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Onno Krijn is an independent composer/producer/orchestrator. "I earn a living writing arrangements and orchestrations for large ensembles and producing records at my studio. I also work as a musical director for my wife,- she's a folk-singer- during her theatre tour which we do three or four months every year, or during one of the big multi-cultural events she produces. I received classical training in composition and piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory and studied arranging at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. World music has always had a big influence on all my work." The world musicians mainly live in Holland and Belgium and come from Senegal, India, Tibet, Ethiopia, Iraq, Indonesia, Scotland, the United States and the Netherlands. The most famous one is Farida, from Iraq. Together with her brother, Jamil al Asadi on Canun she did a heart-gripping improvisation, - maqam-stile-, about Bagdad in all its present misery. "I structured and orchestrated this improvisation. The result is a heart-wrenching track." Another big name is Droeh Nankoe, a singer from India, who has been living in Holland for quite some time now, "and whom I met when I was the musical director for this big multi-cultural musical theatre-show entitled "Made in Holland, a tribute to diversity", where I met a lot of the musicians who are featured on One. When I was recording with Droeh he happened to have two distinguished musician-friends staying at his house: Raffiuddin Sabri, a gifted tabla player, who also does some incredible mouth percussion, and Annada Prassana Pattanaik playing bansuri. Of course he brought them to my studio and the two of them feature with Droeh in khayal-style on track 3: "Calcutta Candy", which, by the way is my favorite track of the whole album." ISeveral African musicians are featured on One: Omar Ka from Senegal, Minyeshu from Ethiopia, Bao Sissok on Kora, Serigne Gueye on percussion and Bniyam Kindeya on Krar. Minyeshu blends in wonderfully with the American steel guitar of American singer/songwriter Thad Beckman. "For somewhat more meditative material you can listen to the vocals of Namgyal Lhamo from Tibet combined with a beautiful oboe-solo played by oboist Bart Schneeman, first oboist from the world-famous Concertgebouworkest. Or the beautiful Love song which I composed on a poem by the great Irish poet W.B.Yeats, sung in a distinguished Celtic style by my wife." "There is a terrific 5 minute long Coltrane-like tenor solo by Ben van de Dungen on a bed of pulsating African rhythm and the very last track focuses inward again, a duet between me and Omar Ka with once again the beautiful Kora-accompaniment of Bao Sissok. It took me almost three years to finish One, mainly because I could never work on it full time." "If I had to describe the style of the whole album, I'd say you can
compare it to the "One giant leap" album, or some of the albums Michael Brook
did on the RealWorld label with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or David Gasparyan. It's
definitely cross-over, world fusion. Official Web Site: www.dontbeastranger.nl & www.onnokrijn.com |
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