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. Having been involved in the music scene on a recording level since 1995 with Shark records Germany release a first Arabesque cd BEYOND THE VEIL in as a 3 piece instrumentalband it started in 1989-2004 ended as a a 6-piece prog band,,later recorded 3 solo albums WORKSHOP 1998, SPEED,TRAFFIC AND GUITAR-ACCIDENTS 2004, OUT OF ORDER 2007 via LIONMUSIC FINLAND, he worked in bands as well as several international bandprojects LALU,SHADRANE , Joop’s trademark style is fast gaining a solid fan base around the world and with his third solo album "Out Of Order" (June 15th 2007), Joop has raised his performances to even greater levels. 2000 saw Joop’s first partnership with Lion Music with "Arabesque – THE UNION" and this was followed in 2002 with the re-release of Joop’s debut solo album on Lion Music entitled "Workshop".
Joop then participated on Lion Music tribute albums to Uli Jon Roth, Gary Moore, Ritchie Blackmore and Shawn Lane. "Speed, Traffic & Guitar Accidents" was released in 2004 which saw more critical acclaim poured onto Joop’s work which was further enhanced with by praise for his contributions to "Lalu - Oniric Metal". Throughout the years Joop has always been active on the studio side doing all kind of diverse sessions from funk to jazz to metal to classical to pop to acoustic works…etc
This diversity is also his trademark when it comes to his solo-releases. As well as being a player for commercial live-gigs ranging from pop, jazz, rock, fusion and metal.
recorded with artist such as
Arabesque,Elysion,Lalu,Shadran e,Patrick Eijdems,Vivien Lalu,Nathan vd Wouw,Mike Roelofs,Barend Tromp,Rogier van Wegberg ,Roel Kaller,Geert Keijzer,Alex Argento,Anders Johansson,Henrik Båth,Lance King,Chris Catena,Daniel Flores,Ian Haughland,Gary Wehrkamp,Göran Edman,Gregg Bissonette,Hubi Meisel,John Macaluso,Marco Sfogli,Martin LeMar,Greg&Matt Bissonette,Mike Terrana,Russell Bergquist,Ryan Van Poederooyen,Simon Phillips,Steve Walsh,Tony Franklin,Virgil Donati,Sebastian Persini, Frank Bayens,Arthur Leiten,Peter Douwma,Atma Anur,Derek Sherinian,,
So Thanks for dropping by and especialy for the great comments and support so far, they work very inspiring really appriciate it, enjoy listening !!! (check the lyrics for details on the posted songs.)JoOp
2003 "Workshop"
2004 "Speed, Traffic and-Guitar-accidents"
2007 "Out of order", june 2007
LaLu:
2005 "Oniric Metal"
Shadrane
"Temporal 2009
others
Hubi Meisel (2 bonustracks Guitar and Bass) for both "Emocean " and the "Kailash" albums
Various Artists - Give Us Moore!
tribute to Gary Moore. contribution is track 8, "The Loner". Joop also joins Arabesque on track 2, "She's Got You"
Various Artists - The Spirit Lives On Vol. 1
tribute to Jimi Hendrix. contribution is track 4, "Crosstown Traffic" featuring Arabesque.
Various Artists - Shawn Lane Remembered
tribute to Shawn Lane. track 13, "Changing Lanes ".
Various Artists - Blackmore's Castle
tribute to Deep Purple & Rainbow. featured on contribution / track 3, "Stargazer".With Arabesque
Various Artists - Beyond Inspiration
tribute to Uli Jon Roth. contribution is track 2, "Sails Of Charon".Discography, joOp ARABESQUE:
1992 "Pistache express" (demo)
1994 "Paragraph" (demo)
1994 "Beyond the veil"
1997 "Pathway to extacy" (demo)
1998 "Naked"
2002 "The Union"
Elysion:
1998 "The Wonder Years"
BAREND TROMP:
1999 "Bass instinct" (one song acoustic and electric guitars)
Fussily Jerry 2003 "Diggin You"
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