a common space for harmonic overtones
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Jan Marmenout
- 62, Male
- Ghent East Flanders
- Belgium
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Overtone Music Network
Overtone Music Network was started on July 14th 2007 by me, Jens Mügge - and just one day later the first members joined this new site dedicated to overtone music. To set up a website is easy, to write a blog too - but to start a network could sometimes difficult.I had an idea to set up Overtone Music Network based on inspirations by one of my teachers in overtone singing, Wolfgang Saus - but sometimes I was confrontated with my own unableness. First my language issue. My English was terrible and nevertheless I tried to set up a network in English. In July it will be 3 years ago that I started OMN and I think it is time to start a blog about this network - The Overtone Network Blog.
jan marmenout - fujara, ethnical instruments
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- About me:
- As a young boy Jan was already fascinated by the sounds of some of the old world-heritage musical instruments. He left his hometown at the age of 19 and started to travel to Southern and Eastern Europe, where he spent some time with Gypsy families (Spain and Romania). As his interest in the old traditional world grew stronger, he left 'modernised' Europe and yearning to go deeper into the old roots of life and music, he ventured futher and went to Morroco, where he stayed one year and a half, mostly with the Berber people up in the middle Atlas mountains. Afterwards, he travelled to South America, where he also spent one year. He started his career as a percussionist, playing in different worldmusic bands. Later he discovered and started to play berimbau-didjeridoo-shawn's-Tibetan trumpets-conch-shells, jew's harp and different types of flutes( fujara,lira, North-Indian double flutes,other Balkan and Arabic flutes) ..." I never thought I could ever play some of these more melodic instruments, but i believe now it was a natural evolution. As a young boy already,hitting the skin of my drums, i always started to hear voices, flutes or other sounds, and these were very often connected with forms, colours, and images. I could go on playing for hours and the sound of my drums took me to far-away places and endless spaces. Only much later it became clear to me that the 'overtones' (harmonics) produced by the repetitive drumming were creating all these other melodic and rhythmic patterns. It was the humming sound of the drum producing a trance-like state into myself that made me see, feel and hear all these other things at the same time. I realised that everything in this unfolding universe is connected. 'Sound' is very mysterious and powerful and all these at 'first-sight' very different musical instruments,producing different sounds and coming from all parts of the world,are somehow mysteriously linked together. Jan Marmenout is a multi-instrumentalist (ethnical instruments), and a composer.
http://www.myspace.com/janmarmenout
- As a band we are:
- Me and Myself
- Instruments:
- Ethnic instruments: all kinds off percussion instruments, didgeridoo, Berimbau, Volcanic stones (litophones), Flutes: Fujara and overtone-flutes, native american flutes, Moroccan flutes (Lira, qasbah), Turkish Zurna, Singing Bowls, Monochord, Jew's harp, Conch-shells
- Influences:
- From all over the world
- Homepage:
- http://www.janmarmenout.be/
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Jan Marmenout's Videos
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Fujara Solo Jan Marmenout
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Latest Activity
Fujara improvisation 2 by Jan Marmenout at the crypt of St.Baafs Cathedral GHENT
"Thank you Klaus! I will let you know,but till now I have never played in Germany.
Greetings,jan."
Jens Mügge left a comment for 'Jan Marmenout'"Hello Jan, thanks a lot for sharing your music via YouTube videos. Thanks a lot - your music is wonderful. Greetings, Jens"
Fujara improvisation 2 by Jan Marmenout at the crypt of St.Baafs Cathedral GHENT
"Lieber Jan, alle Deine neuen Aufnahmen sind wunderbar!!!Wenn Du mal ein Konzert in der Nähe von Wuppertal hast, laß es mich wissen.Auch ich bin ein leidenschaftlicher Fujara-und Futujaraspieler.
Danke für den Klanggenuss!!L.G. Klaus"
FUJARA IMPROVISATION 2(concert with aranis).wmv
improvisation on the upper part of a fujara
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 3:56pm on May 16, 2012, Jens Mügge said…
Hello Jan, thanks a lot for sharing your music via YouTube videos. Thanks a lot - your music is wonderful. Greetings, Jens
- At 11:59am on August 22, 2010,
Arjopa said… - Dear Jan!
Thanx a lot for your very nice coment!
We are so happy, that you like our Khoomei Throatsinging Folk Rock,that much!
Yeah, it is a pitty, that we are living, that fare away - but perhabs one day we gonna share stage at a festival - we heard, that there are some good World Music Festivals in Belgium!
Greetings from Berlin!
Arjopa & The Master U-like
- At 7:14pm on August 18, 2010, Arjopa said…
- Dear Jan!
Thanx a lot for your OMN friendship!
Your OMN page, music & videos are really great!
Hope you like our Khoomei Throatsinging Folk Rock,too!
Greetings from Berlin!
Arjopa & The Master U-like
- At 7:51pm on August 11, 2010,
Max Brumberg said… - I love your music Jan, you have a beautiful feeling!
Max
- At 2:18pm on May 15, 2010,
Raphael De Cock said… - Moest je eens iets samen willen uitproberen...laat gewoon iets weten!
- At 12:13pm on April 3, 2009, Raphael De Cock said…
- Hallo Jan... we wonen op nog geen 60km van elkaar...vreemd dat we mekaar nog nooit in levenden lijve tegenkwamen. Laat eens iets horen
groeten
Raphael
- At 9:56pm on February 18, 2009,
Sol Herrera said… - HI JAN:
Sure, I accept your new invitation.
I've been trying manage the acceptance, but something have beeing wrong with the individual accept invitations.
If no, please, re try.
Have a wonderful time.
Best for you
Sol
Hope this will be enough for not lose contact.
- At 9:45pm on February 18, 2009,
OMN said… 
you are a great musician, Jan!
Latest Activity
Sarah Hopkins left a comment for 'Alexandre Letellier'"Hi Alexandre, Greetings from sunny Brisbane ! Thanks for connecting. Congratuations on your…"
Peter Olson replied to the discussion 'Harmonizing' in the group Khoomei dot com Forum"Does it matter if it involves any overtones or not? For example, I did a multitrack of a midieval…"
Dan Zimmermann replied to the discussion 'Harmonizing' in the group Khoomei dot com Forum"I'm at work and don't have speakers here (actually, my sound card is fried on my work…"
Alzin replied to the discussion 'Harmonizing' in the group Khoomei dot com Forum"This sounds really really cool! I'd love to hear much more experiments in that direction!…"
Peter Olson replied to the discussion 'Harmonizing' in the group Khoomei dot com Forum"I've done some more experimenting with harmonies and multitracking throat singing, here's…"
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