In 1997 I got in touch with newer developments in music, like trip hop, dance and drum&bass. I played with the experimental dance formation Project 2000, which in 1999 won the Dutch Heineken Cross Over Music Award. The band released an album and two singles with Universal/Polydor. Here I also met the stunning Senegalese singer Mola Sylla with whom I work also in other formations (in 2001at the Jazz Festival Moers, Germany together with Ernst Reiseger) and in the group ‘Societé-tous les couleurs’.
As reed player and composer I am also involved with 'Bayuba Cante', a very international group mixing Afro Cuban Santeria-roots with flamenco, rumba, Indian music, funk and jazz. 2 albums are the audible result of this collaboration (see discography). We did tours and concerts in Holland, Belgium, Canada, Germany and Cuba.
After having made an ‘unofficial’ solo album (‘Touched by Love’ in 1999, a simple album with liquid, relaxing music), I signed in 2001 with Therapy Records, a small Amsterdam based label. The album ‘One Day Deep’ was released in that same year. I composed and produced it together with Rob Gaasterland and Daniël Testas, the producers of ‘Project 2000’, also known as Adani & Wolf. 'One Day Deep' contains sax and flutes, down tempo jazzy and chilled grooves, western dance vibes, Brazilian rhythms and Indian flavors. A crossover between world music and electronics. I was assisted by some international guest musicians such as Afra Mussawisade (percussion, Iran/Germany), Ted de Jong (tabla, Holland), Adrian Elissen (Spanish guitar, Malta), José Lopretti (bass, Uruguay) and the Brazilian mystery singer Algodao Doce (where do I know that voice from?).
Some live highlights:
Sunsplash Festival, Austria (1996), Racism Beat It Festival, Halfweg, Netherlands
(1996),
North Sea Jazz, The Hague, Netherlands (1998), Music Meeting, Nijmegen, Netherlands
(composition assignment 'Bayuba Bahia' 1999, with Ali N’diaye Rose and
Mola Sylla 2001),
Barclay Dance Blend, Netherlands (with DJs Michel de Hey and Lucien Foort)
(2000),
Amsterdam Roots Festival, Netherlands (1999), Dunya Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
(1999),
Bevrijdingspop, Netherlands (between 1996 and 2001), Amsterdam Dance Event
(2000),
Drum Rhythm Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2000), Lowlands Festival, Netherlands
(2000),
Oerol Festival, Terschelling, Netherlands (2000&2002)
Dance Valley (2000), Percuba, Havana, Cuba (2000), Innercity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
(2000&2002),
Bizarre Festival, Weeze, Germany (2001), Jazz Festival, Moers, Germany (2001),
Rock am See, Germany (2001), Folk Music Festival, Vancouver, Canada (2001),
Nuits d’Áfrique Festival, Montreal, Canada (2001), Atlantic Jazz
Festival, Halifax, Canada (2001),
Noorderslag Festival, Groningen, Netherlands (2002),
NoMind Festival, Sweden(2002), Jazz Festival Copenhagen, Luftkastellet, Denmark(2002)
Uitmarkt, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2002),
Heineken Green Room Sessions, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang, Malaysia (2002)
Liquid Flux Tour with Spirit Project, 14 cities in Indonesia (2002)
Wave Fest, LA, CA,USA (2003)
Jazztrax Festival, Catalina Island, CA, USA (2003)
WJZZ Jazz Festival, Atlanta, GA, USA (2003)
CD 101,9 Festival, Beacon Theater, New York City, USA (2003)
Praful - sax/flutes/vocals
Viviani Godoy - vocals
Martin Denev - keys
Rene Dissel - bas
Afra Mussawisade - percussion/electronics
Bart Vingerhoets - DJ/percussion
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