Isolde Lasoen (born 31 December 1979 in

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) is a Belgian (Flemish)

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and singer.

Biography

At the age of four, Lasoen started with the

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''Nut en Vermaak'' in

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. After secondary school she studied

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at the

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. She is the drummer in bands like

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, Saint-Marteau, The Happy (new project with among others Reinhard Vanbergen from

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), Isolde et Les Bens (old French and English songs), Briskey and The Whodads. She also works or worked as freelancer with Guido Belcanto, Willy Willy,

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, Raymond van het Groenewoud,

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, Jack Van Poll, Lady Linn, Kapotski and others. In two of Daan's latest albums, ''Simple'' and ''Le Franc Belge'', Lasoen outed herself as allround musician: in these records she took care of vocals, drums, vibraphone, trumpet, bass synth and percussion. She also combines these instruments during live acts. Because of this, and mainly because of her singing, Isolde Lasoen appeared more on the forefront, which leads to more solo work. One example is her single "Aluminium Folie", which she recorded with Les Bens, brought out in December 2012. Lasoen teaches drumming at the Institute for Music and Dance (MUDA), a secondary school for arts in Ghent.

Discography

References

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