NM005
larz
waving with newtons

released july 12 2000
cd

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The second album by Larz is a split release with the American label Blackbean and Placenta. The songs were recorded between 1994 and 1998. The bulk of the material was taken from the tape Harbour Machinery. The four last tracks are from the aborted 7" on the Dutch label Rotten Windmill. Larz recorded the songs on a four-track. He mainly used his piano, but experiments in electronics and songs with interesting guitar sounds are also heard. The photograph that was used for the front cover of Waving with Newtons was taken by Sander Meijer.

tracklisting

1.indifference/you welcomed me in strange spheres
2.lights
3.docks
4.film
5.reptile
6.freshly built houses
7.important
8.contact
9.see-through
10.costume
11.saint
12.receive
13.wake my steel
14.when coffee can't help you anymore
15.outfit connected
16.died with a headache
17.hissing smoke machine
18.the port of big black bottle
19.bjitumen's pissed paper temple 439

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reviews

fisheye
december 18 2001
by p. wild

Dutch genius follows up to his sold out debut with this fine selection of nineteen songs. Sounding like the greatest compilation of bands that have graced the pages of the Fisheye catalogue over the years. Drag City era Pavement collides with a bedroom bound Lou Barlow or the folk driven pulse of Flying Saucer Attack or other unearthly sounds that only the Jefferies brothers would know how to make. A delicious beefheartarian pop-music that sounds very Andy Partrige (XTC) to me. Wanted a copy of Larz's debut long player!
rif raf
march 14 2001
by jb

Think of Joy Division, Depeche Mode, My Bloody Valentine and Jesus and the Mary Chain - stop thinking - think quickly of something else.
fret
november 4 2000
by gert verbeek

Just like the cd from Psychon Troopers (The Building Playground), the Larz solo-album was released by the label Narrominded. Solo is not completely the right word, because hometaper Larz is assisted by six guest musicians. Characteristic are the use of keyboards (especially the piano), the low, wave-like voice of Larz, whose lyrics are hard to decipher. The songs do not last longer than necessary without needless repeaten stanzas and chorusses, mostly drifting off in all kinds of directions like in the first song that actually exists out of two tracks. Sometimes the music doesn't go any further than an intro. The tracks with drums are powerful, on the rest prevails a modest sphere. It makes the dreary music elusive and (fortunately) also hard to classify. You could call it progressive lo-fi new wave. A track like Contact is related with the psychedelic neo-folk of Flying Saucer Attack.
all music guide
2000
by ned raggett

Call Larz another bedroom genius brought to wider attention via the Black Bean and Placenta Tape Club label - which he is. But he's got that extra bit of special something about him, which is why his Waving With Newtons album is such an inspired find, especially considering it was recorded when he was around 19. With the help of some friends here and there on drums (and on guitar and sax on one song) but otherwise tackling everything on his own, Larz creates a series of inspired songs on this album, exploring a range of wry lyrics and quietly entrancing music. Peter Jefferies has been named as a comparison point, and certainly songs like "Important," with Larz' dry but emotional voice over an arrangement led by piano, can call the New Zealand inspiration to mind. "Costume" is another gripping highlight, the singing soft and buried while the truly melancholic (and beautifully so) combination of piano and synth leads the heartbreaking way. However, though Waving With Newtons isn't a sunny experience per se, it's not quite as aggrieved or twisted as Jefferies at his most extreme. Even the apparently downbeat cabaret piano blues of "When Coffee Can't Help You Anymore" suddenly shifts to a just sprightly enough melody here and there, while the desolate closer, "Bjitumen's Pissed Paper Temple 439," manages a similar combination of opposing styles. There's a good sense of reach throughout Waving With Newtons - no two songs are quite the same, though they're all clearly by the same creative mind. The dank, psychedelic queasiness of the instrumental "Film," the breathtaking acoustic guitar/drone shimmer of "Contact," and the nutty, jaunty stumble of "Wake My Steel" are all good examples of what Larz can do when he tests his more common style.

original article
blackbean and placenta
july 2000
by mike landucci

Larz follows up his sold out debut LP on Blackbean with 19 new songs. Mixing the succintness and style of Hood with the most pop elements of Captain Beefheart, this collection reminds the listener of why one seeks out obscure titles in the first place; the thrill of discovering the sort of new approaches to songwriting that usually live off the beaten path. Animated, jazzy, precocious, and unsettling.

releases on other labels

blackbean's dirty little secret

compilation cd
blackbean and placenta
released 2002

tracklisting

where were the movers (grabworks part I)

card carrying supporters of romance

compilation cd
morc records
released July 2nd 2001

tracklisting

breef blood for calculators

review

rif raf
august 24 2001
by sacha van der speeten

The Belgian label Morc releases an interesting compilation with national and international lofi. We hear Wio passing with different project, as well as: Sodastream, Bingo Trapper, Thriller and the dark beats of Larz. Very clever are the rockexcesses of Appendix Out, Persons and the hilaric Fuck (yes!). Sehr sjarmant, jawohl!

