KNARS makes an intoxicating mix of breakbeat, postpunk and drumandbass. They are known for their raw style and big energy. They recently released their album FROM THE MADHOUSE. With angry-young-man lyrics, pumping 90’s breakbeats, hardstyle synths and in-your-face horns, KNARS lures you into escaping THE MADHOUSE. Their overwhelming, raw electronic craziness means an all-demolishing moshpit.

‘Come to the madhouse before the madhouse gets you!’

KNARS has been destroying festivals and venues in their homecountry (NL), gaining praising reviews. They gained international traction aswell, touring in Hungary, Belgium, Czech and France and getting picked up by American, Russian and English music blogs. In 2019 they made their single “Push it To the Limit” into the Borderlands 3 gametrailer soundtrack. Comparisons are quickly drawn between to The Prodigy, Pendulum and Die Antwoord, but above all KNARS has its own annihilating sound.

The energy of frontman and producer “Captain Maniac” Martijn Holtslag is assisted by singing warrior IHAKA from New Zealand. A crazy American drummer, screaming guitars and synthesizers, and multiinstrumental horns make KNARS a tornado of boiling energy wherever it goes.

KNARS has, to this date, released the singles ‘Bad Trip,’ ‘Fuckup’, Blood on my Mind, She Twisted, and ‘Dragging me Deeper’. The project has been able to achieve this whilst remaining fully independent, without label, manager, publisher or subsidy. Producer/MC/frontman Martijn Holtslag gained some notoriety when, after being beaten up in public after a night out, he went on to shoot a video for the single ‘Fuckup,’ showing his injuries as a “middle finger to hate.”