It took a while before we could show you why we have been in IX’s corner all this time. But now the time has come that we can proudly share what we have known all along: a new funky pop phenomenon is born! We launched his solo debut “Sense” on Noisey (VICE) this week, and now we offer you an exclusive free download.

Marnix “IX” Dorrestein has been promising and thus on the radar of Stillman from the very beginning. We chose this busy bee as one of our five upcoming bands to watch in 2014 at the beginning of this year. Earlier he made name for himself by being part of the band Über-Ich, with whom we first caught him on camera in the videos we made for them. After many musical endeavours among which co-producing the last two Herman van Veen albums and touring with his childhood friend Jett Rebel during his sold-out Venus & Mars tour, he finally found the time to let his alter ego run free.

In the Stillman video production “Sense”, he lets his eccentric inner self shine through. It makes you witness the internal tug-of-war between his sixties mania, love for African music and urge to experiment. This strong catchy song with a light-hearted vibe really nails it!

His debut EP is recorded by Robin Hunt in Berlin and will be released at the beginning of 2015. Definitely not a random choice, considering he is also the producer of Thomas Azier and thus surely knows what it is like to work on something special. We already listened to the other songs (hail the invention of the repeat function!) and can say no more than just wait and see and be amazed.