blackbean and placenta video comp volume 3

compilation video
blackbean and placenta
released 2000

tracklisting

outfit connected (edit)

blackbean and placenta sampler no. 3 1999-2000

compilation cd
blackbean and placenta
released 2000

tracklisting

pirate

what you've missed so far

compilation cd
galaxy train
released 2000

tracklisting

I'll beat myself up

blackbean and placenta ++summer sampler 1999++

compilation cd
blackbean and placenta
released 1999

tracklisting

receive

harbour machinery

tape
bacchanalian revel
released 1999

tracklisting

indifference/ you welcomed me in strange spheres/ film one/ graveyard inspection/ harbor/ the land of sporadic light/ flying houses/ film two/ drowning in musk/ lights/ docks/ film three/ phonetics/ reptile/ important/ snooze!/ church/ contact/ saint/ see-through/ costume/ receive/ wake my steel/ when coffee can't help you anymore/ outfit connected

blackbean and placenta comp 12 #9: chinese wic poster lp

compilation lp
blackbean and placenta
released 1998

tracklisting

the land of sporadic light

the musk of harbour machinery

tape
narrow-minded
released 1998

tracklisting

the land of sporadic light/ freshly built houses/ drowning in musk/ siren/ phonetics/ no questions asked/ graveyard inspection/ film one/ harbor/ the bay will moor my ship/ saint/ of all places/ lights/ docks/ film two/ reptile/ film three/ indifference/ you welcomed me in strange spheres/ important/ false landmath platform/ powers that should not be disturbed/ straws/ costume/ snooze!/ church/ contact/ where I worship my vows/ receive/ downfall/ wake my steel/ when coffee can't help you anymore/ see-through/ swimming pools/ outfit connected

stolen mercury & lost lead

compilation tape
bacchanalian revel
released 1998

tracklisting

I'll beat myself up two

hard on the eyes.easy on the ears

compilation cd
blackbean and placenta
released 1998

tracklisting

shinegold chisel

...but yet confused

tape
studio muscle
released 1997

tracklisting

an awkward silence/ one hand on my big body/ transamazonica/ airwaves/ sun one/ insinuation/ trees and leaves gathered face/ stagehadder-blue trees of moonlight/ lungsful (edit)/ a long hot day/ (she ain't) the carnival of oblivion/ footprints in the sand/ sandfly (edit)/ through the cat's eye/ breathing my own breath (parts II and III)/ the second determination/ sun two (edit)/ a private scenery/ champagne/ africa's dryness/ just can't get enough/ butterfly/ by darkness surrounded/ deathblow (edit)/ gloat-splashingarmpittoperah/ terse-239/ king rabbit/ ruritania (edit)/ the precocious expression/ tarpaulin (edit)/ drugs pain bombing (edit)/ the dust chamber/ something whispers and cries/ the collusion comnunist (fade-out)

vpro "de avonden"

tape
narrow-minded
released 1997

tracklisting

the broadcast (may 7th 1997): conspiracy against me/ receive/ machineworld/ the port (intro)/ means of communication/ I'll beat myself up/ succumb me/ new movies cummin' up/ I vomit, you do something else/ tuna fish with green mayonaise/ hands/ powers that should not be disturbed/ the outcast (march 15th 1997): gathim/ soporific/ she's in the middle of the devil's wave (third verse)/ shinegold chisel (intro)/ hissing smoke machine/ shinegold chisel (fucked up)/ pirate/ for I have sinned/ be my groundstaff/ bonustracks from 1994: here comes my hand (edit)/ please welcome the mysterious side of your changing inside (edit)/ no palate muscle (fade-out)/ duplo (intro)/ immortal (edit)/ breathing my own breath (part I) (edit)/ kain's humble stumble (extract)/ parker's piece (outro)/ roseate (edit)

sweet furniture, is it time to start again?

tape
bacchanalian revel
released 1997

tracklisting

died with a headache/ screw up, I'm the driver/ pirate/ means of communication/ be my groundstaff/ tropical mess/ you're my meat/ hissing smoke machine/ scoring asshole/ shinegold chisel/ my melon cologne took the life/ xpelair and spiders/ the solid gold web: why do you evolve?/ cavemen ruling the world/ I vomit, you do something else/ new movies cummin' up/ sturmey archer/ the mail is coming thru the mailbox this year/ for I have sinned/ I'll beat myself up

god repainted everything

tape
narrow-minded
released 1997

tracklisting

hands/ she's in the middle of the devil's wave/ she's in the middle of the devil's wave (the unspoken third verse)/ oceans/ dark pornography (edit)/ soul/ tuna fish with green mayonaise/ machineworld/ intro / tales inn. earthly strawberries/ crippled polyethene bags/ gathim/ negatives/ soporific/ overheard/ conspiracy against me

waffles & windmills-a compilation

compilation tape
lower records
released 1997

tracklisting

succumb me

sweet furniture, is it time to start again?

