Onder Invloed is a project by journalist and filmmaker Matthijs van der Ven. The title is Dutch for ‘under the influence’. Since June 16th 2008, he filmed numerous international musicians covering their favourite songs in sessions and at Onder Invloed live shows. The first book, 'Onder Invloed', has been published in January 2012.
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HERE COMES THE SUMMER

HERE COMES THE SUMMER

Last week, Onder Invloed was at Here Comes The Summer, the Spring version of the Into The Great Wide Open festival. At our stage, Gijsbert Kamer (de Volkskrant) interviewed a bunch of musicians who then all played two covers and one original song. Here Come The Videos!
MAILMEN SESSION: CASE MAYFIELD

MAILMEN SESSION: CASE MAYFIELD

The first time I recorded a session with Case Mayfield, the servers had a hard time keeping up with the amount of visitors. Now, three years later, Mayfield has done well; he released two albums and had a lot of publicity, good and ‘controversial’. No sex tapes yet though, luckily.
RACHEL SERMANNI

RACHEL SERMANNI

Rachel Sermanni‘s music has been in my favorites ever since a friend from Glasgow played me one of her songs. From that moment on, I’ve been meaning to organize a session. Luckily two weeks ago our schedules made it possible and we recorded these videos in the EKKO café in Utrecht.
BROEDER DIELEMAN

BROEDER DIELEMAN

It’s amazing to see how well Broeder Dieleman is doing since the release of his debut album ‘Alles Is IJdelheid’ in December. He’s playing all over the country and has gotten a lot of media attention. It’s the well deserved award for Dieleman who decided to finally go all in with his music.