Gyo Kretz

Amsterdam-based singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Gyo Kretz combines electric guitars, synths, drum samples, and an R&B-friendly falsetto to fresh indie-pop. The songs Gyo writes could make you think of James Bay or John Mayer, only wrapped up in a slighty more electronical atmosphere. Sometimes very open and sincere, sometimes really dreamy and dark, but at all times straight from the heart. 
 
 Born and raised in Haarlem, a city right next to Amsterdam, Kretz started playing around with the acoustic guitar of his dad at the age of 10. Just when he got his first electric guitar Gyo started performing blues songs at open stage nights at his own school and nearby cafes. These performances led him to a booking on the Blues Stage on the well known Hungarian Sziget Festival at the age of only 16. 
 Soon after finishing high school Gyo started touring around Europe as being a guitarist. Also he started writing and producing music for artists such as Rolf Sanchez, Tabitha, Dopebwoy, MHD, Justin Mylo and many more which led him to several golden and platinum plaques. 
 A few years later Kretz started gaining interest in more electronic driven music as well as writing and producing songs for himself to sing. Just when he released his first single Tell Me, Gyo began to realise that putting out his own music as being an artist himself is one of the best feelings he had ever experienced. 
 Gyo’s debut album Sacrifices is out now! 
 Photo by Valerie Spanjers