Gallowstreet

Gallowstreet is named after the Galgenstraat (literally “Gallows Street”) in Amsterdam, where the band first formed in 2012.^[1]

Early festival highlights include Eurosonic Noorderslag (2014),^[2] North Sea Jazz (2017),^[3] and Lowlands (2016).^[4]

In 2017, the group was a finalist for the Edison Jazzism Audience Award for their debut album Battleplan (2016).^[5]

On 16 February 2018 the band hosted its own brass night, HONK!, at a sold-out Paradiso in Amsterdam;^[6] a second edition followed on 8 March 2019.^[7]

On 10 August 2019 Gallowstreet performed a special collaboration with the string collective Pynarello at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the repertoire was rearranged for brass plus strings and later released as the live EP Gallowstreet Royale ft. Pynarello – Live at the Concertgebouw (2021).^[8][9] The collaboration continued with a Dutch tour in 2022 and a joint concert at Carré on 10 November 2022.^[10]

Albums

• EP (2014)^[11]
• Battleplan (2016, V2 Records Benelux)^[12]
• Hot Lava Sex Machine (2018, V2 Records Benelux)^[13]
• Our Dear Metropolis (2020, INI Movement)^[14]
• Laaglands (2023, ZenneZ Records)^[15]
• A Trip Worth Making (2024, Wicked Wax / INI Movement)^[16]

Selected singles

• "Hattori" (2015)^[17]
• "Intoxicated" (2015)^[13]
• "Sylvie" (2017)^[13]
• "DeLorean Cowboy" (2018)^[13]

• On the morning of 15 January 2014, trombonist Mart van Baalen lost his vintage “King 2B Liberty” trombone near Amsterdam Central Station while en route to perform on Radio 6; the story was widely covered but the instrument was never recovered.^[18][19]

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