Coen Oscar Polack will release his new cd Spectral Churches next month. The cd will feature a live recording of the work he performed during the StreetCanvas festival in Haarlem last year. The piece consists of treated recordings of the bells in the tower of the Grote of St. Bavokerk in Haarlem. Coen Polack will make a speech about this work and other topics related to his music on September 10 in the Janskerk in Haarlem, during an evening curated by StreetCanvas. His talk will start at 22:30. This Saturday he will perform a short laptop and saxophone set at Fatform in Amsterdam Kraaiennest. He will take the stage around 15:00. Others on the bill include Hakki Takki, DJ Lonely and Bertin. We hope to see you there, it will be fun!
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.’
Playing a live soundtrack to Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920) by Carl Boese and Paul Wegener.
Playing a live soundtrack to Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920) by Carl Boese and Paul Wegener.
CineSonic organises film screenings with a new, live performed score. On Friday February 25 Der Golem will be screened at the Goethe-Intitut in Amsterdam. Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem, How He Came Into the World) is a 1920 German silent horror film, co-written, co-directed, and starring Paul Wegener, about the origins of the Golem. It is one of the earliest and most influential expressionist films and is considered a masterpiece of the German silent cinema. Coen Oscar Polack and Garçon Taupe will be performing a new score to this movie on the spot. Tickets are €5, reservations can be made through the Goethe-Institut.
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.
Our friends over at Lomechanik and esc.rec have just now released a new compilation entitled Flakes, featuring an avalanche of great electronic music from the likes of MiaMia, Julien Mier, Gluid, Marcus Fjellström and Narrominded’s own Coen Oscar Polack, who contributed the track Perpetual Ibiza. This compilation is available for FREE download from Lomechanik and esc.rec. so don’t miss it! Still not convinced? Well, then just check out this wonderful trailer video…
Hot on the heels of their new album Door Puin + Hoop present a full-length recording of a live-collaboration with Herman Wilken and Coen Oscar Polack entitled De Objectieve Lach. The occasion for the performance was the opening on February 26 2010 of the yearlong, evolving exhibition The Object Lag in De Nieuwe Vide gallery in Haarlem, The Netherlands. The trio of Puin + Hoop – Roald van Dillewijn, Remco Verhoef, Erik Uittenbogaard – collaborated with Wilken and Polack in a structured improvisation.
Puin + Hoop assembled their huge collection of electronic sound makers, guitars, Korg MS-20 and electric piano for this performance, Herman Wilken played laptop computer, iPhone and effects, Coen Oscar Polack played laptop computer, saxophone and effects. The result was a very concentrated performance, lasting 105 minutes. For De Objectieve Lach these recordings have been edited down to an hour of stunning, slowly blossoming music. This release is out now on cd.
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The Here Is the Night EP by Hunter Complex, which was originally released in December 2009, is now available in Spotify. The EP contains remixes and remakes of the track Here Is the Night by Garçon Taupe, Coen Oscar Polack and Spoelstra and an extended instrumental of the track Fashion Street, featuring Jantijn Prins (Psychon) on guitar and Wiechert Warntjes (former member of Quarles van Ufford and Morbide Eenheid) on saxophone. Click here to play it right now or click here to view all Narrominded releases on Spotify.
