NIGHTMAN

Tijs Delbeke, man van duizend-en-één instrumenten en minstens zoveel projecten (Sir Yes Sir, dEUS, Roosbeef, Dez Mona), zet zijn band SIR YES SIR even on hold om zijn eerste soloplaat af te leveren. Onder zijn alter ego NIGHTMAN brengt hij met ‘Chapters’ de rauwe, ongepolijste sound van de 90’s weer tot leven. Zijn eerste soloalbum klinkt als een zwoele trip doorheen de nacht en bezingt het leven van een Nightman in 13 hoofdstukken.
Delbeke’s noodzaak om knappe songs en slimme, persoonlijke teksten te schrijven was nog nooit zo duidelijk hoorbaar als in deze solo-worp. Recent gooide hij nog hoge ogen in het Nederlands door zijn samenwerking met schrijver Bart Moeyaert, nu neemt hij ook het tekstuele heft weer volledig in eigen handen en laat hij zien wat hij waard is in het Engels.
Is hij op de plaat nog zelf te horen op zowat elk instrument; live zal NIGHTMAN zich laten omringen door een setje topmuzikanten, die ook de intimistische nummers van de nodige power voorzien.
Chapters, een album dat vanaf september mondjesmaat op de wereld wordt losgelaten en dat februari 2016 fysiek in de winkel zal liggen.

Antwerp-based Tijs Delbeke, man of numerous instruments and possibly even more musical projects, is about to deliver his first solo record. As NIGHTMAN he celebrates and reinvents the raw, unpolished sound of the 90s, a sound he has always shown much affection to. When listening to the album, entitled Chapters, you will find yourself wandering around in a sultry night-trip while the life of a Nightman is sung to you in 12 episodes.
Remarkably Nightman puts the discovery of his music on a new innovative level by releasing a relay of videos to accompany the songs every two weeks starting September 25th.

Delbeke’s necessity to create good songs and witty, personal lyrics has never been more plain than in this solo-shot. When recently he stunned Belgium when cooperating with Flemish writer Bart Moeyaert (resulting in an EP that generated ample airplay on Belgian radio), he now takes over the text-writing again and proves to be a very worthy lyricist.
On the album he plays virtually any instrument himself, but for his live shows, Nightman will be accompanied by a bunch of great musicians who will power up the more intimate tracks as well.

Antwerp-based Tijs Delbeke, man of numerous instruments and possibly even more musical projects, is about to deliver his first solo record. As NIGHTMAN he celebrates and reinvents the raw, unpolished sound of the 90s, a sound he has always shown much affection to. When listening to the album, entitled Chapters, you will find yourself wandering around in a sultry night-trip while the life of a Nightman is sung to you in 12 episodes.
Remarkably Nightman puts the discovery of his music on a new innovative level by releasing a relay of videos to accompany the songs every two weeks starting September 25th.

Delbeke’s necessity to create good songs and witty, personal lyrics has never been more plain than in this solo-shot. When recently he stunned Belgium when cooperating with Flemish writer Bart Moeyaert (resulting in an EP that generated ample airplay on Belgian radio), he now takes over the text-writing again and proves to be a very worthy lyricist.
On the album he plays virtually any instrument himself, but for his live shows, Nightman will be accompanied by a bunch of great musicians who will power up the more intimate tracks as well.