IN THE IDEMA/SERIERSE QUARTET, GUITARIST GIJS IDEMA AND VOCALIST ANNA SERIERSE SEARCH FOR NEW WAYS TO BLEND GUITAR AND VOCALS TOGETHER.

SEEN FROM A MORE SOUND BASED PERSPECTIVE, THEY STRIVE FOR A PERFECT HARMONY BETWEEN THEIR TWO INSTRUMENTS, SUPPORTED BY THE SOLID BASE OF DOUBLE BASSIST CAS JISKOOT AND DRUMMER TIM HENNEKES.

IN 2019 THEY WON THE PRESTIGIOUS KEEP AN EYE THE RECORDS COMPETITION, WHICH GAVE THEM THE SUPPORT TO RECORD THEIR DEBUT ALBUM MOTUS (2020) THIS ALBUM WAS NOMINATED FOR AN EDISON AWARD.

THEIR SECOND ALBUM CLOUD STUDIES WAS RELEASED IN MAY 2023, AND CONTAINS MUSIC THAT WAS COMPOSED TOGETHER BY IDEMA AND SERIERSE. THIS COMPOSING COLLABORATION WAS SOMETHING THAT DEEPENED THEIR MUSICAL CONNECTION EVEN MORE.

CRYSTAL CLEAR WORDLESS MELODIES ARE SUPPORTED BY HARMONIC EXPLORATIONS AND A TRANQUIL, YET POWERFUL FUNDAMENT OF THE RHYTHM SECTION. THE MUSIC IS LOOSELY INSPIRED BY THE CLOUD STUDIES OF JOHN CONSTABLE AND WILLIAM TURNER.

IDEMA AND SERIERSE’S GOAL WAS TO CONVERT CERTAIN PAINTING STYLES INTO COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES, TO TRANSLATE THEM ONTO THEIR OWN MUSICAL CANVAS. THE QUARTET FINISHED THEIR CLOUD STUDIES TOUR AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL.

FOR THEIR THIRD ALBUM ‘SERENADE IN BLUE’, THE QUARTET DECIDED TO MERGE THE QUARTET SOUND THEY BUILT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH THE MUSIC THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE: THE STANDARDS FROM THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK. FOR THIS SPECIAL ALBUM THEY RECORDED AT A PLACE THAT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THEIR HEART: THE ROODE BIOSCOOP IN AMSTERDAM. ALBUM WILL RELEASE APRIL 11th 2025.

GIJS IDEMA - GUITAR

ANNA SERIERSE - VOCALS

CAS JISKOOT - DOUBLE BASS

TIM HENNEKES - DRUMS

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