We’re stoked to announce the debut release of Nederpop doomers Rooie Waas. Het is maar een constatering will be released on September 1. Meanwhile, you can preview two tracks on the Narrominded Bandcamp page where you can also pre-order the album. Rooie Waas will be playing live at the Amsterdam SOTU festival on May 12. But first things first, check out this video:
This winter we released three pieces of work by Katadreuffe, Peal and Boutros Bubba. Reviews from all over the world came in. We’d like to share some recent highlights with you.
Oor - ‘The best music that has come out of Amsterdam recently’
Vice - ‘It sounds like you’re inside the head of a coked up stock brocker’
Extended Play - ‘Periodis simultaneously brooding and effervescent, and I can’t get enough of it’
Boutros Bubba – Ridiculous Wrists
Pertre et Fracas - ‘The art of disinformation is mastered’
Dayton City Paper - ‘Closer Mid Air brings to mind the epic 1974 battle between Godzilla and Mechagodzilla’
Built On A Weak Spot - ‘Giving the listener a sense of uneasiness as the band trudges on into unforeseen outcomes’
Popunie - ‘It’s like watching an abstract piece of art’
Kwadratuur - ‘Fury doesn’t necesserily mean chaos’
Matto Frank made a mixtape for Vice to celebrate the release of China. The result is, according to Vice, ‘a cheerfully pumping mix of Asian pop, trance and dubstep, sometimes of a deafening sound quality’.  Fortunately enough, we’ve warned them about that beforehand. Meanwhile, Vital Weekly is ‘not sure what to make of the cd’, which is ‘an amazing document’ according to Caleidoscoop.
We’re proud to present the beautiful cd China by Matto Frank. The mix of field recordings made in China and ambient pieces made in an Amsterdam-West bedroom make a fascinating ride. You can check out preview tracks of the album here, and order the full 17-track cd from our webshop. This Saturday, China will be presented with a matinee in Oostzee, Amsterdam. Please join us from 16:00 for live performances from Matto Frank and Bahk, Narrominded MP3j’s and Chinese bites!
Taken by Kasper Vogelzang /Â Bauke Karel
Out now! A compilation tape by Yoshimi en zijn vrienden entitled Ik en jij, allebei, including Spoelstra’s harrewar oplawaai remix of the Yoshimi track Hakketak. The tape is available though the Yoshimi webshop or you can download it here for free. Here’s the tracklisting:
1. Altijd de laatste (Transfolmer remix)
2. Zoete Flarden (Analogue Dear Remix)
3. Het geluid van een kunstenaar! (Met Tijmen Riedé en Alex van Holstein)
4. Hakketak (Spoelstra’s harrewar oplawaai )
5. Van alles en niets (Ricky DeSire en Arpatle Cover)
6. Messed Up (Toxic Chicken Lobit Retro Fix)
7. Vakantie (Gebotste versie)
Boutros Bubba has been selected as artist of the week by renowned Dutch music site musicfrom.nl. Besides listening to the entire album on the musicfrom site there is also a some background information written by the band (in Dutch) on every song on the album. And if that’s not enough, musicfrom also gives away three signed copies of the album.
