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.
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.
Sugai Ken - Tele-N-Tech-Da
LP from 2018. Great artwork by Evan Crankshaw on the cover! In Sugai Ken’s own words (translated):”In recent years I have been researching old Japanese cult..(read more)
Label: Discrepant / CREP55
Artist: Sugai Ken
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Electronic, Japan, Vinyl.
Tasos Stamou - D.A.D.
On D.A.D. Tasos Stamou tends to again and again surprise me with his original take on both traditional music and state-of-the-art electronic inventions; his mat..(read more)
Label: Discrepant / CREP70
Artist: Tasos Stamou
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Electronic, Greece, Traditional, Vinyl.
