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MP3 HJ - POP: Quirky
14 MP3 Songs
POP: Quirky, ROCK: Surf Rock
Details:
The album “HJ” is like the soundtrack of a great movie,
an adventurous mixture of catchy songs and instrumentals.
This import CD comes in a beautiful cardboard package, with HJ''s own offbeat artwork. Total playing time is over 52 minutes.
Multi-instrumentalist HJ is an eclectic music fan with a particular liking for music which is not too strictly bound by conventions, such as soundtracks. “Anything goes if it sounds good” is his favorite slogan. HJ deliberately switches styles between songs, like the fast changes in the modern world, but sounds like HJ all the time. Though the music industry is not really adjusted to deal with artists that go beyond the borders of a single genre, music lovers just want a highly enjoyable CD. Listen to the songs and decide for yourself.
HJ is influenced by all music he has heard, most of all by other eclectic artists that are not afraid of a bit of experimentation like The Beatles, Frank Zappa and Ennio Morricone. Other influences are Dick Dale, The Clash, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Link Wray, Mick Ronson, P.J. Harvey, John Zorn, Art Pepper and Antonio Carlo Jobim. Any band from Rhino''s "Cowabunga!"- surf box could be mentioned as well. HJ''s interest in instrumental surf music was arisen after watching the movie Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino. The energy of Dick Dale''s guitar playing in "Misirlou" made a big impression. From that moment, HJ started to include the power, the lightness and the pure fun of surf into his own instrumentals.
Born in The Netherlands, HJ learned to play flute at young age, then switched to guitar and alto-sax, followed by every musical instrument he could lay his hands on. He played guitar in the Dutch rock group Garbitsjkeng, though was forced to quit after a minor aeroplane accident. Loud music became unbearable to one of his ears for a couple of years. Searching for alternative ways to carry on his passion, he started performing on the streets of European cities. Meanwhile he has written and recorded about 50 songs and instrumentals. A selection of these are now available on this self titled solo CD. HJ also created soundtracks for films by artist Luciano Pinna of the famous Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy, with whom he is playing in the band Stunfish. The first Stunfish album is currently being recorded. Release is planned for 2007.
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