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It's not by accident that the koi carp, the creature from Chinese mythology, appears in both Koi Forest's name as well as their logo. Much like the carp, which is known to swim upstream, the music of Koi Forest sonically swims against the current. Inspired by this creature, the band takes you to mythical places and unknown atmospheres in their music. With deep grooves, fairytale-like harmonies and visual stimuli, they guide you through deep forests where everything seems just slightly different.

Koi Forest consists of four band members: drummer Koen Gardebroek, bassist/pianist

Deborah Slijkhuis, guitarist Sebastiaan Visser and singer Selma Ebbens.

In may 2023 the band released their first single 'More'.

In the autumn 2024 they'll release their debut album.

We are excited to perform our music on @boosterfestival 🫶 on the 6th of april!! Come check us out if you are around, we play at 20:30🙏
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Thanks to @evavdploeg for this beautiful shot📸 We are still working on our album and we can’t wait to share our new music with you🍃 Slowly but steady….
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Enjoying the ride #mixmixmix
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Huge (!!!!!!) thanks to @wynonnastoove and @stefannoel for making it happen, stay tuned for the result🌧️ #videoclip #koiforest #rain #netherlands🇱🇺
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Live recorded Koi Forest version of Trouble by @josejamesmusic we love this song
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Welcome to the world of Koi Forest.. ‘We are Koi Forest. Our name is inspired by the Koi carp, the creature from Chinese mythology. Much like the Koi carp, which is known to swim upstream, our music sonically swims against the current. We developed a live show in which we combine the elements of music, visuals and scent. In September 2024 we are releasing our self titled debut album, consisting of 12 tracks, including 2 features. All our music is recorded, produced and mixed by us. We want to invite you into the world of Koi Forest. Everyone is welcome. 🐠🌳 (visuals by @doortjeviooltje)
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Rec rec rec 🐲 #boys
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Setup 😍by @evavdploeg
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Thankyou 2023 🤍 On to more Koi Forest next year… Pictures by @evavdploeg
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Dragon season🐲 captured by @evavdploeg
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Merry Christmas🌲xxxxx Koi Forest
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Wow we enjoyed our show @simplonup so much, thanks for coming and vibing with us!! Sound by @dan.reurich & visuals by @doortjeviooltje 🙏🙏🙏🐠🌳 Thanks for capturing @hugotonnis 🥹 #koiforest #live
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See u tonight??? @simplonup 22:10 🤞
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Coming thursday we’ll play our set at @simplonup for the first time🥳🥳🥳🥳 tickets only 3 euro, link in biooo 🙏
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We are really happy to share with you that we’ll play at Simplon UP Thursday 7 December! It’ll be the first time we play ALL our new songs from our upcoming album. We are really excited and hope to see u there🦋🦋 #koiforest #live #simplonup @simplonup picture by Jantina Talsma
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Excited to announce our first live show with you very soon ✨ Photo by @eefslens
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Koi Forest live recorded version of Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift ✨ Which song should we do next…? #koiforest #antihero #live #version #cover #taylorswift #love #forest #vibes
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Captured by @evaheyne Putting together a live show with (swipe —>) team Koi Forest 🐠🌳🤍
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The patience it takes to grow🪴 visuals by @doortjeviooltje sound by @dan.reurich (snippet of our unreleased song ‘Tree’)
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Experiment No. 1 🧪 #koiforest
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Hi, if you are new to our insta page, welcome! We are Koi Forest, a dutch D.I.Y. band, making atmospheric neo-soul/alternative/jazz/pop/soul/whatever music and working (!!!!) on our debut 💿 Picture made by @jantinatalsma
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Koi Forest live @hedonzwolle link in bio🌝
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Hi, we wanna thank you for listening to More, new music will follow soon! You could really help us by sharing our music with your friends/fam so if you feel like, feel free 🐠🌲!! Yours truly, Koi Forest
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MORE IS OUT NOW 🤍 Available on several streaming platforms, check it out through the link in our bio! ✨✨✨✨ Written, recorded, produced/mixed by Koi Forest🐠 Artwork by the one and only @doortjeviooltje #more #koiforest
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Only 9,5 hours left till More will be released ⚡️#koiforest #more #release #hyped
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Koi Forest by @jantinatalsma
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Coming friday, we will release our first single as Koi Forest ‘More’ #more #koiforest 📷: @jantinatalsma
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In exactly one week ‘More’ will be available for your ears👂 ....... And now already for the eyes made by @doortjeviooltje 👀👀👀 #more #koiforest #preview
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While we are recording our first album, our first single as Koi Forest will be released next week on friday 30/06 titled ‘More’ #more #koiforest #single #release STAY TUNED
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Our single ‘More’ will be released on the 30th of June🤍🤍🤍🤍 #yeah
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Short vlog to let you know we are still alive and releasing new music this month🐠🐠🐠🐠 #koiforest
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Change is coming ✨ 📷: @jantinatalsma #koiforest #change
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Behind the scenes part two🐠
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Behind the scenes part 1 🍃🍃 @jantinatalsma #koiforest #bts #new #music #coming #soon
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The outro of our song ‘Change’ 🍃🍃
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This is ‘Change’ live @hedonzwolle link for full live session in bio🤍🤍🤍 #koiforest #live #change #hedon
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A snippet of the live session we did with @poppuntoverijssel 🙏 This is ‘Nayade’, link in bio for full Youtube video🤍 #koiforest #live #music #nayade #waternimph
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Tomorrow you can watch the live session we did with Poppunt Overijssel, we played three brand new (unreleased) songs🔅 Captured by @evaheyne #koi #forest #live #music #hedon #zwolle
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#bass #sub #newmusic #moog
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Work in progress
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We took a little break online but behind the scenes things come to life... 🍃 Stay tuned
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Working on something new⛏
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