Steve Merlin: singer/songwriter, guitarist, bass & keys player, producer

Steve has been in various bands since he learned to play the guitar, when he was 17. After a year or so he started writing songs, but singing he left to the band's singer at that time. In a while, he started to sing them himself, and a couple of years later there were about 50 songs (lyrics, guitar chords and vocal parts).
He started recording them at home in 2001 while in the meantime he learned to play the bass guitar (in various bands), keyboards, guitar synth, and percussion.

Finally at the end of Winter 2008, his debut album Closer To The Moon was finished - a time spread between the songs of over 15 years. By the end of 2008, 6 new songs and 7 'from the shelf' are now combined to make up the second album 'Between Air And Wing', on which Steve is working with 15 musicians and 3 visual artists.

One of the new songs is inspired on prose by the Belgian writer Peter Verhelst. The best thing about writing and making music is that you can do it together with people you've never met in your life, and find out it works - magically.

Steve, guitarist Sjef Poels, and tenor saxophone/flute/percussionist Mister Ed are currently rehearsing for live gigs to promote both albums in Spring.