Location : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Band Members :
Remco (Drums, percussion)
Martijn (Piano, Hammond, mellotron)
Roel (Bass, double bass, chapman stick)
Jos (Vocals)
Stef (Guitars, sitar, sarod)

Band Biography :
Remco Bouwens (drums) Jos Duijst (vocals) Martijn Hoekstra (piano, hammond) Roel
van Gils (bass, double bass, chapman stick) Stef Kohler (guitar, sitar and
sarod). The Music: “Autumn Music” We call our music “Autumn Music” because we
think that this name gives the right feel and mood to the music we play. Our
music has the melancholic atmosphere of a month in autumn (guess you figured out
why we are called November) with all its different moods and colors. From a soft
melancholic morning to a dark and stormy night, from colorful and bright to
dense and foggy. Guess it’s always kind of difficult to give a description of
any kind of music so we’ll tell you about our influences. As you can read in the
“history” section our influences come from very different sources. Our musical
preferences vary from classical music, to eastern influenced music, to
psychedelic sixties and seventies rock, to doom/wave, to jazz, to pure rock and
metal but also to just the genuine pop song, and always with that nicely
flavored melancholic sauce. Inspiration and other influences Of course we don’t
just get our inspiration through music alone, like any “autumn minded human
being” we like to get inspired by the philosophy from the likes of Friedrich
Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. Some of us
like to read the poetry and literature by authors like Rainer Maria Rilke,
Charles Baudelaire, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Thomas Mann, Oscar Wilde, Sylvia Plath,
Stephane Mallarme. Every now and then we have to sooth our “autumneyes” by
watching paintings of Egon Schiele, Fernand Khnopff, Francis Bacon, Felicien
Rops, Alphonse Mucha and all those other great artists from the pre-Raphaelite,
symbolist, art-nouveau and expressionist movements. Of course there are a lot of
other things that also inspire us. For example: religion, eastern philosophy,
occultism, war-time literature, movies, photography, travelling and yes… every
now and then some of us even enjoy the sun! A list like this can sound a bit
pompous, but for us it’s just a way to share whatever inspires or interests us
and it’s also a way of giving you, the reader or listener, a better perception
of where our music comes from. History of the band The story of November starts
where the story of a group called “The Emerald Tablet” ends. Stef formed This
band in the winter of 1995 and the musical wish of Stef was a mix between
melancholic slow-core and progressive rock. After a while of searching for the
right people the band was completed and existed of six members. Due to all kinds
of musical and personal struggles The Emerald Tablet stopped existing in 1999
and split up in two groups: November and Gardin. In 2000 Martijn and Stef formed
November and Michel (guitar and vocals) formed Gardin (a slow-core trio).
November was completed by Patrick (bas) and Allan (drums) both ex-Emerald Tablet
members. Through an add on the internet we found Jos, our vocalist. Jos also
sings in Tunnelfist and Zahnfleish, groups with a more punkish/wave flavor.
After a couple of sessions Allan left the band and was replaced by Remco. Stef
and Remco had already played together in Defender, a heavy metal band from the
eighties (City ad mortis-CBS records). At that time Remco was also playing in a
power metal group called MAC-11, but he decided playing with an old friend and a
musically more refined change was welcome, so he joined November. Remco is also
the owner of Autumn Music, an alternative music company where he records,
promotes and distributes alternative bands. Here we have been recording our
first 5-track cd. In this line-up November started writing new and rewriting old
material. By the end of 2003 Patrick decided to leave November and was replaced
by Roel in the beginning of 2004. Roel had been playing in several progressive
and metal bands. He also played in a King Crimson cover band called Thrak. Aside
from November Jos, Martijn and Stef also have a project called “Day is Done”
(yes, after Nick Drake) in which they play acoustic piano and guitar songs, more
in a “chamber-like” atmosphere. Martijn and Stef also played a guest role on the
debut album “Minor Setbacks” of Gardin, which was released in 2001. So, here you
have the history of November in a nutshell. Currently November is recording a
full-length double-cd in the line-up as mentioned above.

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Band Website : http://www.novembersongs.com
Contact Email : bandarchive@novembersongs.com