Role:
Guitar
Birthday:
27th of March, 1992
Gear:
LTD EC-200QM; Hapas Zaes & Baehemoth; D’addario strings; ENGL Invader 100; Shure GLXD16
Effects from Ernie Ball, Fortin, Hotone, Maxon, Mooer, MXR and TC Electronics.
Influences:
In terms of musically inspiration bands such as Insomnium, In Mourning, Words of Farewell, Sawllow the Sun, Alcest, Les Discrets, and Tribulation/Jonathan Hulten.
For writing lyrics mainly socio-political issues and personal experiences, but I try also to incorporate (the “visualization” of) historical events and my personal field of work/interest: science.
About me:
Born in Amsterdam during the spring of 1992 on a Friday afternoon, so loving the weekend is present since the very beginning. Started to play the (acoustic) guitar at the age of 7, influenced/triggered by my older cousin Hans (Bass player of Amaezing Snäke). At the age of 10 I discovered the magnificence of the electric guitar, heavy/heavier music and “collecting” guitar pedals. During my teenage period had several bands, not much, from which Deamension was the most successful/worth mentioning.
Besides Nephylim, I also got a solo project “Neige”, in which I try to catch the essence of dreams/dreaming into purely musical melodies. However due to my busy schedule this project is on hold.
Apart from music I’m a “techie” hence I’ve got a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering (University of Twente) and I currently work as a Mechanical Engineer in the city of Eindhoven. I’m loving the design process in which I need to use my creativity to design “something out of nothing” which fulfill the needs of the customer(s).
In the little spare time I have left I love to watch some football, play a bit of tennis or grab a drink/spend time with friends.