Harry Merry is added to the line-up of Incubated 12! The distinct Merry will open the night at the Paradox on Thursday, December 1st. Other acts that night are R. Stevie Moore and Gary War. This is going to be an awesome Incubated don’t you think?

Harry Merry (Harry den Hartog) is a multi-instrumentalist from Rotterdam and is one of the few Dutch artists who can be placed in the genre of ‘Outsider Music’. Merry is a distinct figure with his 70s hairdo and sailor suit. His music genes starting bubbling on the age of five when he got his first piano lessons. In his twenties he locked himself up in his attic room and starting playing the keyboard. In that time he started making long compositions with cryptic lyrics but he kept this to himself.

Finally he got out of his room an got his first gig in 1996 at a singer-songwriterfestival in Rotown Rotterdam. This was a huge succes with lots of positive criticism.  Soon after the first performace he toured around Europe and even did tours in America! His first CD was released eight years after his first performence and it’s called ‘Well.. Here’s another mess you’ve got me into‘. It took him three years to complete the album and it’s about his immediate surroundings. After the CD-release he performed at Noorderslag, de Grote Prijs and Popronde receiving positive criticism. In 2007 he started performing with a backing band ‘The Must‘, they recorded another CD called ‘Veronika‘. During Incubated 12 he will leave the backing band at home, and perform a solo show for us!

Harry Merry has an impressive resumé! And with Merry, Incubated 12 will be an epic night, with a killer line-up and fantastic music. We hope to see you all on the first of December!

Harry Merry – Stevie Storm