A voice for the voiceless. Rocco Ostermann and Wout Kemkens, front men of the Dutch group De Niemanders recorded stories in detention and asylum centers and composed striking music to accompany them. Together with third member Rick Wiegerinck, they make music that is apt, because it does full justice to the diversity of those stories, to the raw pain, the real-life sadness that is hidden in them. Hard-bolster music too, music with spirit. Cutting rock that emphasizes the vulnerability, the necessary theater, some extra boldness that adequately brings out the drama. And in both the music and the stories influences, colors, accents from all over the earth. Because the world is always bigger than we think. It is bigger than we think.
Volkskrant: 'The Niemanders give asylum seekers a voice in unique, poignant songs' ★★★★☆
Bram Knol - drums
Reindert Kragt - bass guitar
Rocco Ostermann - guitar, vocals
Wout Kemkens - guitar, vocals
Matthijs Stronks - keys
Hanna Rezk - percussion
Hamid Reza Behzadian - mouth harp, slide guitar
Awn Maarof - tenor vocalist
Omar Alshahari - singer
Kais Refai - singer
Patrick Tilon - backing vocals
Dewi Lopulalan - backing vocals
Sylvana Djoemat - backing vocals
Photo: Louise te Poele
