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About Me


[If only more groups could so skillfully unleash the hidden rock-out potential of the laptop.]
Pitchfork Media (USA), July 2006
[About is a one-man military force, set out to destroy indietronica clichés everywhere.]
XLR8R Magazine (USA), July 2006
[An exhilarating collision of electronic noise and punk programming.]
Q Magazine (UK), March 2006
[There hasn't been anybody so extraordinarily funky, melodic and unintellectual for quite some time.]
Spex (DE), May 2006
[Only a true master knows how to mix apples and oranges; About shows you how sweet that sounds in music.]
OOR (NL), April 2006
Take 3 minutes to meet About, control freak extraordinaire. Legally registered as Rutger Hoedemaekers in the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, artistically embedded in the forgotten regions of pop music. Being the troublemaker in a self-made realm, About spends his time pounding on the door between band dynamics and consumer electronica, rarely losing track of traditional song structures.
The intended playfulness in the music does not come from letting the computer do just whatever. It comes from creating every little note and sound by hand, like carefully painting a portrait instead of snapping a polaroid. And while Abouts composed style of singing has you sitting down to think things over, the overpowering arrangement will hurt you if you do. Imagine tasting a stew that smells so good and ending up burning your tongue.
Some 3 years in the making, Abouts debut album Bongo forces you to wear yourself out in little over half an hour. Having dealt with 4 collapsed lungs while producing it, Rutger makes good time by giving anyone listening only so much chances to come up for air. Doctors advice to stay in all summer proved to be the best medicine for both finishing Bongo and setting up to play it live. About ready!
Download the video for 'Think Niles Drink' HERE .
Live in New York
Live in Berlin

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Member Since: 7/16/2005
Band Website: http://whataboutabout.com
Sounds Like:

Record Label: Cock Rock Disco
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Album / Popkomm / About vs Voicst

In the new homestead in Berlin recordings for the new About album have already started. A little less experimentation, more poppy songs, interesting guests from all around the planet, and some good ol...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:51:00 GMT

Support Fratellis

This week About will be supporting The Fratellis on their Dutch dates in Haarlem and Amsterdam! Both are completely sold out, but Haarlem is on the calendar again only days later for a show with C-Mon...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:25:00 GMT

Song Of The Year!

Think Niles Drink has been nominated for Song Of The Year by VPRO 3voor12 in their annual competition! Since we Dutchies are so used to voting these days I don't expect this to be a heavy burden for y...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:35:00 GMT

WFMU Live Session!

Next monday we will visit Liz Berg during her afternoon show on WFMU between 1 and 3 p.m. EST to play a live session. If you're in the New York or Jersey area, turn that dial to 91.1 FM, and if not, g...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:27:00 GMT

Daytrotter Interview

Love and drawings from the US... the ultimate way to find your new favorite band! Read all about it in this great interview on Daytrotter.
Posted by on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:37:00 GMT

Pitchfork review

You can read it in the sunday papers... check out the great Pitchfork review on Bongo!
Posted by on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:17:00 GMT