Awkward I (Festival aan de Werf)
This May, Onder Invloed had a live showcase at the wonderful Festival aan de Werf at De Neude in Utrecht. With hundreds of people in the crowd, The Cosmic Carnival, ...
Release: Nat Jenkins – Live in Amsterdam (free download)
On the 11th of December 2009, Nat Jenkins flew over to Amsterdam from London to play the Onder Invloed show. His very first show in The Netherlands. Surely one to ...
Three Blind Wolves – ‘Helpless’
Ross Clark from the Glasgow-based band Three Blind Wolves played the Onder Invloed Afterparty at UROCK Cafe in Utrecht last week. Completely unplugged and absolutely brilliant. Here’s a video of ...
Woost
If I wanted to come to a town called Best, near Eindhoven in the South of The Netherlands to record a session with Woost, that’s what Marike Jager asked me ...
Woost – ‘Trivia’
Next Monday, the 10th of May 2010, I’ll publish the session Woost recorded a couple of weeks ago. They played three songs by Sparklehorse. On that beautiful sunny day we ...
Nat Jenkins
Last November, Otto ‘Lucky Fonz III’ Wichers told me about this very talented singer from London, England. Two emails later, Nat Jenkins was confirmed to play the Onder Invloed live ...
Three Blind Wolves
In 2009 and 2010, I temporarily ran a side project called The Canal Sessions for which we filmed sessions with musicians on a boat on the canals of Utrecht, the ...
Davie Lawson
In 2009 and 2010, I temporarily ran a side project called The Canal Sessions for which we filmed sessions with musicians on a boat on the canals of Utrecht, the ...
Coparck
In 2009 and 2010, I temporarily ran a side project called The Canal Sessions for which we filmed sessions with musicians on a boat on the canals of Utrecht, the ...
Tim Easton
In November 2009, Tim Easton toured The Netherlands with Tim Knol-drummer Kees Schaper on drums. He played a support show for Anne Soldaat at Tivoli de Helling in Utrecht, when ...
Damien Jurado
In 2009 and 2010, I temporarily ran a side project called The Canal Sessions for which we filmed sessions with musicians on a boat on the canals of Utrecht, the ...
Seabear
In 2009 and 2010, I temporarily ran a side project called The Canal Sessions for which we filmed sessions with musicians on a boat on the canals of Utrecht, the ...
Oi Va Voi
In 2009 and 2010, I temporarily ran a side project called The Canal Sessions for which we filmed sessions with musicians on a boat on the canals of Utrecht, the ...
The Horse Company
The Horse Company is a Dutch band from Zwolle that’s spreading it’s name throughout the country. When their album ‘Olympus’ finally made it’s way to me last summer, it was ...
The Hype & Kim Janssen photos
Last Friday, the 8th of January 2010, the fifth edition of Onder Invloed Amsterdam took place at the Winston, with live performances by Kim Janssen and The Hype and a ...
Nat Jenkins, The Cosmic Carnival & Ro Halfhide – ‘The Weight’
In December, all the musicians who’d performed at the Onder Invloed live show in Amsterdam joined forces at the end of Nat Jenkins‘ set and played ‘The Weight’ by The ...
Best of Onder Invloed in 2009
It’s been an incredible year for OnderInvloed.com. The second year of our existence, we recorded sessions with wonderful and talented musicians. Live shows in Utrecht and Amsterdam, OI-recordings on the ...
The Sleeptalkers
I love old photographs. Just a thought that came up last week, so I decided to try and make this session look like one. Because watching it brings up the ...
Norman Kapoyos and the Swinging Mood Orchestra
I didn’t know about Norman Kapoyos before Maarten Besseling from In A Cabin With handed me the album he and his Swinging Mood Orchestra – including GEM drummer Wouter Rentema ...
Rob Klerkx
You might have seen him on all the big stages around The Netherlands as drummer of Moke and Paulusma. This Spring, he released his debut album ‘Unleash’, on which also ...
Marien Dorleijn (Moss) live
The first Onder Invloed Live showcase in Amsterdam was one of promises. Both Awkward I and Marien Dorleijn (Moss) had albums coming out the weeks after. Both got raving reviews ...
Brett Dennen
This session was recorded almost six months ago, in the backstage of Rotown in Rotterdam. Good friend and UROCK Cafe-owner Pieter Pin had been telling me to record a session ...
The Secret Love Parade
About a year ago, OnderInvloed.com’s good friend Ro Halfhide started mentioning The Secret Love Parade almost every time we spoke. It worked, not only because his enthousiasm, but mostly because ...
Awkward I (live)
Awkward I played the first Onder Invloed live show in Amsterdam on Friday the 11th of September. He played songs from his recently released debut album I Really Should Whisper ...
