August 15, 2012 Leave a comment
Even Beequeen finally made it to bandcamp. We plan to bring you stuff you should have had a long time ago, but perhaps were afraid to get, or perhaps you forgot. The first album is a series of pretty rare pieces from compilations from the period 1989-1997…
August 13, 2012 Leave a comment
Intransitive Recordings just made a second edition available of The Use Of Recycling, an older and a bit more noisy work of Kapotte Muziek, but still one of my favorites. A new cover for it, and there are just 125 copies available. So get one before its really too late.
August 1, 2012 Leave a comment
Goem – Audio.nl
Korm Plastics kp 3049
CD only – 200 copies
Barcode: 7 53907 98570 2
Following the succes of the Komet – Audio.NL CD, the second release to re-issue old records from the by the now legendary Audio.NL label involves the two 12” records by Goem, as well as the only 7” on that label by Goem and Jos Smolders.
Goem started out late 1995 as yet another solo project by Frans de Waard who cobbled together a demo using an ancient device called the student stimulator (a basic pulse machine) and some sound effects. Intended to be just a few tracks/one-off project, it attracted attention of his fellow band member in Kapotte Muziek, Roel Meelkop. Together they reworked the demo and the resulting recordings were released as ‘Stud Stim’, the first foreign act released on Raster-Noton. Peter Duimelinks joined shortly after that, just before Goem’s debut concert in Barcelona in June 1996. From then onwards Goem released records on Mego, Staalplaat, 12K and Noise Museum and played concerts at Sonar, Mutek, Stop Stop, Ultrahang festival but also galleries, small clubs, squats and even a camping. In 1998 they started the Audio.NL, who released up to the early 2000’s some 30 different 12” records. After 2002 Goem ended, and Frans de Waard and Roel Meelkop each released a solo record as Goem after that.
Goem’s trademark sound was a minimal, pulsating sound at first generated by the student stimulator, but later also expanded to other sampled sources, including disco records, which was fed through analogue synthesizers (Korg and Roland) and a bunch of sound effects. A highly hypnotic blend of moving, pulsating electronics, often mistaken for minimal techno, but reaching much more for the minimalist tradition of Steve Reich meeting Kraftwerk.
This CD contains their two 12”s on Audio.NL, the ‘Motormix’ by Goem, a goem remix by Jos Smolders (both from the 7”, Audio.NL 003) and two previously unreleased tracks. All remastered from the original master recordings by Jos Smolders @ Earlabs.
June 20, 2012 Leave a comment
I totally forgot to put this on my list of forthcoming concerts, but tonight Wieman plays at Worm in an electronic seansession with Ben & Puck Schot, as an opening performance to a screening of El Topo. We did this with Ben before, which date I forgot and I am a bit in a hurry, but I will add to my gig list later on, at the Aki in Enschede and it has the variety of the movie translated to music and words. Check out this for tonight or this about the movie itself
June 13, 2012 Leave a comment
Alright. So much happening, never enough time to fill you in on the details. So I gave up smoking ten days ago, which is no doubt good in the long run, once I am over the insomnia and the feeling of depression. The good news is that I started something new, Modelbau. Since almost three years I have been playing concerts in which the laptop plays a smaller role than it was before with Freiband – which was entirely laptop based. But I must admit I am a bit fed up with the laptop and want to use analogue stuff more and more. In Modelbau I just want to use analogue gear, along with a fixed backing track. Hopefully a new one per concert. Here are some more things that are done within this concept: everything I do is recorded live to 2-track. No complicated multi-track pieces, but all ‘live’. Which however doesn’t mean there is nothing to edit. It will be heavily edited and collaged within the 2 track pieces. I already recorded various pieces (more than three hours in fact) of bits and bobs which I will edit into the first Modelbau album this summer. Likewise I also decided not to release any physical products as Modelbau, but instead just use the internet to release it. Don’t come banging at my door for free releases on your netlabel: its my intention to try and make a few $$ out of the download business. The first release by Modelbau is now up at Bandcamp along with an album and a (long) single by Freiband. This piece may also serve as my demo for live concerts. Ho Ho. Meeuw did a nice design of it.
I have been working hard on mixing two new LPs by The Tobacconists (I am still allowed as a member) and ignored my small input on the new Beequeen CD. I hope that changes soon. So much to do, so little time.
April 20, 2012 Leave a comment
So I made it back home and worked my ass off to get all those things I had no time for. But it looks I’m back on track. The great news is that the tour didn’t make money, but the LP/CD is out (I still have a few to sell). Also a tour 3″CDR by The Tobacconists is still available, as well as a few copies of the Sonic Protest double CD which they released for their festival.
This sunday I will speak at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht about home taping – how did we do that in the early 80s. About cassettes, recordings and i’ll be showing a slide show of interesting letters from labels. Also I’d be selling CDs, records and tapes – all at 5 euro a piece. Only this sunday and in exchange for real money.
On may 4th I play in Brussels and although I don’t like to pure laptop concerts, I plan to perform the piece that I worked out last year as a live rendition of my LP for Ini.itu. They are from Brussels, so the perfect occasion. I post the name of venue when I know it. Its a new thing. Mecha/orga and Martiensgohome are also plaing. Its their opening night.
April 10, 2012 1 Comment
Our date in Antwerpen was moved one day ahead so we couldn’t record on sunday in Nijmegen, but staying at Dennis from Ultra Eczema we recorded some harsher work perhaps for his label. We shot this little video of the session:
March 28, 2012 Leave a comment
The Tobacconists
Smoking Is Green 2012 Tour
Performing Smoking Is Green, a radiophonic opera as a staged drama
April 4th Extrapool, Nijmegen
also with Truus de Groot
April 5th Worm, Rotterdam
also with Truus de Groot
April 6th Tape, Arnhem
April 7th Melkweg, Amsterdam
also with Minny Pops, The Tapes, Plus Instruments and more
April 9th GUNTHER, oudaan 15, ruimte 33, antwerpen
April 10th Sonic Protest, France
April 11 Bristol, Cafe Kino, Stokes Croft
April 13 London, The Victoria, Daltson – with Call Back The Giants! http://www.wegottickets.com/event/160182
April 14 London, Cafe Oto, a small piece at the end of the evening, but not the opera! Surprise act, so its not on the website<
Frans de Waard 