Niels Geusebroek

Niels Geusebroek (born 4 August 1979) is a Dutch singer and songwriter.

In 1996, he formed the Dutch pop group Silkstone becoming the vocalist of the band in partnership with guitar player Frans van Essen.

There were many changes in line-up with various members that included earlier on Daniel van Luipen (bass), Paul van Twisk (keyboards), Boxie van Gerrisheim and Jeroen Vrolijk (drums).

At later stages, the band was composed of Geusbroek and van Essen, in addition to the new line-up of Niels Bik (drums), Dave Besse (bass) and Marco Kuypers (keyboards).

Various hit singles by Silkstone included "Ready", "Rain Has Come" and "Blue X-mas" all in 2002, "What's the Reason" and "Lost" in 2003 and "Here in Your World" in 2008.

After initial success, the band signed with BMG releasing two albums, What's the Reason in 2003 and Here in Your World in 2008.

The band broke up in 2009 after more than 13 years.

Geusebroek continued on a solo career, taking part in 2011 in the second season of The Voice of Holland as a contestant in Team Angela (Angela Groothuizen).

During his run, three of his interpretations became minor hits appearing on the Dutch "Single Top 100" charts, namely for "Save the World", "Old and Wise" (an Alan Parsons project song) and "Titanium" (from David Guetta).

He reached the semi-finals before getting eliminated in week 6 finishing in the 5th to 8th bracket.

In November 2012, he teamed up with Wildstylez with a massive hardstyle hit called "Year of Summer" where he was featured on the vocals of the popular dance hit and reaching #3 on Dutch Top 40.

He have also done a cover version of the British pop band Right Said Fred's song Don't Talk Just Kiss in 2013 in the Netherlands talkshow De Frank en Vrijdag Show.

Silkstone also toured to US and Russia.

The single was certified gold in January 2013.