The great bass player Mirko Borach, aka Stringburner https://soundcloud.com/stringburner, sent his wonderful original piece called "Mysterious" to Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1 and me to see if we could add our touch and instruments to his warm singing bass sounds. It is a track that is reminiscent of several typical seventies and early eighties bands and sounds, ranging from, for example, a Black Sabbath type oriental riff, to more Return to Forever-like sounds, to even a hint of the Doors in some of Julien's playing. We had great fun working together again, arranging parts and adding solos and the wonderful mixing and post production by Julien tops this collaboration off!

We hope you'll enjoy this fusion of styles and our playing on Mirko's original called ...Mysterious...

Music, drum programming & fretless bass by Mirko Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Keyboards, synths, Rhodes, arrangements, mixing and mastering by Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1
Guitars and arrangements by Dan van den Berg
July 15th, 2015

Mysterious | by Mirko Borach, with Julien Apelian on keys & Dan van den Berg on guitar

Welcome to the main music profile of https://soundcloud.com/calaminus

Feel free to enjoy many original releases of mine, ranging from 2017-2021.
For all former releases visit my Old Main Profile via the link below.

Thank you for listening! And have a good time :-)
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Calaminus was a one-man-project from Düsseldorf/Germany, producing groove-orientated instrumental music with the focus on genres like Funk, Fusion, (Acid/Nu)Jazz, Groove and Rock/Pop, sometimes enriched by several influences of our Worlds' Music.
From 2009 - 2021, I created more than 200 original music tracks, released 5 albums and actively colaborated with some fine musicians here.

In 2021, I decided to end this project after all these years due to the lack of general interest in my music and my own personal interest in music at all.

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Many of these original tracks - all arranged, recorded, mixed & mastered by myself - are still available under Creative Commons (CC-NC-ND) for free non-commercial use.

Any commercial use of my music tracks is strictly prohibited.

Here are the archived links to the  5 full album releases  of Calaminus
- enjoy your listen for FREE as long as they are still there:

"Filet de Fonque" (2010)...  http://www.archive.org/details/Calaminus-FiletDeFonque/ 
"On the Trail" (2012)...  http://www.archive.org/details/Calaminus-OnTheTrail/ 
"Grooveyard" (2013)... https://archive.org/details/Calaminus-Grooveyard/
"To Another Place (2014)... http://archive.org/details/Calaminus-Another-Place/
"No Lament" (2015) ... https://archive.org/details/Calaminus-NoLament

Feel free to explore my side project https://soundcloud.com/quipmusic/ as well which went beyond the Calaminus works in a proggy/multigenre way.
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Although l've quitted music and won't be active here on SC anymore, you can still leave me a comment & share the music with your friends :-) 
But please don't await any replies to comments, reactions to likes or messages anymore. 

Thanks, farewell and all the best, 
Calaminus
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Respected musician friends on SC,  I had the honour to make music with and/or can really recommend to you:

- https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
- https://soundcloud.com/danarchx
- https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1
- https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau
- https://soundcloud.com/roysmith
- https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
- https://soundcloud.com/simon-reich
- https://soundcloud.com/tunesma
- https://soundcloud.com/audric-jankauskas
- https://soundcloud.com/4pickupguy
- https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand
- https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli
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THANK YOU all for your support & music during the past years!!!!
Maybe we'll meet again in the future.
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Some artists beyond SC who have inspired me & have influenced my works:

Incognito, Maceo Parker, Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Steely Dan, Soulive, Lettuce, Jamiroquai, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Victor Wooten, Bruce Hornsby, Toto, Sting, Beady Belle, Bill Evans, Derek Trucks, Joshua Redman, John Scofield, Adam Holzman, Dave Matthews, Iona, Snarky Puppy, Raw Stylus, Tribal Tech, Spocks Beard, Robben Ford, Ron Spielman, Sceaming Headless Torsoes, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Yellowjackets, Weather Report and many more...

guitarist, composer, recording in logic with roland guitar synth, stratocaster and tiny amps.
please visit kid otari soundcloud for more rock collaborations with guillaume: https://soundcloud.com/user-970486418/tracks

and NG-Xp cloud for experimental orchestral & soundscape collaborations of naldo & guillaume here: https://soundcloud.com/ng-xp/tracks
https://soundcloud.com/ng-xp/tracks

I play the uke. my feed is a barren wasteland as of now.

THE NEW ALBUM OF MY BAND THE HYPERSONIC FACTOR  CALLED BELEVOLENT BEASTS IS OUT NOW!  AVAILABLE ON ALL STREAMING SERVICES!
featuring:
Jason Rubenstein - Keyboards, Piano, compositions, arrangements and producer
Mirko Borach - Bass and compositions
Tom Hipskind - Drums
Dan van den Berg - Electric and Acoustic guitars, compositions, arrangements, synthesizers
https://thehypersonicfactor.bandcamp.com/album/benevolent-beasts



Check my SOLO Album here! https://danielvandenberg.bandcamp.com/album/short-tales-for-three-guitars

This site is for my musical avatar or alter ego. Architect/partner/company owner by day, I find myself playing guitar and writing these tracks in afterhours, at nights, evenings, when in need of a dose of guitar sounds. You will find a wide range of guitar oriented music, ranging from Jazz to Blues, Flamenco to Classical, Rock to Fusion. And many collaborations with some great musicians.

I have been playing guitar since I was 11 years old, largely self-taught and have tried different styles and instruments: Renaissance lute, flamenco guitar, classical guitar, steel string guitar and electric guitar with which I have been playing in styles ranging from rock and metal in my early years to classical music, some American Folk music, jazz rock, prog rock, flamenco nuevo and fusion.

It’s been a splendid time here so far, in collaborating with a lot of brilliant musicians on SoundCloud and sharing ideas and the passion for music. 
My collaborations are with musicians that I have a deep respect for and have a mutual appreciation for real instruments, and musical styles that focus on letting the instruments “shine”. 

Here is some technical data:
Currently I am using Amplitube and Auria on an iPad as DAW with Final Touch for mastering. For acoustic recording I use an Apogee microphone.

Guitars are:
Fender AMERICAN ELITE STRATOCASTER® HSS SHAWBUCKER, 2016
Fender Stratocaster Squire (first edition: JV-series)
Ibanez JS100, Joe Satriani model
Evh Frankie Striped MN Relic R/W/B

EVH 5150 Series Standard Stealth Black EB guitar
Fender American Professional II Stratocaster HSS Olympic White RW
Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 HSH 2PT CM Mahogany Natural
Paulino Bernabe, Taller de Guitarras, Model-50, 2001, classical concert guitar
Marín, Modelo Estudio /9 Calidad, 1997, Malaga, Spain, flamenco guitar
Joan Cashimira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante), 2015

I hope you will enjoy my music.

Daniël van den Berg
DanArchX