Bio
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 spring 2024. 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
Upcoming shows
Rustenburgtival | Eindhoven | 22-07-2023 |
Misty Fields | Heusden | 09-09-2023 |
Private Festival | Son | 16-09-2023 |
Gonz | Gouda | 24-11-2023 |
Past shows
Lokaal 42 | Helmond | 21-05-2023 |
Single release show, Nirwana | Lierop | 01-04-2023 |
ESNS Pinguin Radio Show Case | Groningen | 18-1-2023 |
The Jack (Heaven on Air) | Eindhoven | 21-5-2020 |
ESNS Pinguin Radio Show Case | Groningen | 12-1-2020 |
Cacaofabriek | Helmond | 11-8-2019 |
Kasteeltuinfeesten Helmond | Helmond | 12-7-2019 |
Regio Popdag | Deurne | 23-6-2019 |
Bosche Brouwers aan de vaart | Den Bosch | 7-6-2019 |
King Of The Street Festival | Geldermalsen | 25-5-2019 |
Muziekcafé | Helmond | 4-5-2019 |
POB parade Breda | Breda | 21-4-2019 |
Nirwana | Lierop | 5-4-2019 |
De Vorstin | Hilversum | 27-1-2019 |
Nirwana | Lierop | 3-11-2018 |
Studio Gonz | Gouda | 5-10-2018 |
De Speeltuin | Breda | 21-9-2018 |
POPEI | Eindhoven | 7-9-2018 |
Little Devil | Tilburg | 24-8-2018 |
Serious Request | Helmond | 22-12-2017 |
Bierdoppenfestival | Someren | 15-10-2017 |
The Saint | Eindhoven | 1-10-2017 |
Eurosjopper | Lierop | 24-6-2017 |
POBparade Breda | Breda | 17-4-2017 |
Ragfest | Lierop | 8-4-2017 |
Friday On The Rocks | Breda | 21-10-2016 |
Westival | Eindhoven | 25-9-2016 |
Eurosjopper Festival | Lierop | 25-6-2016 |
Muziekcafé Helmond | Helmond | 21-5-2016 |
Klok Rock Orange | Eindhoven | 27-4-2016 |
OJC De Roos | Deurne | 23-4-2016 |
Muziekcafe Helmond | Helmond | 6-11-2015 |
Odeon | Alkmaar | 31-10-2015 |
Jonosh | Asten | 23-10-2015 |
Cafe T Spectakel | Asten | 11-9-2015 |
Pannenfeest | Oude Tonge | 5-9-2015 |
Tamtam | Deurne | 12-6-2015 |
Helmond Urban Village | Helmond | 31-5-2015 |
Odeon Alkmaar | Alkmaar | 30-5-2015 |
Saturday Night Madness | Someren | 16-5-2015 |
Privé Feest | Castricum | 7-3-2015 |
Fonkelrock | Helmond | 8-11-2014 |
Ons Café | Someren | 28-9-2014 |
Festival Impact | Helmond | 12-9-2014 |
Privé Feest | Asten | 5-9-2014 |
Muziekcafé | Helmond | 30-8-2014 |
Eurosjopper | Lierop | 21-6-2014 |
Privé Feest | Sterksel | 31-5-2014 |
Pinkpop pre-party | Deurne | 19-5-2014 |
FonkelRock | Helmond | 6-4-2014 |
Kick Off Def Hank Inc. | Helmond | 14-2-2014 |
Nirwana Lierop | Katersessies | 1-1-2014 |
Live set bij Radio Helmond | Helmond | 3-12-2013 |
Lokaal 42 | Helmond | 10-11-2013 |
The Rambler | Eindhoven | 24-10-2013 |
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Latest News
We're happy to announce our new release, "Silence In My Head"
A note from us on the song: Pieter on the lyrics: "The story behind the song is about meeting up with an old friend, who was still living the same turbulent life since I last met him, ages ago. I...
We're playing at Misty Fields 2023!
So happy with this news, guys! Proud to join great bands like Shame and Tramhaus on Misty Fields 2023!!!! We'll be playing saturday, September 9
Times Of Need is OUT NOW
Times of need is the successor to our single Visit From A Friend, which was released March 17th 2023. Where Visit From A Friend was about reflecting on the past, this song is about the here and now. The...
Visit From A Friend in Indie Chart
Entering our second week in the Indie chart from IndieXL with Visit From A Friend! Thanks IndieXL!!!!
Visit Of A Friend is OUT NOW!
New single online! When the world pretty much shut down, it brought a lot of hardships. Lockdowns, performances gettingcanceled, the decline in physical and mental health, it all led to a time of...
New Single: Visit From A Friend
Happy to share our single release confirmation: Visit From A Friend, scheduled for March 17th. This will be the first single in our new direction: Dark, Personal, Alternative, Gloomy... and a bit of...
Signed at AudioMaze
Happy stuff! Just signed at Amsterdam based Indie label AudioMazed, sub-label of jazz / world music label AudioMaze
Pinguin Showcase during ESNS 2023!
Thanks for voting for us at Pinguin radio. So thanks to you and Pinguin Radio we got to play at the Pinguin Radio showcase dutin g ESNS in Groningen! Check out our socials for some videos. It was...
Co-hosts at Alternaïef!
Alternaïef is an alternative music oriented radio show at DMG. For two hours we got to talk about our band and pick some nice songs that influenced us! Read the full article here. Love those guys!
It's a wrap at Giesound Zwolle
This week we finalized out new single, scheduled to release end 2022. It's mixed and mastered by Guido Aalbers. Recordings were done in our own studio during the pandemic. This will be the first...
We are joining Killer Concerts!
We are happy and lucky to announce that we're joining Killer Concerts. This wonderful booking agency is founded by Koert van Lieshout, who's around in the business for ages, and is also a very...
New website!
Welcome at our new website! It's completely new and shiny, so it might be that bugs popup here and there. Let us now! In the meanwhile.. enjoy!