Bandleader and double bassist Martijn Vanbuel originally from Belgium, but a Taiwan resident for over 6 years, studied Jazz in Leuven (Belgium) and in Paris (France) at the prestigious National Superieur Conservatory (CNSMDP). Before moving to Asia he work in and around Belgium a lot as a double bassist, among others with Frank Vaganee (Brussels Jazz Orcestra), Dre Pallemaerts, Kurt Van Herck, Robin Verheyen, Joachim Badenhorst, a.o.After moving to Taiwan in 2006 he quickly became one of the most wanted musicians on the scene, o.a. playing with Matthew Lien, Wang Li Hong, A-Mei. He frequently accompanies international jazz musicians on their tour to Taiwan, such as Ari Hoeing, Tony Lakatos, Joel Holmes, Roy Patterson, Claude Diallo, James Carter, Sriji Poovalur, Jamal Muhammed.With the succesful Taiwanese group Sizhukong, that fused jazz and Chinese traditional music, Martijn has played over 100 concerts, in Taiwan but also following the group internationally to jazz festivals such as Jarasum Jazz 2008 (Korea), Penang Jazz 2009 (Malaysia), Hong Kong Jazz Festival 2009, Vilnius Jazz 2010 (Lithuania). In 2010 the group went on a diplomatic trip to 4 countries in Central America.Also a composer and producer Martijn gets recognition, especially after winning the Golden Melody Award for Best Producer in 2011. Martijn's interest in world and ethnic is also omni-present in his compositions. No matter if it is classical, jazz, Indian music, Arab music, Eastern European, African or popular, in every musical tradition there are elements that can be used, and most interseting of all is to combine them to create sounds and athmoshperes that haven't been heard before. Martijn says that most challenging of all is to develop a personal compositional style out of all this.