{"id":184,"date":"2023-11-20T15:59:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2024-01-11T17:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:01:08","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/?page_id=184","title":{"rendered":"BIO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"184\" class=\"elementor elementor-184\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b4b08bb elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom ops-section elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b4b08bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll&quot;:&quot;section&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=muYiotKQXrI&quot;,&quot;background_video_start&quot;:70,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-embed\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59942d6d\" data-id=\"59942d6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b92258 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33b92258\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b58b2eb elementor-section-content-space-between ops-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b58b2eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll&quot;:&quot;section&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41385c67\" data-id=\"41385c67\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-57f77b71 elementor-section-content-space-between elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57f77b71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9c4ee6 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"c9c4ee6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-408b40dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"408b40dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">BMI GOES INDIA<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cbae7a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cbae7a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\"><span style=\"color: rgb(174, 187, 179); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none; white-space-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Ravi Shankar meets Sphongle &amp; Hilight Tribe<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2342010a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2342010a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Tromp brothers form the beating heart of BMI Goes India&nbsp;(Live Psychedelic Indian electronic dance).&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-ab87870 ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">They build a bridge between electronic dance and&nbsp;classical Indian music. Resulting in an unique original style.&nbsp;Ravi Shankar meets Sphongle and Hilight Tribe, you could call it. In the meantime BMI Goes India has built up a great&nbsp;live reputation and has played at a wide range of festivals in&nbsp;their home country Netherland and abroad, such as&nbsp;Mysteryland, Xperience festival, Psy \ufb01, International Day of Yoga, Visions of Paradise, Tribalanga and Festival Mundial. The brothers have earned their spurs in all kinds of bands and projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Barend is a trained sitar player. In order to re\ufb01ne his playing on this Indian string instrument, he lived in India for six months, where he was taught every day by a classically trained sitar master. He also took lessons from well-known Indian sitar players who were on tour in Europe. Barend is also a gifted and experimental bassist and guitarist. Maarten is a dance producer. He takes care of the electronics.&nbsp;Live he also takes care of the visuals that provide a unique total experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays they also work intensively with Indian classical singer Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan (from Madras Chorus). They also show their skills together on stage. Besides that there are also plans for an Indian tour in the future. BMI Goes India has already released two albums and four new singles. A third album will be released later this year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c44e521 elementor-section-content-space-between elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c44e521\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bb218bf animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"6bb218bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1282f8c2 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https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mt1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/elementor\/thumbs\/mt1-qfje7tzsy7puv2uyrionkbsqux3r1ov06u547txwts.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mt1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-298c7d6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"298c7d6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maarten Tromp<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b656411 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b656411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Electronics \/ visuals<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b38a450 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5b38a450\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46e4b322 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46e4b322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vasu1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-156\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vasu1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vasu1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/elementor\/thumbs\/vasu1-qfl4i4xcxypiq72lf5pznmunga4c996qc4xnlg3pek.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vasu1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vasu1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8927c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b8927c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de12c00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4de12c00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vocals<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11367d32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"11367d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ba7c01a animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"2ba7c01a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707f5482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"707f5482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bt1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-142\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bt1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bt1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bt1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bt1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bmi-music.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bt1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-365cdc48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"365cdc48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Barend Tromp<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-644497ad elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"644497ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Resulting in an unique original style.&nbsp;Ravi Shankar meets Sphongle and Hilight Tribe, you could call it. 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