From Wednesday the 18th till Saturday the 21st Reeperbahn Festival (Festival + Conference) will be taking place in Hamburg, Germany.
Find all the info about the 'Dutch Impact Party' and Dutch artists performing below.
Dutch Impact Party
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This Thursday, Dutch Music Export hosts their 'Dutch Impact Party', showcasing seven amazing artists from The Netherlands.
Join us and discover the incredible Dutch artists Pip Blom, Sarah Julia, Nusantara Beat, Elephant, Personal Trainer, The Klittens and Marathon.
Doors open at 13:00
Venue: Molotow
Address: Nobistor 14, 22767 Hamburg
TIMETABLE
Backyard
13:30 - 14:00 // Marathon
14:30 - 15:00 // Personal Trainer
15:30 - 16:00 // Nusantara Beat
16:30 - 17:00 // Pip Blom
Club
14:00 - 14:30 // The Klittens
15:00 - 15:30 // Elephant
16:00 - 16:30 // Sarah Julia
All Dutch artists performing at Reeperbahn Festival
Marathon
1) Molotow / Backyard
Thursday // 13:30
2) Molotow / Backyard
Saturday // 21:40
When Marathon 2023 emerged on the scene of the now abundant post-punk revival with their eponymous debut EP, the trio were by no means total newcomers. Kay Koopmans, Lennart van Hulst and Nina Lijzenga had been playing gigs, acquiring dark rings under their eyes and breathing the fumes of the Amsterdam underground for a few years. As befits the new twenties. Although their stylistic hybrid of post-punk, shoegaze and indie has a gloomy undertone, the odes to post-modern times of frustration are constantly transformed into hopeful opportunities for new beginnings. Perhaps this is also down to the fact that all the material was created in the light-drenched meadows of Friesland in the summer of 2022. This duality of light and dark is the great strength of Marathon's sound, which centres on the tormented present, but at the same time looks to the future with a benevolent nod. A great listen for fans of Whispering Sons, Gilla Band or Sweeping Promises.
The Klittens
1) Molotow / Club
Thursday // 14:00
2) Molotow / Backyard
Thursday // 20:15
Attracting attention with ambiguous and provocative band names is not a PR move to be taken lightly. But The Klittens didn’t christen their band with that name for nothing. They left no doubt on their debut EP, “Citrus” (2022), that they wanted to take on the patriarchy with every trick in the book. When it comes to all-female indie rock from the Netherlands, there’s been no avoiding the quintet ever since. From Amsterdam, they went out into the world equipped with catchy vocal hooks, fuzzy guitars, and an audible joy for making music. The project are a testimony to the luck of successful creative collaborations that don’t need much more than friendship and a distinct DIY spirit. Their second EP, “Butter”, was released this year and demonstrates this even more emphatically while integrating twee pop and jangle vibes into The Klittens’ sound.
Personal Trainer
1) Molotow / Club
Wednesday // 19:30
2) Molotow / Backyard
Thursday // 14:30
The indie revival is in full swing, and not just since yesterday. Willem Smit recognised this early on and has been pushing his version of the genre along with unconventional instrumentation and sarcastic lyrics for years with increasing self-confidence in a scene that now appears to be ready for him. As a personal trainer, Smit likes to coax his growing audience out of their shells, is equally indie and anti, and sometimes cuts his way straight to the next hook, but he always remains unpredictable and experimental in weighted measure. In this respect, his debut album, “Big Love Blanket” (2022), is a virtuoso balancing act that leaves listeners with pricked ears and wide eyes. He recently dropped the first single – “Intangible” – from an upcoming album. Hopefully, he will reveal much more in September.
Elephant
1) Molotow / Club
Thursday // 15:00
2) Nochtwache
Saturday // 19:20
After their widely acclaimed debut, “Big Thing” (2022), and media praise from Dutch tastemakers such as 3FM, 3voor12, and de Volkskrant, the four guys who make up Elephant kept their feet on the ground. Equipped with irresistible guitar licks, lyrics, a sympathetic understatement, and a thoroughly relaxed mood, the band from Rotterdam deliver a great summer soundtrack for long car rides with the window rolled down or for a day at the lake with your best friends. Elephant have taken what worked so well on their debut to perfection with their latest album, “Shooting For The Moon” (2023). Folk and indie rock cuddle up together in the cornfield and quickly make you forget the hustle and bustle of everyday life while occasionally spouting a hefty dose of social criticism. Certainly worth more than one listen for fans of Andy Shauf, The Feelies, or Wilco.
