{"id":5457,"date":"2013-09-28T21:13:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2017-09-17T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T16:56:12","slug":"mandolinman-a-mandolin-quartet-from-belgium-new-cd-mandolinman-plays-bossa-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=5457","title":{"rendered":"MANdolinMAN &#8211; A Mandolin Quartet from Belgium &#8211; New CD &#8220;MANdolinMAN Plays Bossa Nova&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I have found an article about the group <strong>MANdolinMAN<\/strong>, a mandolin quartet from Belgium in the German <a title=\"Wasser-Prawda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wasser-prawda.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wasser-Prawda<\/a> blog, which presented their second CD with Brazilian music:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MANdolinMAN - Plays Bossa Nova\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wasser-prawda.de\/mandolinman-plays-bossa-nova.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MANdolinMAN &#8211; Plays Bossa Nova<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was very curious and searched for the website of this group, where I have found previews of the new CD as well as examples of their first CD. I have also found the following videos showing <strong>MANdolinMAN<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h4>MANdolinMAN (Belgium) plays Bossa Nova :<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>\u00c1gua de beber (A.C. Jobim) \/\/ new album release february 2013<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MANdolinMAN (Belgium) plays Bossa Nova : \u00c1gua de beber (A.C. Jobim) \/\/ new album release february 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59018466?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>MANdolinMAN old tunes, dusted down<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MANdolinMAN Old Tunes, Dusted Down\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/28262024?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As you can see in the videos, the band typically plays with three mandolins and a mandocello or with two mandolins, mandola and mandocello. The sound reminds me a little bit to the music played by Patrick Vaillant and his quartet. In the first video a tune from the Brazilian CD can be heard, the second video contains examples from the first CD with traditional music from Flanders.<\/p>\n<p>The band has just returned from a tout to Brazil.\u00a0 You can find some fotos on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/MANdolinMAN\/235076116508426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook page of MANdolinMAN.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandolinman.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website MANdolinMAN<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Just like Alan Lomax followed in his father&#8217;s footsteps, Hubert&#8217;s son Andries Boone (Leuven, \u00b01977) started the MANdolinMAN project, in order to bring his father&#8217;s notations to life. He does so in a very distinct way, together with three kindred spirits: mandolinists Peter-Jan Daems, Dirk Naessens and Maarten Decombel. Being played on a very well-known instrument as the mandolin, the &#8216;local&#8217; melodies (from Eppegem, Hever, Zaventem, Elewijt &#8230;) become timeless and universal. Even, a trained ear will find it difficult to locate some of the origins. Echoes of Appalachia? Northumbrian sprightliness? Melancholy from Lisbon? Cape Verdean elegance? No, nothing like that: the wonderful instrumental music of MANdolinMAN stems from Flanders and its environs. I can&#8217;t imagine a more fitting tribute to Hubert Boone and his work.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Review FolkWorld: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.folkworld.de\/50\/e\/mandolin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dusting Down the Tunes<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI contacted the musicians to come and participate in the project. I knew them because Belgium is, shall we say, very small! I chose the tunes and it sounded so nice playing them together that we were convinced to go for it. To be honest the record\u2019s first main goal was a surprise for my father\u2019s 70 birthday! It started as a one off gig and CD. But the story went its own way. Today it has become an international story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andries fills me in on the MANdolinMAN quartet\u2019s personnel. \u201cDirk Naessens is mostly known from playing with Urban Trad. Maarten Decombel is known from his solo work and of course from the folk bands Snaarmaarwaar and Naragonia Quartet. Peter-Jan Daems played with Snaarmaarwaar untill January 2013. They all have clocked up an impressive service in folk music. Maarten is also one of the best guitar players in Flanders. Dirk received a &#8216;government medal&#8217; on fiddle at the Brussels conservatory and played with many excellent bands in Belgium, though Urban Trad was the best known.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Review NEW FOLK SOUNDS (Dutch): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newfolksounds.nl\/mandolinman-plays-bossa-nova\/recensies\/2013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mandolinman \u2013 <em>Plays Bossa Nova<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Review folkforum.nl (Dutch):\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.folkforum.nl\/cds\/82-cd-recensies\/13170-mandolinman-geeft-eigen-draai-aan-bossa-nova\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MANdolinMAN geeft eigen draai aan bossa nova<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Het zonnige Braziliaanse strand lonkt, maar net als met de voorganger hebben <strong>Andries Boone<\/strong> (mandola en mandoline), <strong>Peter-Jan Daems<\/strong> (mandoline), <strong>Maarten Decombel<\/strong> (mandocello) en <strong>Dirk Naessens<\/strong> (mandoline) ook aan dit genre hun eigen draai gegeven.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maartendecombel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website Marten Decombel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related articles in my blog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to Modern Mandolin Quartet \u2013 Some Great Videos 1985 \/ 1986 \u2013 Mike Marshall, Dana Rath, Paul Blinkey and John Imholz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=5429\" rel=\"bookmark\">Modern Mandolin Quartet \u2013 Some Great Videos 1985 \/ 1986 \u2013 Mike Marshall, Dana Rath, Paul Blinkey and John Imholz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Recordings and Videos with the Plucked Strings Quartet \u201cQuartetto Cantarella\u201d with Atsushi Fukuya \u2013 Mandolin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=4141\" rel=\"bookmark\">Recordings and Videos with the Plucked Strings Quartet \u201cQuartetto Cantarella\u201d with Atsushi Fukuya \u2013 Mandolin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to The Athenian Mandolin Quartet \u2013 Historical Recordings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3878\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Athenian Mandolin Quartet \u2013 Historical Recordings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to Carlo Munier \u2749 Sweet Melancholy \u2749 Douce M\u00e9lancoli \u2749 Dolce Mestizia Op. 235 for Mandolin Quartet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3697\" rel=\"bookmark\">Carlo Munier \u2749 Sweet Melancholy \u2749 Douce M\u00e9lancoli \u2749 Dolce Mestizia Op. 235 for Mandolin Quartet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I have found an article about the group MANdolinMAN, a mandolin quartet from Belgium in the German Wasser-Prawda blog, which presented their second CD with Brazilian music: MANdolinMAN &#8211; Plays Bossa Nova I was very curious and searched for the website of this group, where I have found previews of the new CD as 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