Verbal Kint is a magnificent duo from Rotterdam, Netherlands, founded by Dennis Moerkerk and Rogier Oster, according to them their music project started out as a pastime, in fact they started without any musical direction at all and the big dilema was to create a recognizable sound, instead of being tied to a genre, after a lot of of work in thier tiny studio they finally made it, they merged groovy rhythms, like bossa-nova with solid basslines, electronic samples and live instruments, they released a song called Feel The Rhythm, which was featured on the Ibiza Cool Jazz Edition Vol. 2, in the summer of 2005. This sublime tune would soon engender their emblematic sound.

By the end of 2005 they teamed up with Martin Schellens (who was the lead singer of Twist of Fate, the band on which Oster was the drummer) for a live-set at the launching of a new cross-media magazine released by Dif-Books, this events positioned Verbal Kint as a respected project. After getting in touch with Hungarian singer Judie Jay, Rogier and Dennis made two extraordinary tracks with her, the blending of their influences created a great coalescence and therefore accomplishing a revolutionary concept that could be just compared with artists like Moloko or Lamb.

Today, Verbal Kint are working in their studio on several tracks with the goal of releasing an album in the near future, they also composed the music for a new Lifestyle TV show, on the Dutch commercial TV station RTL4, called “Goodies”. Rummors are that they are talking to EMI to sign for their first album, so when that moment arrives all their tracks are going to be offline, so enjoy them before a record label establish the infamous settlement: 90% business, 10% music.

Rite of Spring is a new cutting-edge music festival that focuses on Jazz, Folk and World music, and made its critically acclaimed début last year, featuring artists such as Serbia’s Kal and local jazz–funk pioneers Mezzoforte, and will surely continue to enrich Iceland’s musical landscape for years to come. Brought to you by Mr. Destiny, the promoters behind the renowned Iceland Airwaves festival, Rite of Spring is meant to bring the best and most adventurous musicians in the aforementioned fields together for a musical celebration in and around downtown Reykjavík.

Among those performing this year is one of the most celebrated and respected singers of Africa, Mali’s Oumou Sangaré, Scottish Salsa fiends Salsa Celtica and Sarajevo-born artist Goran Bregovic who’ll perform his eclectic and dance-inducing mix of gypsy brass, traditional Bulgarian polyphonies and Rock ‘n’ Roll along with his Weddings and Funerals Band, a string orchestra and a stunning male choir. Others set to perform include well known Icelandic Jazz bassist and composer Tómas R. Einarsson and Samúel J. Samúelsson Big Band, something that’s sure to please the crowd as their previous collaborations have proved fruitful and garnered awards and top marks from critics worldwide.

17-19th May 2007
Ticket price: 4.900 ISK ($75 USD) for area B and 5.900 ISK ($91 USD) for area A.
Source: Icelandair

Check out this video of this fantastic DJ, watch carefully his smooth and smart movements.

Source:Get LoFi