Unexpected Records

Biography

Jeangu Macrooy is a Surinamese–Dutch singer-songwriter and actor. He was born in Paramaribo and has been living in the Netherlands since 2014. Macrooy's music is described as modern soul. His audience is mainly based in the Netherlands, Suriname, and increasingly in Belgium, France and Germany. He was due to represent host nation the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with the song "Grow", but the contest was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, he represented the country in the 2021 contest with "Birth of a New Age".

Channel description

Amsterdam based label Unexpected Records was established in March 2001 by composer/producer Perquisite.
The main purpose of the label was, and still is, to release original, authentic music, with a focus on hip-hop, jazz and other groove based music. During the years, Unexpected Records has had the pleasure to collaborate with various labels and distributors worldwide, including PIAS/Roughtrade, RushHour and Epitaph in Europe, P-Vine in Japan, Music Aroma in Korea and ANTI in the United States. Being the director and curator of Unexpected Records, Perquisite not only releases his own music through the label, but also the work of artists he finds to fit the Unexpected sound. Artists include Pete Philly & Perquisite, Arts the Beatdoctor, North West Metropolis, Kris Berry & Perquisite, Jeangu Macrooy, the Proov, Monsieur Dubois, Benjamin Herman, David Kweksilber, Josephine Odhil, and Swan.

Latest videos Channel ↗

• 01 665 Pete Philly & Perquisite @ AFAS Live 17/11/2023 Apr 11, 2023
• 02 211 Interview met Perquisite bij De Nieuws BV, NPO1, 26/11/2021 Nov 29, 2021
• 03 225 Jeangu Macrooy - Birth Of A New Age Clubtour 2021 Oct 21, 2021
• 04 1.9K Jeangu Macrooy - Brave Enough (Live with the Red Limo Quartet) Apr 7, 2021
• 05 10.7K Jeangu Macrooy - Gold (live) Jun 30, 2020