AMATORSKI "TBC"

We'e delighted to announce the release of Amatorski's "TBC" album and "Same Stars We Shared" EP,
available now as a double-pack 2CD, and as two separate digital releases.

 If you live in or around one of the cities listed at the bottom of this email,
don't miss their upcoming show,
they're definitely one of the most fascinating and extraordinarily moving bands around.

Amatorski was recently described as "the best Belgian act around at the moment" by The Guardian (UK), while Les Inrockuptibles raved about the band's recent show at the Reeperbahn Festival, "extremely classy... refined, delicate, melodic, subtle: the most beautiful concert of the evening". The French magazine went on to compare the band's "absolutely delicious atmospheric pop" to the music of Sufjan Stevens, Portishead and Sparklehorse, and other writers have evoked Sigur Ros or The Cocteau Twins.

Singer Inne Eysermans (who also plays keyboards & guitar), guitarist/vocalist Sebastiaan Van den Branden, bass & keyboard player Hilke Ros and drummer Christophe Claeys formed Amatorski in Ghent, and immediately achieved wide recognition in the Benelux with their self-produced, self-released Same Stars We Shared EP, which contained four exquisite songs written by Inne, and carried by her hypnotic voice. Inspired by the letters exchanged by Inne's grand-parents during World War II, the EP's opening track "Come Home" conquered the local charts, and was used in a commercial for a famous brand of water.

Then came the TBC album, a beautifully arranged suite of songs which weaves electronic & acoustic ingredients with delicate orchestrations. The album was again created in the band's studio in Ghent, and mixed in London by Darren Allison (known for his work with Belle & Sebastian, Efterklang and The Divine Comedy). The album ascended to #5 in the Belgian charts (a rare feat for a totally self-released album), and earned the band nominations in several categories at the Belgian Music Industry Awards.

Amatorski's devoted following keeps increasing after each of the band's mesmerising performances ("Perfection on all fronts", according to Dutch magazine OOR), which beautifully translate the album's dreamy sonic & lyrical universe.

Crammed are now ready to launch the band internationally, with the release of a double-pack including the TBC album and the EP in February/March 2013, and a series of tours around Europe, starting with the dates below.

INITIAL 2013 TOUR DATES:

01/02 DE Hamburg  Übel & Gefärhlich Turmzimmer
02/02 DE Berlin   Berghain Kantine
05/02 DE Köln  Theater der Wohngemeneinschaft
06/02 DE München Substanz
07/02 DE Wiesbaden Schlachthof
08/02 LU Esch/Alzette  Rockhal
09/02 CH Baden (Zürich) One Of A Million Festival
13/03 FR Paris Nouveau Casino
18/04 BE Antwerpen de Singel

 

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