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Endless bike paths, sprawling suburban neighborhoods, a well-hidden, centuries old village center – welcome to Houten, a Dutch commuter town just outside the city of Utrecht. Singer-songwriter Rick de Gier (1979), former frontman of the band Ponoka, spent his teenage years here, and now presents a musical ode to the town: Vliegtuigsporen boven Houten (translated…

UNIFONY, the project started back in 2016 by Minco Eggersman & Theodoor Borger, gives way to a new form of creativity. In this project, they invite various guest musicians to collaborate and find the pure essence of music together. Wandering off the beaten track and rediscovering purity by experimenting. The music is created by carefully…

For over 25 years Remco Den Hollander – ‘Denhollander’ – (1971) has been active as a musician; although always in service of others. Through the years, he has been part of numerous bands, worked on a diversity of projects, and as a session musician he has played on quite a few studio albums. Despite the…

Rowing on the Lakes of Kanada is de legendarische en inmiddels cult-groep van de songwriters van This Beautiful Mess, Brown Feather Sparrow Eins Zwei Orchestra en the spirit that guides us. Met slechts 1 EP en 1 track op de Pet Series Volume 1 verwierf de groep 15 jaar geleden een enorme internationale following, waar…

What is possibly the most striking thing about Hidden Land’s music is the conversation it achieves. Myles O’Mainnian from California and Johan Lager from Stockholm, Sweden create a sound that is esoteric and stirring. It is a conversation of the beautiful and the painful, played out over mostly wordless vocals and swelling strings. It offers…

Charles Henri Maulini was born and raised in the colorful city of Nice, in the south of France. Together with his brother Pierre (ex-M83, ex- HillMadeLow and now part of Stal) Charles has always created music. In their youth he and his brother toured Europe with the indie rock band A Red Season Shade and…

We kicked off this special year with the release of part one of the trilogy by our Icelandic friend Lárus Sigurðsson. Since the summer left us and the leaves started falling, it’s time to release Part two – Threnody –. The final part of this trilogy will follow early winter, at the end of this…

Sara Forslund is the second signing from Sweden in two years’ time and she is, like David Ahlen, a singer-songwriter who is known for a minimal and personal approach, serving her audience small and melancholic songs known for their spiritual and sometimes mystical atmosphere. “When Sara first approached me about mixing an album for her…

“No men lights a lamp to put it under a bushel. It should be on a stand for it to shine unto all that are in the house…” It’ s 2016 and the world is (still) in darkness. Big or small, the hurt is hurting everyone and this does not simply pass by David Ahlen…

Mariecke takes you along into her world with a voice that has been praised in several reviews since she was fourteen; a voice in a million. The songs are not full of big words and exaggerated emotions. No, they are indeed the little stories that often go unnoticed in daily life. The songs are apparently…