Multi-instrumentalist and singer Ivar Vermeulen appears with a self-titled CD in the nu-soul category. The IJmuidenaar was discovered in 2000 by talent scout Jan Tekstra and brought in as a musical prodigy. What do you want, if you compose, write, play and sing almost everything yourself with a hell of a voice. The album contains eleven adult pop songs in line with , and . All very nice, but
… there is still something wrong. Is it the trained voice that touches just a little less, the incorruptible perfection of playing that makes it sound a bit too shallow at times? Or is it because Ivar lacks a face of its own? The fact remains that the man with this CD has delivered a great album. (BP)more