Room Eleven were a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 band, active from 2004 to 2009. Several members continued as Schradinova.

History

It saw its origins in 2001, when lead singer Janne Schra (born Janneke Maria Alie Schra) posted a note at Utrecht's

Utrecht

Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands.The name may also refer to:* Utrecht , of which Utrecht is the capital* Utrecht , including the city of Utrecht* Bishopric of Utrecht* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht...

 Music College's message board seeking someone to write songs with. Arriën Molema responded, and they started writing music together.

In August 2004 Tony Roe, Lucas Dols and Maarten Molema joined the group on keyboard

Keyboard instrument

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, double bass

Double bass

The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...

 and drums, respectively. That same year they played on the Uitmarkt

Uitmarkt

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 of Amsterdam.

Their debut album, produced by Floris Klinkert and Room Eleven, was called "Six White Russians and a Pink Pussycat" and was released in June 2006. It was re-released in early 2007 with an additional bonus disc containing two cover versions

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of the song "Bitch", a new song called "Gray" and live versions of "Greenest Grass", "Sad Song" and "Come Closer". It went platinum.

In the summers of 2007 and 2009, they were invited to perform at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

In April 2008, they released their 2nd album, Mmm… Gumbo?, which became a Gold disc.

In spite of having had five hits, Room Eleven split in December 2009, announcing on their website that they

"had decided to take a break, but it soon became clear that our ambitions were too different and it didn't feel as excited as before. The chemistry and excitement we felt before on stage and in the studio was suddenly gone."

Schradinova

Schra, Dols, and Roe continued, together with Philippe Lemm, Sietse van Gorkum, and Stef van Es, as a new band, called "Schradinova". Their first album, India Lima Oscar Victor Echo You, was released in October 2010. Two singles, "Glowing" and "Dogs Bark", failed to become big hits.