Member Since: 26/06/2006
Band Website: leonvangeest.com/blog/
Band Members: ALURA (September 2006 - December 2007) with Laura Schoegje, Martijn van Spaendonck, Sefi Brown, Ruud van Diepen.Zenith (RIP July 2006) with Sanne Boomhouwer, Alexis Kontozamanis, Roy & Niels van den Berg and Sander Veeken.On occasion I play with close friend and keyz player/producer Paul van der Meer.
Influences: Mr. Bungle, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Fred Neil, Tim Buckley, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Calexico, Radiohead, Beck, Tin Hat (Trio), Incubus, Tomahawk, Faith no More, Secret Chiefs 3, The Mars Volta, John Scofield, Jeff Beck, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Grant Green, Joe Pass, René Thomas, Sex Mob, Marc Ribot, Steven Bernstein, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jamiroquai (only the early work), Benjamin Herman "The Itch", Anton Goudsmit, Eric Vloeimans, Fugimundi, Han Bennink, Michael Vatcher, Michael Moore, Ernst Reiziger, ICP, Willem Breuker Kollektief, Shibazushirazu, Reverend Horton Heat, Dick Dale, Los Straitjackets, Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzolla, Rachmaninov, many others..
Sounds Like: anything out there
Type of Label: Major