Impresiones

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#		Title	Length
1		Cotopaxi	8:18	Play
2		Patagonia	3:55	Play
3		La Danza De Los Emigrantes	10:13	Play
4		Titicaca	3:05	Play
5		A Bokher Un A Meydl	6:01	Play
6		Os Meninos Inocentes	8:02	Play

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Februray 13, 2005:
Mark has been a finalist of the 2004 International Acoustic Music Awards with his song 'A Bokher Un A Meydl' and of the 2004 Unisong International Song Contest with 'La Danza De Los Emigrantes'. Both songs are featured on his CD 'Impresiones'.

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Bio:
Mark (Belgium - April 2, 1968) formed his band in October 2001. He had written 6 compositions based on his 4 year stay in South America and was eager to record those feelings on tape. The resulting album 'Impresiones', released in the US on August 10, 2004, is a work of majestic art. It travels from jazz to world, from folk to classical, from ambient to soundtrack. 'Impresiones' has been rewarded with major media attention which resulted in numerous radio broadcastings worldwide. In the famous GarageBand.com charts his song 'Patagonia' reached #21 while 'A Bokher Un A Meydl' charted #5 in the World section.
Mark has been a finalist of the 2004 International Acoustic Music Awards with his song 'A Bokher Un A Meydl' and of the 2004 Unisong International Song Contest with 'La Danza De Los Emigrantes'. Both songs are featured on his CD 'Impresiones'.
He's currently composing music based on his recent travels through Southeast Asia. The 3 month journey took him to Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. A tour is scheduled after the release of the new CD in October 2005

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Mark Van Overmeire: Impresiones
All songs composed, arranged and produced by Mark Van Overmeire

Musicians:
Mark Van Overmeire: classical guitar, drums and percussion
Arne Deforce: cello
Jozef Dumoulin: piano
Osman Martins: voice and percussion
Gwenal Micault: bandoneon
Alexander Busschaert: electric guitar
Carlo Van Belleghem: electric bass

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Review in Sea of Tranquility

Looking for something completely different? Try Mark Van Overmeire's Impresiones. Van Overmeire is a Belgian musician who spent four years in South America. His personal journey is communicated through the musical travelogue that is Impresiones. Van Overmeire's musical influences are not easy to detect, but if Peter Gabriel had recorded The Pat Metheny Group at Real World Studios, Impresiones might be the result. If I could only use one word to describe the outcome, I might use the term intoxicating. Van Overmeire and his band effortlessly combine jazz, world, folk and even classical music. In lesser hands, such disparate musical shifts would be a major distraction, but Impresiones treats these stylistic differences as if they somehow belong together.

Take the eleven minute multi movement "La Danza De Los Emigrantes" for example. A beautiful prelude of massed cellos gives way to an infectious and uplifting dance between Van Overmeire's classical guitar and Jozef Dumoulin's jazz tinged piano over a sympathetic rhythm section. During the second movement, the piece introduces some percussion programming which in turn heralds in an entirely new and romantic melody. This is beautiful stuff.

Album opener "Cotopaxi" likewise manages to be melodic, moody and pretty. A haunting cello and some wind effects made me think I was in for some New Age "relaxation" but thankfully, "Cotopaxi" is engaging and not New Age at all. Instead, the piece is sort of an orchestral jazz blend.

"A Bokher un a Meydl" is a gorgeous and enchanting dance track that marries a tango beat to klezmer music. In another world, or at the very least Argentina (the country that inspired the piece), the song could be a hit single. I am a sucker for indigenous folk music and "A Bokher un a Meydl" has me completely enchanted.

Mark Van Overmeire has really captured the spirit of South America on Impresiones in some original and exciting ways. Here's hoping his current trip to Asia will yield similar results for his next CD. The Indiana Jones of world music, perhaps? Excellent.

STEVE PETTENGILL
www.seaoftranquility.org

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Belgium musical artist Mark Van Overmeire's "Impresiones" is a work of infinite compassion within the realms of the human experience. The atmospheric layering & ambiance of this work is strikingly unique in its vision & breadth. A sublime sonic blending of emotion & variance , cast in shades of dark & light with an audio-painter's stroke of inspiration & depth

"Cotopaxi" is a fine example of cathartic pain that is beautified within the realms of Mark Van Overmeire's arrangements. The usage of bowed strings in a cello & violin timbre are coupled with E-bow like electric slide guitar flourishes , configure a touching rendition of song

'Patagonia" lights the heavens a Jazz splash of Acoustic Piano & staggered time signatures. An energy permeates this tune , replete with chromatic chord sequences & free form fluidity. A magnetic piece that utilizes adroit performance chops , sends a listener into a journey far beyond the norms of genre parameters

'La Danza De Los Emigrantes" is a charming & mesmerizing work complimented by nylon string acoustic guitar & piano counterpoint. A wonderful South American hint of texture exudes itself in this work. A warm production of eclectic nuance & Vox side lines that scant like a musical instrument ; Along with the aura of beauty in the face of challenge , in the world that we live in & the suffering that is witnessed

"Titicaca" is a majestic ethereal piece of space in time. It's ghostly haunting atmosphere is angelic & not to be feared. Within the core of this tune is the face of compassion. This quality being an exceptional trademark of the endearing majesty of art , that is Mark Van Overmeire

"A Bokher Un A Meydl" is a tropical departure into the jungle shadows of world beat music via violin , accordion & synthesis of various textural varieties , that lends a subtle eastern-European flavor. An evolutionary hybrid of electronica that could awaken a Gypsy

"Os Meninos Inocentes" is a plaintive mixture of Vox & Acoustic Guitar that meld into a place that the creator of impressions contemplates. A touch of Spanish-Portuguese influence is on the periphery of it's innate tale of perplexing intent

Mark Van Overmeire's music at times takes on a transcendent quality that lends itself to other worlds as infinite as the grains of sand upon the beaches of time & tide

As a meridian sunset sinks into the ocean of bliss , there one will always find the heart felt wonder of selfless love that Mark Van Overmeire exudes , like an invigorating breeze into the canopy of the moonlit night time sky.

UNITED GLOBAL ARTISTS
www.u-g-a.com/Mark/main.htm