Bauer is a band founded in 1999 by former Bettie Serveert drummer Berend Dubbe and based in

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. To support the debut Bauer album with live shows, Dubbe formed a live band and with member Sonja van Hamel, Bauer was presented as a pop-duo from 2000-2006. Together, they released three records. In 2000, Bauer won a

Zilveren Harp The Zilveren Harp (Silver Harp) is a Dutch award given annually to promising musical talent. The award is very prestigious and winners are chosen by a different jury each year. The Zilveren Harp is given by the foundation "Buma Cultuur", which aims ...

(Silver Harp) awarded by Dutch organization BUMA/STEMRA. What began as

electropop Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...

on earlier albums developed over time into orchestral pop. In 2016, after almost 10 years, there is a new Bauer album: ''Eyes Fully Open.'' Like 1999's ''On the Move,'' it is a solo album (Dubbe). It is the first Bauer album released on Basta Music Review
at 3VOOR12 (previously the band was signed to Excelsior Recordings Partners in Crime, and Wabana).

Discography

References

External links

Official site of Bauer
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