Artist: Hennie Bekker
Genre(s):
New Age
Pop
Discography:
Sonic Aid Music To Promote Sleep
Year: 2003
Tracks: 6
Kaleidoscopes: Winter Reflections
Year: 2003
Tracks: 8
Velvet Nights
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Salama
Year: 2001
Tracks: 12
After The Rain
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Meditation
Year: 2000
Tracks: 4
Meditation
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
Tranquility
Year: 1999
Tracks: 13
Spa
Year: 1999
Tracks: 6
Silk and Satin
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Jabula
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Dreaming
Year: 1999
Tracks: 14
African Tapestries Kusasa
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
A Time For Romance
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Mirage
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
Essence Of Romance
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
African Tapestries The Smoke That Thunders
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
African Tapestries Temba
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Tranquility Awakenings
Year: 1994
Tracks: 10
Summer Breeze
Year: 1993
Tracks: 10
Spring Rain Solo Piano
Year: 1992
Tracks: 10
Spring Rain
Year: 1992
Tracks: 10
Algonquin Suite
Year: 1992
Tracks: 10
Great Lakes Suite
Year: 1991
Tracks: 11
Harmony
Year: 1989
Tracks: 11
Winter Reflections
Year:
Tracks: 8
Transitions
Year:
Tracks: 8
African Tapestries
Year:
Tracks: 10
New age singer/musician Hennie Bekker issued several solo albums during the '90s; contributed tracks to such albums serial as SolitudesTM, Kaleidoscope, and Tranquility; as well as beingness a member of the Canadian techno/dance outfit BKS. Raised in a Zambian copper-mining ithiel Town tenner miles south of the Congolese border (Mufulira), Bekker became delighted former on by such sounds as tribal chanting and drumming, perking up his stake in music. Shortly thereafter, Bekker taught himself how to play the piano, and at the age of 15, began playing with various jazz nuclear fusion bands in Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. From at that place, Bekker began grading for plastic film, television system, radio, and commercials; before finally moving to London, England, where he teamed up with manufacturer Emil Zoghby and started arranging, conducting, and producing albums for the likes of Freddie Cole, Magna Carta, and Stanley Black. By 1987, Bekker had relocated once more than, this time to Canada, where he focused on commercial form (conducive musical bits to stock-music companies).
Finally, Bekker gravitated toward the musing sounds of new age, where he added soothing melodies to nature sounds compiled by Dan Gibson, which light-emitting diode to the couplet collaborating on a tot up of 14 Exploring Nature With Music releases and to further Bekker musical contributions for the aforesaid Kaleidoscope and Tranquility series. In add-on, Bekker launched another record album series, African Tapestries, which explored the alien medicine of his homeland. Showcasing his versatility, Bekker then turned his attention to techno/dance, working with the grouping BKS, a group that achieved rather a bit of succeeder in Canada (their 1996 acquittance, Astroplane, standard a Juno Award for Best Dance Recording). Bekker besides set up metre to matter his possess solo releases, including such titles as Groovy Lakes Suite, Summer Breeze, Mirage, Tember, Jabula, and Watering place, among others.