Nusantara Beat
1) Molotow / Backyard
Thursday // 15:30
2) Moondoo
Thursday // 23:50
Indonesia, but different: Nusantara Beat bring the overpriced beach holiday into your living room for free, and without plastic bottles or busted flip-flops. The six-piece group from Amsterdam celebrate neo-psychedelia with a mix of instruments from the gamelan tradition. Their sound is refined with selected pinches of keroncong, an early form of Indonesian pop music that celebrated its heyday in the 70s and 80s. With last year’s singles “Djanger” (2023) and “Kota Bandung” (2023), Nusantara Beat mapped out the stylistic terrain on which their debut album – which will hopefully be released soon – is sure to run riot. Another sampler entitled “Mang becak” was released in the spring and whet our appetite for more. This year, the sextet are on a festival tour throughout Europe, with several stops planned in Germany. When they come to Hamburg, cocktails with little paper umbrellas are a must.
Sarah Julia
1) Molotow / Club
Thursday // 16:00
2) Imperial Theater
Thursday // 20:00
For as long as they can remember, they have been one heart and two souls going through life together. Sarah and Julia come from Amsterdam, create songs of improbable grace together, and take them out into the world. Having already let off steam artistically as children in theatre and film, the two are now also taking to the stage as a musical duo and recently released their debut EP "How Do We Go Back To Being Normal?". Their audience has been grateful to them from day one, resulting in a mutual symbiosis during Sarah Julia's live concerts. Here and there, the two show what they are capable of: the combination of folk and pop with a contemporary sensibility for original vocal harmonies and production tricks. Plus a charming wink. Joni Mitchell meets Phoebe Bridgers in Big Thief's rehearsal room before they all go swimming naked together. Feminine power in a patriarchal industry.
Pip Blom
1) Molotow / Club
Thursday // 16:30
2) Knust
Friday // 19:40
Initially created as a solo project by frontwoman Pip Blom, the band of the same name has built up a reputation as an excellent live act in the Netherlands since the release of their debut album, “Boat” (2019). Now a trio with a changing lineup, the group play indie rock with legitimate slacker vibes from an overheated garage that regularly evoke Courtney Barnett and early Pavement. However, Pip Blom are never afraid of development or change, which is why they have always moved forward from a lo-fi project to a successful band project. On their latest album, “Bobbie” (2023), the EQs veer more towards electropop, dance-punk, and new wave, which logically also has an effect on the intensity of a Pip Blom concert. Indeed, testimonies have been outrageous: When vocals and guitars grow into snotty anthems and cups fly around, that’s just the beginning. After years, the group are finally celebrating their return to the stages of Reeperbahn in 2024. Don’t forget your helmets and fire extinguishers.
Joep Beving & Maarten Vos
1) St. Michaelis Kirche
Friday // 19:45
He developed a passion for making music during childhood, formed his first band at the age of 14, and was then abruptly torn away from his piano studies at the conservatory due to tendonitis. Yes, Joep Beving’s story is like a film that he has always written his own score for. The Dutch composer and pianist explores inner worlds in order to project their images onto the screen of the outside world and allows his audience to participate in them. “Accessible music for complex emotions” is what he modestly calls it – and oh, how right he is. It is hardly surprising that Beving was inspired by such luminaries of music history as Arvo Pärt, Erik Satie, and Philip Glass. Together with Maarten Vos, the collaborative work ‘Vision of contentment’ now follows via Nils Frahm's label LEITER. It is Beving's first collaboration of this kind, created in July 2023. Look forward to a search for ‘harmony and understanding’ that also involves ‘a big fuck you to fascists and fear’.
Enjoy Reeperbahn Festival!
best,
team Dutch Music Export
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