Jan Marmenout

Jan Marmenout
BornGhent, Belgium
Occupation(s)Instrumentalist, percussionist
Instrument(s)berimbau kalimba balafon
didgeridoo shawm Tibetan trumpet
conch shells fujara lithophones shruti box
LabelsHighgate Music

Jan Marmenout (born in Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian percussionist and multi-instrumentalist playing such instruments as the berimbau, kalimba, balafon, didgeridoo, shawm, Tibetan trumpet, conch shells, fujara, lithophones, etc. He is perhaps most-known for his compositions on the fujara, an ethnic instrument from Slovakia. Marmenout plays the fujara in an intuitive and non-traditionalist way.

He has composed the score for two movies, Judentransport XX (2003) and Desperado (2002).

Discography

  • Gates, Highgate Music, 1997.
  • Fujara, Highgate Music, 1998.
  • Spirits, Highgate Music, 1999, with Vidna Obmana.
  • Wastelands, Highgate Music, 2005, with Lode Vercampt.
  • A Special Blend (Fujara II), Highgate Music, 2005


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