G30 – Tutto Be Okay (EP)
Release: September 11th 2020 (TheRoomRecordings)
Juan van Emmerloot is a Dutch drummer, music producer and composer. He started his professional career in 1985. He’s well known as drummer for Stef Burns League (Y&T), Snowy White (Roger Waters, Thin Lizzy) and Robby Valentine. Juan shared the stage with lots of international artists like Walter Trout, Pat Travers, Mick Moody, Bernie Marsden and Steve Lukather (just to name a few). As ‘hired gun’ he has layed down many drum tracks for international musicians. With his own instrumental band Burning The Rules he’s released two albums. Juan also has done all drums for the new upcoming Ayreon album ‘Transitius’, which will be released later this year.
Brian Bordes started out playing bass guitar from the age of 13 but switched to guitar in 1989 at the age of 19. Biggest musical influences at the time were Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Stanley Clark, Chick Corea, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Billy Cobham, Frank Gambale, Marcus Miller. Two years later 1991 he was accepted at Academy of music Conservatory Maastricht where he got into Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dizzie Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, George Benson . After 2 years he could not combine school anymore wih live playing. So he quit school and went on playing with all kinds of differrent bands and music. Some people he met along the way Jan Somers-Vengeance, Timo Somers-Delain, Gordon Smith-Phill Collins, Valensia, Carlos Lake-Anouk, Walter Latupeirissa , Walter Trout, Snowy White, Steve Lukather … and many others but you get the picture.
Mark Bogert was born on November 8 1983. At the age of seven he got in touch with music, though this was not the guitar yet. Mark started playing the trumpet first. Aged twelve he discovered the guitar. From that moment
on the guitar became a part of his life. Mark studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts) where he completed two studies: 2003 – 2007 ‘Performing Musician’ and 2009 – 2011 ‘Bachelor of Music in Education’.
Mark played in Knight Area for years and recorded 3 albums with this band.
During this time he wrote 2 instrumental guitar solo albums with Peter Vink on bass and Pieter van Hoorn on drums. They did some support shows for Greg Howe, Tony Macalpine, Mattias Eklundh (Freak Kitchen). Mark worked for 3 years on this Rockopera ‘Magoria – JtR1888’, which tells the story of Jack the Ripper, and worked with 15 very talented singers/musicians from the Netherlands and recorded a double album.
Beside all the bands he also played as a session guitarist. In 2018 during a masterclass he played with Steve
Vai and in 2019 with John Petrucci (Dream Theater) at the Sena Guitar Awards.
With Mark & Brian G30 has two amazing talented guitar players on board who are capable to translate Juan’s music and bring it to a whole different level. The first video ‘Yip Yeah!’ features Mark as main guitarist. The second video ‘Hidden Treasures’ features Brian as main guitarist and will be released on August 28th. The EP hosts 6 instrumental rock songs with fusion/blues/jazz touch. The second EP will see the light early 2021.
G30 – EP credits
Album title: Tutto Be Okay
G30 – composed by Juan van Emmerloot
Brian Bordes (lead guitar)
Emile Bode (synths)
Juan van Emmerloot (drums/bass/rhythm guitars)
Yep Yeah – composed by Emile Bode
Mark Bogert (guitars)
Emile Bode (synths/Moog bass)
Juan van Emmerloot (drums/congas)
Hidden Treasures – composed by Juan van Emmerloot/Thomas Bank
Brian Bordes (guitars)
Thomas Bank (synths/Rhodes)
Paola Zadra (bass)Juan van Emmerloot (drums/percussion/additional samples)
Ring Of Fairy – composed and arranged by Juan van Emmerloot
Brian Bordes (lead-guitar left)
Mark Bogert (lead-guitar right)
David Clarkson (orchestration)
Juan van Emmerloot (drums/bass)
Tutto Be Okay – composed by Juan van Emmerloot
Mark Bogert (guitars)
Albert van Dorssen (keys)
Paola Zadra (bass)
Juan van Emmerloot (drums/percussion)
IFO – composed by Juan van Emmerloot
Brian Bordes (lead-guitar left)
Mark Bogert (lead-guitar right)
Daniel van Emmerloot (voice-over)
John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick (Hammond)
Juan van Emmerloot (drums)
All Music produced at Vanmerloot Music Pros by Juan van Emmerloot
Mastered at TheRoomRecordings by Emile Bode
Label: MUSIC™ / TheRoomRecordings
Publishing: TheRoomRecordings Publishing
Photo by Mark van Reusel
Frontcover concept by Vormdesign