As an announcement of their gig last night at Café Bluff in Heerlen, bass player Freddy Mercury of Boutros Bubba did an interview with the Parkstad based website Zwart Goud. Mercury talks about the new Boutros Bubba album and about the noiserock scene in Holland and the UK.
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The Slovenian/Croatian label Moonlee Records distributes the Gone Bald album Waiting It Out. It already got some great reviews over there from Helly Cherry, Zurnal, New Noise, Radio Student Ljubjana, Rockline and Pot Lista. Incendiary Magazine says ‘there’s no denying the record’s quality’ and Kwadratuur thinks ‘it could be a brilliant record for noise fans’. Kwadratuur also reviews De Objectieve Lach by Puin+Hoop + Herman Wilken + Coen Oscar Polack and rates it 4 out of 5. Door by Puin + Hoop got 4,5 out of 5 stars from Kwadratuur and an excellent review from Chain D.L.K.: ‘A remarkable release. Highly recommended.’
De Objectieve Lach by Puin+Hoop + Herman Wilken + Coen Oscar Polack got 8 out of 10 stars from Dark Entries: ‘An enchanted piece of industrial.’ Subjectivisten/Caleidoscoop calls the album ‘an apocalyptic pleasure that won’t let you go easily.’ Festivalinfo says it’s ‘a must for electro fanatics.’ Beautiful Extremes, an online radio show hosted by Oscar Smit, played an extract of De Objectieve Lach:
Beautiful Extremes (11-01-2011) by Studio 80
3voor12/Utrecht called Door by Puin + Hoop ‘breathtaking’. Kutplaneet by Het Fukking Licht got 3,5 out of 5 stars from Kwadratuur. Side-Line says the debut album by Hunter Complex ‘is the kind of record that might please the 80s die-hard freaks!’ Aufabewegen reviews Quasi Quasi by Kruno JoÅ¡t | Gijs Borstlap: ‘Lustig ist das nicht’. Fret reviews Waiting It Out by Gone Bald and says ‘there is more space for the imaginative guitar parts.’ The album also got a 9 out of 10 from terapija.net.
Dark Entries published an in-depth interview with Gone Bald. They talk about the 16 year history of the band, baldness, underground music, the line-up changes, being a duo, improvisation and their favorite records. Read it all here.
The latest Gone Bald album Waiting It Out also got some great new reviews. Built on a Weak Spot says that ‘Waiting it Out it shows that Gone Bald are still overflowing with ideas, even if the presentation hasn’t necessarily budged.’ Perte et Fracas says ‘Waiting It Out is the best album of Gone Bald.’ Festivalinfo rates the album 3,5 out of 5. ‘The guitarwork is razorsharp and the drums are raw and aggressive.’ The track Christmas Song got a mention on the website Stubby’s House of Christmas: ‘For two people, they sure make a lot of noise.’
Door by Puin + Hoop was pronounced Album of the Moment by Written in Music: ‘One of the most memorable Dutch albums of the year.’ Den Helder Actueel compares Puin + Hoop to early Pink Floyd and krautrock bands like Faust. ‘A remarkable audio trip.’ Vital Weekly says De Objectieve Lach, Puin + Hoop’s collaboration with Herman Wilken and Coen Oscar Polack, ‘is not as strong as Door, but then this is undoubtedly more a work of improvisation.’
The Fine China Superbone album Make-Machine got 3 out 5 stars from the Belgian zine Kwadratuur: ‘It sounds like four conservatory educated artrockers took speed and started experimenting.’
The track Flutheelal by het Het Fukking Licht from their sold out album Kutplaneet was included in the mix Secret Chords & Apparitions by Peter Van Cooten from ambientblog.net. Listen to it on Fluid Radio.
Quasi Quasi by Kruno JoÅ¡t | Gijs Borstlap got 4 out of 5 stars from Chain D.L.K.: ‘If you are looking for guitar improvisation that doesn’t quite cross the line into straight noise, this would be up your alley.’
Spoelstra turned the house upside down at the Onderboek in Nijmegen earlier this month. Go here for a live review by 3voor12.
For all the press on Christmas Cover Up, the compilation including exclusive tracks by Hunter Complex and Spoelstra, go here.
The Door, the debut album by Puin + Hoop on Narrominded is getting some great reviews. Festivalinfo gave the album 3 out of 5 stars (‘an exceptional record’). Moors Magazine strongly recommends the album ( ‘subtle and refined’). Vital Weekly says Door is ‘a major step forward for Puin + Hoop’. Subjectivisten – Het Shaduwkabinet calls the album ‘abstract, but human and sensitive at the same time’. The online radio show Beautiful Extremes played the track Bomendocumentaire twice, once on November 16 and once on November 23.
