Artist description Three young men from Nijmegen, Holland make songs with violin, electronics, guitar and drums...

Music Style alternative house violince

Musical Influences Very much, we like an open attitude. That's why our musical influences change every week.

Similar Artists Very difficult, somewhere between Moloko and Blur

Artist History Marlon, Niels and Hein have made music with each other as long as they can remember. (They’re 25 years old now). First with Hoedanigheid and now with FoolsForFortune. Hoedanigheid was a typical live band, without electronics. After the band broke up the four members went their own way for a while, but Niels and Hein kept coming to Marlon’s house and working on songs together. After Marlon had bought some synthesizers, the three guys began doing experiments with electronical music, and two years later they had thirty songs ready. But they weren’t satisfied about the sound quality of the songs so the ones they considered the best were recorded again, this time with a computer. The first result is here: the e.p. FoolsForFortune. It mixes all the musical influences Marlon, Niels and Hein have gathered through the years. Using samplers, sequencers and a laptop beside instruments like violins and drums during concerts (during shows the band members are switching instruments constantly), FoolsForFortune creates a unique live experience. The influences of FoolsForFortune are a wide array of almost every sort of pop music, from metal and punk to pop and funk. They have an own style, using the violin instead of rhythm guitar. Marlon, Niels and Hein like to have an open perspective on music as long as it’s got groove. That open attitude is what FFF stands for. Fool For Life!

Group Members Hein Niels Marlon

Instruments Violin, Electronics, Drums, Guitar

Albums FoolsForFortune E.P. 2003

Press Reviews Number five of the Lowlands Top 25, see http://www.popinstituut.nl/low/hit_c.exe/lowlands/tussenlijst

Additional Info Listen to our new song Southpole and let us know what you think!(info@foolsforfortune.com)

Location Nijmegen, Gelderland - Netherlands

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