tape
narrow-minded
released 1996

tracklisting

died with a headache/ screw up, I'm the driver/ pirate/ means of communication/ be my groundstaff/ tropical mess/ you're my meat/ hissing smoke machine/ scoring asshole/ shinegold chisel/ my melon cologne took the life/ xpelair and spiders/ the solid gold web: why do you evolve?/ cavemen ruling the world/ I vomit, you do something else/ new movies cummin' up/ sturmey archer/ the mail is coming thru the mailbox this year/ for I have sinned/ I'll beat myself up

spinage pigeons and banana cigarettes

tape
narrow-minded
released 1995

tracklisting

hands/ king rabbit/ she wore a blue dress/ crippled polythene bags/ gathim/ succumb me/ ruritania/ plutonium noise/ theatrical divorce case/ sun one/ tarpaulin/ conspiracy against me/ bjitumen's pissed paper temple 439/ blauwe knoop/ overheard/ soporific/ she's in the middle of the devil's wave/ 666 wave,the unspoken third verse/ intro/tales inn. earthly strawberries/ you've been in my lungs/ the port of big black bottle/ shement/ trees and leaves gathered face/ sun two

larouche

tape
narrow-minded
released 1994

tracklisting

machineworld/ kain's humble stumble/ no palate muscle/ here comes my hand/ snow/ dark pornography/ roseate/ please welcome the mysterious side of your changing inside/ tuna fish with green mayonaise/ parker's piece/ atoll/ soul/ today they saw again/ sandfly/ immortal/ lungsful/ duplo/ build a wall of sound around me/ family/ drugs pain bombing/ address of heaven/ oceans/ do-nothing/ negatives/ deathblow/ breathing my own breath

the gods underneath the earth

tape
narrow-minded
released 1993

tracklisting

introduction: terse-239/ footprints in the sand part I/ footprints in the sand part II/ a forest/ the collusion comnunist/ the gnomaticks of the frozen dog "wair rono"/ through the cat's eye/ anxious fears part I/ anxious fears part II/ outroduction: the dust chamber

into the blue depth

tape
narrow-minded
released 1992

tracklisting

introduction: in the shade of nomen's land/ explozition in the dark/ an acquainted weekend/ quakmire/ a sorrowful occurrence/ train of thoughts/ radioactivity/ africa's dryness/ summarize sinitation/ the second determination/ insinuation/ a long hot day/ something is missing/ suburban weekend/ the caterpillar/ a sorrowful expression/ pictures of profusion/ just can't get enough/ transamazonica/ the solitude storm/ the undulate war/ outroduction: the myth of the forest

review

klem
1993
by frits

Larz is al een jaar of vier bezig met het maken van eigen muziek. Op 'Into The Blue Depth' staan de beste stukken van zijn twee eerste cassettes. Wat we hoorden, waren hele brave electronische klanken, met weinig melodie en slechts een beetje sfeer. Waarschijnlijk is zulke muziek leuk voor de maker zelf, maar niet echt voor de luisteraars. En het naspelen van Kraftwerk-nummers is ook niet echt boeiend. Verder klinkt de muziek bij vlagen onvervalst vals. Kortom: geen interessant bandje, niet rijp voor release, en weinig tekenen van talent Kant B heb ik niet helemaal meer kunnen draaien, want daar werd het echt te bar. Wie eigenwijs wil zijn kan de cassette voor tien gulden bestellen bij Larz.

an awkward silence

tape
narrow-minded
released 1992

tracklisting

introduction: an awkward silence/ pictures of profusion/ airwaves/ a long hot day/ an abundant atmosphere/ train of thoughts/ by darkness surrounded/ outroduction: insinuation/ just can't get enough

a private scenery

tape
narrow-minded
released 1991

tracklisting

introduction: a private scenery/ atlantic seashores/ suburban weekend/ autobahnausfahrt/ transamazonica/ eclipse of the moon/ bottled gin/ the last signal from the past/ an acquainted weekend/ summarize sinitation/ a sorrowful occurrence/ the undulate war/ the invasion/ explozition in the dark/ africa's dryness/ radioactivity/ in trance as mission/ the solitude storm/ life in a day/ the precocious expression/ all that jazz/ something is missing/ a sorrowful expression/ outroduction: the second determination

can't remember the day

tape
narrow-minded
released 1990

tracklisting

introduction: a private scenery/ a sorrowful occurrence (early version)/ nothing compares 2 u/ summarize sinitation (early version)/ explozition in the dark (early version)/ eclipse of the moon (accompaniment version)/ a sorrowful occurrence (early version) (accompaniment version)/ nothing compares 2 u (accompaniment version)/ summarize sinitation (early version) (accompaniment version)/ explozition in the dark (early version) (accompaniment version)/ eclipse of the moon (n-m intro)/ eclipse of the moon (n-m version)/ a sorrowful occurrence (pfeife)/ eclipse of the moon (pfeife)/ insomnia/ the undulate war (early version)/ in trance as mission (early version)/ poetry in motion/ rain on the roof/ stylistics difference/ the spirit feel/ falling/ insomnia (accompaniment version)/ the undulate war (orchestra)/ rain on the roof (accompaniment version)/ stylistics difference (arabian version)/ the spirit feel (accompaniment version)/ outroduction: the second determination (early version)

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