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Indierock

Stef Kamil Carlens

Stef Kamil Carlens is a multidisciplinary artist. He’s a singer-song writer, musician, composer, record producer and visual artist. He rose to fame in the 90ties as bassist and singer of dEUS, and later build a colourful career with Moondog Jr., Zita Swoon, Zita Swoon Group and currently under his own name.

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Indie

Noa Lee

Noa Lee has shared the stage with names such as Eefje de Visser, School is Cool and Arsenal. With the direction of the music, art and videos in their own hands, they will havee a very nice upcoming year.

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Folk

Gildor

Connoisseur Roberton, who produced the first three albums of the era-defining folk band Steeley Span, recognized that Gildor's music is ageless and has a modern sound that draws inspiration from the 1970s.

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Singer-songwriter

Celine Cairo

Celine Cairo’s songs should come with a warning. From first listen, the Dutch seductress reels you in with bewitching vocals and spell-like atmospherics.

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Electronic

Velocity Made Good

Electronic live act from the North of the Netherlands. Techno, rave, breakbeats, ambient. Popronde 2023, 3voor12 talent.

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Nederpop

Astronaut

Pelle Bast is an overthinker, but his alter-ego 'Astronaut' has a devil-may-care mindset. Once he sets foot on stage, the singer songwriter turns into a fearless and frank philosopher. Observe the world through his perspective and you'll find a new appreciation for the mundane.

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Indie

Malu

A subtle flirt between French finesse and Dutch pragmatism. Add to that sultry vocals, rising arps, and smooth grooves, and you have Malu's musical cocktail. Give in to the temptation and let yourself get carried away from fantasies to the vibrant dance floor.

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Contemporary Nederpop

Droom Dit

Sex, violence, love and the ordinariness of life are what Droom Dit talks about in poetic Dutch texts, wrapped in a modern carapace of raw electronic beats, dreamy guitar lines and cutting synthesizers.

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Indie

Rosa Butsi

Rosa Butsi is Soundtrack winner 2020 and artist in residence at Het Depot (BE). She inherited her musical genes from her Hungarian grandma.

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Alternative

Subterranean Street Society

Subterranean Street Society is a Danish-Dutch trio that plays a mix of folk, alternative and grunge. Over steel metal resonator guitars, heavily overdriven hollowbody bass guitars, vintage cassette tape noise and dark-beating drums, a road worn voice shouts out poetic tales about tragic heroes, romantic love and vagabonds.

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Pop

Dan San

After spending time perfecting their sound, Dan San's comeback is right on time. Seven years after the release of Shelter, the Belgian outfit makes a dazzling return with Grand Salon. This long-awaited third album marks a contrast to the insane rhythm of hurried lives through a collection of accessible, distinct and timeless tracks.

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Pop

Cloudy-Oh

Cloudy-Oh, the new band by Floris De Decker, makes escapist space-pop inspired by Mac De Marco, among others. Their music features psychedelic guitars, absurd lyrics, danceable drums, and funky bass. With high rotation on Willy Radio and performances like HUMO's rock rally, their debut album "Exactly Where I Wanna Be" received rave reviews.

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Folk-pop

Tangarine

Arnout and Sander Brinks of Tangarine have been the most well-known singing twin-brothers in the Netherlands for a decade. They sing as only identical twins can. De Volkskrant (a big dutch newspaper) says “Singing together, so beautiful that it seems to come from one mouth instead of two,”.

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Psychedelic Indie

Walden

Walden is a psychedelic indie band hailing from The Netherlands, where they won the hearts of many at one of the biggest festivals, Pinkpop.

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Pop

Sophie

Atmospheric pop music written by bassist Sophie van Schaik. Or actually, fragments from the diary of mother and musician Sophie. Melodic and fragile. Visual and sometimes fraught. But above all full of love.

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Psych-pop/rock

Tamarin Desert

Tamarin Desert creates 60s-oriented psych-pop/rock in the style of Tame Impala and Pond, combined with gritty fuzz riffs and grooves reminiscent of bands like Led Zeppelin and the jangly guitars of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.

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Band

Yuko

YUKO is a band from Ghent (Belgium) with Kristof Deneijs as key figure. The band’s debut record ‘For Times When Ears Are Sore, released in 2008 on Debonair recordings, immediately won the hearts of critics both in Belgium and abroad.

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Jazz, rock, experimental

Dans Dans

Dans Dans is a Belgian band known for their unique blend of jazz, rock, and experimental music. The band was formed in 2012 and consists of three talented musicians; Bert Dockx on Guitar and vocals, Fred Lyenn Jacques on Bass guitar and Steven Cassiers on Drums and electronics.

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Experimental

SUiT

Vast-loud-blistering-blues-murky-fuzzy-rock-pop-hard-edged-folk-crossover from Amsterdam and Mannheim, whose music has all the best and wrong influences on you as a listener. Promise.

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Experimental pop

Rhinos Are People Too

Rhinos Are People Too gathers its stories from the gutter of this imaginary existence, and projects them onto a disc filled with experimental pop music.

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Electronic Rock

Pocket Knife Army

As small as a pocket knife, but as big as an army. When this duo from Utrecht (The Netherlands) unfold their instruments on a stage you wouldn't believe it's just the two of them.

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Hammondorgel

Orgel Vreten

Orgel Vreten was introduced to the world in 2012. Ever since then the quintet have been fighting the continuous Hammond battle on various different stages throughout the country, including Lowlands and Paaspop.

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Indie-folk

Matt Winson

Indie folk band Matt Winson's music could best be categorized as folk with influences from blues, classical and electronic music, combining lush arrangements with lead singer Matthijs Steur's dreamy falsetto.

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Pop

Marble Sounds

Marble Sounds, the band founded and fronted by Pieter Van Dessel, has been a household name in Belgian music for more than 10 years. Not bad for a band that, rather than sticking to one sound, tries to explore new musical grounds.

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Singer-songwriter

Lotte Walda

Lotte Walda is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands. Music is everything for her and she wants to inspire and create a better world with her songs.

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Indie

Hello Piedpiper

Hello Piedpiper: Mulitple guitar layers, rhythms, melodica, fingerpicking, are added to little walls of sound, and above that, you‘ll find a clear and calming voice that can calm you down in an instant.

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Experimental

GRAEF

Graef sound and imagery reaches from progressive rock to fragments of more alternative airwaves but with no set style in mind and eager to experiment. Graef is bound to booze your socks off.

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