Some Narrominded related press in the first week of 2010! Newspaper Haarlems Dagblad published a small article about Garçon Taupe’s election for best dance track of 2009 and his contributions to Poke 20 and Retro Retry 2. Read the article here. Belgian website Kwadratuur reviews Retro Retry 2: ‘This pleasant listen brings you contemporary and slightly futuristic electronics. This album makes a very nice blueprint for the latest generation of laptop artists in the Netherlands.’ USA based webzine PopMatters has some doubts about the album: ‘Too much context gets sacrificed for too little connection’. And finally, the Dutch website Festivalinfo writes: ‘Narrominded again presents a delicious collection of underground tracks on their fourth Split LP. Maybe the disadvantage of the Split LP format is that the styles don’t match completely, but the electro fan will find two great EP’s here anyway.’ There are also some charts going on: Split LP #4 holds a #2 position on OOR’s Underground Top 5, and Garçon Taupe’s Lobo holds a #8 in Remute’s RA DJ Charts. Also, the radio program Beautiful Extremes, hosted by Oscar Smit, played the tracks Lobo by Garçon Taupe and Here Is the Night (Coen Oscar Polack’s Morning Version) by Hunter Complex from the Here Is the Night EP. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on January 5 in the player below.
Three updates about the new Split LP by Garçon Taupe and Legowelt. You can listen to the entire lp on 3voor12′s Luisterpaal. Also, we have made the track Lobo by Garçon Taupe available as a free download. And the radio program Beautiful Extremes again played a track by Garçon Taupe from Split LP #4. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on December 8 in the player below. We also had some airplay on Kink FM. The radio program X-Rated played the tracks St. Elmo’s Fire by Rude 66 (November 29) and In Dark Trees by Legowelt (December 6) from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World.
Music magazine OOR reviews Split LP #4 by Garçon Taupe / Legowelt. We don’t need a lot of words to summarize the review, this will do: “World class electro. This album alone is enough reason to get yourself a record player.” Read the full review here (in Dutch). Also, the radio program Beautiful Extremes, online radio by Studio 80, played the track In Dark Trees by Legowelt from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World and the track Huppy Capsule by Garçon Taupe from Split LP #4 by Garçon Taupe / Legowelt. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on December 1 in the player below.
The dance magazine DJ Broadcast says that Legowelt ‘sparkles with inspiration’ on Split LP #4 and webmagazine 8WEEKLY calls Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World ‘a record that proves that covers can lead to new creations with added value’. The radio program Beautiful Extremes, online radio by Studio 80, played the track Madeira Osprey by Legowelt from Narrominded Split LP #4 by Garçon Taupe / Legowelt and the track Sombre Reptiles by Garçon Taupe from Retro Retry 2. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on November 24 in the player below.
The radio program Beautiful Extremes, online radio by Studio 80, played the track Plop Tech by Garçon Taupe from Narrominded Split LP #4 by Garçon Taupe / Legowelt. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on November 17 in the player below.
The radio program Beautiful Extremes, online radio by Studio 80, played the track Sky Saw by FFF from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on November 10 in the player below.
The radio program Beautiful Extremes, online radio by Studio 80, played the tracks Rampetampen by Living Ornaments from their new album Korrels and Zawinul / Lava by Puin + Hoop from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on October 27 in the player below.
The radio program Beautiful Extremes, online radio by Studio 80, played some tracks from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World and the original by Brian Eno. The host Oscar Smit also did an interview with Lars Meijer from Narrominded about the Retro Retry project and about the label itself. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on October 13 in the player below. The interview starts around 11 minutes.
The radio program Beautiful Extremes, online radio by Studio 80, played the tracks The Big Ship by Coen Oscar Polack from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World and Onheilszwanger by Living Ornaments from their new album Korrels. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on October 6 in the player below.
The radio program Beautiful Extremes, online radio by Studio 80, played the tracks Nanamissouri by Psychon from the album Slow Country For Old Men and Dagjesmensen by Living Ornaments from the album Korrels. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on September 29 in the player below.
