Silmus

SILMUS is a one-man band from the north of The Netherlands creating melancholic soundscape music. His albums received excellent reviews from different countries all over the world. His latest album Laaksum -with Minco Eggersman (UNIFONY, ME, at the close of every day), Jan Theodoor Borger (UNIFONY, Mensenkinderen) and Israelin cellist Guy Gelem- was released on 15 february 2019 by the lovely dutch label VOLKOREN, The Netherlands.

'While walking down the street on no particular day in his hometown Leeuwarden, it was the discovery of a single feather that brought back memories from days of youth and long forgotten scenes from early childhood.
After more than 30 years, this feather triggered Gert Boersma – aka SILMUS – to go back to a little place at the IJsselmeer, a closed off inland bay in the southside of Friesland, the North of the Netherlands: Laaksum.
Cold and grey days with nothing but the sound of crows and herons in bare trees, somehow reflected beauty. He remembered his strolls around the old pier, the smell at the waterside and he found himself back collecting feathers of swans and geese...
Laaksum invites you to pick up the feather and revisit your own memories. It invites you to be part of this musical journey where you may find yourself on the top of the pier, with the water lapping over the stones, and the geese travelling above your head …'