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Sam De Nef & Camille Camille - Requiem for a Dreamer

from Lonely Day, Crowded Year by Sam De Nef

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We’re thrilled to introduce you to Sam De Nef, the latest addition to the Unday family. He is finishing the recording of his solo debut as we speak.

‘Requiem For A Dreamer’ is an ode to dreamers, night birds, people who create their own universe. Sam wrote it together with his brother Brent. He invited Brussels based singer Camille Camille to the studio to record the duet. This is Sam’s first official release and a preview of his solo debut, expected in Spring.

Sam De Nef’s first solo project is a vehicle to tell his own stories and write songs that come to him in the most natural way. The result of his first recording sessions is a collection of visceral folk and singer-songwriter tunes, drenched in nostalgia. He’s inspired by the likes of Dylan, Jack Kerouac, Leonard Cohen and Karen Dalton, but displays a unique voice and swiftly steers clear of platitudes.

“On my first trip to Serbia, visiting my girlfriends family, I discovered a whole new world in music. People played their songs around the dinner table. What I saw was a family sharing food, alcohol and stories everyone could relate to. This experience opened up a new window, the wind blowing inspiration. I want to tell stories and touch people with simple songs and colorful language.”

Sam has been around for a while as the singer of indie band Danny Blue and the Old Socks, this is his first solo effort. He is finishing the recording of his debut EP as we speak

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Tell me have you known the dreamer
He taught me all that I know
We were dancing when I met him
On a burning piano

You were lucky to find the dreamer
On a day when the sun still shone
For every day he built a landscape
And travelled there all alone

For those who knew the dreamer
There was not a night monotone
For when he crawled out of his landscape
And claimed the moon as his throne

Now I’m reminiscing about the dreamer
And about all that he had shown
For one day he wouldn’t return
And just like that the dreamer was gone


I wrote a requiem for a dreamer because it’s all that I knew
I dreamed a dream for a dreamer
cause that’s what he would want me to do


For those who knew the dreamer
There was not a night monotone
For when he crawled out of his landscape
And claimed the moon as his throne

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from Lonely Day, Crowded Year, track released October 28, 2020

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Sam De Nef Antwerp, Belgium

Sam De Nef’s first solo project is a vehicle to tell his own stories and write songs that come to him in the most natural way. The result of his first recording sessions is a collection of visceral folk and singer songwriter tunes, drenched in nostalgia. He’s inspired by the likes of Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Karen Dalton, but displays a unique voice and swiftly steers clear of platitudes. ... more

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  • May 26
    Amor
    Borgerhout, Belgium
  • Jun 30
    Patronaat
    Haarlem, Netherlands

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