Biography
One-of-a-kind Art-Rock trio that amazes you and mixes Post-Punk, Funk Rock and Electro, around bass player extraordinaire and vocalist Pieter van den Berkmortel, with the guarantee of a Zappa-like and genre transcending live performance.
Dada’s Troost are an Art-Rock trio from Helmond, the Netherlands, founded in 2013. Initially, lyrics were mostly in Dutch, stuffed with social satire and sarcastic views on the contemporary Western world. Due to the bass-oriented compositions, with the addition of noise guitar riffs, the band was soon called “the Dutch Primus”; a compliment. The first five years the band released three albums, an EP and several singles. The 2019 album “De Staat van het Avondland” was the band's next step in terms of musical deepening and production. It was recorded by Guido Aalbers (NL) and mastered by Andy Vandette (NY). The more alternative rock oriented album was well received by magazines such as Aardschok (NL) and Rock Tribune (BE). By then the band played over 60 shows in clubs, festivals, and supported bands like Prong (US). Unluckily, the band was not able to promote the album, since we all know what happened in 2020.
During the pandemic, the guards were let down. During this period Pieter started writing about topics that really mattered in his personal life such as loss, addiction, and inter-human difficulties. The lyrics were now in English, the music became darker, more melodic, melancholic, but still contained its distinctive bass lines. The band started experimenting with Electro and instruments such as brass and mellotron, discarding the constraint that a band should comply to a certain genre. “If you are Bowie or Nick Cave, you can explore any genre you like at any point in time, so why shouldn’t upcoming artists work like this?!”. This enabled the band to come up with a fascinating live show, throwing the audience in every musical corner during a Zappa-like live performance, taking them along in our journey.
December 2022 Dada's Troost signed in at Amsterdam based Indie label AudioMazed. During the first half of 2023 three singles were released in the run-up to their new album, planned for end-2023. Especially "Visit From A Friend" was well received by the international press and even peaked at position 33 in the Dutch Indie Charts. These new releases found their way to new listeners, as a result the band is playing next to bands like Shame, Tramhaus and Personal Trainer on the 2023 summer festivals.
Dada's Troost are:
Pieter van den Berkmortel - Bass & Vocals
Dirk van Duijnhoven - Guitars
Jim van de Kerkhof - Drums and Electro
