Release from 2014.

The Zea side:

Catchy sub-world pop gem, based on an Ethiopian melody (Yemoye Lale – Abonesh Adinew). Electro beat, moog bass, philicorda organ, sweet growling guitar and lyrics referring to the problem Frisian people (Zea, aka Arnold de Boer is from Fryslan, the North Central part of the Netherlands with its own language and culture) have with eating spicy food; it’s all there.

The cover painting is by Kristos Solomon, from Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. On the cover, De Boer wrote a story of how he first met Oscar Jan Hoogland – who joins on philicorda and moog on this song.

Oscar Jan Hoogland side:

“Jack in a box! For a long time I had the wish to enter the sound world of the electric guitar. I was hoping to be able to combine this sound world with the improvisation language I developed as a pianist. Then I heard an early 70’s recording of C.P.E. Bach’s clavichord music by Gustav Leonhardt. Being recorded much to close, the loud high notes bend ridiculously. I loved it and thought; this is it. I started working on building my own electric clavichord. After trying out two clavichords and about 20 different guitar-pick-ups, a lot of soldering and clumsy DIY failures I came up with the electric clavichord as it is now. Tuned down an octave and played with unconventional techniques takes the bending and sound possibilities to a new level. This recording is a piece of the first solo concert I gave on my electric clavichord during one of the Trytone evenings, a monthly night for improvised music that took place at Zaal 100 in Amsterdam.” Oscar Jan Hoogland

1. Zea – Exploding Head Syndrome (04:17)
2. Oscar Jan Hoogland – Electric Clavichord (06:13)