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If
my music makes you dance, smile, cry, feel sexy and makes you want
to do good, then my mission is completed: Remain Human! Iwan  |
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My Music Philosophy: As an artist I am completely free to be cross generational, cross cultural and cross genres. I am just passing through music energy, which is a universal force, to entertain, enlighten and heal people of every nation on this beautiful mother earth. |
Talking about Iwan is
talking about a self made musician who started on the bass in his teens
playing along with his favorite records of that time: "Chameleon" by
Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, "Power to love" by Jimi Hendrix,
"Sex Machine" by James Brown and "Come on Come over" by Jaco Pastorius.
After developing his bass skills Iwan hungered for more and picked up
other instruments including drums, guitar, percussion, keyboards and
singing. He continued his self taught approach in music and started
composing in a variety of styles such as American Soul, R&B and
Funk, Jamaican Reggae, Surinamese Kaseko as well as Pop and Rock.
On
stage Iwan has the extra-ordinary ability only a few musicians like
Alan Gorrie from AWB, Jaco Pastorius, Sting and Mark King have,
to simultaneously sing and play his funky bass. While
working the stage, local and abroad (Belgium, Germany, Spain,
Italy, Gambia, Jamaica), he found himself playing at a private party
for the crew of Michael Jackson during the ‘Bad World Tour’
in Amsterdam in the late 80’s. In the 90’s he also got into
studio session work, playing 'old school' bass- and guitar grooves for
urban, R&B and pop projects. In 2000 three of his
compositions ran for a place in the pre-selection of the Eurovision song
contest.
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