Nabil


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* Nabil Khazzaka - Biography / Single

Nabil Khazzaka

It was clear from the day that this boy was born that he wouldn’t care much about conventions. Just think, honestly now, who decides to come on earth December 25, 1974 when there are folks around the world enjoying Christmas Turkey?

Nabil is the oldest boy of mixed parentage, a Lebanese father and a Belgian mother. He quickly learned that the taste of rice is as nice as the taste potatoes, and that Overijse, Belgium is not the centre of the universe. 

 As a child, musically, he was equally keen to know what the neighbours who lived three streets away from him had to say. 
He experimented with recordings of toilets, Fisher Price beds and other sound producing objects. 

Biography 

Musical Studies:

Beginning at the age of eighteen:

• Nabil started 5 years of piano training: Soon after he bought his first synthesiser.

• 3 years of classical singing. 

• Studied Uillean pipes and Sean-nos singing classes during his stay in Cork, Ireland.

• Private vocal classes with Gyle Waddy

 Professionally:

 Nabil says that he is a creative stuntman.  He says that the saying, “That will never work”, doesn’t apply to him. Give him the challenge, and he will make your dreams come true.   

• At the moment he is a member of the Non Troppo Group in Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium

• Participated in several choirs

• Performed the Kimberly Chase piece ‘Hasty Utterance’ with the Festival of Contemporary Music choir.

• At the Youth Center Vleugel F, Leuven, Belgium, he played acoustic versions of his original songs with the Orchestra Polyfonica Flamenca: violin, flamenco guitar, clarinet, recorder, bass and drum machine. 

• Played concerts with the guitarist and accordionist Jan Blieck, who by the way is one of Nabils soul-mates. They were joined by the singer Irina Holzinger where they played on the Mest Up Festival in Buggenhout, Belgium, where Nabil sang and played the synthesiser.

• Twice Nabil was asked to perform for a ‘Motor Blessing’ at the Saint PieterKerk in Jette, Brussels, Belgium. For the second ‘Motor Blessing’, Nabil formed a rock band with Jan Blieck (guitar), Gino Campenaerts (drums), a classical organist and soprano.They performed two original titles by Nabil - 'Mysteries' and 'Questions With No Reply', a Björk song, ‘All Is Full Of Love’, Elgar’s, ‘Glory Halleluia, Land Of Hope And Glory’ and ‘Born To Be Wild’ a Steppenwolf composition.

• With a symphonic orchestra he sang a duet version of ‘Play Dead’ - Crooner meets Björk * at the VRG Ekonomika Proms.

* "Björk is a huge source of inspiration to me. I find it particularly interesting the way she brings different instruments and ethnical groups together".

Nabil formed a couple of bands in a similar way. 

Apart from Björk, Nabil other musical idols are David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Kate Bush etc. He feels related to them because he believes that he also combines different influences to create his own, unique style.  He’s not scared to mix bagpipes with heavy metal guitars and a big beats drum track. Like other artists Nabil likes to let coincidence play a role too. Unexpected noises, mistakes that turn out to sound very well etc., and of course he also likes the creative input of his fellow musicians. Nabil believes that sharing is very important.  He also likes the interaction with the public.  Being yourself is very important, the people you are playing for like to have some fun. And that’s what Nabil and his musicians are going to bring to you!

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‘Jump Into The Crowd’

 Nabil’s first single ‘Jump Into The Crowd’ released on Elyts Records, CD 7401 in June 2006, features three songs on this CD. The first song ‘Jump Into The Crowd’ is about the joy of people being squashed together in a disco while the music is blasting away. ‘She’s Cold’, the second song on the CD, tells the story of an extremely cold, blooded woman, and ‘Keep Your Body In Motion’ is an ode to the laws of Isaac Newton. The video for ‘Jump Into The Crowd’ is expected very soon.

e-mail: nabil.khazzaka@pandora.be / http://www.nabilmusic.com