Kwartet Niek Hilkmann - Koele Meren
You could easily call the (Dutch) songwriter Niek Hilkmann the Dutch Jonathan Richman. The deadpan observations and existential, introspective lyrics evoke memo..(read more)
Label: Excelsior Recordings / EXCEL96747
Artist: Kwartet Niek Hilkmann
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Dutch Pop, Singer Songwriter.
The Ambush Party - Ik Wil Nog Niet Dood
Ik wil nog niet dood! Album by The Ambush Party, their very own noisy take on cumbia, tango, jazz, playfulness and sardonic humour of the Instant Composers prac..(read more)
Label: De Platenbakkerij / PB013
Artist: The Ambush Party
Medium: Music Cassette
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Cumbia, Improvisation, Latin, Tapes.
Christoph de Babalon - If you’re into it, I’m out of it
2023 repress of a famous album originally released in 1997. Teutonic techno, ambient, and hardedge politics to brutal effect during the mid-late ’90s.
Label: Cross Fade Enter Tainment / CFET 016LP
Artist: Christoph de Babalon
Medium: 2LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '90s, Berlin, Breakcore, Jungle, Vinyl.
Leonardo Barbadoro - Musica Automata (CD version)
The ensemble of musical robots at the Logos foundation in Ghent inspired Leonardo Barbadoro from Firenze, Italy, to compose for it.
Label: Helical / Logos / HLC001
Artist: Leonardo Barbadoro
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Composers, Contemporary, Mechanical Music, Robots, Sound Art.
Buurtbeheer - Vechtclown / Rat
Buurtbeheer speaks again! Fueled by vigilante B-films, their songs are about war veterans, housing problems and general Rotterdam-Zuid malaise.
Label: ROCKHOUSE / 2023
Artist: Buurtbeheer
Medium: 7¨
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 7", Punk, Rotterdam, Vinyl.
Yannis Kyriakides - Amiandos
“Amiandos is the name of the asbestos mine in the Troodos mountains in Cyprus, operating between 1904 and 1988. It was also the birthplace of my father. M..(read more)
Label: Unsounds / 75U
Artist: Yannis Kyriakides
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Composers, Cyprus, Electro-Acoustic, Electronic.
Thermal (John Butcher, Andy Moor, Thomas Lehn) - Ice in a Hot World
Twenty years of working together turned Thermal into a powerful and intrepid unit, always searching for uncompromising, mysterious and unchartered sonic frontie..(read more)
Label: Unsounds / 78U
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Analog Synth, Guitar, Improvisation, Saxophone.
Pierre Bastien and Michel Banabila - Baba Soirée
“Bastien’s mechanical loops and fantastic instrumental setups merge seamlessly with Banabila’s sound design and impeccable skills of sampling coll..(read more)
Label: Pingipung / 083
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Mechanical Music, Soundscapes, Vinyl.
Arthur Sauer - AIR
We may consider Arthur Sauer a typical “Rotterdam composer”. He has lived and worked most of his life in the rougher areas of the city, near ports, ..(read more)
Label: Own / ASMZ10002
Artist: Arthur Sauer
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Field Recordings, Rotterdam, Soundscapes.
