Jan Marmenout


Jan Marmenout 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 and Desperado.

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 , Highgate Music, 2005