Bio

In 2010 a new sound emerged on the Belgian airwaves.

The vulnerable, murmuring, melancholic, hissing and zooming sounds of Amatorski were discovered during Humo's Rock Rally. Everybody immediately fell in love with the band's debut Same Stars We Shared; a short work of art with only four magical songs which carried an exquisite and pure sound, dusted with soft, reserved, child-like vocals mumbling stories of love and heartbreak.

The nostalgic Come Home surprisingly conquered all the charts and got airplay on all national radio stations, including the alternative station Studio Brussel and Radio 1. At the end of this glorious year, Amatorski got nominated for the Belgian Music Industry Awards in the categories 'breakthrough artist', 'best artwork' and 'best song of the year'.

However, this only appeared to be a prelude to a far richer, more sonic universe. Amatorski's second release is more diverse; you’ll still hear the hisses and crackles, but some tracks have more elaborate arrangements interspersing electronic ingredients with delicate orchestrations. The fragile voice of Inne Eysermans still forms the backbone of the songs, but is occasionally supported by the vocals of guitar player Sebastiaan Van den Branden.

This time around, the band has painted using more poignant and varied colours.

Earlier this year, Amatorski went to London, where Darren Allison's (Efterklang, Belle & Sebastian, The Divine Comedy) analogue mixing desk and tape recorders were used to add that final spark of magic to the songs splattered with emotive, dramatic colours emitting a bleak, ominous, dreamy, emotional, silencing, noisy, and minimal feel.

If you listen to the new Amatorski, your dreams will be haunted and your mind, echoed by sounds of Portishead, Massive Attack, Sparkehorse, Ornette Coleman or the gloomy children's song from Eraserhead.