Playing The Room, by Robin Verheyen

Playing The Room

by Robin Verheyen

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1.	Variations on Ave Maris Stella 09:25	buy track
2.	Meezingen 03:51	buy track
3.	One And Four 02:57	buy track
4.	Playing The Room 03:10	buy track
5.	Walburga 08:04	buy track
6.	Walburga 2 07:06	buy track
7.	Variations on Freight Train 05:17	buy track

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In the fall 2021, Belgian saxophone player Robin Verheyen was invited by Kunstencentrum KAAP and W.E.R.F. records to play a solo concert during AMOK festival in the beautiful Bruges baroque church Walburga. The haunting concert was recorded in its entirety and additionally an extra recording session was scheduled in the Concert Hall of the Bruges Concertgebouw. Both rooms have one thing in common: special acoustics. The playful dialogue Robin created with both spaces created an extremely unique sound and formed the basis for the title of this first solo album: Playing The Room.
Over the past two decades, Robin Verheyen has proven to be not only one of Belgium's brightest saxophonists of his generation, but also that he is a musical jack-of-all trades. Within his band with dEUS frontman Tom Barman - TaxiWars - he demonstrated his ability to rock, while with Bach Riddles he showed that he is no stranger to baroque music either. In his own bands he was often surrounded with illustrious American jazz greats like Joey Baron or Marc Copland, but with 'Playing The Room' Robin proves that he can hold his own as well and what an exceptional musician and improviser he is.
Playing The Room offers the listener a musical journey full of discoveries on the edge of spirituality and virtuosity. The album will be officially released on W.E.R.F records on Friday, May 5, and will be available in a limited edition on vinyl. An absolute must-have for any musical connoisseur.

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released May 5, 2023

Robin Verheyen: soprano saxophone

All compositions by Robin Verheyen.
Recorded by Vincent De Bast, October 2020 in Brugge, Belgium.
Side a on stage before an empty room at Concertgebouw Brugge.
Side b at Walburga Church in front of an audience during AMOK Festival.
Mixed and mastered by Vincent De Bast at SonarStudios.
Artwork by Óscar Valero.
Typography by Jelle Martens.
Manufactured and distributed by N.E.W.S.
(c) + (P) W.E.R.F. records 2023

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