Droeloe
Dutch electronic music duo
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Droeloe ([ˈdrulu], stylised as DROELOE) is an electronic music project formed by Dutch musician Vincent Rooijers in 2016. Hein Hamers was also part of the project until his departure in 2020.
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Hein Hamers (left) and Vincent Rooijers (right) in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Utrecht, Netherlands |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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| Members | Vincent Rooijers |
| Past members | Hein Hamers |
Career
Vincent Rooijers and Hein Hamers met at the Utrecht School of Arts around 2014. Rooijers was studying music and composition, while Hamers was studying visual arts.[1] They worked on art projects at school and made music in their spare time. The project began as a joke; Hein said that "we were just joking around. That kind of got really serious really quickly so..." Rooijers explained that the name "Droeloe" is also a joke, and that "It kind of means being drunk or uplifted in a way, but it also means actually shit so the best way to translate it would be to be shitfaced I guess".[2] Their inspirations include Hybris, Culprate, Clark, Camo and Krooked, Noisia, Still Woozy, Anderson .Paak, Sufjan Stevens, Bibio and Avishai Cohen.[3]
In May 2017, they collaborated with San Holo for the song "Lines of the Broken".[4] The next month, they released "Jump" featuring Nevve,[5] which was then used in August in an advertisement for the Apple Watch.[6] In 2019, they started their tour The Choices We Face, in support of their EP of same name.[7][8]
On October 21, 2020, Hamers announced his departure from the project.[9][10][11] A month later, an anthology album, A Matter of Perspective, was released.[12]
On May 19, 2023, a new single, "Feeble Games", was released, followed by the announcement of an American tour.[13] On June 17 Droeloe announced album The Art of Change, with "Feeble Games" being its first single. It was followed by the release of a new single, "Landscape", featuring Banji.[14] It was followed by a live video on June 30.[15] On July 4, a third single was released, "Decision",[16] followed by the fourth single, "Downside Up", featuring Transviolet on August 11.[17] A fifth single, "Foolish Fish", was released on September 8. The album was released on the 15th.[18]