Electric Band
Die Electric Band begleitet das Orchester, den Chor Fine Fleur und die aktuellen Stars auf der Proms Bühne. Durch dieses Zusammenspiel verschmelzen Pop mit der klassischen Musik. Crossover-Produktionen a la `Bilder einer Ausstellung´ oder `Eve of the war´wären ohne Electric Band undenkbar...
Jonas Isacsson (Gitarre)
Jonas Isacsson will be part of the Electric Band in 2009. For many years, he is known as studio musician in Sweden but also as regular guitar player of Roxette ( the fist guitar notes in The Look are from his hand). At the end of 2005 he released the CD ‘Evergreen’. He also played on Belinda Carslile’s CD ‘A Woman and the Man’, produced by Per Gessle of Roxette.
Rogier Van Wegberg (Bass)
Rogier plays the bass guitar and joined the Electric Band in 2007.
He teaches also bass guitar at the Conservatory of Enschede (The Netherlands), guides singer Do, produces recording and edited the CD’s and DVD’s of Night of the Proms, furthermore you can find all kinds of references to him on your google-search.
It’s also important that you know he loves playing with an in-ear system combined with a shakerfloor (a kind of shaking floor that converts the sound in low vibrates) “It’s working perfectly, you have a hifi sound in your head, but it got the balls”. Musicians: it a separate race!
Geert Keysers (Keybords)
Geert is piano player and joined the Electric Band in 2008; since then he arranged multiple songs for Night of the Proms.
The last years, Geert is standing out because of his performance with ‘Het Goede Doel’ (from the hits ‘Belgie’ and ‘Vriendschap’) and his many arrangements, like for the live shows of Gerard Jolinh and for the Toppers (with Rene Froger). He’s also active as producer of his own studio and guides a lot of artists outside the Proms.
Trevor Murrell (Drums)
Trevor Murrell is born in Barbados and friend of Hill Bemelmans, backing vocal at NOTP.
About Trevor, there’s not much to find on the internet, probably because he’s too busy playing drums. The lists of artists he played with is huge: Sade, Wham!, Kim Wilde, Matt Bianco, Des’ree, Joe Cocker to name a few.
Together with Hill, he’s also member of The Euro Pink Floyd; you can admire him during a solo by clicking here, or here.
Trevor is part of the Electric Band since 1994 (except for 1997), and is very likable man; Trevor is starting at his 15th edition in 2009.
Patrick De Smet (Percussions)
Patrick De Smet is the Belgian of the company, living in Mespelare. As profession he’s artistic director of the music chapels of Defense (Guides / Air force / Marine). When he was 4, he played at the harmony of his father, went to music school and academy, and finally went to the conservatory. When he was 16, he was asked as percussionist at the Symphonic orchestra of the (at that time) BRT, from there on he was asked for a show in Antwerp with the Philharmonic orchestra; it appeared to be the first Proms edition. At the second edition he wasn’t there due to a world tour with ‘I Fiamminghi’ conducted by Rudolf Werthen. A year after that, he joined the Proms Orchestra again, where he never left. He was also added to the Electric Band. Besides that he was involved with ‘The Symphonic Factory’ on ‘Melo Ritmo’, his own ballroom orchestra and theatre project, together with Carlo Willems. We know this busy bee as a decent and fun musician, and also a party-animal.
(Laurie Wisefield (Gitarre, Gesang))
Durch die Verpflichtung von Roxette wird Jonas Isacsson den Gitarren-Part 2009 übernehmen...
Laurie has been part of the Electric Band since 1996; he plays guitar. In 2008 he guided, together with John Miles, Tina Turner during her tour, unfortunatly he won’t be there during the fall editions in 2009 because Jonas Isacsson will be there as guitar player.
Since he was 8, Laurie plays the guitar, and with his band ‘Home’ he recorded some LP’s. Our slightly older visitors know Laurie as member of Wisbone Ash which he joined in 1974, and made a world tour and again recorded some LP’s. In the 80’s he went on tour with Joe Coker, Eros Ramazotti and Tina Turner, and became guitar player for the Electric Band of the Night of the Proms show form 1996 on.
Less known is that he’s a member of the musical of Queen ‘We Will Rock You’ in London; he also played with Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, Phill Collins, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Tony Joe White, Robert Cray and many others.
Laurie Wisfield wird 2009 nicht bei der Electric Band sein.
Ehemalige Mitglieder:
u.a.
Midge Ure (of Ultravox): in Belgien und in den Niederlanden 2008, in Charleroi 2009
Dennis DeYoung (Keyboards, Gesang): Deutschland 2008
Aidan Lawrence (Bass): von 1999 bis 2006
Norbert Fimpel (Saxophon) : 2004
Howard Jones (Keybords, Gesang): 2000
Dale Davis: 1997 und 1998
Stuart Elliot (Drums): 1993 und 1997
Oliver Marland (Keyboards, Gesang) : 1992, 1994 und 1995
Lyndon Connah (Keyboards, Gesang): 1996
Fionn O’Lochlainn (Bass): 1996
Deric Deyer (Saxophon, Keyboards, Percussion): 1995 und 1996
John Miles jr (Giitarre, Gesang): 1994 bis 1996
Harry Morgan (Percussion): 1995
Richard Cottle (Keyboards): 1993
Laurence Cottle (Bass): 1993
Ian Bairnson (Gitarre): 1993
Warren Mc Rae (Bass): 1992
Jack Bruno: 1992
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