Rikke Lundorff | en

Rikket was formed in 1999 by vocalist/bassist/keyboardist/drummer of Mordenheim (earlier Nord) named Orkbluten Oldensorg. From the beginning this project was thought as a one-man-band presented to nature and loneliness and the music style was a mix of Ambient and Black Metal with the most rule of the first element. Burzum, Vinterriket, Ulver, Tenhi, Empyrium, Silencer and early Mortiis influenced Rikket very much. Tracks that were on «Kvist Nord Bog Ild» may be characterized like Atmospheric Trance Ambient Music, where atmospheric keyboard’s melodies and arrangements with the using of drums and percussion rule. This stuff is an instrumental work without vocals....

In November 2006 there suddenly was the newly formed StropStrikkers with their first album "Kermis in de Hel" (Funfair in Hell). The Hip-Hip group from Utrecht made deep impact within the Dutch Hip-Hop scene with their raw grimy style and street orientated lyrics. The unknown group from the Ondiep district impressed many with their energetic live shows and won the music competition "The Clash Of The Titans" in April 2007. This brought them even more attention and invitations to Geinbeat, Bevrijdingsfestival Utrecht and a place in the finals of the "Grote Utrechtse Live Prijs". Not long after the group won...

Elly Zuiderveld-Nieman and Rikkert Zuiderveld sing Dutch Christian folk and pop songs. They are best known for their songs for children. Moreover the couple has a vast oeuvre of songs for adults. They still regularly tour through The Netherlands, accompanied by Jan Borger (keyboard) and Dick Le Mair (drums and percussion). Elly and Rikkert got to know each other at the end of the sixties, then they both found oneself in the hippy community, lived in a commune in Drenthe and made music with people as Boudewijn de Groot. In that time they married and they started to perform as...