# Maarten Devoldere > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maarten_Devoldere > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maarten_Devoldere.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Devoldere > Source revision: 1352222916 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Belgian singer-songwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Maarten Devoldere | image = Balthazar Rocken am Brocken 2014 06.JPG | caption = Maarten Devoldere in 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{bya|1987}} | birth_place = [Ghent](/source/Ghent) | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | death_place = | genre = {{hlist| [soft rock](/source/soft_rock) | [ballads](/source/ballads) | [alt-pop](/source/alt-pop) }} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|poet|producer}} | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|trumpet}} | years_active = 2004–present | label = | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * [Balthazar](/source/Balthazar_(band)) * [Arsenic](/source/Arsenic_(band)) }} | website = {{URL|http://warhausmusic.com/}} }} [[File:Warhaus w Gdańsku.jpg|thumb|Warhaus concert in [Gdańsk](/source/Gda%C5%84sk) (June 2024)|upright=1.2]] '''Maarten Devoldere''' (born in 1987) is a Belgian singer-songwriter and music producer. Devoldere began his career through his band [Balthazar](/source/Balthazar_(band)) at age 22 with ''Applause'' (2010), the first album released by the band formed in 2004. In 2016, Maarten started [Warhaus](/source/Warhaus_(album)), a solo project. Despite Balthazar being commonly referred to as an indie rock group, Devoldere has described their songs simply as pop music.{{Cite news|url=http://www.flushthefashion.com/music/interview-maarten-devoldere-warhaus/|title=Interview: Maarten Devoldere – Warhaus|date=19 June 2016|work=Flush the Fashion|access-date=2018-05-11|language=en-US}} The band had recorded three albums and one single, followed by a break, intending to come back and record a fourth album to be released in early 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-warhaus/36789|title=Interview: Warhaus {{!}} Songwriting Magazine|website=www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-11}} As of March 2021, ''Sand'' is Balthazar's latest album.{{Cite web|date=5 March 2021|title=Balthazar release new album 'Sand'|url=http://safeandsounduk.org/2021/03/balthazar-sand/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Safe and Sound|language=en-GB}} Maarten's style in Warhaus has been described as a continuation of [Leonard Cohen](/source/Leonard_Cohen)'s style, although denser,{{Cite news|url=https://magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/wywiady/14076-jinte-deprez-i-maarten-devoldere-balthazar|title=Jinte Deprez i Maarten Devoldere (Balthazar)|work=magazyngitarzysta.pl|access-date=2018-05-11|language=pl}}{{Cite web|url=https://soundblab.com/reviews/albums/19319-warhaus-warhaus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511214833/https://soundblab.com/reviews/albums/19319-warhaus-warhaus|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 May 2018|title=Warhaus – Warhaus – Albums – Reviews – Soundblab|last=Harris|first=Jim|website=soundblab.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-05-11}} with influences of [Tom Waits](/source/Tom_Waits)' style and [Serge Gainsbourg](/source/Serge_Gainsbourg) ballad songs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warhaus-mn0003528922/biography|title=Warhaus {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-11}} He cites [Bob Dylan](/source/Bob_Dylan) as his most important inspiration{{Cite web |date=2024-11-21 |title=A La Carte met Warhaus: 'Het bovennatuurlijke heeft mijn aandacht gekregen' |url=https://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/a-la-carte-met-warhaus-het-bovennatuurlijke-heeft-mijn-aandacht-gekregen |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=VPRO 3voor12 |language=nl}}. While recording his solo debut, he spent several months living on a tugboat, sailing the [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) canals. The boat was named "Warhaus" from which Devoldere took his stage name{{Cite web |date=2019-08-28 |title=Czego można nauczyć się od psa ze schroniska? (Warhaus) |url=https://popmoderna.pl/czego-mozna-nauczyc-sie-od-psa-ze-schroniska-warhaus/ |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=Popmoderna.pl |language=pl-PL}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCGZ5X01Gpw |title=I'M NOT HIM a documentary by Wouter Bouvijn |date=2016-09-08 |last=Warhaus |access-date=2026-05-02 |via=YouTube}}. He wrote most of the songs for his second [self-titled album](/source/Warhaus_(album)) during a trip to the [Tian Shan Mountains](/source/Tian_Shan_Mountains) in [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan). Most of Warhaus songs on first two albums were recorded with Devoldere's girlfriend at that time, [Sylvie Kreusch](/source/Sylvie_Kreusch), a Belgian musician who made her solo debut in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warhaus-mn0003528922/biography|title=Warhaus {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sylvie-kreusch-mn0003338337/discography|title=Sylvie Kreusch {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-05-11}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.highclouds.org/sylvie-kreusch-seedy-tricks/|title=Sylvie Kreusch is bewitching in her ritual-like debut track "Seedy Tricks" {{!}} HighClouds|date=14 April 2018|work=HighClouds|access-date=2018-05-11|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.it/en/news/vogue-arts/2018/04/13/sylvie-kreusch-seedy-tricks/|title=Sylvie Kreusch: Seedy Tricks|date=13 April 2018|work=Vogue.it|access-date=2018-07-26|language=it-IT}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.ru/peopleparties/news/kto_takaya_silvi_kroysh/|title=Кто такая Сильви Кройш|access-date=2018-07-26|language=ru}} Warhaus third album, ''Ha Ha Heartbreak'', was created after his breakup with Kreusch and was written and partly produced in [Palermo](/source/Palermo), it revolves around the themes of difficult love and various aspects of a broken heart{{Cite web |date=2019-08-28 |title=Czego można nauczyć się od psa ze schroniska? (Warhaus) |url=https://popmoderna.pl/czego-mozna-nauczyc-sie-od-psa-ze-schroniska-warhaus/ |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=Popmoderna.pl |language=pl-PL}}. His fourth album, ''Karaoke Moon'', is the result of Devoldere's self-conscious experiments with [introspection](/source/introspection), [psychedelics](/source/Psychedelic_drug) and [hypnosis](/source/hypnosis) and is devoted to themes of masculinity and maturity{{Cite web |date=2019-08-28 |title=Czego można nauczyć się od psa ze schroniska? (Warhaus) |url=https://popmoderna.pl/czego-mozna-nauczyc-sie-od-psa-ze-schroniska-warhaus/ |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=Popmoderna.pl |language=pl-PL}}. Devoldere lives in his hometown [Ghent](/source/Ghent) with his partner and adopted dog Edie{{Cite web |date=2019-08-28 |title=Czego można nauczyć się od psa ze schroniska? (Warhaus) |url=https://popmoderna.pl/czego-mozna-nauczyc-sie-od-psa-ze-schroniska-warhaus/ |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=Popmoderna.pl |language=pl-PL}}. == Discography == '''[Balthazar](/source/Balthazar_(band))''' * ''Applause'' (2010) * ''Rats'' (2012) * ''Thin Walls'' (2015) * ''Bunker'' (2015) – single * ''The Break'' (La Trêve) Soundtrack (2016) * ''Fever'' (2019) * ''Sand'' (2021) '''Warhaus''' * ''We Fucked a Flame into Being'' (2016) * ''[Warhaus](/source/Warhaus_(album))'' (2017) * ''Ha Ha Heartbreak'' (2022) * ''Karaoke Moon'' (2024) ==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Maarten Devoldere}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Devoldere, Maarten}} Category:1988 births Category:Belgian musicians Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Maarten Devoldere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Devoldere) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Devoldere?action=history)). 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