The Dirt
Every once in a while, you enter a room to meet people you’ve never met and you have absolutely no clue what to expect from it. It happened to me ...
Ronald Visser
When I first saw the poster for the temporary band The Group, formed around the release of the book ‘Vreeland’ by Jerry Goossens, I was most of all wondering why ...
Marien Dorleijn (Moss) live in Utrecht
I wrote a raving review about the Moss debut album once, without knowing anyone of them. When I got to know the lead singer Marien Dorleijn, I asked him to ...
Les Johnson
It was an early Saturday morning when we went to a beer cellar to record two sessions in a row. Christine Bovill and Les Johnson eased us into the weekend, ...
Palloc
Palloc is a young Dutch indieband known to put together electronics, rare instruments and tension in compact popsongs. They create well-thought music, with – probably – Radiohead as their biggest ...
Bertolf (live)
On the same day we recorded the session with Bertolf, he played the Onder Invloed Live show at UROCK Cafe, Utrecht. Once again he showed his guitar skills, playing ‘Back ...
Le Reno Amps
What a day. We had already recorded Ross Clark and The Parsonage, when a black cab drove us to a building with rehearsal rooms somewhere in Glasgow, where Le Reno ...
Mr Love And The Stallions
When I first saw Mr Love and the Stallions play live in Utrecht, a couple of years ago, I hated it for the first 20 minutes. The last 30 minutes ...
The Starlets
I remember the night in Glasgow as if it happened only yesterday. A pub called The Laurieston Bar locked us in together with The Starlets. Ro Halfhide and I already ...
Most Unpleasant Men (live)
In March, Most Unpleasant Men played the Onder Invloed live show at U ROCK Café in Utrecht. They played songs of their wonderful debut album ‘Nothing Moves Slower’ and covers ...
Bertolf
Bertolf Lentink‘s solo career started off really well; his album ‘For Life’ was well received and big shows came. Before this all he was lead singer of The Junes and ...
BMX Bandits
In Glasgow, the national centre for architecture and design The Lighthouse was kind enough to close the sixth floor for us, to shoot the session with the legendary BMX Bandits. ...
Tududuh
Ronald Straetemans was the reason I almost became an alcoholist during the last year. He kept serving me beers until the sun came up, expecting nothing more than just this ...
Doghouse Roses
I met Paul Tasker while filming Davie Lawson on tour in The Netherlands in September 2008. Tasker joined Lawson on the second day to play guitar on the rest of ...
Lea Kliphuis
A couple of months ago, I recorded a session with Dutch singer songwriter Lea Kliphuis at ‘In De Blaauwe Hand’, the oldest bar of Nijmegen. Not long later, she phoned ...
The Undertones
Last Tuesday, I filmed an interview with The Undertones by mister Gijsbert Kamer at the Fine Fine Music night in Paradiso, Amsterdam. Thanks to Frank and Paul at Fine Fine ...
The Parsonage
In March, producer Ro Halfhide and I went to Glasgow to film a documentary and many sessions. On the first day, the choir The Parsonage was the second act to ...
Ro Halfhide & M-JO (live)
In March, the third Onder Invloed Live night was opened by an unique double show by Ro Halfhide and M-JO. Back then, I just got back from filming sessions in ...
Simon Angell
Halfway through the very first Onder Invloed Live night at UROCK CAFE in January, my friend Cat introduced me to this guy sitting at the bar. I remembered seeing him ...
Anne Soldaat – Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown
Last month, I filmed the Anne Soldaat concert at Paradiso in Amsterdam. Parts of the show will be featured on the documentary on this Dutch musician, which I’ve been working ...
De Staat
De Staat‘s first record Waiting For Evolution came as a shock to The Netherlands, a nice one. Something new and original, from the far east of the country. In Nijmegen, ...
Marien Dorleijn (Moss)
Marien Dorleijn is a songwriter and singer of the band Moss, one of Holland’s best kept secrets. I already loved the first album ‘The Long Way Back’ and from what ...
Anne Soldaat – Mr Randalph (music video)
I had the honour of making a videoclip for the Anne Soldaat song Mr. Randalph. The clip is made out of footage from a weekend on Terschelling with Soldaat and ...
Bertolf & Marien Dorleijn (live – photos)
This Wednesday, the fourth monthly Onder Invloed Live night, was a night of great music. Bertolf, Marien Dorleijn and bonus-act Solo (Michiel Flamman) The videos will follow soon, here are ...
Anne Soldaat
Today is a great day. It’s the day that ‘In Another Life’ is released, the new Anne Soldaat album, which he recorded with Jason Falkner in the United States in ...
Lucky Fonz III
His new album ‘A Family Like Yours’ will be released next Monday, but while you wait for the new songs, watch Lucky Fonz III play old songs. Songs by artists ...
