SPILL FEATURE: THIS IS HOW THE FUTURE SOUNDS – A CONVERSATION WITH INGE LAMBOO

THIS IS HOW THE FUTURE SOUNDS

A CONVERSATION WITH INGE LAMBOO

Inge Lamboo is a young, talented, and brilliant artist who utilises social media to get her music out there and noticed. And she has accomplished a great deal in her career already. Her debut album, Black Heart, was released in 2023, and now she is putting the finishing touches on her second album, This Is How The Future Sounds, to be released at the end of May 2025. She is not wrong, her music is exactly how the future sounds, and it sounds fantastic. Her new album includes a song, “Call Out Your Name” which features a guest appearance by Pete Townshend, who provides a very Townshend solo. I spoke to Inge Lamboo via Zoom recently, from her home in The Netherlands.

As mentioned, Lamboo has a new single out that is getting a great deal of attention, and with reason, it is a brilliant song. It is a song that she never planned on writing, it came out of her jamming with her producer. “I think it is the most indie sounding song I have recorded. I already have another indie song, which is called “Black Heart”, but this one is way more indie, and it just happened during a random session. There was no goal or vision at all. I just wanted to clear my mind and to write something to get off my chest, with no goals, just a little jamming. The producer’s name is Jan [Schroder], and we were just jamming our guitars, and within three hours, the song was ready.”

The song, although indie, also has a standard, bluesy rock sound to it. Lamboo points out, “I love the gritty sound as well. I grew up listening to blues music, and it is also a shout out to all the great blues artists.”

And the guest guitarist in the song, Pete Townshend, was somewhat of a surprise to her, especially how it all unfolded. “He started following me on Instagram when I posted a mashup of Fleetwood Mac and Arctic Monkeys.” The song she mashed up was “Do I Wanna Know” by Arctic Monkeys in the style of “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac. “That video went viral, and I gained 20,000 followers, which was crazy. And I remember receiving a DM from him, and I was like, and I just freaked out…a bit. He said, ‘looking forward to more’. That’s it, so we just started talking, and I kept it cool, and that is how it all started. Thanks to Instagram!”

Although Townshend does not appear in the video, Lamboo found a very creative way to include him in the music video. “Yeah, they are like little Easter eggs and it is crazy to hear that from you, because I edited that video on my own. It is my first music video that was edited by me.”

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It was up to Lamboo to invite Townshend to play on her song. “I had some sleepless nights on it. It was just a gut feeling, I started listening to my gut feeling more because it always works out great in my opinion. He started following me when I was working on “Call Out Your Name”, so the song was already there. It just missed something. It needed something more energetic that we could add to the song. And it just popped up in my mind. I thought, ‘I could maybe ask Pete.’ But then it was immediately ‘no no no no no no, just don’t do it. My manager and my girlfriend were, ‘ah, are you sure about this?’. I always think of extreme things to do, something I like to think outside the box, but this is like very far away from a box. I think I thought about it for two weeks, and then I just went for it. I thought ‘let’s just give it a shot’’ and at the end of the day I am just a starting artist and everybody makes mistakes.”

Lamboo uses her talent as a video maker for social media platforms, and it is an opportunity for her to get her music out to the public. “I was just thinking about it, I think it is, although it may depend on the type of music you make. In my way, music, rock and indie, I think it is a great way to get yourself heard. It is also one of my hobbies, creating videos. It is just something I am made for, so it is easy for me because it is just a huge interest.”

For a young artist, Lamboo displays a great deal of confidence in her work and career. “I’m just confident about my music and how I think and want to achieve things, because otherwise I can ask a legend like Pete Townshend. If you feel it, and it feels right for you, only then can you ask someone like Pete. But I think I have to thank Pink for this. She is my idol, not only in an artistic way, but also in a mental health way and her way of thinking got me through a lot. I look up to her. I just really love music, and when you love to do things, it makes you confident.”

Lamboo was also honoured to be Pride Ambassador in Amsterdam, for which she wrote the anthem “Like A Phoenix”. “I was asked to be a Pride Ambassador, that is very important. I always use my voice for my community. It is very important. They asked me, and I immediately said yes. They were wondering if I had a song they could use as an anthem. I remember other Pride anthems being more EDM, more dancey. I said, ‘Well this is not a dance anthem, it is more filled with guitars, and it is very powerful.’ They like it, and I made a music video, and I am so happy how that one turned out.

The new album, This Is How The Future Sounds is eagerly awaited by her fans. It is scheduled for release at the end of May, and there are a couple of surprises on the album. “The fun thing about the album is that most of the songs are written with other people and people I admire a lot. Two or three of them are fully produced by me. Recorded in my home studio. I use Garageband and record everything here, because sometimes my own visions are so clear that I have to follow them, and I think it is very important to follow your instincts.”

Lamboo has simple, but powerful hopes for her new album. “I used to be a big fangirl as well. Other artists were my everything, and that feeling you get from artists, you never feel alone, and they inspire you to be your coolest version, that is something that my fans and listeners have as well. And maybe they could feel like they have a big sister holding their hand in this life with all these traps and things. I think that is the most important for the upcoming album.”

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