Voices, sometimes lovely and mysterious, other times emotional and powerful. 50 Soundmakers, guided by Christine Duncan’s cues, improvise sounds, texts, rhythms, emotions and create entire worlds to the music of singer Ineke Vandoorn and guitarist Marc van Vugt. Nothing is predetermined, so the music truly arises in the moment. The Soundmakers are not a traditional singing choir but consists of people who not necessarily identify themselves as singers, but want to use their voice and enjoy making sounds.
“During our Canadian tours, we saw Christine Duncan at work with her Element Choir and got really excited.
Not only did the result sound fantastic, but we realized that her way of working with an improvising choir in combination with our original compositions, would allow us to create a new context for our music. In January 2024 we invited Christine Duncan for the Soundmakers Project in which we combined our music with soundscapes created by a group of Dutch Soundmakers led by Christine. The project was performed with three different groups of Soundmakers in Houten, Arnhem and Den Bosch. The Final concert, in which 50 Soundmakers participated, was recorded live for video and an audio.”
The Soundmakers Project is an initiative of Dutch Grammy winners Ineke Vandoorn and Marc van Vugt. They are known for their adventurous and lyrical music and travel the world with it. Vocal improvisor Christine Duncan is the founder of the Element Choir, the world’s leading vocal improvisation group from Toronto, Canada.
Ineke Vandoorn – vocals
Marc van Vugt – guitars
Christine Duncan – conducting, vocals
The Soundmakers Tilja Ansems, Irene Antoniesen, Martine Bier, Jan van Boekel, José Breden, Anne marie Brouwers, Jolanda Burg, Joke Egtberts, Marijke Faber, Linda Flipse, Roxane Gantert, Helga van Geldrop, Karin van Gent, Hanneke Glaudemans, Wil Groen, Floor de Groot, Albert ter Haar, Karien van Hedel, Marianne Heemskerk, Paul Hendrix, Karin Hernandez, Harald van Kesteren, Elizabet van der Kooij, Simonette van der Kuip, Marloes Kuiters, Mariëlle Lapidaire, Carlina de Lorenzo, Irene van Meijgaard, Mercè de Miguel Capdevila, Margre Mollink, Bep Odijk, Anneloes Olieman, Taeke Overdijk, Gerard Peters, Franklin Postema, Ingrid Rernirie, Harry Rikken, Marte Ruinen, Annet Scheringa, Ditje Schipper, Martha Talma, Ellen van Veldhuizen, Rob van de Ven, José van Vugt, Vera Warnecke, Hilda Wartena, Sabine Werre, Laura Wetzer, Leidy Zoeteman
Credits
Recorded live by Frans de Rond at Aan de Slinger, Houten
Mixing and editing by Frans de Rond, Ineke Vandoorn and Marc van Vugt
Mastering by Frans de Rond, Hilversum
Produced by Ineke Vandoorn and Marc van Vugt
Graphic design by Studio Derk Reneman Cover photo ‘Fred Chappell’s Typewriter’ by Robin Brailsford
Photo inner sleeve by Max Boeree
All lyrics by Ineke Vandoorn.
All compositions by Marc van Vugt except * by Ineke Vandoorn/ Christine Duncan/Marc van Vugt and ** by Christine Duncan
Thanks to
Vocal Vibes Arnhem, Elke Jansen, Jazzwerkplaats Den Bosch, Jeroen Doomernik, Sander Jongen, SENA, VSB Fonds, Aan de Slinger, Arjen Berends, Gemeente Houten, Gemeente Arnhem, Carel Nengerman Fonds, Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds, ArtEZ University of the Arts, BAIXIM Music Productions, Derk Reneman, Gradus Lemmen, Chris Teerlink – Luthier’s Gitaren, Piet Visser, Mark Hamre – NeckUp Guitar Support, Danny Kok – TMA Benelux, Gianfranco Rizzi – Gr Guitar, Tom King – Atomic
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