Background
Benders grew up in Sterrenwijk, Utrecht.
Benders grew up in Sterrenwijk, Utrecht.
Primary school was not easy for Colin. Various diagnoses, like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, were made. When he was eight, he switched from his old school to the Kathedrale Koorschool Utrecht, where he got the chance to develop his musical talents.
Foreign a long time Kyteman was the precentor of the choir.
He stopped singing at the age of fifteen. After primary school Colin went to Secondary school for Young Talents, linked to the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where he could specialize in playing the trumpet.
The Royal Conservatory directly granted him special permission to go to their school, but after two years he also quit there. At the age of eighteen, Colin moved to another part of Utrecht.
He spent three years writing and recording his debut album The.
After he completed the album, in 2009, he toured through Europe with his Kyteman"s Hiphop Orchestra. Since then, he has played and toured with Relax, Krezip, Voicst, Wouter Hamel en C-mon & Kypski In October 2010 he played two songs with Sting, Desert Rose and All Would Envy. The was released in 2009 and the music was described as a mix of hip-hop and jazz laced with tender melodies and raw beats.
In the upcoming months will be performing at many festivals and stages, such as the North Sea Jazz Festival and A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise.