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The Dutch is een strakke, geoliede live band die een mix speelt van nieuwe en oude nummers. Een daarvan is de hit This Is Welfare uit 1983, die nog regelmatig uit de radiospeakers knalt. Na een winterslaap -van 1986 tot 2014- kwam The Dutch weer in de originele samenstelling bij elkaar voor een show in het Amsterdamse Paradiso. Dat was zo’n succes dat de band besloot aan nieuw repertoire te gaan werken. Van 2016 tot nu verscheen een waaier aan nieuwe albums:
• Four (2016)
• Werkman (2018)
• Enter Sanctuary (2020)
• Solid Ground (2022)
Zowel de live shows als de albums en singles werden zeer positief ontvangen door de schrijvende pers. Begin 2025 staat een kakelvers album op stapel: See I Told You So.
The Dutch is altijd trouw gebleven aan zijn muzikale stijl: eigenzinnige, rijk gearrangeerde pop en rock. Vaak zijn er in instrumentatie en akkoorden typisch 'Europese' invloeden te horen. Hoewel de band ook niet vies is van banjo’s, mandolines, lapsteels en slide gitaren. In de Engelstalige teksten reflecteert The Dutch regelmatig op de tijdgeest. De band heeft een linkse signatuur en bezingt thema’s als ongelijkheid, populisme en de erbarmelijke omgang met vluchtelingen. Maar ook zoekt The Dutch tekstueel en muzikaal aansluiting bij andere vormen van kunst, zoals schilderkunst en fotografie. De band werkt vaak samen met jonge ontwerpers en animatie-artiesten. De videoclips hebben meerdere prijzen gewonnen op internationale filmfestivals.
Alle (animatie)videoclips zijn te zien en beluisteren via thedutchband.com/videos
https://youtu.be/5C79MZRE4pk
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The Dutch Biography
With a big jump, we leaped from the eighties to the present, leaving once upon a time hit singles like This Is Welfare and Another Sunny Day behind and writing new exciting songs that relate to the present - just like they used to do.
Between 1982 and 1985, the band released three albums: Working In Los Alamos, This Is Welfare and Under The Surface, the latter two on Epic Records. After that, we broke up in 1986.
In 2014, we got together for a one-off show in the Amsterdam Paradiso that proved to be not so one-off after all. We started co-writing and recording new songs. The result was Four, a motley crew of colours and themes and reminiscent of our social engagement in the eighties.
"Werkman", our fifth, is a concept EP dedicated to De Ploeg, the artist circle from Groningen. It features 6 new songs, of which 'So Long H.N. Werkman' stands out as a tribute to the famous artist and printer from Groningen.
The EP "Enter Sanctuary" was released in 2020, and "In The Dark" and the title song were released as singles.
In February 2022, "Solid Ground" came out. Ten songs: 5 of them inspired by contemporary female artists like Rineke Dijkstra and Charlotte Dumas, 4 songs about social issues and 1 family song.
Our latest album See I Told You So, released March 2025, has 11 new songs, all killers, no fillers, with the title song as a first single. See thedutchband.com/reviews for superlatives.
Read MoreBetween 1982 and 1985, the band released three albums: Working In Los Alamos, This Is Welfare and Under The Surface, the latter two on Epic Records. After that, we broke up in 1986.
In 2014, we got together for a one-off show in the Amsterdam Paradiso that proved to be not so one-off after all. We started co-writing and recording new songs. The result was Four, a motley crew of colours and themes and reminiscent of our social engagement in the eighties.
"Werkman", our fifth, is a concept EP dedicated to De Ploeg, the artist circle from Groningen. It features 6 new songs, of which 'So Long H.N. Werkman' stands out as a tribute to the famous artist and printer from Groningen.
The EP "Enter Sanctuary" was released in 2020, and "In The Dark" and the title song were released as singles.
In February 2022, "Solid Ground" came out. Ten songs: 5 of them inspired by contemporary female artists like Rineke Dijkstra and Charlotte Dumas, 4 songs about social issues and 1 family song.
Our latest album See I Told You So, released March 2025, has 11 new songs, all killers, no fillers, with the title song as a first single. See thedutchband.com/reviews for superlatives.
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