"When The Frozen Lake Starts To Sing" live for RED BULL MUSIC
SLUMBERLAND
SLUMBERLAND

Slumberland embraces the experiment.
The band led by sound artist Jochem Baelus deploys an arsenal of home-made mechanical instruments and two drummers to unleash a hypnotic krautrock/post punk sound with echoes of distorted exotica, long-lost soundtracks and boozy rock & roll greats.
With his help, the album was recorded in a former refrigeration unit amidst the colourful Dutch tulip fields of Voorhout. Though there’s little evidence of this cheerful decor.
This second album was mixed at studio Hotel2tango, Montreal (known for Godspeed You! Black Emperor, among others...) and sounds murkier, rawer and more explosive than its processor. The songs unfold in a constant friction between tactile textures and spare melodies, with the inky voice of Baelus increasingly at the forefront in the role of master of ceremonies.
Since 2013, Jochem Baelus has been besieging the music scene with his re-engineered sewing machines and film projectors.
With its obscure, veiled songs, his self-titled debut album in 2013 on the experimental Dutch label 'De Zesde Kolonne' made an impression for its Lynchian atmosphere, prior to which he had already gained a reputation with bands including Echo Beatty.
It didn't go unnoticed by bands such as Tindersticks and King Dude, with whom he would later share the stage.
After several tours in Germany, Eastern Europe and Switzerland, a 'live' tape was released with collaborations from the 'Psychfest' festival Eindhoven and he was invited to take part in the compilation album 'I said no doctors' alongside the likes of Silver Apples and Dan Deacon, on the American label 'Dymaxion groove records'.
After numerous solo shows, in 2018, he decided to expand his band to a trio.
After Alfredo Bravo (Flying Horseman) left the band in 2019, now the two drummers Erik Heestermans (Steve Gunn) and Frederik Meulyzer (Stray Dogs) provide an organic, visceral counterweight to all that mechanical noise.
In this configuration, the band has made a name for itself as an intense live experience, entrancing audiences in a collective, repetitive, timeless ritual. Or, in the words of HUMO magazine: ‘Beautiful to watch, heavenly to hear’.
Tourdates
No upcoming shows
Tour History
Date | Band | Location | |
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27-10-2019 | Big Bang Festival (in DUO) | SLUMBERLAND | Antwerpen |
26-10-2019 | Cultuurcentrum | SLUMBERLAND | Mechelen |
28-09-2019 | Splinters | SLUMBERLAND | Kuurne |
07-09-2019 | Deep In The Woods | SLUMBERLAND | Hastière |
03-08-2019 | AFF | SLUMBERLAND | Genk |
27-07-2019 | Spiegeltent - Gentse Feesten | SLUMBERLAND | Gent |
14-07-2019 | Big Rivers Festival (SOLO) | SLUMBERLAND | Dordrecht, NL |
06-07-2019 | Sajeta Art & Music Festival | SLUMBERLAND | Tolmin (SLO) |
05-07-2019 | Kunigunda | SLUMBERLAND | Velenje, SLO |
15-06-2019 | Roodkapje (SOLO) | SLUMBERLAND | Rotterdam, NL |
Albums
Press
"From industrial blues-a-billy to mechanically mutated crooner songs, neck to neck over a tarmac where every now and then Swans run too" Knack Focus on "Sea, Sea, Sea Drifter / See, See, See Drifter".
pressview
06-03-2020 |
"Too bad for those who missed this trip." MAXAZINE on Slumberland live |
live |
25-11-2019 |
"This music will not leave you easily or in a hurry. Fight it and you will fail." BALTAZAR ROCK (UK) on Slumberland's performance at Monkey Week 2019 |
live |
05-08-2019 |
"More than exciting." ENOLA on Slumberland at AFF |
live |
04-08-2019 |
"Not just a concert, this became an experience..." LUMINOUSH DASH on Slumberland at AFF |
live |
29-07-2019 |
"This trio gave us every reason to be there again next time!" LUMINOUS DASH on Slumberland live in Ghent |
live |
09-07-2019 |
"When The Frozen Lake Starts To Sing" live for RED BULL MUSIC |
onair |
03-07-2019 |
Slumberland's in SIGNAAL/RUIS' Best of 2019 mid-year selection. |
onair |
25-04-2019 |
"A band to remember" LUMINOUS DASH on Slumberland's contribution to Sentimental's Mixtape #1 |
album |
08-02-2019 |
"Murky? Yes! Enjoyable? Even more so!" ECHOES & DUST on Slumberland's new album |
album |
06-02-2019 |
★★★★ from HUMO for "Sea, Sea, Sea Drifter // See, See, See Drifter" |
album |
06-02-2019 |
"From industrial blues-a-billy to mechanically mutated crooner songs, neck to neck over a tarmac where every now and then Swans run too" Knack Focus on "Sea, Sea, Sea Drifter / See, See, See Drifter". |
album |
05-02-2019 |
“Something visceral and otherworldly.” DROWNED IN SOUND (UK) on Slumberland live at Ment |
live |
05-02-2019 |
"The results sound like Nick Cave, Swans and the aforementioned LAIBACH with extra ambiance and polyrhythms in there for good measure" Clash Magazine (UK) on Slumberland live at MENT |
live |
05-02-2019 |
Interview with Jochem Baelus & Radwan Mounmeh in HET BOS magazine |
album |
04-02-2019 |
"Fascinating Album" GONZO on Slumberland's new album |
album |
01-02-2019 |
"I think it is safe to say this thing rocks" TONESHIFT on Sea, Sea, Sea Drifter... |
album |
21-12-2018 |
Spooky voices, hypnotic, an intriguing dark atmosphere & a bluesy edge... INDIESTYLE on "Rashomon" |
album |
26-11-2018 |
"The highlight of the festival." MAKE A FUZZ on Slumberland at Explore The North |
live |
15-04-2018 |
"Fascinating" LIVESTREAMMAGAZINE on Slumberland at Little Waves 2018 |
live |
08-04-2018 |
"A raw, murky thunderbolt, an utterly bewitching onslaught of restless rattles and drums with a hefty post-punk vibe…" INDIESTYLE on Slumberland live |
live |
12-02-2018 |
"A tribal party...to dance to forever" ARTNOIR on Slumberland live at OOAM 2018 |
live |
12-11-2017 |
"Slumberland embraces the experiment" GONZO |
album |
10-09-2017 |
Nico Kennes (Barely Autumsn) recommends Slumberland on LUMINOUS DASH |
live |
04-12-2016 |
"Beautiful to watch, heavenly to hear." HUMO on Slumberland live at Het Bos |
live |
15-07-2014 |
"Riveting, dark, cinematic, in other words, a sublime concert" GONZO on Slumberland live at Het Bos |
live |
12-03-2014 |
"A dark, industrial variant of Americana" GONZO |
album |
06-12-2013 |
"Here’s to the distinctive, bone-chilling growl and the dark, alternative, hypnotic sound |
album |