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The Cut/Up
12+ albums
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The Cut/Up is an indie-rock band from Amsterdam that takes its inspiration from the likes of Hot Snakes, The Afghan Whigs, Cinemechanica, Les Savy Fav, Dinosaur Jr. _ Dark and distressed lyrics find their place between puzzle-piece guitar riffs and pounding bass parts, driven by a controlled battery of drums. The Cut/Up started as a collaboration between Soda P drummer Joost Olsthoorn and ex Oil singer Nicholas van den Doel at the end of 2007. Initially as a creative outlet for a multitude of projects, they started writing songs and experimenting with the possibilities of home recording, DJ-ing, VJ-ing and art projects. In 2009 the duo decided to turn their focus to what they know best and love most and started translating the tracks they had written to a live band. They teamed up with Eduard de Ridder from Feast, Samaritan, STRMSTRNG on bass and Gertjan Bazuin from Seafur, Woezels on drums. After a couple of months locked up in their rehearsal space they decided they needed a second guitar player. So the search began. In the meantime the band recorded a 5 song demo as a four piece at their rehearsal space in 2010 together with their good friend Marc van Duivenvoorde, who would later start his own recording studio Perimeter Audio, famous for it’s 80s metal sound. The band decided to hit the recording studio again in 2011 to record their track ‘Talking in Stereo’. The track was recorded at Amsterdam Recording Company by Philip J. Harvey (Dead Weather, White Stripes, Medesk
