Treble (girl group)

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Treble

Treble is a girl group from the Netherlands.

[edit] Biography

The group started in 1995 when Caroline Hoffman (born 1975) and sisters Niña (born 1985) and Djem van Dijk (1987) met during a concert in the south of the Netherlands, where the three artists still live. A close-knit group was born, starting with street concerts where they accompany themselves with acoustic guitar and djembe. Their harmonised and contagious African rhythm soon attracted a lot of attention. But what makes Treble stand out is their own Treble "language", the language in which they sing. As they put it, "In order to be able to get emotions across, music does not always require understandable language."

After performing in the Netherlands and traveling abroad, the girls recorded their debut single "Ramaganana" at the end of 2003 which turned out to be the major breakthrough for the trio reaching the number one slot on the Dutch singles Hit List. In June 2004 their first album No Trouble made its debut. Their second album Free will come out in April 2006.

On 12 March 2006 an overwhelming victory at the National Song Festival in Amsterdam, made Treble the Dutch representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens. During a live television show on the Dutch channel NOS, their song "Amambanda" was chosen as the best by 72% of the viewers. However, Treble never managed to reach the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006