Singor, Marcel
Futureproof
Ever since winning the Dutch National Guitar Awards at the age of 13 (the only contestant under 18) Marcel Singor has been a household name in the dutch world of virtuoso leadguitar. After being a very young stuntguitarist in a number of bands throughout the 80's, marcel spend the 90's and the 00's honing his live and recording craft, appearing on an impressive and diverse list of national and international artists album's and gigs. Meanwhile Marcel never stopped demoing solo recordings of his own, eventually resulting in the release of two albums of bands fronted by Singor: Xam (1997) and Maxville (recorded in 2000, released in 2002). While doing so it became obvious that, apart from possessing a one of a kind guitarpower, Singor was also blessed with considerable lead vocal, songwriting and production/arranging chops. In addition, these quality's happened to make him an attractive candidate for the position of guitarteacher/bandcoach at the Amsterdam conservatory of popmusic (CVA POP), a job that continues to this day. A few demo's, that were intended to ultimately become Marcel's first solo album, found their way into the hands of producer Bas Bron (musical mastermind of "De jeugd van tegenwoordig, "Bastian" etc.) who wanted to work together straight away. They first worked up a track for one of Bron's alter ego's "Seymour Bits" (the song "Deluxe") and soon after that, plans were made to record a whole album together. Although "Futureproof" is Marcel Singor's first actual solo album, it's also his first genuine collaboration. The album is definitely the sound of the best of two seemingly different worlds coming together. At first glance an unlikely mix of styles but Bron's very own brand of synth-heavy retro-futuristic production leaves plenty of room for Singor's dazzling, lead guitarwork, characteristic but accessible vocals/harmonies and always imaginative and melodic sense of songwriting. Spearheaded by the first 2 singles/videos "Authority" and "Technicolor", "Futureproof" is also making its way to the stage , putting Funky, melodic synth rock with no holds barred leadguitar back on the map in a completely fresh and exciting new way.