Waan

An adventurous jazz-adjacent combo from the Netherlands, WAAN's music is a wild mix of funk grooves, electronic dance textures, and unexpected arrangements that highlight their broad interests. Led by saxophonist Bart Wirtz and keyboardist Emiel van Rijthoven, they debuted in 2023 with Echo Echo, an album that placed them in similar territory as contemporary sonic explorers like BadBadNotGood and Bruut!. Signed to the Sonar Kollektiv label, WAAN returned in 2026 with the experimental, but approachable We Want WAAN. Wirtz and van Rijthoven first met in 2010 while establishing ...