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Textures keyboard player leaves the band

Submitted by benanne on Wed, 14/04/2010 - 11:02
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Textures report that their keyboard player Richard Rietdijk has left the band. This news comes a few months after vocalist Eric Kalsbeek's departure. The band have recruited Daniël De Jongh (ex-CiLiCe) as their new vocalist in the meantime.

About his departure, Richard says: There are other projects (music and other) I’ve been wanting to do for a while now and currently the time and effort it takes to be in the band is in the way of me achieving those. I want to thank all you fans for your continued support and making this journey as awesome as it has been.

The band state: After 10 very great years, it is sadly finally so... our synths & samples-maestro is leaving. We will miss Richard a lot, especially his laugh and his awesome humour. [...] We know Richard will have a great time doing the other things he really loves, but meanwhile our tourbus is going to keep hitting the road... we are unstoppable!

Full statements from Richard and from the band are available on the band's website. They indicate that they are currently writing a new album, and will now start looking for a new keyboard player. They have also announced the first two shows with their new vocalist:

July 3rd - Fortarock, Nijmegen, Netherlands
July 24th - Sikelian Hell, Palermo Italy

Read the announcement on texturesband.com.

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Submitted by RS1983 on Thu, 15/04/2010 - 22:35.

Dang !!! Sad he really was an important part of the sound of Textures, hope they find a new one soon, but the fact they are busy writing a new album and I get to see them this summer in Nijmegen is just awesome Laughing out loud

Submitted by StervendeWens on Wed, 14/04/2010 - 11:58.

Well, in that aspect that's not so bad.. 1 up by me Oups

Submitted by benanne on Wed, 14/04/2010 - 11:04.

blergh, this sucks. It's not nice, but I'm kind of hoping this will fuck up their schedule in such a way that they won't be recording the album during Euroblast Tongue I really want them to play there.