In the middle of 2001, NIELS VAN HOORN
( LEGENDARY PINK
DOTS ) received a friendly e-mail from
RYAN MOORE (
TWILIGHT CIRCUS DUB SOUND SYSTEM /
LEGENDARY PINK DOTS ) offering assistance with his new
solo album. He promised "no stress, just fun!" And that is exactly what happened.
MOORE ended up
playing drums and congas, which were looped and later employed for multi-track recordings.
VAN HOORN'S
experiments with a Boomerang Phrase sampler resulted in the first sax loop on the album,
which was mixed live with effects to a 2-track tape. For the most part,
VAN HOORN placed himself in the middle of his studio, encircled by his
collection of saxes, clarinets, flutes, analogue windsynths and keyboards, and would walk
around to each, improvising. Everything was then recorded by
MOORE and passed through his "effects kitchen" for some
sonic baking. And voila! COLOURS
came into being. Both
NIELS and RYAN
hope you enjoy listening to it as much as they enjoyed producing it.
NIELS VAN HOORN:
1951 - Born May 5 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
1961 - Starts flute lessons, becomes soloist in a youth orchestra.
1967 - Blues band saxophonist.
1968 - First major concert appearance (25,000 attend) at German Rock festival with Yes &
Traffic.
1969 - Sax & flute player in Dutch psychedelic rock band Liberty.
1970 - Liberty signed to EMI & release 1st single "Hey Man", which lands in Dutch Hit Parade.
1974 - Electronic studio project in Belgium: Fruit.
NIELS plays winds & EMS VCS 3 synth.
1976 - Academic study of electronic / electroacoustic music at State University in Utrecht.
1977 - Sets up his 1st multi-track recording studio: Klaverland Studio.
1977 - SEM ensemble. Group playing modern electronic & experimental music. Concerts in Belgium , including state radio BRT.
1975/1985 - Autonomic street orchestra: Horen & Zien.
1980 - 'Horizon' - improvised music project with Bob Pistoor (later to be in
LPD & Narrow Escape).
1982/1987 - Hugely popular Dutch R&B band 'Narrow Escape'. Becomes renowned for his live double sax & piano walking escapades.
1987 - First recordings at Klaverland Studio with THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS
for ANY DAY NOW,
THE GOLDEN AGE,
and THE LEGENDARY PINK BOX.
1988 - present - Member of THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS on all
tours and recordings.
1999 - Drum and bass project: Voltage.
2000 - Plays with DEAD
VOICES ON AIR / MARK SPYBEY.
2002 - Collaboration project with MARK SPYBEY
CD on SOLEILMOON
entitled DE KLAVERLAND KLOMPEN VOETBAL CLUB.
2002 - First solo album: COLOURS.
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