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Jasper Steverlinck
12+ albums
belgiansinger-songwriterBelgiumrockJasper Steverlinck
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Finally. The wait's over. Jasper Steverlinck's first solo album is out. Don't think this exceptional record to be the product of a plan. It's actually the result of a chain of happy coincidences, culminating into a unique event. If Arid 's singer wouldn't have stepped into an artistic exchange with the Kolacny Brothers, this record would never have been made. He asked the twin pianists to accompany him singing ‘Life on Mars' in Werchter, and they in turn invited him to sing with the youth choir Scala. A whole new world opened up for Jasper, his conception of music—especially music by other artists--changed in the process, and gradually he started to brood on the idea of a cover album. Now it's here, out in the world, out for you to savour, to enjoy. “I didn't just want songs that would allow me to lash out with my voice,” he says. “It had to be songs I could actually work on, do something with. I even chose a few that would lead me into fairly unknown territory.” Indeed, it's an album with a handful of cover tracks stripped to the core, altered considerably, resulting in very personal interpretations that seek the minimal: vocals, piano, once in a while a stroke of strings and perhaps—if the song would ask for it—an electrical guitar. Songs of Innocence features songs that go for Emotion, capital E. No volume, nor violence. Just tension, subtlety, nuance. “I wanted to bring the atmosphere and the feel of classical music into pop music,” says Jasper. “I know a lot of peopl
