About Us:
JACK LANGEVELT’s Progressive/Symphonic
Rock Project SURVIVAL......
Jack Langevelt was born on the fifth
of August 1954 in Rotterdam, Holland.
In his early childhood he had warm
feelings for classical music ( a.o.
BACH, MOZART, CHOPIN). After hearing
Air (by EKSEPTION) he fell in love
with the music of RICK V/D LINDEN.
EKSEPTION, TRACE, THE NICE and
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER were his major
influences. This Symphonic Music
highlighted his favourite instruments:
Hammond organ and piano.
After he had some piano lessons, he
studied at the ROTTERDAM SCHOOL OF
ARTS (1971). At the same time he
started his musical career as a
drummer in various groups and styles.
In 1980 he switched to his first love:
keyboard playing in Symphonic Rock
Music. He formed his own group
SURVIVAL. With this group (1981-1997)
he developed his ideas in his own
compositions which were a synthesis of
classical, rock and jazz music.
In 1997 SURVIVAL split up, but Jack
continued making music under the name
SURVIVAL. For two years Jack developed
a more intuitive style of music,
played and composed only by himself.
The result was the album THE FINAL
CHAPTER (1999). For the next two years
he was occupied creating his own
Recording Studio (BJT STUDIO'S). With
this studio he saw no limitations
anymore for creating, composing and
producing his music on a level that
was more to his satisfaction.
With the help of vocalist LINDA
MAARSEVEEN and guitar players DAVID
DEXTER (from the UK), MARIO ROELOFSEN
(Purple Rainbow) and JAN PETER
EERENBERG (Thijs van Leer Band) he
recorded more than 30 songs. As a
result he made 2
Progressive/Symphonic/Classic Rock
albums: CON BRIO & MONTGISARD(self
released)......
The album CRUSADER, official released
by MUSEA in 2008, is the final and
uncompromised result of all this
work......
Jack Langevelt: (Hammond, Piano,
Synthesizers, Mellotron, Drums, Bass,
Composer)
Linda Maarseveen: (Vocals)
David Dexter: (Guitar)
Mario Roelofsen: (Guitar)
by Erik Neuteboom Date Added: Thursday 13
November, 2008
SURVIVAL – Crusader (****)
- This is a musical project by Dutch keyboard
player Jack Langevelt, a huge fan of the Seventies
symphonic rock and the late keyboard wizard Rick
Van Der Linden. Between 1981 and 1997 Survival
existed in its first line-up, then disbanded but
fortunately Jack didn’t give up and now we can
enjoy the Musea release of his first album
entitled Crusader (2008).
- From the very first moment I listened to this
instrumental album, I was carried away to Vintage
Keyboard heaven, what a wonderful and often
compelling keyboard driven symphonic rock: a tight
rhythm with a lush and powerful, Jon Lord-like
Hammond sound, fiery guitar and propulsive drum
work in The Holy Land, orchestral keyboards in the
melancholical Lamentation, a long and swirling
Hammond solo and howling duo-guitar in the
titletrack, a slow rhythm with pitchbend driven
synthesizer work and lush Hammond organ (like
Procol Harum) in I Cried For You, sparkling piano,
exciting Hammond and synthesizer play and splendid
Gilmourian guitar in Exceptional Friend, majestic
church organ in The Knights Templar, sensational
interplay between keyboard (including a
choir-Mellotron sound), guitar and rhythm-section
with lots of great solos on keyboards and guitar
and a compelling duet between synthesizer and
guitar in the long Montsigard and a dreamy final
track entitled After All featuring beautiful
interplay between warm piano and soaring
keyboards. It's a subtle conclusion of an often
bombastic and compelling sounding album that
frequently reminds me of Trace and Japanese
progrock band Gerard (but I wonder or Jack has
ever heard of that Japanese progrock band).
- Anyway, a big hand for Dutch formation Survival
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