Stef Broks (born 1 May 1981 in Etten-Leur, Netherlands) is a Dutch drummer best known for his work with Textures. He is known for playing rock and metal with a fusion touch and an extensive use of polyrhythms. He also had success with the fusion band Exivious, playing on their first album. However, after the band reformed in 2011 and became a full-time band, Broks left citing that he simply couldn't find reasonable time to commit to two full-time bands. He was replaced by Yuma van Eekelen, who left Pestilence to join Exivious. Broks currently teaches at the Herman Brood Academy and Het Popstation in
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Nethe ...
and the Metal Factory in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Meinl cymbals, Tama drums,Evans drum heads and
Pro-Mark
Promark is a Houston, Texas-based American drum stick company. Since 2011, it is part of strings company D'Addario. Promark is a widely known stick company generally played in drum set, drum and bugle corps and concert bands.
History
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sticks.
*Tama Starclassic drum set
*Tama Speed Cobra Double Pedal
*Meinl 13" Byzance Traditional hi-hat
*Meinl 17" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
*Meinl 14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
*Meinl 16" Soundcaster Custom China
*Meinl 12" Soundcaster Custom Splash
*Meinl 16" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
*Meinl 20" Mb10 Medium Ride
*Evans drum heads
*Pro-Mark Shira Kashi Oak 5A Sticks
*Pearl Sensitone Elite Brass Snare 14x5"
Drawing Circles
''Drawing Circles'' is the second studio album by Dutch metal band Textures. It was released on October 16, 2006, by Listenable Records
Listenable Records is an independent metal label originally founded in 1990 in France. The label speci ...
Cube X
In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. Viewed from a corner it is a hexagon and its net is usually depicted as a cross.
The cube is the only r ...
Dualism
Dualism most commonly refers to:
* Mind–body dualism, a philosophical view which holds that mental phenomena are, at least in certain respects, not physical phenomena, or that the mind and the body are distinct and separable from one another
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Encyclopaedia Metallum
Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or abbreviated as MA) is an online encyclopedia based upon musical artists who predominantly perform heavy metal music along with its various sub-genres. E ...