Julien Laubscher

Julien Laubscher, also known as Julien Cassette [ [http://www.juliencassette.com/ Julien's official website] , "www.JulienCassette.com" ] , (born 5 June, 1987) is a South African pop artist; singer, pianist, keyboardist/programmer, musician & actor.

Biography

The first published release he appeared on was as backing vocals on South-African recording artist Wesna Steenkamp's debut album, "As Ek Jou Vanaand Kom Haal" [http://www.sellaband.com/julien Julien's official Sellaband site] , "Sellaband.com", Info. (English) ] ("When I pick you up tonight" in Afrikaans) in 2002. The album fared well in South Africa and Namibia, where it shot to number 1.

He continued to work with the producer of "As Ek Jou Vanaand Kom Haal", André Strydom, on a new demo for a cover-band project with Taryn Light and Liske Potgieter. The three formed "Vengaboys.South.Africa", a covergroup of 1990s Dutch dance group, the Vengaboys. Together they recorded a one demo track, a medley comprised of their versions of some of the Vengaboys hits. As a group they had medium success. They were invited to perform for the K-TV (a South-African children's entertainment network) festival 2002, and on December 29, 2002, they performed at a charity event staged at King's Beach, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. They were due to perform at further charity events shortly after this in Jeffery's Bay, South Africa. These events were cancelled, as well as scheduled plans for the release of a single.

In 2005 Julien was invited to sing lead vocals for rock-band G.I.M.P. They became a resident band at rock/metal/indie club Jack Hamer's. Later that year they performed at the South-African division of the Woodstock Rock Music Festival. Shortly after this the band was invited by SABC Studios to record demos of some of their tracks. Julien later made separate acoustic recordings of these songs, as well as other new demo tracks in a singer/songwriter style.

In 2006 he enrolled at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, The Netherlands, following a bachelor's degree in Pop Music, performance & production. He currently performs regularly as keyboardist & singer with various bands in Amsterdam at the trendy Sugar Factory and Club Meander.

Discography

tudio albums

* "As Ek Jou Vanaand Kom Haal (Wesna Steenkamp)" (2002)

Charts

"As Ek Jou Vanaand Kom Haal (Wesna Steenkamp)"

References