Kim Verbeke: guitar,samplers, percussion
Rudy Callant: voice, trombone, violin
Linh Pham: voice, samplers, flute
Johan Geenens: voice, melodica
Damien Magnette: drums, flute and artistic mentor
The wild classical music ensemble is a musical project that started in november 2007, when Damien met Lynh, Johan, Rudy and Kim, 4 artists with a mental handicap, thanks to the social-artistic association vzw WIT.h. (www.vzwwith.org). These 4 artists are working in different fine art media in the studio from “de zandberg” (www.artotheek.be) and showed a will and talent to make music...so it started! The musical research of the WCME has been based since the beginning on free improvisation, sound and object experimentations. At the same time, the WCME as tried to develop a knowledge and a control of the musical energy in order to organise and construct within the Spontaneity. That’s what led them to develop orchestrations signs and experimentations around musical notations. Lately, the WCME as started to integrate punk/rock riffs, composed by Kim Verbeke, the guitarist of the band. These new melodico-rythmic bases gave a new impulse to the band and led it to what it is now : a mix betwen rock, punk, noise, and free music.