Hennie Bekker

Modern multi-instrumentalist Hennie Bekker is really a prolific recording artist having a cross-genre approach that references jazz, rock, dance, and ambient varieties of music. He offers obtained music for movies, released various single albums and it is a member from the Canadian techno/dance clothing B.K.S. Nevertheless, Bekker could very well be most widely known for his innovative combining of nature noises and instrumental music on such albums series as SolitudesTM, Kaleidoscope, and Tranquility. Elevated inside a Zambian copper-mining city ten kilometers south from the Congolese boundary (Mufulira), Bekker became entranced in early stages by such noises as tribal chanting and drumming, perking up his fascination with music. Soon thereafter, Bekker trained himself how exactly to play the piano, with age 15, began using different jazz fusion rings in Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. Following that, Bekker began rating for film, tv, radio, and advertisements before eventually shifting to London, Britain, where he teamed up with maker Emil Zoghby and began arranging, performing, and creating albums for famous brands Freddie Cole, Magna Carta, and Stanley Dark. By 1987, Bekker got relocated once again, this time around to Canada, where he centered on industrial work (adding musical pieces to stock-music businesses). Ultimately, Bekker gravitated toward the meditative noises of modern, where he added calming melodies to character sounds published by Dan Gibson, which resulted in the duo collaborating on a complete of 14 Discovering Character with Music produces and to additional Bekker musical efforts for these Kaleidoscope and Tranquility series. Through the ’90s, Bekker also discovered time to concern his own single produces, including such game titles as Great Lakes Suite, Summer season Air flow, Mirage, Tember, Jabula, and Health spa, amongst others. Showcasing his flexibility, Bekker then converted his focus on techno/dance, dealing with B.K.S., an organization that achieved a substantial amount of achievement in Canada (their 1996 launch, Astroplane, received a Juno Honor for Greatest Dance Documenting). In 2005, Bekker released another recording series, African Tapestries, which explored the unique music of his homeland. He also continuing to release a stable stream of single albums including 2000’s jazz specifications album Swing Lightly, 2005’s relaxing Unique Health spa, 2010’s holiday-themed Xmas Spirit, as well as the 2011 compilation Range: An Anthology of Comforting Instrumental Music.