Bløf

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BLØF
Bløf at a concert in 2018
Bløf at a concert in 2018
General information
origin Middelburg , Netherlands
Genre (s) Rock , pop
founding 1992
Website blof.nl
Current occupation
Paskal Jakobsen
Peter Slager
Keyboard , guitar, vocals
Bas Kennis
Drums , vocals
Norman Bonink (since 2001)
former members
Drums
Henk Tjoonk (1992–1997)
Drums
Chris Götte (1997– † 2001)

Bløf is a Dutch band. She plays commercially oriented rock music with lyrics in Dutch . The successful group was founded in 1992 in the Zeeland provincial capital Middelburg .

Band history

Originally the band consisted of Peter Slager (bass, vocals), Bas Kennis (keyboards, vocals), Paskal Jakobsen (lead vocals, guitar) and Henk Tjoonk (drums). After Henk Tjoonk left, he was replaced by Chris Götte. Götte was killed in a traffic accident three years after joining the group in 2001. In his honor, the remaining members brought the live CD Oog in Oog onto the market, the entire proceeds of which went to the “Warchild” foundation. After a one-year break, Norman Bonink (formerly with Frank Boeijen ) was hired as the new drummer. The line-up has not changed since then.

The band plays driving, rocking numbers, acoustically accentuated ballads and poppy sounds in a medium tempo. The choruses are catchy, the lyrics deal primarily with interpersonal relationships and are almost exclusively written by bassist Peter Slager. According to the information on the cover, all band members were involved in the compositions of the Omarm album .

The highlight of their concert tours in the Netherlands is their performance in the sold-out Ahoy Rotterdam sports arena , where 10,000 tickets have been sold since 1999. On various occasions Bløf invited non-English speaking artists from Portugal and Latin America to participate in their performances in Rotterdam and Amsterdam .

The band played with the Kenyan popular Femi Kuti at a concert in the slums of Nairobi . As part of the double platinum album Umoja (Einheit), Bløf traveled to 13 countries to record new songs with locally known musicians, for example Hemingway in Cuba with Eliades Ochoa ( Buena Vista Social Club ).

The highlight of their concerts in the Netherlands is the appearance in the Ahoy Rotterdam sports arena , where 10,000 tickets have been sold out every year since 1999. Since 2003, Bløf has established a new festival in the province of Zeeland with the support of Zeeland companies and various radio stations. In 2003, Bløf played a benefit concert in front of almost 40,000 people for the first time at Brouwersdam (near Renesse). In 2006 over 60,000 people came to experience Bløf as the closing band of this festival, now called Concert at Sea . The special feature of the concert are the moderate entrance fees.

Trivia

The band wrote the title song for the films Alles is liefde (2007) and De Storm (2009).

The title of the German-language crime novel A Beautiful Day for Death (Oktober Verlag, Münster, 2009) by author Harald Keller quotes the last line of the Bløf song Mooie Dag . The music title is named as the source in the book and also mentioned in the plot.

In 2017, together with the Belgian musician Geike Arnaert, they released the song Zoutelande , which is a Dutch version of the piece Frankfurt / Oder by Bosse and Anna Loos . Zoutelande made it to the top of the Dutch singles chart.

Awards

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
NL NL
1997 Heroes NL2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(125 weeks)NL
1998 Naakt onder de hemel NL59
gold
gold

(4 weeks)NL
XXL NL69 (4 weeks)
NL
Live album
with het Zeeuws Orkest
1999 Boven NL2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(81 weeks)NL
2000 Watermakers NL1
platinum
platinum

(37 weeks)NL
2002 Blauwe ruis NL1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(90 weeks)NL
2003 Omarm NL1
platinum
platinum

(77 weeks)NL
2004 Live 2004 NL16
gold
gold

(18 weeks)NL
Live album
Het and van het begin NL2
platinum
platinum

(75 weeks)NL
compilation
2006 Umoja NL1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(53 weeks)NL
2007 Platinum NL2 (42 weeks)
NL
Een manner om thuis te komen (Umoja Live) NL2 (30 weeks)
NL
Live album
2008 October NL1
platinum
platinum

(48 weeks)NL
2009 April NL1
platinum
platinum

(35 weeks)NL
2011 Everything looks different NL1
platinum
platinum

(56 weeks)NL
2012 Here - Het beste van 20 jaar Bløf NL1
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)NL
Best of album
2014 In het midden van everything NL1
gold
gold

