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. The sound of 35007 has been described as stoner rock,

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History

35007 was formed in

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and originate from The Alabama Kids. 35007's early line-up consisted of Eeuwout Baart (vocals), Mark Sponselee (sounds, synths), Bertus Fridael (guitar), Jacco Van Rooy (drums), Michel Boekhoudt (bass guitar), Luk Sponselee (vj) and Pidah Kloos (sounds, soundengineer). They released their debut album "Especially for You" in 1994. After the self-titled album "35007", Jacco van Rooy left the band and was replaced by Sander Evers on drums. In 2001 Eeuwout Baart also left the band and 35007 continued as an instrumental unit. "Sea of Tranquillity" is the first of three instrumental releases. In 2005 the band, now with Tos Nieuwenhuizen from

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on guitar, released "Phase V" but was never seen on stage again. Their live shows were accompanied with visual effects, such as

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videos projected on stage. In the years after "Phase V" Bertus Fridael started his own band Mother-Unit, Sander Evers played in Gomer Pyle between 2006 and 2010, he is currently performing with the band Monomyth, Jacco van Rooy joined

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for a short period of time and is now in the band Neon Twin, Tos Nieuwenhuizen performed live with

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, Mark and Luk Sponselee produced experimental music in Group Art Fou. 35007 performed several times at the annual international

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in the Netherlands, as well as the other groups in which the former members of 35007 play. December 2012 saw a vinyl rerelease of "Phase V" on Burning World records. On the December 30, 2012 Mark Sponselee died from the effects of pneumonia. Bassist Michel Boekhoudt died on February 18th, 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Especially for You'' (1994) * ''35007'' (sometimes credited as 'Into the Void We Travelled') (1997) * ''Liquid'' (2002) * ''Phase V'' (2005)

Others

* ''Sea of Tranquillity'' EP (2001) * ''Phase V'' Vinyl Edition (2012)

External links

Official web site
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