© Spinvis
Spinvis
➤ 20:30 (concert 1) & 22:15 (concert 2)
➤ Duration: 45’
➤ Soetezaal
➤ Seated concert. Drinks are not allowed in the space.
➤ Part of Radio 1 Nacht van het Luisteren 2026.
Spinvis is Erik De Jong. Or perhaps the other way around. In 2002, he seemingly appeared out of nowhere with his self-recorded, entirely self-written and self-performed debut album, simply titled Spinvis. This fully Dutch-language record was ranked second on Dutch music magazine OOR’s prestigious “Murder List” of 2002, surpassed only by Queens of the Stone Age. Since then, he has released around ten more albums and taken part in a range of remarkable projects.
Spinvis creates music that resists easy categorisation. His songs are built from samples and sounds that range from toys, whistles and vocoders to saucepan lids and other curious objects. His lyrics are poetic and often focus on people who struggle to keep up, people who have been marked by life in one way or another. “But,” Spinvis emphasizes, “it shouldn’t be all about complaining. It’s really about the beauty of the lyrics and the way they connect with the music.”
