Peter Smid
Born in 1948 in in the province of Zeeland (Land of the Sea). Listened to radio Luxembourg to Elvis, Everly's, Little Richard. Saw the Beatles live in their only concert in Holland in 1963. Finished highschool in 1967. Studied social geography at the University of Amsterdam '68-'72, but mainly played guitar instead, influenced by the Beatles, Beach Boys, the Byrds, country blues and all the first funk bands. Started first band in '75: the Houseband, wich was the in-houseband of the VPRO radio station and the famous Paradiso (pop temple of Amsterdam). the Houseband made their first single "Dancing Shoes", wich hit the charts in 1976. They made 3 albums and eventually broke up in 1980.
Was co-founder of the very succesfull Time Bandits wich had a string of top ten hits all over Europe, such as "Specialized in You", The Man with the Golden Voice" and many more. ('81-'84). Then founded the Smithereens with American singer Wendy Sheridan with one hit single "Guarantee for Love" '85.
From '88 onwards started a career as composer of songs and film music, which still is his main occupation. Started the Smusic Studio in 1990.
Since then has worked for most Dutch broadcasting associations and Advertising Agencies and a string of CD's,recorded in the Smusic Studio have been released. www.smusic.nl
Oscar Harris
Oscar Harris was born on November 30, 1943 in Paramaribo, Surinam and came to The Netherlands late 1963. As a starting singer/songwriter he released some of his work on singles independently and performed with his backing band The Twinkle Stars throughout the country, until he was signed by Dureco in 1969. A string of successful singles and albums followed on Dureco labels such as Omega, Blue Elephant and Pink Elephant, between '69 and '76. Especially his ballads became big hits, such as Try A Little Love (1970) and Soldier's Prayer (1971). But an occasional funky track could often also be found on his albums, especially Relax (Before Doin' Sex) in 1972. In '73 Harris went solo and stayed just as successful until 1983. In '95 he made a comeback with the single The Medley. Today he is still performing and releasing records independently, the last album being Salsa Romantica on Friends Music Entertainment (2002).
Jimy Bellmartin
Jimy Bellmartin recorded with several producers between 1970 and 1982, but with Surinam born Frank Smith aka Old Shatterhand from Amsterdam he created his funkiest material. Jimi Silawanebessy (his real name) was born in Bogor, Indonesia in 1949 and he came to Holland when he was just one year old. He first was a member of a group called Witch Concern and started his solo-career in 1970, which meant recording singles and performing with a coverband for American soldiers in Germany and Holland, where Jimy often became James Brown and/or Wilson Pickett. In '75 his singles were compiled on the Polydor album The Best Of Jimy Bellmartin, including So Fine, on which you may recognise the backing vocals of a famous female trio: Patricia Paay, Yvonne Keeley and Anita Meyer. Jimy is still performing today and hopes to record his next album with producer Ernst Jansz (of Doe Maar-fame). He wants to do an acoustic album this time, but still as a soulsinger.
Fred van Zegveld
Fred van Zegveld became known as the organ player of a charting Beatlesque group called Roek Williams & The Fighting Cats, though they changed their name into Roek's Family on the day Fred joined them in 1968, ready for their biggest hit Get Yourself A Ticket in '69. Van Zegveld's only solo album Dynamite (on Park, Basart, 1969) shows his love for Booker T & The MG's, Jimmy Smith and such, though most of the tracks on it are his own compositions. 1969 must have been a busy year for him, because Van Zegveld was also a member of a group called The Flood that year, together with two musicians that also played in Roek Williams's group: Richard de Bois on bass (who became a top producer ten years later, for amongst others The Dolly Dots) and Will Luikinga on sax and flute (who became a famous dj on Radio Veronica afterwards). Van Zegveld, who is still active as a musician today, doesn't even own a proper copy of his album anymore, and if he wants to buy one on eBay, he has to pay at least 300 dollars!
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C-Mon & Kypski
C-Mon & Kypski's music is not that easy to describe. It is certain that their music is spherical, renewing and that it rocks! When these men are on stage, they are rock solid. They will give you the show of your lifetime. C-Mon & Kypski is a four man band. They compose and produce their music in their own home studios. C-Mon & Kypski music goes from funk, rock to polka and is usually served with some nice hiphop flavour! And all of this with a heavy dose of turntablism by Holland’s six times national turntable champion Kypski. Live on stage C-Mon & Kypski are unique when it comes performing their tracks. There is live sampling, live producing and changes of instruments; so stay tuned! Sometimes tracks are build-up from practically nothing and grow out to banging danceable scratch-music. The visuals which are done by VJ collective Subliminal Mess make the show complete. C-Mon & Kypski have already done a long tour for the promotion of their debut album ‘Vinyl Voodoo’ and are now on the road for the promotion of their new album ‘Static Traveller’.
They made a big impression at the prestigious South By Southwest Festival in Texas, during their first American tour. It may be clear now that you are dealing with pioneers at a global level. Don’t miss out on this! With the record ‘Static Traveller’ the band has become musically even more extreme. The boundaries (if there are any) are being pushed forward. Where Vinyl Voodoo was a real studio album, Static traveller goes further; this album has been recorded with the whole band and sounds stronger, more dynamic and more live then ever before. www.c-monandkypski.nl
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