Silhouette (band)

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

Silhouette is a Dutch progressive rock band from Utrecht, the Netherlands. [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-progressive rock.

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Silhouette's 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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References

  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