Joël Vandroogenbroeck

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Joël Vandroogenbroeck (born August 25, 1938 in Brussels ; † December 23, 2019 in Arlesheim , Switzerland) was a Belgian musician ( piano , synthesizer , flute) who was primarily active in jazz and rock.

Live and act

Vandroogenbroeck studied piano in his hometown and then went on tour with Jacques Pelzer's band in the mid-1950s . Then he played with René Thomas , Bobby Jaspar , Barney Wilen and Zoot Sims . He gave concerts with Eje Thelin in Sweden for a long time and performed at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival in 1964 . After studying Indian and Balinese music, he worked in the RCA studios in Rome as an arranger , composer and soloist before moving to Basel as a theater musician , where he also performed with Oscar Klein , Franco Ambrosetti and Andy Scherrer . In 1968 he founded the experimental rock group Brainticket , which improvised with rudimentary electronic instruments and went on a tour of Italy. A second edition of the band in 1980 included Hans Deyssenroth and Willy Seefeldt . Vandroogenbroeck also wrote film music and recorded a number of records for the Coloursound label ; later he also wrote choral and ballet music. Between 1980 and 1985 he worked in a duo with Bruno Spoerri to combine electronic music and acoustic jazz; he also performed with Mario Schneeberger . Most recently he lived mainly in Mexico and continued to develop the concept of Brainticket , using multimedia and Internet technologies as well.

Discographic notes

  • Eje Thelin Quintet: So far (1963) Columbia EMI Swenska AB
  • Bruno Spoerri All Stars: Dusty Vibes (1965) Sonorama C-63
  • Drum Circus: Magic Theater (1971, with Peter Giger , Alex Bally , Marc Hellman , Gerd Dudek , Isla Eckinger , Carole Muriel, Polo Hofer )
  • Brainticket: Cottonwood Hill (1971)
  • Brainticket: Psychonaut (1972)
  • Brainticket: Celestial Ocean (1974)
  • Brainticket: Adventure (1980)
  • with Bruno Spoerri: Double Brain (CD ICM, 1981–1985)
  • Brainticket: Past, Present & Future (2015)

literature

  • Bruno Spoerri (Ed.) Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories . Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6
  • Steven & Alan Freeman The Crack in the Cosmic Egg. Encyclopedia of Krautrock, Kosmische Musik and Other Progressive, Experimental and Electronic Musics from Germany 1996, ISBN 095295060X

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary. Brainticket, January 4, 2020, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Vandroogenbroeck, Joël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH 23 December 2019
Place of death Arlesheim , Switzerland