Silhouette (band)

Dutch progressive rock band

Silhouette

Origin| Netherlands
Genres| Progressive rock, neo-prog
Labels| Progress Records, Freia Music
Members| Brian de Graeve
Erik Laan
Rob van Nieuwenhuijzen
Daniel van der Weijde
Jurjen Bergsma
Past members| Gerrit-Jan Bloemink
Jos Uffing
Website| www.silhouetteband.nl

Silhouette is a Dutch progressive rock band from Utrecht.[1][2] So far, the band has released five albums. Their music is influenced by bands such as Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Marillion,[3] but also by more recent music. The Dutch Oor Pop Encyclopedie lists Silhouette under the category of progressive rock,[4] while other sources refer to their music as neo-prog.

Silhouette's fourth 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

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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

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* 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

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1. ^ "#78 "Silhouette: Utrecht sympho group emerges from the shadows"". Progwereld.org. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
2. ^ "RPWL en Silhouette, 2 november 2012, Lakei Helmond". Progwereld.org. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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, p. 581
5. ^ iOpages magazine, March 2014, p. 4

## External links

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* Official website

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Artists|

* MusicBrainz