Album Notes

This CD has 77 minutes of 100% improvisation. No spoken words were used. This recording Improvisations in Holland, was made in the village of Reusel, Holland. It's recorded by the drummer/vibraphonist/sound engineer Ted Masseurs. Bram was just going to Ted to record something, as he was having some great microphones and recording-set at that moment.The idea was just to have fun. We just started to play, without worrying about chord progressions or other appointments. No spoken words were used. Bram took the result home, and started mixing it, and putting effects. No overdubs were used (exept on track 1), so it's all really about those 2 evenings were it was recorded. So, on this cd you will experience a result of music made for fun, without any idea of selling it. We had a lot of nice experiences making this music, and you're definitely getting them too. Small biography of the producer: Bram Stadhouders was born in 1987. He has been playing guitar since the age of 5. He started with classical music, and won the third prize at the Brabants Guitar Concours when he was 8, and the second prize with a violinist at the age of 10. Than he did a lot of gigs with a rockband, and he won the second prize at the National Guitar Awards in Holland. Than with a modern jazzband, he played on the North Sea Jazz Festival 2002 and others. Now he's 17 years old, still playing jazz, he has played with some of the greatest jazzmusicians of Holland, but in his own music he combines that with more experimental/improvisational music, like this record. Extra info on the recording: Bram Stadhouders: semi-acoustic guitar, fretless bass, electric tabla, vibraphone, vocals Ted Masseurs: drums, vibraphone, percussion, guitareffect-control. Recorded in december 2003 (tr. 1-6 + 10) and january 2004 (tr.7,8,9).