The latest effort by Gone Bald, Waiting It Out, got a raving review by File Under: ‘What a band. What a record.’ MusicFromNL compares Gone Bald to dEUS and Dark Entries says ‘Gone Bald does nothing new, but what they do, they do with great craftmanship’.
Incendiary Magazine saw Boutros Bubba (‘pretty darned good’) and Gone Bald (‘shit hot’) live at the SUB071 in Leiden. Read the whole review here.
As you can see in the videos and read in this review by 3voor12, Fine China Superbone blew everyone away at their Make-Machine release party at TodaysArt in The Hague. One of the tracks from Make-Machine ended up on 3voor12 Hollandse Nieuwe. The reviews of their album are also coming in slowly. Subjectivisten says ‘they bring loud music in its pure essence’ and Dark Entries recommends this album to ‘anyone who has an apetite for Steve Albini noise’. More info, previews and complete free download of Make-Machine right here.
The Belgian online magazine Dark Entries published an in depth interview with Hunter Complex. They also reviewed the following Narrominded releases: Retro retry 2: Another Another Green World and the Here Is the Night EP and debut album by Hunter Complex. Moors Magazine reviewed Quasi Quasi by Kruno JoÅ¡t | Gijs Borstlap (‘an absolute recommendation for the adventurous listener’) and Kutplaneet by Het Fukking Licht (‘the soundscapes sound intimate and wide at the same time’). Kutplaneet also got a great review in Gonzo (circus): ‘a psychedelic mantra of craziness.’
Stijn and Lars of Narrominded were invited by Oscar Smit of the radio show Beautiful Extremes, broadcasted on Studio-80.nl, to talk about the upcoming 10 Year Anniversary party at De Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam and about Narrominded in general. Play the show in the player below. Here is a list of the track that were played:
Garçon Taupe – Dolby Pipeline (from Wittenburg EP, Narrominded Split LP Series #4, 2009)
FFF – Xenon (unreleased)
Hunter Complex – Hours (from Heat, to be released 2011)
Puin + Hoop – Zuurstof III (from Door, to be released September 2010)
Hydrus – Sand (from Nodes EP, to be released fall 2010)
Spoelstra – The Almighty Internet (from The Almighty Internet, 2010)
Katadreuffe – DDTd (from Quel Gargantua!, 2009)
Coen Oscar Polack – Polderramp (unreleased)
Legowelt – In Dark Trees (from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World, 2009)
On Friday August 27 2010 we will celebrate out 10 year anniversary at De Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam. Coen Polack and Stijn Dissen of Narrominded were invited by Amsterdam FM to promote that evening of fine music and talk about Narrominded in general. Listen to the hour long broadcast from August 17 in the player below or click here to download it.
Here’s a list of the tracks they played:
Hydrus – Sand (from Nodes EP, to be released fall 2010)
Puin + Hoop – Bomendocumentaire (from Door, to be released September 2010)
Hunter Complex – Sunset Smoke (from Heat, to be released 2011)
Fine China Superbone – Untitled (from Make-Machine, to be released September 2010)
FFF – Sky Saw (from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World, 2009)
Coen Oscar Polack – Reigeronvangst (unreleased)
Gar̤on Taupe РLobo (from Wittenburg EP, Narrominded Split LP Series #4, 2009)
The limited cd / free download Quasi Quasi by Kruno JoÅ¡t | Gijs Borstlap is only out for two weeks, but already received some raving reviews. Vital Weekly says their music is ’a curious hybrid of improvisation meeting noise meeting drone meeting rock’ and thinks that it’s ‘a trip that pays off.’ Subjectivisten / Caleidoscoop calls it a ‘fantastic project’ and Kindamuzik says that ‘the deconstructive Quasi Quasi shows that Narrominded, besides retro-electronics, is also deeply rooted in the current progressive improvisation music.’ Moors Magazine on Kutplaneet by Het Fukking Licht: ‘Absolutely recommended for the adventurous listener.’ Chain D.L.K. on the Hunter Complex debut album : ‘If you love all the kind of 80s wave bands, from Human League to ABC passing from A Flock Of Seagulls, Ultravox, Dalis Car or obscure cold wave bands, I suggest you to check Hunter Complex.’
