Second on the line up of the book release party was Moss singer Marien Dorleijn. It’s not the first time he played an Onder Invloed night, and hopefully it won’t ...
During the Onder Invloed live show at Hedon in Zwolle last March, Moss-singer Marien Dorleijn played a lot of new songs from Moss and his side-project TIKA, and a couple ...
The Traditionals album is doing really well. So well, that Onder Invloed and In A Cabin With have been recording a second album last week! We recorded at the same ...
The first Onder Invloed Live showcase in Amsterdam was one of promises. Both Awkward I and Marien Dorleijn (Moss) had albums coming out the weeks after. Both got raving reviews ...
I wrote a raving review about the Moss debut album once, without knowing anyone of them. When I got to know the lead singer Marien Dorleijn, I asked him to ...
Marien Dorleijn is a songwriter and singer of the band Moss, one of Holland’s best kept secrets. I already loved the first album ‘The Long Way Back’ and from what ...
This Wednesday, the fourth monthly Onder Invloed Live night, was a night of great music. Bertolf, Marien Dorleijn and bonus-act Solo (Michiel Flamman) The videos will follow soon, here are ...
A lot of people sing the blues. Not many do it quite like Adia Victoria does. Her third record ‘A Southern Gothic’ blew me – and many others – off ...
If you’re interested in music and based in Utrecht like I am, Robin Kester isn’t a new name. She still only has one ep and a handful of singles out, ...
In juni bestaat Onder Invloed tien jaar. Om dit jubileum te vieren, is er op zondagmiddag 24 juni een speciale editie van Onder Invloed in het Utrechtse Café de Stad, ...
The Influences exists 15 years! Since 2008, Matthijs van der Ven has been filming his favorite musicians covering their favourites. In 2016, Café de Stad in Utrecht became the permanent ...
You haven’t heard anything by Prize Collect, yet. Until today. The Influences has the honour of sharing the first music by the Dutch band, formed by songwriter Marzio Scholten. Scholten ...
Last night I slept 73 minutes in total. Is that enough? Probably not. But here we are, I’m finishing up this year’s overview and you’re reading it. It’s been a ...
In many ways 2020 was a horrible year for music. Tours canceled, releases postponed, entire yearly incomes vanished. My heart goes out to all musicians and others working in music ...
There is positively no way Onder Invloed’s sold out 10-year-anniversary yesterday could’ve been any more special. We even heard some brand new Moss and Bettie Serveert songs!
Early in 2009, Moss’ lead singer and songwriter Marien Dorleijn recorded this solo session, and ever since then I’ve hoped for a full band session. God knows why it took ...
In 2012, I decided these extra songs recorded during sessions could use their own posts and category. The name ‘Zonder Invloed‘ was quickly thought of and www.zonderinvloed.com was bought. The ...
It was a strange year, 2012. I didn’t record as many sessions as I would have liked, but the ones I did, made up for it. This post is above ...
Today, Utrecht is losing one of its finest bars. After years of getting us drunk and making sure we had great nights of fun, U ROCK Cafe is closing its ...
This week I decided to make a playlist myself, for the second time in this series. So, from now on, out of every twenty playlists in the My Influences series, ...
Earlier this year I posted videos of Chop Wood, Marien Dorleijn (Moss) and Bertolf performing at the book release show at EKKO in January. Multiple reasons caused the videos of ...
For two years, I’ve worked on an idea, a book. When I started it was still uncertain what it would become. After a lot of hard work, it’s finally come ...
El Pino and The Volunteers was one of the first Dutch bands I really got into, years back. I’ve been buying their albums and going to their shows ever since. ...
In januari verschijnt het eerste boek van Matthijs van der Ven, getiteld ‘Onder Invloed’ bij uitgeverij L.J. Veen. In het boek verhalen Nederlandse ...
The Traditionals album we’ve recorded in collaboration with In A Cabin With can now be downloaded for free. Of course, you could still go to a shop or website and ...
Earlier this week, we published live videos of Marien Dorleijn (Moss) and Arthur Adam playing the Onder Invloed show at Hedon in Zwolle in March. Also on the line-up that ...
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I edited all footage shot during the recordings. Almost 40 hours of film, including some of the best Dutch musicians ever. Watch all ...
On Thursday the 17th of March, the London based duo Rue Royale played at the Onder Invloed night at EKKO in Utrecht. They played songs of their debut album, covers ...
Last Thursday, the second edition of Onder Invloed at EKKO in Utrecht almost sold out. It resulted in a wonderful night with great shows with a very nice audience. An ...
I think it’s about time to start introducing the musicians that will play live at the Onder Invloed shows in Utrecht and Zwolle. This month we have live shows on ...
I think it’s about time to start introducing the musicians that will play live at the Onder Invloed shows in Utrecht and Zwolle. This month we have live shows on ...
We are proud to present a first official Onder Invloed album. In cooperation with the recording project In A Cabin With we’ve recorded this album in the summer of 2009. ...
Here is the line up for the Onder Invloed night at EKKO on Thursday the 17th of March 2011. Headliner of the night is Moss-frontman Marien Dorleijn, also The Seventeenth ...
It’s been an incredible year for OnderInvloed.com. The second year of our existence, we recorded sessions with wonderful and talented musicians. Live shows in Utrecht and Amsterdam, OI-recordings on the ...
Halfway through the very first Onder Invloed Live night at UROCK CAFE in January, my friend Cat introduced me to this guy sitting at the bar. I remembered seeing him ...
I liked the Top 10 of Best Of Onder Invloed in 2011 I published earlier this week. But there was more to 2011 than those ten videos. A lot more. ...