The Simpletones
The Simpletones is the band of contemporary composer Johan De Smet. Originally it was a two-man job, with Johan De Smet and Rudy Cabie. A single is rumoured to have been released by this line-up. Later, Johan turned the band into a big band to record the Mini-LP Wir sind wieder da (this is the late eighties) and later on his weird postmodern opera Einfach.
Einfach, set entirely in hairy German, portrays a group of personae of classical operas in new settings, like eating soup. One of the songs, called Kapitän Marvel ist deine Mutter, is a kind of press review of the opera itself translated into german. Very weird, and positively hilarious if you know anything about opera.
You can buy Einfach at De Vooruit.
 Members
- Mark Bogaerts (alto and baritonsax)
- Louis Colan (electric bass, double bass)
- Eric Cossaert (double bass)
- Kaat De Cock (viola)
- Vincent d'Hondt (keyboards)
- Louis Dekoninck (trumpet)
- Bart Defoort (sopranosax)
- Johan De Rijcke (percussion)
- Danny D'Haene (bassoon, bass bassoon)
- Luk Fierens (viola)
- Piet Jorens (sampling, percussion)
- Paul Klinck (violin)
- Bart Maris (trumpet)
- Bernard Plouvier (violin)
- Kristof Roseeuw (double bass)
- Eric Schleichim (baritonesax)
- Willy Seeuws (drums)
- Femke Sonnen (violin)
- Korneel Taeckens (viola)
- Daan Vandewalle (piano)
- Guido Van Dooren (violin)
- Jeroen Van Herzeele (tenorsax)
- Johan Van Weerst (cello)
- Jan Vercruysse (flute, piccollo)
- Peter Vermeersch (tenorsax, clarinet)
- Jan Weuts (trumpet, flugelhorn)
- Tom Wouters (percussion)
- Joris Bosman (tenor)
- Dirk Laplasse (tenor)
- Guido Naessens (baritone)
- Danny Devos (narratif voice)
Discography
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