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Artist
Willem van Ekeren
12+ albums
Avant-Gardeinstrumentaldutchexperimentalpoetry
about
Willem van Ekeren (born 1956) is best known for his Bach-Bukowski project in which he combines the music of J.S. Bach with the poetry of Charles Bukowski. As a young boy he was already interested in music and playing piano. And when a teenager he formed several bands and also commenced a singer/songwriter career. It was in 1996 that he recorded the album 'For the Rich' where he sung the lead vocals and also played the acoustic guitar. At this time he often performed in cafes as a bar-pianist and gave piano lessons, while at the time being drawn more and more to classical piano. In 1994 he chanced upon the book 'The Last Night of the Earth Poems' by Charles Bukowski and he immediately fell in love with it. Whilst lying in bed with ‘The Last Night’, and reading it for the third time, in 1997, he was struck by the fact that ‘You know and I know and thee know’ was the ultimate text for the f minor prelude of Bach’s Well Tempered Keyboard. He didn't know what hit him. It was as if he had entered a secret cave with strange drawings on the wall... Taking a deep breath he continues scrolling and penetrates in the deep caverns of a mysterious place. 'Peace', 'Spark', 'Aliens' and 'Be Kind' seem eager to wrap themselves in a Bachian robe. Exhausted he falls asleep. The next day at the piano, he just starts combining the words of You know with the f minor prelude. The whole thing is still crooked but ritual forces lead Willem, as he manages to sing You know in such a way that it fall
top songs
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Blasted apart with the first breath, fuga
1732The bluebird, prelude
1623The Aliens, prelude
1604Balloons, fuga in D groot
1495Jam, fuga in cis klein
1276Spark, prelude in b klein
1217You know and I know and thee know, prelud
1218Be kind, fuga in Des groot
1189Flophouse, prelude in bes klein
11610Peacs, prelude in Des groot
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