Gert-Jan Prins
Gert-Jan Prins (* 1961 in IJmuiden ) is a Dutch jazz and improvisation musician.
The musical self-taught Prins began as a percussionist, but soon also worked in the field of electroacoustic music. His first own band were the Gorgonzola Legs , with whom he recorded the album Piscatorial Debris in 1988 . In 1992 he founded the X-OR label with saxophonist Luc Houtkamp , with whom he also performed and recorded as a duo.
In 1998 Prins released his first solo album Noise Capture . He has been a member of MIMEO ( Music in Movement Electronic Orchestra ) since the late 1990s . He appears with Bas van Koolwijk as a Duo Synchronator , and in 2000 the album The Flirts emerged from his collaboration with the pianist Cor Fuhler . At the Total Music Meeting 2000 he performed with Christian Fennesz .
Prins u. a. with the musicians Thomas Lehn , Lee Ranaldo , Anne LaBerge , Peter van Bergen , Marcus Schmickler , Raed Yassin , Koen Nutters , Norbert Möslang , Tomas Korber , Thomas Ankersmit , Giuseppe Ielasi , Carlos Giffoni and Misha Mengelberg , the composers Gilius van Bergeijk , David Dramm and Domenico Sciajno and in multimedia projects with Bas van Koolwijk , Rob Flint , Xavier Quérel , Andre Avelas , Manel Esparbé i Gasca , Petra Dolleman , Martha Colburn and Cyrus Frisch .
Discography
- Luc Houtkamp: Duo Recordings , 1992
- Luc Houtkamp: Metslawier , 1994
- Noise Capture , solo album, 1996-98
- MIMEO: MIMEO , 1999
- Live , 2000
- Dawn with Peter van Bergen, Christian Fennesz, 2000
- MIMEO: Electric Chair + Table , 2000
- E-Rax: Live at BIMHuis , 2000
- Cor Fuhler: The Flirts , 2001
- RG 58 GJ , 2002
- MIMEO: Hands of Caravaggio , 2002
- Risk , 2004
- Break Before Make , 2007
- Cavity , 2008
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Prins, Gert-Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch jazz and improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | IJmuiden |