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.
Into The Great Wide Open
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!
GWO12: JANNE SCHRA

GWO12: JANNE SCHRA

She is featured in the Onder Invloed book and on the second Traditionals record, but we have yet to find a time and place to record a session. However, this September, Janne Schra (of Room Eleven and Schradinova fame) was a part of the Onder Invloed programme during the Into The Great Wide Open festival....
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...
GWO12: DAVIE LAWSON AT THE BEACH

GWO12: DAVIE LAWSON AT THE BEACH

It’s almost two months ago already, but I still have some unpublished footage shot at Into The Great Wide Open lying around, gathering dust. So before I start to sneeze, it’s time to get something off the shelves. After he played the Onder Invloed stage at the festival, Davie Lawson went to the beach, where...