Ik Zie Vuur | pl

There are at least two bands with the name VUUR, which is the Dutch word for 'fire', but may also be used for passion or drive: A Dutch band announced on 1 December 2016, and a Belgian band that started out early 1999. Dutch band VUUR The Dutch band VUUR was announced on 1 December 2016. It consists of: Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) – lead vocals Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Ayreon, ex-Gorefest) – drums Jord Otto (My Propane, ex-ReVamp) – guitars Ferry Duijsens – guitars Johan van Stratum (ex-Stream of Passion) – bass The band originally consisted of...

The dark and rainy climate of the Eastern parts of the Netherlands is a good inspiration for these two. Donned with sunglasses, they shun even the faintest watery sunlight, for nothing unnatural should disturb them in making music only played and created in shadowy places. Their sound is a warm and fuzzy, yet dark and depressive one. Slow, droning bass lines are interleaved with simple, yet effective keyboard compositions. .

Vuurwerk is dutch for Fireworks and that’s probably the most there is to say at the moment. Vuurwerk is part of Run Tell Secrecy, the Brussels based mystery crew behind other bands as Jealov (Mush Records) and Kwatsa. Their debut LP "ME+ONE" (the culmination of the ME, PLUS and ONE EPs) contains an aura of tunes, repetitive loops and samples, sped-up vocals mixed up with voices at half speed that give it a slight angelic and definitely sexy feel. Supported by Boiler Room UK and XLR8R these guys hold promise for their dubby approach on emotional dance music. Influences: Mount...