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[5] refer to their music as neo-progressive rock.

Silhouette (band)
OriginNetherlands
GenresProgressive rock, neo-progressive rock
LabelsProgress Records, Freia Music
Websitewww.silhouetteband.nl
MembersBrian de Graeve
Erik Laan
Rob van Nieuwenhuijzen
Daniel van der Weijde
Jurjen Bergsma
Past membersGerrit-Jan Bloemink
Jos Uffing

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.[6]

Band members
Current members
Live members
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. http://www.progwereld.org/cms/concert/rpwl-en-silhouette-2-november-2012-lakei-helmond/
  3. http://aardschok.com/interviews-36/1420-interview-met-silhouette-uit-nieuwegein
  4. Oor Pop Encyclopedie 2014 - The Final Edition, #19, 2014,Argo Special Media BV, page 581
  5. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5083
  6. iOpages Magazine, March 2014, page 4
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