A first taste from Odyssey

April 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Buddy Project Studio

Here is a first little taste of my new record Odyssey.
It’s a short sample of one of the songs on the record titled Tomorrow.
The new album was recorded in NYC during the time that the city was devastated by hurricane Sandy.
Some of my musician friends who wanted to contribute to the album couldn’t make it, either because they were personally affected by the hurricane or it was jus too dangerous for them to commute to the studio.

So after returning to Australia I went back to Brunswick Arranging studio here in Melbourne to ad the missing parts.
That’s the studio where I recorded my first album A Gypsy’s Lullaby and where we also did some pre production for Odyssey.
One of the things we put down were the female vocals delivered by Michaela J Marshall, which turned out great.
Brunswick Arranging recently put up a post and a short sample of Tomorrow.

You can have a listen here: Tomorrow (sample)
Let me know what you think and feel free to leave a comment below.

Speak soon…….Love

Damen

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Songs for Ifeanyi (Short Film)

March 31, 2013 by 1 Comment

Songs for Ifeanyi is a short film that was put together by a good friend of mine Justin Leijon.

The film is kind of a snapshot and it gives you a bit of an insight into my song writing process and also talks about the topics that have inspired some of my music.

The title name Ifeanyi comes from my father and my first son, who share the same name and who both passed away in a short period of time about 5 years ago.

They’ve both had a big influence on my first album A Gypsy’s Lullaby as well as on the new record Odyssey.

I hope you enjoy it.

Love……..

Damen

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21.12.12

December 17, 2012 by 4 Comments

Hi folks.

Only a few days left until the end of the world as we know it.

The 21st of December is the last day on the Mayan calendar and everyone seems to have their own theory what that might mean for us earthlings.

Fact is we will find ourselves in a new era.

There is a lot of negativity surrounding the subject but why would the mass media have something good to say for once..:) ?

And for the big corporations, fear is still the easiest way to make a quick profit.

Me personally, I’m very excited and curious about what lies ahead. I think it will be a very prosperous time for the spiritually aware and the ones who are open to new opportunities. [Read more...]

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The Beginning

October 1, 2011 by 20 Comments

Where to begin? Perhaps with my mother telling me the story of when I was one, standing on top of my aunt’s coffee table, my bum only wrapped in a diaper shaking my hips to the sound of Elvis. Oh yes… music was my first love!

My earliest recollection of music was when I was about three, lying on the living room floor with my older brother and searching for radio stations from the forbidden west side of Germany. Yeah … you heard right! A little, black kid born in the midst of the cold war just an hour away from East Berlin.

It’s hard to believe now but I can vividly remember listening to the sounds of the early eighties, acts such as Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Human League, The Cure, David Bowie as well as a bunch of East German bands such as Karat, Phudys and City. Nena had a huge hit with “99 Luft Balloons” all around the world, Falco rocked the world with “Rock Me Amadeus”, and Kraftwerk’s “Trans Europe Express” was the first record I could proudly call my own. [Read more...]

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