STEF KAMIL CARLENS

With the passage of years, some people focus more on the outside, while others start to focus more on themselves. Singer-songwriter Stef Kamil Carlens belongs to the latter group in terms of musicianship.   From one of the founders of rockband dEUS in the 90'ies to his own musical experimental collective Zita Swoon Group and now solo through Holland. One man, one guitar. But even in these seamingly simple arrangements, Stef Kamil Carlens aims for the same perfection as in his other projects. Tonight, Carlens will play solo. "Carlens's songs are semi-surreal exercises in emotional excavation, never afraid to veer off at lyrical tangents, though always staying within the unusual boundaries. Benelux boy Carlens takes more poetic chances with a foreign language than most English bands; the result is music which gains, rather than diminishes, in mystery the more one hears it." - The Independent