As an American in Belgium, McCloud Zicmuse developed a deep love for some of the customs of his new-found homeland: a specific kind of archery (‘staande wip’), celebrating carnaval, aging geuze-beers, and not in the least: playing de ‘hommel”, the Flemish cousin of the apalachian Dulcimer. With the persona Linus Vandewolken, Zicmuse took a deep dive into these traditions. His love for the dulcimer is very real, yet he breaks out of the narrow framework in which the instrument is often handled. The additional use of homemade flutes, percussion instruments and some humming definitely add up to the experience.
Zicmuse released a handful of tapes as Linus Vandewolken, and a double 10” on okraina records. But his musical curriculum is way longer than that. Under his own name, he did releases on ao Shelter press, with le ton mite on crammed discs, and contributed to a long, long list of releases by artists as diverse as Yume Bitsu, Maher Shalal Hash Basz or Singers.
Zicmuse released a handful of tapes as Linus Vandewolken, and a double 10” on okraina records. But his musical curriculum is way longer than that. Under his own name, he did releases on ao Shelter press, with le ton mite on crammed discs, and contributed to a long, long list of releases by artists as diverse as Yume Bitsu, Maher Shalal Hash Basz or Singers.
Released on morc
Oude geuze uit Niemandaal
morc 90 - lp (2024)
an album that at the same time sounds very traditional and very impulsive. a fearless exploration of the sounds and melodies a ‘Hommel’ – the Flemish ancestor of the the Apalachian Dulcimer - is capable of creating, alternated with double reeds, recorders and the occasional humming, and points of silence rising like small bubbles in the glass of a freshly poured geuze.
-> 18 euro
--> klick on cover for details
morc 90 - lp (2024)
an album that at the same time sounds very traditional and very impulsive. a fearless exploration of the sounds and melodies a ‘Hommel’ – the Flemish ancestor of the the Apalachian Dulcimer - is capable of creating, alternated with double reeds, recorders and the occasional humming, and points of silence rising like small bubbles in the glass of a freshly poured geuze.
-> 18 euro
--> klick on cover for details
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official website: rustiek.net/
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-- picture by Marjon Udo