User talk:Willem Martens

Short Bio

Martens is an Ambient, Avant Garde, New Age and Experimental artist from the Netherlands (Nijmegen). He studied in the 70s composition and film music with Darius Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger at the conservatory in Paris (Conservatoire National Suprieur de Musique in Paris). During this period and afterwards he was was music supervisor and film composer at the French TV network.

Born as Willem Martens, KVZ Music Publishing and Distribution is using his last name as the artist name, for his upcoming CD release set up to be released to stores all over the world, on January 24th, next year (2012). His (Martens) compositions are self produced with (Willem) Martens playing all of the synth work, strings, percussion, electric guitar, brass (hobo, trumpet and timpani), flute, choir production along with any and all special effects that get showcased on every song on the upcoming full length album New Horizons, Quasar, Sublimation and Secret Garden, Deliverance (In internet stores respectively April 20 and 21, and May 1 and 7 2012).

His music is characterized by very sophisticated structures and deep layers. It varies from catching experimental and refreshing avantgarde melodies to very expressive film and refined dance themes. It is all developed in an astonishing way and the arrangements and sound colours are impressive.

His Compositions

Albums (all albums were composed and produced by myself)

- Deliverance (14 Pieces, 55 min.; release 24-1-2012; Universal records/Sunset Classics; Catalog
 * 1) SCJ122);

Published by BVZ Music Publishing and Distribution, Vienna. Austria:

- Quasar (13 Pieces, 61.20 min.; release 20-4-2012; catalogue # MARTENS12980). - New Horizons (12 pieces, 58.40 min.; release 20 - 4-2012 ; catalogue # MARTENS12979). - Sublimation (16 pieces, 62.45; release 1-5-2012; catalogue # MARTENS12995). - Secret Garden (12 pieces, 57.40; release 7-5-2012; catalogue # MARTENS12117 ). - Modulations (14 pieces, 63.25; realse 24-5-2012; catalogue #MARTENS

Instruments: piano, strings, brass, woodwinds, synths, percussions, electric guitars, voices. Genre: Experimental, classical, avant-garde, electronic (music concrete).

Scientific Carreer

Martens studied philosophy and clinical psychopathology at Amsterdam University (Netherlands) and he earned his PhD in Forensic Psychiatry in 1997 at Tilburg University. He worked as a senior researcher at Nijmegen University and Pompe Forensic Psychiatric Hospital He publishing more that 100 articles in internationsl journals, books, and book chapters in the area of forensic psychiatry (psychopathy and other perosnality disorder), medical ethics and theoretical models for explanation of psychiatric disorders.