The Stoss

I am the Frontman / Keyboard player and lyric writer of a German-Dutch Electronic Wave band named ‘The Stoss’.

We are:

Veronique Hogervorst on bass.
Mavi Zee Benders on drum.
Dieter Adam on keyboards.
Martijn Benders on keyboards.
Kroes den Bock – Management.

We have a new album out on bandcamp named Höllenhelle Eisenbahn

Listen to it (and maybe buy it if you like it) on Bandcamp.

If you want to support us or follow us you can also become a bandcamp follower.

The poems on the album are from the new (and last) collection of Martijn Benders, the poets are Ritsos, Berryman and Benders himself.

Roethke didn’t make it unto the album but got quite a lot of plays on Soundcloud:

Which makes me consider there might be an audience out there for well read, good poetry.
I might make an entire poetry album 🙂

Greetings!

Martijn Benders

Castles Get Kicked in the Bricks each Summer

Let’s face it: some backpacks just carry your stuff. This one tells your entire life philosophy in one ridiculous, multilingual joke. Imagine strolling into a museum, a bus stop, or your ex's new wedding—with a bag that declares, in ten languages, that castles are always the losers of summer.

Why? Because deep down, you know:

Tourists always win.
History has a sense of humor.
And you, my friend, are not carrying your lunch in just any nylon sack—you’re carrying it in a medieval meltdown on your shoulders.

This backpack says:

“I’ve been to four castles, hated three, and got kicked out of one for asking where the dragons were.”
“I appreciate heritage sites, but I also think they could use a bit more slapstick.”
“I’m cute, I’m moopish, and I will absolutely picnic on your parapet.”

It’s absurd.
It’s philosophical.
It holds snacks.

In short, it’s not just a backpack—it’s a mobile monument to glorious collapse.

And honestly? That’s what summer’s all about.

Feeling surveilled? Alienated by modernity? Accidentally started explaining biopolitics at brunch again? Then it’s time to proudly declare your loyalties (and your exhaustion) with our iconic “I’m with Fuckold” shirt.

This tee is for those who’ve:

Said “power is everywhere” in a non-BDSM context.
Tried to explain Discipline and Punish to their cat.
Secretly suspect the panopticon is just their neighbour with binoculars.

Wearing this shirt is a cry of love, rebellion, and post-structural despair. It says:
“Yes, I’ve read Foucault. No, I will not be okay.”

Stay tuned for more philosophical shirts and backpacks, as we at Benders are working on an entire collection that will make even the ghost of Hegel raise an eyebrow.