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Floris Vermeulen

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Juu Jääb FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL: Electric Barbarian made a layered musical journey “Drum´n´bass and jazz, or in other words, drums, bass and trumpet, are the main components of the group Electric Barbarian. Mix it all together and you get a very modern youthful musical project whose rhythm section sends shivers down the spine and whose trumpet carries you to the realm of dreams... The performance was made even more excellent by the imaginative mixes of DJ Grazzhoppa, the once European DMC Champion, making the music sound club-like...” 30 June 2006, Tallinn Estonia

Dagblad v/h Noorden (GPD) April 29th 2004 “Él is masterfully and open produced and builds a monumental bridge between improvised music, hiphop and live drum-n-bass.”

Volkskrant May 19th 2004 “The loose approach and richness of challenging material make Electric Barbarian an exemplary jazz ensemble, while at the same time performing on a rock-stage with relaxed ease.”

PBS 106.7FM Melbourne Australia, 2005 ”Electric Barbarian oozes soul and class. The original composition of sound also places in a realm beyond the likes of other artists within this branch of music such as DJ Cam. It lets you make those ultra cool, slightly agitated moves without that 'should I be embarrassed?' glance over your shoulder which you often get with this style of music.”

Plato Mania [nr. 191] May 11th 2004 “Kain, of the last poets, plays a glittering role. Together with Bart Maris' trumpet, this is an experience that makes your heart work overtime to leave your initial shock behind.”

Heaven [nr. 4] June 2004 “Bassist Floris Vermeulen was one of the first Dutch jazz musicians to make new music based on hip hop, drum n bass, spoken word, but also combining hard rock elements. New electronic sounds, percussive fireworks, all possible scratch sounds, croaking frogs, squealing pigs, and other strange peeping and gurgling beasts are also, obviously, part of the mix.”

Kwadratuur.be August 2nd 2004 “These songs are solidly driven on a simple harmonious basis and are underlayed by Floris Vermeulen's melodious bass, which gives the whole thing soul.” (...) “Vocal contributions are laid on top of this instrumental foundation. Kain is especially fascinating. His poems are visual, difficult to pin down in the beginning, but are delivered as pure spoken word, with a flow which most MCs can only dream of.”