Maarten Devoldere
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| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) Ghent, Belgium |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
| Formerly of | Balthazar |
| Website | warhausmusic |
Maarten Devoldere (born in 1987) is a Belgian singer-songwriter and music producer.
Devoldere began his career through his band Balthazar at age 22 with Applause (2010), the first album released by the band formed in 2004. In 2016, Maarten started Warhaus, a solo project.
Despite Balthazar being commonly referred to as an indie rock group, Devoldere has described their songs simply as pop music.[1] The band had recorded three albums and one single, followed by a break, intending to come back and record a fourth album to be released in early 2018.[2]
Maarten's style in Warhaus has been described as a continuation of Leonard Cohen's style, although denser,[3][4] with influences of Tom Waits' style and Serge Gainsbourg ballad songs.[5] He cites Bob Dylan as his most important inspiration.[6] While recording his solo debut, he spent several months living on a tugboat, sailing the Dutch canals. The boat was named "Warhaus" from which Devoldere took his stage name.[7][8] He wrote most of the songs for his second self-titled album during a trip to the Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan. Most of Warhaus songs on first two albums were recorded with Devoldere's girlfriend at that time, Sylvie Kreusch, a Belgian musician who made her solo debut in 2018.[5][9][10][11][12] Warhaus third album, Ha Ha Heartbreak, was created after his breakup with Kreusch and was written and partly produced in Palermo, it revolves around the themes of difficult love and various aspects of a broken heart'[7] His fourth album, Karaoke Moon, is the result of Devoldere's self-conscious experiments with introspection, psychedelics and hypnosis and is devoted to themes of masculinity and maturity.[7]
Devoldere lives in his hometown Ghent with his partner and adopted dog Edie.[7]
Discography
[edit]- Applause (2010)
- Rats (2012)
- Thin Walls (2015)
- Bunker (2015) – single
- The Break (La Trêve) Soundtrack (2016)
- Fever (2019)
- Sand (2021)
Warhaus
- We Fucked a Flame into Being (2016)
- Warhaus (2017)
- Ha Ha Heartbreak (2022)
- Karaoke Moon (2024)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Interview: Maarten Devoldere – Warhaus". Flush the Fashion. 19 June 2016.
- ↑ "Interview: Warhaus". Songwriting Magazine. 29 March 2017.
- ↑ "Jinte Deprez i Maarten Devoldere (Balthazar)". Magazyn Gitarzysta (in Polish). 18 December 2013.
- ↑ Harris, Jim. "Warhaus – Warhaus – Albums – Reviews". Soundblab. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018.
- 1 2 "Warhaus | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ "A La Carte met Warhaus: 'Het bovennatuurlijke heeft mijn aandacht gekregen'". VPRO 3voor12 (in Dutch). 21 November 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Czego można nauczyć się od psa ze schroniska? (Warhaus)". Popmoderna (in Polish). 1 May 2026.
- ↑ Warhaus (8 September 2016). I'M NOT HIM a documentary by Wouter Bouvijn – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Sylvie Kreusch | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ "Sylvie Kreusch is bewitching in her ritual-like debut track "Seedy Tricks"". HighClouds. 14 April 2018.
- ↑ "Sylvie Kreusch: Seedy Tricks". Vogue Italia (in Italian). 13 April 2018.
- ↑ "Кто такая Сильви Кройш" (in Russian). 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024.
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