This time not a musician but about the person who did the artwork of the album: Teis Albers. I was searching for art and artwork and I stumbled across him and the stuff he did as Hypnoteis. Beautiful stuff, so I sent him an email and he responded. The result:
In the meantime, he also has been providing the Saxify remixes with artwork and animated artwork. See the Youtube video playlist here:
Teis Albers is a contemporary artist from the Netherlands. His art is a mixture of elements from nature, pop-art and street-art. From blown up trashed typography and weathered billboards to still-lifes mixed with comicbook advertisements. From the subconscious he plays with these various elements and allows the compositions to happen layer by layer. Everything comes together in a digital canvas where he has full control over size, composition and color. After that follows the physical layering with multiple prints and various materials like paint, paper and varnish.
Teis attended the school of graphic design in Eindhoven and started doing freelance work right after graduation. After several years of working and living in the city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch he recently moved to a more remote village. The contrast between city and village forms the basis for his contemporary work. Cracked walls with layers of torn posters next to nature and wide views. Crowded malls with screaming adverts and a flock of birds, forming abstract shapes.
The works are a mix of illustration, typography, photography and various compilation techniques. Teis finds inspiration in vintage stuff, street-art, comics, old brochures, travelling, film, art, nature and music, lots of music. www.teisalbers.com
So the first time we played the music from Royalty For Real wasn't in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, but in Bengaluru and Mumbai, all the way in India in 2023!Here you'll see me play Au Privave, Classy Cats and Royalty For Real, together with Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (bass) and Sven Rozier (drums).Au Privave is a well-known blues by Charlie Parker which I often like to start with, almost like a soundcheck tune. Although most of the time a soundcheck is done I found out it's a good idea to play a tune everybody of the band knows very well so we all can get used to the sound of the stage, the presence of the audience and it also gives the sound engineer the chance to adjust microphones last minute. During the soundcheck, the sound of the room is significantly different because of the lack of audience. All that flesh and clothes work a little bit like a totally empty room versus a room with furniture and carpets, if you know what I mean :-)Acoustics are so interesting and full of surprises.. Anyways.. hope you like it! - This time not a musician but about the person who did the artwork of the album: Teis Albers.I was searching for art and artwork and I stumbled across him and the stuff he did as Hypnoteis.Beautiful stuff, so I sent him an email and he responded. The result: In the meantime, he also has been providing the Saxify remixes with artwork and animated artwork. See the Youtube video playlist here:Teis Albers is a contemporary artist from the Netherlands. His art is a mixture of elements from nature, pop-art and street-art. From blown up trashed typography and weathered billboards to still-lifes mixed with comicbook advertisements. From the subconscious he plays with these various elements and allows the compositions to happen layer by layer. Everything comes together in a digital canvas where he has full control over size, composition and color. After that follows the physical layering with multiple prints and various materials like paint, paper and varnish.Teis attended the school of graphic design in Eindhoven and started doing freelance work right after graduation. After several years of working and living in the city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch he recently moved to a more remote village. The contrast between city and village forms the basis for his contemporary work. Cracked walls with layers of torn posters next to nature and wide views. Crowded malls with screaming adverts and a flock of birds, forming abstract shapes.The works are a mix of illustration, typography, photography and various compilation techniques.Teis finds inspiration in vintage stuff, street-art, comics, old brochures, travelling, film, art, nature and music, lots of music.www.teisalbers.com
