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Under The Surface: Joost Lijbaart, Sanne Rambags, Bram Stadhouders

by Ian Patterson
September 13, 2024

Under The Surface Joost Lijbaart, Sanne Rambags, Bram Stadhouders 100 Pages Self Published 2024 Why wait for your 10th anniversary to release a handsome, hardbound coffee-table book replete with stunning photos and illustrations charting your band's trajectory, when you can do so on your 9th? Then again, Under The Surface, the Dutch improvising trio of Joost Lijbaart (drums/percussion), Bram Stadhouders (electronics/guitars) and Sanne Rambags (vocals), has always done things a little differently. The book's ...

Album Review

Under The Surface: Miin Triuwa

Read "Miin Triuwa" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 24, 2022

Under The Surface goes Dutch on Miin Triuwa. Well, Old Dutch, to be precise, as it is the language of The Netherlands' early medieval period that provides the grist to singer Sanne Rambags' poetic mill. It is a concept as unexpected as it is original, but three albums into its fascinating journey, the trio co-founded by drummer Joost Lijbaart, guitarist Bram Stadhouders and Rambags is synonymous with experimentation. Its eponymous debut album (Challenge Records, 2017), which embraced silence as another ...