Silhouette is a Dutch progressive rock band from Utrecht.[1][2] So far, the band has released five albums. The music they play is influenced by band such as Genesis, Pink Floyd, Marillion,[3] but also by more recent music. The Dutch Oor Pop Encyclopedie lists Silhouette under the category of progressive rock,[4] other sources refer to their music as neo-prog.
Silhouette | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Netherlands |
| Genres | Progressive rock, neo-prog |
| Labels | Progress Records, Freia Music |
| Members | Brian de Graeve Erik Laan Rob van Nieuwenhuijzen Daniel van der Weijde Jurjen Bergsma |
| Past members | Gerrit-Jan Bloemink Jos Uffing |
| Website | www |
Silhouette's fourth album, Beyond the Seventh Wave, received the iO Pages Prog Award 2014 for the best prog album that was released in Belgium and the Netherlands in that year.[5] The band's manager, Kathy Keller, of My Music Matters-MT promotion company was active during the release phase of the album. Silhouette left in 2017 for record label management.
Band members
edit- Current
- Brian de Graeve – vocals , guitar
- Erik Laan – vocals keyboards, bass pedals
- Rob van Nieuwenhuijzen – drums, percussion
- Daniel van der Weijde – guitar
- Jurjen Bergsma – bass
- Live
- Bart Laan – guitar
- Former
- Gerrit-Jan (GJ) Bloemink – bass (until 2014)
- Jos Uffing – drums, vocals and acoustic guitars (until 2013)
Discography
edit- A-maze (2007)
- Moods (2009)
- Across the Rubicon (2012)
- Beyond the Seventh Wave (2014)
- Staging the Seventh Wave (2017, live album)
- The World is Flat and Other Alternative Facts (2017)
References
edit- ^ "#78 "Silhouette: Utrecht sympho group emerges from the shadows"". Progwereld.org. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "RPWL en Silhouette, 2 november 2012, Lakei Helmond". Progwereld.org. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Interview met Silhouette uit Nieuwegein". Aardschok.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015.
- ^ Oor Pop Encyclopedie 2014 – The Final Edition, No. 19, 2014, Argo Special Media BV, p. 581
- ^ iOpages magazine, March 2014, p. 4