfort, MJ Rixensart, MJ Wavre, La maison Marche-en-famenne, CP-CR Liège, Factory Liège, Escalier Liège, Phoenix Liège, La zone Liège, Marignan Athus, Maison du peuple Genly, Blues - Charleroi, Maison internationale Gembloux, MJ Couillet, Espace 2000 Genappe, Président Brussels, Orangerie and witloof bar @ Botanique Brussels, VK Brussels, Grande Casa Louvain-La-Neuve, Télégraphe Ath, PandDemonium in Antwerpen, MJ Ciney, CCJ Chênée, Hangar in Andenne, Centre culturel Braine l'Alleud, JK paddestoel, La Chimère (Lille), Differtival...
Here are the listing of the recordings I have contributed to as a musician:
- Atroxentis: Blood heals my wounds (2004)
- The strange experiment (2005)
- Ethereal Mind - A perfect source of despair (2006)
- The Strange experiment: Pyrolenta Thesis (2006)
- The Strange experiment: Das no reignity (2007)
- The Strange experiment: Soundtrack for your nightmares (2007)
- The Strange experiment: A future mechanical (2008)
- The Strange experiment: Electro haze (in progress, should be out soon)
- blött: The death of Jim's postmodernism
Other activites:
Played in two short movies (amateur), worked a sound technician on Kino cabarets for the short movie festival of brussels, painting, working on a comic strip, photos, webdesign or graphic experiments, will play a small role in a movie from Marian Handwerker,...
And as for Ethereal Mind, it all started a few years ago (can't remember) when I realised I had a lot of songs but no one to play them with me, since it didn't fit in any of my bands. Couldn't find new people to play them. So I started doing it all on my own. And now it's nothing like what it was. And now I try and experiment many other kinds of music and feelings. So this solo project is like a lot of bands entangled into one. And I'm not good at talking so I'll just stop.
