{"title":"Djurre de Haan","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Monster en Freaks, Indiepop Voor Beginners' is the Dutch-language debut album by Djurre de Haan and will be released on September 17th on Excelsior Recordings. Djurre made three studio albums in the capacity of singer-songwriter AWKWARD i (the fourth long player is in the planning).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 'Monsters en Freaks' is an anthology of De Haan's best work that he composed over the years for TV, film and theatre. On the album we find songs that were used for the highly acclaimed series Kamp Koekieloekie that was recently broadcast by the NTR, songs for the theatre production Lampje (based on the successful children's book by Annet Schaap) and two duets that Djurre recorded together with Tim Knol for the programme Beestieboys.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The music of Djurre de Haan has not gone unnoticed. He received two Golden Calf nominations and can count Nico Dijkshoorn among his admirers.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Djurre's songs, written for theatre performances and children's series, are full of sentences that - and I know this already - will be sung at exactly the right moment. I heard countless of them.” - Nico Dijkshoorn\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Djurre does not shy away from adult themes. 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De Haan found the abstract word in an article in Vrij Nederland about communities that live self-sufficiently. The story was about a mother who had the idea to let her son, as soon as he was old enough, give himself a name. When she finally asked him, 'what do you want to be called?', he simply answered: 'kid'. Because up until that moment, people just called him that. The spelling only changed: KYD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKYD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eDe Haan knew it right away: that's what the next AWKWARD i record will be called. KYD is an abstract word that sounds universal at the same time. It has something random and playful, but you still link it to a specific meaning. Until now, De Haan has always made records as AWKWARD i that, thematically and textually, go into the finest details. KYD partly surrenders to the incidental and banal. Some things you can't control down to the last detail. Some things just happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Five years ago, De Haan had gotten a good grip on his musical career. In addition to two albums as AWKWARD i, he has emerged in recent years as a much sought-after composer for film and theater. De Haan naturally developed into a versatile artist in multiple disciplines, with two Golden Calf nominations as notable achievements. Long story short: the future looked productive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThen De Haan got a phone call: he had become a father – against his own knowledge. He couldn’t plan for something like that at the time. Having a daughter changed priorities drastically. Just when De Haan had gotten used to parenthood, his mother had a massive stroke, narrowly escaping death. KYD captures – in typical dryly comical AWKWARD i-manner – the turbulence in De Haan’s life. The record symbolizes his forced crash course in adulthood and the preservation of his childish impulsiveness. Even besides the success he achieved as an all-round musician, De Haan often lay awake wondering: would there still be a good AWKWARD i-record in him? Is the “song plant” definitely dead?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eNot by a long shot. Even at times when De Haan takes the listener to the depths, KYD disarms with his unmistakable humor and imagination. On Silent Disco he finds himself in the least desirable place during a depression: among the exuberant silent disco goers. Happiest Man (at your funeral) ponders the idea that – statistically speaking – someone always has to be the happiest person at a funeral. Haul Away combines the drone of an Indian Surbahar with a touch of Nirvana. On A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky De Haan largely quotes a poem by Lewis Carroll. 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The clip of Milkshakes Funnelcakes – with a starring role for New York street artist Matthew Silver – beautifully captures the absurd beauty of the song. De Haan previously worked with the director, Michiel ten Horn, on his films Aanmodderfakker and De Ontmaagding van Eva van End.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbout AWKWARD i\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAWKWARD i is the more song-oriented pseudonym of composer and songwriter Djurre de Haan. De Haan has three albums on his resume as AWKWARD i: debut I Really Should Whisper is a beautiful lo-fi listening album with many exciting layers. Successor Everything On Wheels is more spontaneously played but for the first time shows off a full band sound. On his upcoming LP KYD, De Haan applies a combination of the two methods: a musical marriage between the sonorous pop arrangement and the playful sound experiment. 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