Video's of Dosa Jhana Live (opening up for Cynic in Amstelveen)

13/11/2009 @ 15:19 | drums

Dosa JhanaYes! Finally we managed to get the material online of the four tracks I played with Dosa Jhana opening up for Cynic in Amstelveen, september 2009!

Check the videos via the following links:

Dosa JhanaTrack 1: Dosa Jhana
Track 2: Awakening
Track 3: Reliance
Track 4: Karma To Burn

Man, was that great to do! Seeing this stuff makes it all come alive (almost literally). Cool!!!

Obsidian signs with CANDLELIGHT records!

07/11/2009 @ 20:02 | obsidian

We are proud and very excited to inform you that we have inked a deal with CANDLELIGHT RECORDS for our upcoming album! The new album will be released early in 2010 and it will contain 9 new brutal and grooving tracks, revealing a more evolved Obsidian. Also it will feature beautiful artwork by Robbe K. More news will follow soon.

Connecting with Cynic

27/09/2009 @ 10:12 | drums, personal

With Sean Reinert after the Cynic showAfter a succesful and fun show with Dosa Jhana opening up for Cynic, we had ample time to connect with the guys! And so I got the chance to add another picture with one of my Greatest Drum Rolemodels Of All Time: Sean Reinert!

All in all it was sort of a life altering experience: I really felt opened up music-wise and I received so much inspiration, it really affected my playing. Just like 15 years of listening to one CD and trying to figure out what they actually are doing…

Holiday Memories

30/08/2009 @ 18:27 | photo

Mmwhat?

Aah, those sweet holiday memories…

Augustus update (Obsidian)

17/08/2009 @ 14:46 | music, obsidian

ObsidiLiveNa een geslaagde avond tijdens het NKG 2009 brak de vakantie aan. Voor de meeste mensen betekent dat even helemaal niks doen, of juist heel veel doen, maar vooral niet werken. Voor Obsidian lag dat even anders. Er moest nog behoorlijk wat gebeuren op album gebied maar ja, menselijk als we zijn moest er natuurlijk toch nog wat vakantie tussendoor gevierd worden. (Lees verder…)

Heerlijk strandweer

03/08/2009 @ 10:00 | photo

Callantsoog

Strand van Callantsoog: een beetje dreigend, maar dat is ergens juist ook weer heel mooi.