The contrast between dark and light
That is exactly what his new album ‘Discomfort’ is about: giving discomfort it’s place will create space for comfort. This album is produced by Gijs van Klooster, producer from Joep Beving and others.
As soon as you accept discomfort, it starts to lose its power
In the writing process Jacco has been inspired by people who are close to him and by the obstacles that he has had on his own path. He explains: ‘’Avoiding problems is a problem on its own. The album title ‘Discomfort’ is referring to the different unpleasant phases that one passes whilst giving problems their proper space. As soon as you accept the discomfort, it starts to lose its power, and at some point it will go away, leaving space for the things that you really love.’’. The story has revealed itself to Jacco in his personal life. ‘’It started with friends that were going through difficult times. Burn-out, depression, a lot of troubles. I wanted to stand by them and wrote the music to support them.’’
Balance between activity and rest
Whilst Jacco was in the writing process, he found out that he himself also had a burn-out. And that had a very clear reason: ‘’I have the tendency to always look at the positive side of things, and endlessly keep on going. Now I realise that this has a reverse side. There needs to be a balance between activity and rest. You also need to give dark sides a place, live through them, give them a place. It is non-human to always keep going.’’
The music is a powerful medium for Jacco to be able to find the peace, and give discomfort a place. Through the music he wishes to inspire others to find peace, deal with discomfort, and experience comfort. To let the music connect people with their own core, with each other and with nature.
New Album 2019 - Discomfort
The first single from a new album Discomfort is Newborn Sun, after being taken into the New Music Friday playlist, now more than 47,000 Spotify plays. The new single You Can Rest Now (41,000 plays) is included in the popular Spotify playlist Calm & Focused where Jacco is in the good company of Joep Beving, Ludovico Einaudi, Nils Frahm and Yann Tiersen.
