Bauer is a
band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
* Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
* Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, ...
founded in 1999 by former
Bettie Serveert
Bettie Serveert is a Dutch indie rock band. The name translates to "Bettie Serves", which is the title of a book written by Dutch tennis player Betty Stöve, who made it to the Wimbledon Ladies Singles final in 1977.
Formation
The band is c ...
drummer Berend Dubbe and based in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
,
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. To support the debut Bauer album with live shows, Dubbe formed a live band and with member Sonja van Hamel, Bauer was presented as a pop-duo from 2000-2006. Together, they released three records. In 2000, Bauer won a
Zilveren Harp
The Zilveren Harp (Silver Harp) was a Dutch award given annually to promising musical talent. The award is very prestigious and winners were chosen by a different jury each year. The Zilveren Harp was given by the foundation " Buma Cultuur", whic ...
(Silver Harp) awarded by Dutch organization
BUMA/STEMRA
BUMA/STEMRA are two private organisations in the Netherlands, the Buma Association (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Vereniging Buma'') and the Stemra Foundation (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Stichting Stemra'') that operate as one single company that acts as ...
. What began as
electropop
Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. It has been described as a variant of synth-pop with emphasis on a hard electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a rev ...
on earlier albums developed over time into
orchestral pop
Orchestral pop is pop music that has been arranged and performed by a symphonic orchestra. It is sometimes used interchangeably with the terms symphonic pop and chamber pop.
History
During the 1960s, pop music on radio and in both American and ...
.
In 2016, after almost 10 years, there is a new Bauer album: ''Eyes Fully Open.'' Like 1999's ''On the Move,'' it is a solo album (Dubbe). It is the first Bauer album released on Basta Music
Review
at 3VOOR12
''3voor12'' () is a multimedia platform for alternative pop music of the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO.
''3voor12'' had 2 digital television channels (a clip-channel and a concert-channel), different radio channels (ranging from punk and al ...
(previously the band was signed to Excelsior Recordings
Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The label has over 400 releases.
History
Excelsior was founded by Ferry Roseboom and Frans Hagenaars under the name "Nothing Sucks Like Electrolux", releasi ...
Partners in Crime, and Wabana).
Discography
References
External links
Official site of Bauer
Musical groups from Amsterdam
Musical groups established in 1999
Dutch alternative rock groups
1999 establishments in the Netherlands
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