Silhouette (band)

Silhouette is a 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.

Silhouette
OriginNetherlands
GenresProgressive 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
Websitewww.silhouetteband.nl

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 members
  • 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 members
  • Bart Laan – guitar
Former members
  • 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)

References
  1. http://www.progwereld.org/cms/78-%E2%80%9Csilhouette-utrechtse-symfogroep-treedt-uit-de-schaduw%E2%80%9D/
  2. "RPWL en Silhouette, 2 november 2012, Lakei Helmond".
  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, page 581
  5. iOpages Magazine, March 2014, page 4
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