voor de , ▁Gel der land , ▁Netherlands . ▁Class ically ▁trained ▁by ▁his ▁mother ▁– ▁herself ▁an ▁acc red ited ▁music ▁teacher ▁– ▁Hol ken borg ▁started ▁playing ▁piano ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁three ▁years ▁old , ▁drums ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁eight , ▁and ▁guitar ▁at ▁ 1 2 . ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁the ▁psych ed el ic ▁pop ▁of ▁P ink ▁F loyd ▁and ▁King ▁C rim son , ▁he ▁took ▁up ▁the ▁bass ▁by ▁age ▁ 1 4 . ▁After ▁moving ▁to ▁Lee u ward en , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 7 , ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁job ▁at ▁a ▁local ▁music ▁store ▁s elling ▁key boards ▁and ▁other ▁digital ▁g ear , ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁have ▁an ▁appreci ation ▁for ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁electronic ▁and ▁organ ic ▁sounds . ▁It ▁was ▁shortly ▁after ▁he ▁discovered ▁synth es izers ▁that ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Dutch ▁new ▁wave ▁ensemble ▁Week end ▁at ▁Wa ik iki ▁as ▁a ▁multi - inst rument al ist ▁and ▁producer , ▁tour ing ▁extens ively ▁with ▁the ▁band , ▁including ▁through ▁Poland ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁He ▁also ▁produced ▁and ▁played ▁at ▁their ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁album , ▁S put nik . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁Hol ken borg ▁produced ▁Al most ▁a ▁Dance ▁by ▁Dutch ▁metal ▁band ▁The ▁G ather ing , ▁and ▁later ▁that ▁year ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁form ▁the