Rockhal

J.BERNARDT a.k.a. Jinte Deprez is something of a generalist; singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, arranger, producer, engineer, programmer.

Whilst debut album Running Daysis a melange of sound mouldedby electronics, thenew album Contigois old-school band-based-namely a group of Deprez’s “super-talented,” friends thathe guided through intense rehearsals and performances, “searching for that spark, ”Contigo–Spanish for “with you”–is a dramatic, compelling and colourful body of work, infused with drama and brought to life by sumptuous melody, vocals andproduction flourishes from a master studio auteur as well as musical inventor andsinger.

Contigo explores all the phases of a break-up: shock,sadness, anger, denial,hurt, acceptance… and nails ‘viciously romantic’ in the process.Deprez is best known as one half of the singer-songwriter duo of Balthazar, one of Belgium’s most beloved and respected alt.rock bands for over two decades