This year we became partners with Popronde, the biggest travelling festival of Holland: 130 bands performing in 31 cities. One of the greatest milestones to take for upcoming bands on their road to fortune and fame. We joined the tour and picked 4 artists in 4 different cities for an intimate interview and a live session. Episode #3: MAASK in Rotterdam

If you’ve never seen Joost Maaskant aka MAASK perform live, you better fix that. Quick. This guy truly embraces improvisation, feeding off the crowds response in real time to deliver a performance that’s not quite like anything I’ve seen before. And the sounds! Any noise this man makes becomes music. Really. Anything…

We met up with MAASK at Rotown in Rotterdam’s centre and were treated to a crazy good performance in a dressing room that was almost as improvised as his music. Only he could hear the music, so we sat in quiet awe while he yelled into the mic and forgot that we were there. With some quick questions and some even quicker answers, MAASK showed us that being a musician doesn’t mean you have to take yourself too seriously. It’s all just about having fun, and if you can make some people dance along the way, then all the better!

For upcoming shows, check out MAASK’s website and look out for his next EP release for 2015.