Ross Clark (Three Blind Wolves)
From the 16th till the 23rd of March, sound engineer Ro Halfhide and I visited Glasgow, Scotland, to film sessions and footage for a documentary about the city’s music scene ...
Ro Halfhide & M-JO (bonus videos)
In the very likely case you think just the songs from the session with Ro Halfhide and M-JO published yesterday weren’t enough, you’re very lucky. There are two more songs ...
Ro Halfhide & M-JO
You had to wait a couple of extra days, but here’s finally – most of – the session with Ro Halfhide and M-JO. We recorded the session in the little ...
Davie Lawson (live)
I’ve just spent a week in Glasgow, with Ro Halfhide, Paul Tasker, Iona MacDonald and Davie Lawson. Only two weeks before, Davie played at Onder Invloed Live in Cafe U ...
Storybox
The very first thing I’ve ever filmed, besides my cats, parents or feet, was a concert by Storybox on ‘de Neude’ in Utrecht. Shaky hands, out of focus footage, but ...
Onder Invloed visits Glasgow, Scotland
This week, the Dutch music journalist Matthijs van der Ven is bringing his project ‘Onder Invloed’, which means ‘Under The Influence’ to Glasgow, Scotland. For ‘Onder Invloed in the City’ ...
Steve Savage (live)
They don’t get any more American than Steve Savage from Nashville. Steve’s all about the show, but don’t let that fool you; he’s got a really good voice. Take a ...
Most Unpleasant Men – If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys) live
After some months, no, years of writing, rewriting, looking for a label, looking for another label and finally just releasing it by themselves; Most Unpleasant Men presented their debut album ...
‘Achtung Baby made me a grown man’
It was a beautiful summer day somewhere in August. I was strolling down the main street of old town Dubrovnik with my friends, when amongst the endless stream of tourists ...
Davie Lawson & Lea Kliphuis – Into My Arms (Nick Cave)
It was a great night, the Onder Invloed at Home in Nijmegen with Lea and Davie Lawson. Two nice performances, a lot of nice people and a bed to sleep ...
The Cosmic Carnival (live)
As I wrote earlier; on Wednesday the 28th of January, the first edition of Onder Invloed Live took place at Cafe U ROCK in Utrecht. The Cosmic Carnival and GEM-singer ...
Joast
He’s a funny guy, Joost Oskamp. He’s got a joke or a smart comment ready before you know it. The same character trait is probably the reason why he’s able ...
De Staat feat. Kyteman (live)
Last Friday, I recorded a session with De Staat in Aalten, which is going to be great. For that, you’ll have to be a little patient, but to compensate for ...
Davie Lawson & Steve Savage at Onder Invloed live
This Wednesday, you’ve got the chance to see an international edition of Onder Invloed Live at U Rock in Utrecht. Starting at 20 o’clock, both Steve Savage (USA) and Davie ...
Interview on Radio 1
Last Monday, I was invited to the studio by BNN Today on Radio 1. They interviewed me about Onder Invloed and played some parts of songs from sessions. You can ...
Maurits Westerik (live)
On Wednesday the 28th of January, the first edition of Onder Invloed Live took place at Cafe U ROCK in Utrecht. The Cosmic Carnival and GEM-singer Maurits Westerik were the ...
Go Back To The Zoo – Hallelujah (Lucky Fonz III)
Just a week ago, I travelled to Deventer to see Go Back To The Zoo play in my favourite local pub ‘De Heks’. Due to some train problems and the ...
Paulusma
‘Happy Traum’ and ‘Weeps’ are probably the two albums I bought the most times; I keep giving them away to friends. Two albums by Daryll-Ann, without any doubt my favourite ...
Download: Perfect OnderInvloed.com
‘Perfect’ is een initiatief van Niels ‘Eerste Hulp Bij Plaatopnamen‘ Aalberts en Wilbert ‘Het Zesde Vlak‘ Leering. Een reeks verzamelalbums met de beste vloervullers, Joni Mitchell-liedjes, liedjes uit 2008 en ...
Big plans for 2009
Making documentaries abroad, writing a book, organise live shows: 2009 promises to become an interesting year for Onder Invloed. I booked plane tickets to Glasgow for a special, the first ...
Skald Johansson
Skald Johansson is a nice guy. In person, but also in his music. You will not find a lot of angry words coming from his mouth. It makes him, his ...
Bettie Serveert (live)
A couple of hours after recording the session with Bettie Serveert, they played a live set at EKKO, Utrecht. All songs by Velvet Underground, and the band asked me to ...
Jasper Erkens
Belgium is the country where dEUS and Soulwax are on top of the music industry, at least in my mind. But there’s more. The newest sensation is said to be ...
Oldseed – 25 Minutes To Go (Johnny Cash)
Craig is probably the most bearded man I know, next to Santa. Santa’s flown back hown and so has Craig. For the first time in a long time, he’s back ...
