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.
Glasgow
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.
RYAN JOSEPH BURNS - SAM

RYAN JOSEPH BURNS – SAM

The very first day Scottish musician Ryan Joseph Burns ever set foot in The Netherlands, I took him and his band The Seventeenth Century to see Tim Knol play at the Paradiso. It was Knol’s first show in the big hall of Amsterdam’s finest venue, and it was sold out. The day after, Knol was...
24. MY INFLUENCES, BY PAUL TASKER

24. MY INFLUENCES, BY PAUL TASKER

Paul Tasker is one of the guys who introduced me to Glasgow, now one of my favourite cities around. Tasker, one of the best guitarists I know, is currently working on a instrumental solo EP which is due to be released in 2013.
GWO12: RYAN JOSEPH BURNS AT THE BEACH

GWO12: RYAN JOSEPH BURNS AT THE BEACH

This morning I woke up to see the speech of Barack Obama and thought this day couldn’t start any better. But, to keep a great day on the right track, here are two videos I filmed during Into The Great Wide Open. On the Saturday of the festival, Ryan Joseph Burns recorded two songs on...