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Silhouette (band)

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Silhouette
OriginNetherlands
GenresProgressive rock, neo-prog
LabelsProgress Records, Freia Music
MembersBrian de Graeve
Erik Laan
Rob van Nieuwenhuijzen
Daniel van der Weijde
Jurjen Bergsma
Past membersGerrit-Jan Bloemink
Jos Uffing
Websitewww.silhouetteband.nl

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'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

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "#78 "Silhouette: Utrecht sympho group emerges from the shadows"". Progwereld.org. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. ^ "RPWL en Silhouette, 2 november 2012, Lakei Helmond". Progwereld.org. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Interview met Silhouette uit Nieuwegein". Aardschok.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015.
  4. ^ Oor Pop Encyclopedie 2014 – The Final Edition, No. 19, 2014, Argo Special Media BV, p. 581
  5. ^ iOpages magazine, March 2014, p. 4
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