Cloudmachine was an eclectic indie rock band hailing from the Netherlands, founded by songwriter and composer Ruud Houweling (Alphen aan den Rijn, July 29, 1968) who fronts the band, singing and playing guitar. Other band members were: Marco Kuypers (keyboards), Mike Coolen (drums), Richard Lagerweij (guitars) and Ray Edgar Duyns (bass). The style of music can be described as atmospheric with a melancholic undertone. The songs are always constructed with 'real' instruments, part acoustic. Vintage keyboards (hammond, piano, wurlitzer, mellotron, pump organ), various types of guitars, sometimes accordion. Arrangements often incorporate additional string players or a brass section. The band has released four albums, receiving critical acclaim in the Netherlands and Belgium, before disbanding
| Property |
Value |
| dbo:abstract |
Cloudmachine was an eclectic indie rock band hailing from the Netherlands, founded by songwriter and composer Ruud Houweling (Alphen aan den Rijn, July 29, 1968) who fronts the band, singing and playing guitar. Other band members were: Marco Kuypers (keyboards), Mike Coolen (drums), Richard Lagerweij (guitars) and Ray Edgar Duyns (bass). The style of music can be described as atmospheric with a melancholic undertone. The songs are always constructed with 'real' instruments, part acoustic. Vintage keyboards (hammond, piano, wurlitzer, mellotron, pump organ), various types of guitars, sometimes accordion. Arrangements often incorporate additional string players or a brass section. The band has released four albums, receiving critical acclaim in the Netherlands and Belgium, before disbanding in december 2014. (en) |
| dbo:activeYearsEndYear |
2014-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:activeYearsStartYear |
2003-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:formerBandMember |
dbr:Ruud_Houweling |
| dbo:genre |
dbr:Indie_rock dbr:Alternative_pop dbr:Alternative_rock |
| dbo:hometown |
dbr:Haarlem dbr:Netherlands |
| dbo:thumbnail |
wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Cloudmachine_still_fr_Stone_In_The_River.jpg?width=300 |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink |
http://ruudhouweling.com/ http://cloudmachine.nl http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cloudmachine-mn0002103557/ |
| dbo:wikiPageID |
38006382 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength |
7840 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID |
1102742143 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink |
dbr:Mellotron dbr:Björk dbr:Brett_Anderson dbr:Depeche_Mode dbr:Jon_Allen_(musician) dbc:Dutch_indie_rock_groups dbr:Ricky_Koole dbr:VPRO dbr:Dutch_Top_40 dbr:Indie_rock dbr:Prairie_Sun_Recording_Studios dbr:Columbia_Records dbr:Massive_Attack dbr:Pump_organ dbr:Efteling dbr:Mule_Variations dbr:My_Winter_Storm dbr:The_Veils dbr:Alternative_pop dbr:Tim_Christensen dbr:Tom_Waits dbr:AVRO dbr:Alphen_aan_den_Rijn dbc:Musical_groups_from_North_Holland dbr:EYE_Film_Institute_Netherlands dbr:Alternative_rock dbr:Brass_section dbr:Haarlem dbr:Hammond_organ dbr:Harrie_Geelen dbr:Tarja_Turunen dbr:Accordion dbc:Dutch_alternative_rock_groups dbr:Kinderen_voor_Kinderen dbc:Culture_in_Haarlem dbr:Mew_(band) dbr:Netherlands dbr:Oasis_(band) dbr:Omroep_NTR dbr:Wurlitzer_electric_piano dbr:Netherlands_Public_Broadcasting dbr:Prodigy_(band) dbr:The_Boxer_Rebellion dbr:Ruud_Houweling |
| dbp:caption |
Cloudmachine still from the video for Stone In The River (en) |
| dbp:genre |
dbr:Indie_rock dbr:Alternative_pop dbr:Alternative_rock |
| dbp:imageSize |
220 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:name |
Cloudmachine (en) |
| dbp:origin |
dbr:Haarlem dbr:Netherlands |
| dbp:pastMembers |
* Ruud Houweling * Richard Lagerweij * Michiel van Zundert * Marco Kuypers * Ray Edgar Duyns * René Dissel * Mike Coolen (en) |
| dbp:website |
http://cloudmachine.nl |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate |
dbt:Authority_control dbt:End_date dbt:Infobox_musical_artist dbt:Refimprove dbt:Reflist dbt:Short_description dbt:Start_date |
| dbp:yearsActive |
– (en) |
| dcterms:subject |
dbc:Dutch_indie_rock_groups dbc:Musical_groups_from_North_Holland dbc:Dutch_alternative_rock_groups dbc:Culture_in_Haarlem |
| gold:hypernym |
dbr:Band |
| rdf:type |
owl:Thing schema:MusicGroup schema:Organization dul:Agent dul:SocialPerson dbo:Agent dbo:Group wikidata:Q215380 wikidata:Q24229398 wikidata:Q43229 yago:WikicatMusicalGroupsFromNorthHolland yago:Abstraction100002137 yago:DanceBand108249960 yago:Group100031264 yago:MusicalOrganization108246613 yago:Organization108008335 yago:YagoLegalActor yago:YagoLegalActorGeo yago:YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity dbo:Band dbo:Organisation yago:RockGroup108250501 yago:SocialGroup107950920 yago:WikicatDutchAlternativeRockGroups yago:WikicatDutchIndieRockGroups |
| rdfs:comment |
Cloudmachine was an eclectic indie rock band hailing from the Netherlands, founded by songwriter and composer Ruud Houweling (Alphen aan den Rijn, July 29, 1968) who fronts the band, singing and playing guitar. Other band members were: Marco Kuypers (keyboards), Mike Coolen (drums), Richard Lagerweij (guitars) and Ray Edgar Duyns (bass). The style of music can be described as atmospheric with a melancholic undertone. The songs are always constructed with 'real' instruments, part acoustic. Vintage keyboards (hammond, piano, wurlitzer, mellotron, pump organ), various types of guitars, sometimes accordion. Arrangements often incorporate additional string players or a brass section. The band has released four albums, receiving critical acclaim in the Netherlands and Belgium, before disbanding (en) |
| rdfs:label |
Cloudmachine (en) |
| owl:sameAs |
freebase:Cloudmachine yago-res:Cloudmachine http://musicbrainz.org/artist/c42bed71-1bb3-4f16-b7a8-84b4d8a971a3 wikidata:Cloudmachine https://global.dbpedia.org/id/f5WK |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom |
wikipedia-en:Cloudmachine?oldid=1102742143&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction |
wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Cloudmachine_still_fr_Stone_In_The_River.jpg |
| foaf:homepage |
http://cloudmachine.nl |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf |
wikipedia-en:Cloudmachine |
| foaf:name |
Cloudmachine (en) |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of |
dbr:List_of_bands_from_the_Netherlands dbr:List_of_Ayreon_guest_musicians dbr:For_All_We_Know_(Ruud_Jolie_album) dbr:Rock_music_in_the_Netherlands |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of |
wikipedia-en:Cloudmachine |