3voor12/Utrecht interview on 2008
The leading local music magazine 3VOOR12/Utrecht asked me about my music year. I told them about some personal highlights like the show Anne Soldaat played at my graduation party and ...
Perfect Joni, by Charlie Dée
The Dutch singer Charlie Dée composed a ‘Perfect Joni’ in addition to her Joni Mitchell-tribute. ‘Perfect’ is an series of music collections, initiated by Niels Aalberts from Eerste Hulp Bij ...
A year of Onder Invloed #2
March started out in Amsterdam, with the guys of Nobody Beats The Drum. They finally released their brilliant debut album ‘Beats Work’ and started touring from Amsterdam to Utrecht to ...
Daryll-Ann – So This Is Christmas (John Lennon)
I just received the Excelsior Recordings newsletter, which brought a lot of interesting things in the spotlights, but ended with a link to a cover I hadn’t heard in a ...
A year of Onder Invloed #1
Well, here it is. The first year of Onder Invloed is almost done. At the end of the year you’re somehow supposed to be looking back on the highlights, so ...
Christmas special 2008: Joast
If someone would have told me a year ago, there’s going to be a Christmas song covered for Onder Invloed, I’d have laughed like a mad man. But, knowing Joost ...
Bettie Serveert
Back in 1998 the Dutch band Bettie Serveert released an album called Bettie Serveert Plays Venus in Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs after playing the Marlboro Flashback Tour. Now, ...
Maurits Westerik (GEM)
A year after the original date, GEM-singer Maurits Westerik stood in front of the Onder Invloed cameras and did what we hoped for. He sang the songs better than the ...
Behind the scenes: Maurits Westerik
A look behind the scenes of the Onder Invloed session with GEM-singer Maurits Westerik, filmed in the St. Willibrord Church in Utrecht. Also featuring Ro Halfhide. The session with Maurits ...
Tim Knol – live at EKKO
I got a couple of old videos for you. Shot in EKKO in spring this year. This guy is going places he never dared dreaming of a year ago. He’s ...
Furlong
Their heads turned, when Michiel Flamman walked into the room. Furlong had just played one take of his ‘Come Back To Me’.
Davie Lawson – Moonshiner (live)
During the last week of September, I followed Davie Lawson around The Netherlands and recorded a live version of ‘Moonshiner’.
The Redwalls
The Redwalls from Chicago brought their colorful revolution to The Influences, with covers of Velvet Underground, The Beatles and Bob Dylan.
Marten de Paepe (live)
I didn’t even have to argue with Marten de Paepe when I asked him to play a cover live. “When do you want me to?”, he asked. At Theater Kikker, ...
Go Back To The Zoo
There’s something to having two brothers in one band. Go Back To The Zoo covered The Strokes, Lucky Fonz III and Kings Of Leon.
Lukas Batteau (live)
Lukas Batteau had to play in Limburg, Germany, and I decided to come along, 50 minutes before departure to film this U2 cover live.
Davie Lawson: ‘My friends are my books’
So outside in the dirt of night the wind bustles and howls and I’m inside writing about my forebears. The towers of my influence! The men who stole madness and ...
Tim Knol
Before Tim Knol even had a record, we filmed this session, with covers of Gram Parsons, The Rolling Stones, David Olney and Townes van Zandt.
Lucky Fonz III – ‘I Still Miss Someone’ (Johnny Cash)
A lot of musicians include one or two covers into their regular set. Otto Wichers alias Lucky Fonz III doesn’t. Normally. But during his show at EKKO in Utrecht, he ...
Octoberman & Oldseed
“You should ask Octoberman to do a session”, a friend told me, more than once over the past six months. Some extra visits to his MySpace later, I sent him ...
Alamo Race Track
Alamo Race Track is one of the bands from The Netherlands that I just can’t get enough of. Every concert is an experience you don’t want to miss. So they ...
The Cosmic Carnival
“There’s a mp3 of a new song in your mail. What do you think?” There was a period I got messages like this one about every week. They came from ...
Charlie Dée
Dutch singer Charlie Dée played a tribute concert to Joni Mitchell at the travelling festival de Parade, in the Summer of 2008. It gave me the chance to film a ...
Steve Savage
It had been a long time since I was as much under influence as when I went to the Tivoli on last Friday night with Lukas Batteau and Steve Savage. ...
Closer To Curtis – live at EKKO
Earlier on there was Lukas Batteau ‘Onder Invloed’ live in Germany, now here is Closer To Curtis ‘Onder Invloed’ live at the EKKO, Utrecht. Three songs from the last concert ...
Marten de Paepe
The first session outside Utrecht or Amsterdam; Marten de Paepe was the reason to travel to Nijmegen. A beautiful city alongside the river the ‘Waal’. At the other side of ...