ABOUT

Aphranova is a female fronted band that combines jazz-pop, fusion and acid-jazz, telling personal stories which sounds like a mixture of Sade meets Incognito, with flavors of Steely Dan, Becca Stevens and ambient atmospheres from Norwegian jazz.

Quotes from the press about debut album The Crossing:

“The songs of Van Os and Hoyting are pieces of art by themselves. The features of Norwegian saxophone player Karl Seglem and the Red Limo String Quartet is very nicely integrated. It makes The Crossing one of the most surprising releases of the year” - Jean-Paul Heck, Soundz

“Everything about The Crossing breaths melody, harmony and the desire for one's own identity, within feasible and excecutable limits. (…) And that sounds extremely fascinating.” – Kees Smallegange, OOR

“With The Crossing, the Dutch jazz pop formation Aphranova makes an exceptionally meritorious debut. Aphranova doesn't sound like a pop band with a jazzy sauce. A poppy freshness has been added to the unmistakable jazz base. Paradoxically, it lends a weight that many other bands in the jazz-pop segment lack.” – Eric van Domburg Scipio, HEAVEN****

“Aphranova proves with this debut album that the Netherlands does indeed have an excellent jazz-pop/fusion band. I can therefore confidently recommend this album to fans of this genre!” – Peter Marinus, Bluestownmusic.nl