Silhouette (band) explained

Silhouette
Origin:	Netherlands
Genre:	Progressive rock, neo-prog
Label:	Progress Records, Freia Music
Current Members:	Brian de Graeve Erik Laan Rob van Nieuwenhuijzen Daniel van der Weijde Jurjen Bergsma
Past Members:	Gerrit-Jan Bloemink Jos Uffing

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 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.

Band members

Current

• Brian de Graeve – vocals, guitar
• Erik Laan – vocals keyboards, bass pedals
• Rob van Nieuwenhuijzen – drums, percussion
• Daniel van der Weijde – guitar
• Jurjen Bergsma – bass

Live

• Bart Laan – guitar

Former

• Gerrit-Jan (GJ) Bloemink – bass (until 2014)
• Jos Uffing – drums, vocals and acoustic guitars (until 2013)

Discography

• A-maze (2007)
• Moods (2009)
• Across the Rubicon (2012)
• Beyond the Seventh Wave (2014)
• Staging the Seventh Wave (2017, live album)
• The World is Flat and Other Alternative Facts (2017)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site:
   1. 78 "Silhouette: Utrecht sympho group emerges from the shadows"
   . Progwereld.org. 26 October 2008. 27 May 2023.
2. Web site: RPWL en Silhouette, 2 november 2012, Lakei Helmond. Progwereld.org. 27 May 2023.
3. Web site: Interview met Silhouette uit Nieuwegein . Aardschok.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150224101813/http://aardschok.com/interviews-36/1420-interview-met-silhouette-uit-nieuwegein . 2015-02-24.
4. Oor Pop Encyclopedie 2014 – The Final Edition, No. 19, 2014, Argo Special Media BV, p. 581
5. iOpages magazine, March 2014, p. 4