Spleen

Electronica / Ambient / Other

Dreamvalley

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About

Spleen : A Short Biography

Spleen is the artist name of Lennart Vanstaen. Born in Belgium, Antwerp (1987) he was raised with good music in his direct enviroment. After playing in several rockbands for some years he realised he wanted to play the music that suited his soul. He adored bands like Radiohead, Eels, Sigur Ròs, Björk, Mùm and The Album Leaf, which form his main influences. It must be said Lennart has a special connection with the band Radiohead, the love goes very deep.
He started experimenting with software, guitar and a midi-keyboard. After a while came 'Sun Salution', the first song of Spleen, a name specifically chosen because it embodied what Lennart considered himself to be devoted to, that is melancholy.
After a sort of Aha-erlebnis he came up with the genre 'Melantronica', derived from melancholy and electronica, of which Lennart thought it fitted his music and atmosphere perfectly.
After a while, the songs came faster and got better and more complex. Spleen's music has been called 'film music' a lot of times, and on myspace he became friends with Sophie Vanhomwegen, a talented girl active in photography and even more in video's. She fell in love with his music, as he fell in love with her vision on art. So they worked together and the clip from Whatever Floats Your Boat was the result. It was chosen for HDFEST filmfestival.
Then Lennart got an offer from a starting well-promising English label, called Summer Rain Recordings. He loved just the name alone, and after some questions and answers he signed with them for two years.

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Jan 7, 2008

Why Spleen?

Spleen is not just a name. It means

something, not only literally. The ancient Greeks believed the human

temperament, was defined by 4 bodily humours. Each humour was

determined by a kind (or colour) of bile (NL gal). There was yellow bile,

phlegm, blood …

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Jan 7, 2008

Myspace

Dear visitor,

You can visit the 'Spleen myspace here : http://www.myspace.com/visitspleen

Thank you,

Bless,

'Spleen.

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Ξт, Apr 20, 2009:

static itch, Nov 19, 2008:

Hey man, hope this finds you in excellent spirits! Just wanted to quickly let you know that I've got 3 new tracks along with 4 reworked ones up on the player. The EP 'Acid Singes' is ready for download. Would love to hear your thoughts. Also, if you would like to have higher bitrate mp3s of the songs, let me know and I'll be more than happy to pass them on. Keep the music coming the spirits high! Peace!