a stripped-down sound. All tracks were recorded in one take with no overdubs. Further recording sessions in January and February 2008 produced enough additional material, so another album, April, was released in early 2009. Neither Oktober nor April were successful, so the band went back to the drawing board with the promise of returning to the sound that made them successful previously. This album, Alles Blijft Anders, was released in February 2011. In 2015, BLØF celebrated the 10th edition of Concert at SEA, an annual multi-day music festival organized by the band in Brouwersdam in Zeeland. In 2016, the band members took time out for solo projects: Jakobsen embarked on a theatre tour performing his favourite songs and Slager released the solo album Slik. In April 2017, BLØF put out the album AAN, featuring a collaboration with rapper Typhoon and a tribute to Thé Lau, the late frontman of The Scene, who was a close friend of Jakobsen's. Zoutelande, a Dutch cover of the German song "Frankfurt Oder" by Bosse was rerecorded as a duet with Belgian singer Geike Arnaert. It reached #1 in January 2018 and stayed there for more than ten weeks. Later in 2018, they released the single "Omarm me" in collaboration with Dutch rapper Ronnie Flex. Band members Lineups Discography Naakt onder de hemel (1995) Helder (1997) Boven (1999) Watermakers (2000) Blauwe Ruis (2002) Omarm (2003) Umoja (2006) Oktober (2008) April (2009) Alles Blijft Anders (2011) In Het Midden van Alles (2014) De Grasbroek Sessies (2015) Aan (2017) Polaroid (2022) References External links Interview in English with keyboard player Bas Kennis about the band Chris Götte memorial website Review of Oktober (in English) Videos "Holiday in Spain" sung in two languages as a duet with Counting Crows "Blof: de wereld draait door" Dutch pop music groups Musical groups from Zeeland Vlissingen