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Donald Wellstraler is the solo project of Jimmy Naessens, who currently lives and works in Brussels.

Naessens took his first steps in music while starting the band “Pruikduif” at the age of eighteen with his brother and two friends. They have played a lot of live shows and released their EP “janapaman” in 2015.

Alongside being part of a band, Naessens worked on a vast collection of musical fragments / ideas / snippets that eventually lead to the solo EP “Motion Monitor” under the name of Donald Wellstraler. It is a playful, goofy and groovy record, with its roots in indie-rock and art-pop among others.