“After his adventures with Jambangle, composer and
pianist Karel Van Marcke decided to start a new band "Chroma".

Van Marcke's compositional style clearly continues but his love for Egberto
Gismonte and Hermeto Pascoal are reflected in the new pieces. Rhythm and long
melody lines are still the main ingredients of his music.

After a search for the ideal female lead singer, Van Marcke decided to work
with different guests for his first Chroma album "Radea". Singers
David Linx and Geike Arnaert (Hooverphonic) contributed to the recording.
Completing the line - up Chroma asked other friends to join: guitarist Peter
Hertmans (Greetings for Mercury), accordionist Tuur Florizoone (Tricycle),
singer Ingrid Weetjens and percussionist Peter Schneider.

Rock musician and sound wizard David Poltrock was asked to produce the CD, and
achieved with his 'sound and energy' vision, a totally new jazz sound. The project
recording sessions were pure magic for all the people ! Van Marcke's music is
not obvious - that's a fact - but producer David Poltrock has inspired the
musicians to open up musically whilst respecting the original composition in
their playing. Van Marcke was compelled to play Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer
keys and as a result the band sound could be changed within a second... Bass
player Cedric Waterschoot changed his miking technique and was so thrilled
about the result ... and so on...

After different presentation concerts ( May - June 2007 ) in quintet, Chroma
will present the full CD project "Radea" on the famous Blue Note Records Festival 2007 in Ghent.

The CD is to be released worldwide ( I Tunes, ... ) by Homerecords.be. The Benelux and France are the first main targets of the records company PR strategy.”