When I write music, it has a very visual place in my mind. It has a place full of characters, colours and landscapes  

Lilian Hak is an independent producer, songwriter, composer and vocalist from The Netherlands. Her music travels through cinematic pop, jazz, indie, avant-garde electronica with a wide palette of instrumentation for the arrangements. It is rich, playful and powerful. All of the many different facets Lilian embodies come to life through her music for theatre, cinema and album recordings.

Hak composes by using a combination of acoustic and electronic instruments and resampling techniques. Her musical interests extend across a wide range of genres. She loves old movie soundtracks and is influenced by scenes from Bacall and Bogart film noir.

She played venues in Europe, at festivals and in theatres in Holland, accompanied with her band, string quartet and even an orchestra, and supported bands like M83, The Kills and Kashmir. Her music and performance drew the media’s attention and she was featured in several prime-time TV shows and radio stations in The Netherlands and did a live gig at radio WFMU – NY City.

Apart from four full- length albums and several singles including remixes she released, Lilian collaborated with other artists, such as Ozark Henry, Wouter Hamel, T.Raumschmiere, Matthew Herbert, Scanner, Pitto, iET and LHISPR.

Aside from her own projects she composes music for TV commercials, documentaries, film or other media and works as a voice-over actor. 

In 2022 she has co-written, produced and mixed the album ‘Little Torch’ of jazz singer Wouter Hamel. The song ‘Lucky Streak‘, a duet they wrote, has been featured in a TV commercial since 2022.

Last year she released her indie urban love song ‘City Is My Home‘.  She co-produced it with Marien Dorleijn (Moss).

In March, she released her single ‘Under The Wire‘ and in May, she released her third single ‘No Control’. Both indie-pop tracks, written and produced by herself and a co-production with Paul Willemsen.  

‘Last Song’, she released on July 5th. It sounds jazzy and cinematic, conjuring up bossa nova anthems with an accordeon featuring of the virtuoso Dutch jazz musician Bert van den Brink. In the studio, Hak collaborated with producer Ward Henselmans.

Her fifth album RESET is due to be released in March 2025. Her latest single will be released on November 8th. The album release concert is in TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht on March 28th. Tickets are available for order here.

I’d love to see you there!