Silhouette | |
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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 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.
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