JoosTVD

about

Joost is a grooving funky, but also romantic soul. Selfmade, one-man's band, he has composed about 1200 songs so far..and counting. Used to play and record everything myself, but with modern technology that all changed and now I use real organic loops (drums), manipulate them and combine that with jazzy playing, a touch of improvisation and bluesy raspy cockerish blue-eyed soul singing. He has been inspired by many great artists who are mostly eclectic in styles, like Gino Vannelli, Todd Rundgren, Miles Davis, Boz Scaggs, John Martyn, Sting, Terry Callier. I thank them all!! Mostly influenced by the 1960-70's, but he keeps a sharp eye on today's fashions. At first he started out as a drummer and played with a lot of bands in Holland. He found out that he could write songs too and ended up as a singer and did a lot of crazy stuff on stage to wake up the crowd. Band: Catch My Drift. Since 1995 he records and writes a lot and sometimes misses playing these songs with a grooving band, but on the other hand he feels very comfortable doing it all by himyself. Trying to make his own mark on music. He describes himself as a "zelfbevlekkende, narcistische, selfkickende, obsessieve, uitknijpende liedjesmaker" which loosely translates (I think) as a "self-denigrating, narcissistic, self-flagellating squeezer-out of songs" as freely translated by Mr Freshnet Tom Robinson. His song Bomb Won´t Go Off featured on his BBC6 Radio show and BBC6Mixtape in november 2012. Stupid Song(s) landed on

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albums

I Mimic Me

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Suit Yourself

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Sand In My Shoes

Doesn't Ring A Bell

Just Say Know

Open Up My Parachute

The Ballooning Brouhaha

Volumed 10 [2007]

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Sagitario

The Vanished Dutchman [2010]

Lightning Dutchman