- Astrid van der Veen
Astrid van der Veen (born
26 February 1986 inEmmeloord ,The Netherlands ) is a Dutch singer. She currently lives in Enschede.Astrid recorded her first solo album "
Beautiful Red " in 2000, which is re-released as a special edition in 2006. She produced the album herself, and it is described as "alternative easy listening pianomusic"Fact|date=February 2008. In 2005, she released a second solo album called "Seamless Borderline ", which was made available on the website of her current band,theEndorphins [http://www.theendorphins.com/] . Right now Astrid is working on her third solo-album.She is especially known for being the singer on Arjen Lucassen's
Ambeon project, which released one album ("Fate of a Dreamer ") and a single ("Cold Metal "), both in 2001Fact|date=October 2007. The Cold Metal song was also featured on the "Ayreonauts Only " project (2000).Astrid's old official website (in Dutch) is no longer accessible since 2005, but all information about her is available on the theEndorphins website. Her merchandise is also available on this website. [http://www.theendorphins.com/]
A translated version of Astrid's old website, made by a fan, was accessible on [http://www.astridvanderveen.nl/ astridvanderveen.nl] . It does however not seem to be working anymore.
External links
* [http://www.theendorphins.com theEndorphins] (Official)
* [http://www.ayreon.com/ambeon/am_index.html Ambeon] (Official)
* [http://www.astridvanderveen.nl/ astridvanderveen.nl] (Unofficial)
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