Onder Invloed is a video project by journalist and filmmaker Matthijs van der Ven. The project title is Dutch for ‘under the influence’. Since June 16th 2008, Onder Invloed filmed numerous international musicians covering their favourite bands in sessions and at Onder Invloed live shows. The first Onder Invloed book has been published in January 2012 by publisher L.J. Veen.
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THE WEIGHT

THE WEIGHT

Last week, The Band-drummer Levon Helm died. It made me think not only of all the great songs he’s responsible for, or ‘The Last Waltz’ which is one of my favourite music films, but also of all the various cover versions people have done of The Band’s amazing song ‘The Weight’ for Onder Invloed over...
PHOTOS ONDER INVLOED AT EKKO

PHOTOS ONDER INVLOED AT EKKO

I’m still a bit too tired to write a lot, but I promise I’ll look back at the three Onder Invloed nights soon. Luckily, there are some photos to do the job for now. Jacob Bours came to EKKO and took some amazing photos of Davie Lawson, Dazzled Kid and Rebecca Sier. So here they...
WIN TICKETS TO THE LIVE SHOWS

WIN TICKETS TO THE LIVE SHOWS

Next week there’ll be three Onder Invloed shows in a row. Davie Lawson and his Dutch band will play at all shows, accompanied by Dazzled Kid and Rebecca Sier at EKKO, Utrecht (Thursday the 5th); Mathijs Leeuwis and Lucky Fonz III at 013, Tilburg (Friday the 6th) and Kim Janssen and Lucky Fonz III at...
BERTOLF LIVE AT EKKO

BERTOLF LIVE AT EKKO

I made the final corrections on the book in the middle of the nights of a week when I was in the South of France, in November 2011. I was filming the recordings of Bertolf’s third album ‘Bertolf’, while sleeping as much as I can and taking as many painkillers as possible. During the book...