The band members met more or less by accident at a jam session in 2010 and got along so well, they decided to start working together on a regular basis. This eventually led to their first album ‘Funkin’ Badass’, which came out in 2014. After presenting their single ‘Shine’, that was also released in 2014, the band decided to take on a different direction by renewing their sound. The saxophone was replaced with a guitar, which created a more electronic sound than before. Their current sound can be described best as somewhere between classic hip hop and modern pop music with a dash of light-foot funk, reminding strongly of early 90’s hip hop energy. Their EP ‘Pulsar’ (2016) and singles ‘Heatwaves’ (2016), ‘Coastline’ (2016), ‘Runnin’’ (2017) and “Storm” (2018) have set the tone for their brand new album “VIVID” which is available since March 23 2018 and getting positive reviews from international media since then.

FA C T S
2014
* Radio 6 Soul & Jazz talent
* Nominated for the Radio 6 Soul & Jazz Award: Best Talent
* Gaining position 66 in the GFK Album Top 100
* Position #1 in the iTunes HipHop chart (Single ‘Shine’)
* Position #11 in the iTunes chart (Single ‘Shine’)

2015
* Becoming 3FM Serious Talent
* Part of the 3FM playlist for several weeks
* Playing Eurosonic/Noorderslag
* Nominated for the SENA Zilveren Notenkraker award
* Nominated for two Radio 6 Awards: Best Live Act & Best Group
* Winning Radio 6 Award: Best Group
* Playing over 65 festivals

2016
* Released Coastline (single) in October in the BeNeLux
* Released Coastline (single) in December Worldwide
* On Spotify Playlist: New Music Friday Deutschland (2nd of December)
* Released Heatwaves (single) in January
* Released Pulsar (EP) in March
* Airplay on Dutch national radio stations (3FM, Radio 2)
* Nominated for the SENA Zilveren Notenkraker award
* Releasing new single in September
* Played over 45 festivals ( The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Spain)
* Playing 2 own clubtours

2017:
* Reeperbahn Festival
* Release single Runnin' (Airplay in NL, DE, AT)
* Clubtour Germany
* 50 festivals (NL, DE, LU)

2018:
* ESNS
* Release Single Goodlife (Airplay in NL, DE, AT, PL, EE, IT, USA, JP)
* Goodlife in NMF NL, DE, JP, CH, Worldwide and 10+ curated Spotify Playlists
* Goodlife was in Viral 50 NL and JP
* Goodlife in Soundtrack EA Sports NHL 19
* Tallinn Music Week
* Release single Storm ( Airplay in NL, DE, AT, PL, EE, IT)
* Release Album VIVID
* EU Clubtour in NL, DE, DK, IT, AT, PL, EE, LV
* 50+ festivals in NL, DE, IT, AT, EE

Media reviews:
https://nbhap.com/sounds/8-memorable-performances-from-reeperbahn-festival-2017
https://earmilk.com/2018/03/16/the-cool-quest-take-the-listener-through-the-storm-of-depression/
https://soulgurusounds.com/the-cool-quest-vivid/
https://egofm.de/blog/freizeit/soundkartell-isolation-berlin-2018-03-21-14-58-50
http://minutenmusik.de/wochenrueckblick/die-fantastischen-vier-mani-orrason-shaw-mendes-snow-patrol-the-cool-quest-wochenrueckblick-kw-12-2018
https://www.tonspion.de/musik/cool-quest/alben/vivid