Amatorski

Amatorski
Origin Belgium
Genres Post-Rock, Lo-Fi
Years active 2008 until present
Labels Amatorski
Website www.amatorski.be
Members Inne Eysermans
Sebastiaan Van Den Branden
Christophe Claeys
Past members Hilke Ros
Laurens Van Bouwelen

Amatorski is a Belgian post-rock band consisting of Inne Eysermans, Sebastiaan Van Den Branden, Hilke Ros and Laurens Van Bouwelen.

History

Amatorski was formed in 2008. The group became famous after reaching the final at the Humo's Rock Rally in 2010.[1] The band name comes form the Polish word for amateurish, accordingly the group records its music in low fidelity. Apart from that their music is also characterized by a melancholic, blurry style in which the texts are often very narrative. This is expressed in their record Come home for which singer Inne Eysermans found inspiration by reading the love letters from her grandmother that were written during World War II. This song gained fame since it was used in Belgium during publicity spots for water brand Spa Reine.

In 2011 they travelled to London, England to work with producer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, The Divine Comedy, Belle & Sebastian) on their debut album TBC.[2] Upon its release, TBC garnered much critical acclaim, and ascended to number 5 in the Belgian album chart. Later that year, the album received nominations in several categories, at the Belgian Music Industry Awards.

Their style was often compared to that of Portishead and Sigur Ros.[3]

Entitled from clay to figures, Amatorski's second album is coming out in April 2014, on Crammed Discs (who have also given TBC an international release in 2013).

Music Industry Awards

In 2010 they were nominated for three Belgian MIAs. However, they did not win any of the prizes:

Band members

Former members

Discography

[5]

Albums

Album(s) with hits in
the Dutch Top 100		 Date of
appearance		 Date of
entrance		 Highest
position		 Number
of weeks		 Remarks
Same stars we shared11-06-2010-
TBC13-05-201108-10-2011373
Album(s) with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 50		 Date of
appearance		 Date of
entrance		 Highest
position		 Number
of weeks		 Remarks
TBC201121-05-2011523

Singles

Single(s) with hits in
the Dutch Top 40		 Date of
appearance		 Date of
entrance		 Highest
position		 Number
of weeks		 Remarks
Soldier24-04-2011- Nr. 78 in the Single Top 100
Single(s) with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 50		 Date of
appearance		 Date of
entrance		 Highest
position		 Number
of weeks		 Remarks
Come home19-04-201015-05-20101030 Nr. 9 in the Radio 2 Top 30
The king11-10-201023-10-2010tip13-
Soldier201128-05-2011333
Never told201110-09-2011tip27-
22 Februar12-12-201117-12-2011tip49-
How are you?201320-04-2013tip85*

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Humo's Rock Rally 2010: 10 finalisten". HUMO. 8 March 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.bedroomdisco.de/2013/02/amatorski-interview/
  3. ↑ "Amatorski". www.kindamuzik.net.
  4. ↑ http://www.amatorski.be/news
  5. ↑ Amatorski in the Ultratop 50, ultratop.be