(37 weeks)NL
2017 Aan NL2 (101 weeks)
NL

More albums

  • Oog in oog: Live in Ahoy (2001)
  • Tussen Nacht en Morgen (with the Metropole Orkest , 2002, NL:goldgold)
  • Tussen schemer en avond (with the Metropole Orkest, 2005)
  • XXS (2006)
  • XXS 2 (2009)
  • Radio Berlijn (2011)

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
NL NL
1998 Liefs uit Londen
Helder
NL13 (11 weeks)
NL
Aan de kust
Naakt or de hemel
NL27 (11 weeks)
NL
Live recording
Wat zou je doen?
Naakt onder de hemel
NL5 (15 weeks)
NL
1999 Harder dan ik lift kan
Boven
NL11 (12 weeks)
NL
2000 Dansen aan zee
Watermakers
NL9 (12 weeks)
NL
Here
Watermakers
NL15 (10 weeks)
NL
2001 Ze is er niet
Watermakers
NL33 (2 weeks)
NL
Dichterbij dan ooit
Blauwe ruis
NL12 (10 weeks)
NL
2002 Blauwe ruis
Blauwe ruis
NL36 (3 weeks)
NL
Mooie dag
Blauwe ruis
NL17 (14 weeks)
NL
2003 Omarm,
Omarm
NL8 (11 weeks)
NL
Misschien niet de eternal
Omarm
NL39 (2 weeks)
NL
2004 Hard meet hard
Omarm
NL32 (5 weeks)
NL
Holiday in Spain
Het and van het begin
NL1
gold
gold

(20 weeks)NL
with the Counting Crows
Opstand
Het and van het begin
NL13 (8 weeks)
NL
2005 Dat wij dat zijn
Het an van het begin
NL25 (4 weeks)
NL
2006 Aanzoek zonder wrestle
Umoja
NL2 (16 weeks)
NL
with Kodo
Hemingway
Umoja
NL8 (11 weeks)
NL
with Eliades Ochoa
Mens
Umoja
NL10 (12 weeks)
NL
with Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Een manner om thuis te komen / Rain
Umoja
NL5 (8 weeks)
NL
with Jigme Drukpa / Brahim El Belkani
2007 Donker hard
Umoja
NL8 (13 weeks)
NL
Everything is running NL2 (20 weeks)
NL
Film: Everything is running
2008 October
October
NL7 (11 weeks)
NL
Vallende angel
October
NL28 (5 weeks)
NL
2009 Vandaag
April
NL7 (10 weeks)
NL
Mid-summer night
April
NL22 (5 weeks)
NL
De storm (Geef niet op) NL16 (6 weeks)
NL
Film: De Storm
2010 Wijd open
Everything looks different
NL29 (3 weeks)
NL
2011 Beter
Everything looks different
NL13 (9 weeks)
NL
Hou vol hou vast
Everything looks different
NL25 (10 weeks)
NL
What ever maar here
Everything else blijft
NL23 (9 weeks)
NL
The sea can't go to
Radio Berlijn
NL30 (10 weeks)
NL
2012 Later als ik groter ben
Hier - Het beste van 20 jaar Bløf
NL25 (6 weeks)
NL
Zo stil hier
- Het best van 20 jaar Bløf
NL17 (12 weeks)
NL
Original: Still from Jupiter Jones
2013 Tough as a man NL10 (14 weeks)
NL
Film: Mannenharten
with Nielson
2014 Spijt heb je tomorrow maar
In het midden van everything
NL37 (3 weeks)
NL
2017 Zoutelande NL1 (31 weeks)
NL
Original: Frankfurt Oder by Bosse feat. Anna Loos
with Geike Arnaert
2018 Omarm me NL34 (6 weeks)
NL
Zachtjes zing NL23 (9 weeks)
NL

More singles

  • Niets dan dit (1999)
  • Zaterdag (1999)
  • Een dag op de grens (1999)
  • Meer van jou (2002)
  • Barcelona (2003)

Video albums

  • Tussen Nacht en Morgen (Live met het Metropol Orkest) 2002
  • Live in Ahoy 2004
  • Tussen Schermer en Avond (Live met het Metropol Orkest) 2005
  • Umoja (published simultaneously with CD Umoja )

swell

  1. a b Chart sources Netherlands: Albums Singles
  2. Awards for Music Sales: NL

Web links

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