Inge Janse and Reinier Mouthaan of the electronic music blog Eclectro made a mini-documentary about Worm, a venue for experimental art in Rotterdam. Narrominded had a big birthday bash there a while back, remember? In the documentary they used music by Living Ornaments from their latest effort Korrels. You can watch it online, recommended!
The good people at the Dutch electronic music blog Eclectro.nl have published an exclusive Narrominded 10 Year Anniversary Mix. There’s some familiar tracks from the electronic parts of our back catalogue in there, but also a lot of stuff that can be heard for the first time ever. We asked the artists that appear on stage during our 10 Year Anniversary parties to hand over a new track and we’ve mixed it into a suitably eclectic whole. You can stream or download it. Enjoy!
The Dutch label Enfant Terrible released a 2lp compilation on June 19 2010 with exclusive contributions by Narrominded acts Hunter Complex and Puin + Hoop. The compilation is entitled Kamp Holland and features 16 Dutch electronic music acts. From electro to minimal electronics to 8 bit tunes to experimental pieces. Click here for more info, the tracklisting and previews. You can order the album at the Enfant Terrible webshop. The album already got some great reviews from Kindamuzik, Eclectro, Theo Ploeg, Chain D.L.K., Roar E-zine, MusicFrom.nl and BlackOutMusique.com.
In the Netherlands the elections are coming up this Wednesday, so that’s why the title of our new edition of NMFM, our monthly audio show at Eclectro, is Rock the Vote: Politics in Music. Go to Eclectro to listen/download and check out the tracklisting. His Royal Badness turned 52 today, so that’s why we included more than one Prince track in there. Enjoy! For previous editions of NMFM, go here.
The kind folks at Eclectro and Days Grow Short Radio have just put up a new edition of our monthly NMFM audio show. This time the subject is noise and it showcases some great stuff by our favorite noise makers as well as a sneak preview for a new Narrominded cd/free mp3 to be released soon: Quasi Quasi by Kruno Jošt | Gijs Borstlap. Enjoy!! Check out previous editions of NMFM here.
The Days Grow Short Radio section at Dutch electronica blog Eclectro.nl is not only great because it hosts our monthly NMFM audio shows, but also because it is home to a lot of other mixmasters who do great jobs on a regular basis. Take for instance the modern day blaxploitation of The Daisy Age and the eclectic ramblings of More Tea Vicar? Now that is nice mixing. Be advised to also check the new mix by Days Grow Short guest star Koen Nutters (of DNK-Amsterdam fame) And last but not least the excellent new mix bij DJ Katzwijn, featuring a lot of Narrominded classixxx : )
A new edition of NMFM, our monthly audio show at eclectro.nl, is now online. This edition was mixed by Lars Meijer of Narrominded and is entitled 25 Years of Synths. From Delia Derbyshire in 1963 to Jean-Michel Jarre in 1988. Listen or download the mix here. Check out previous editions of NMFM here.
Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World got some mainstream attention in NRC Next: ‘Not all the remakes are evenly succesful, but I’m sure Eno will appreciate this album. After all, he always encouraged breaking down conventions.’
Lobo by Garçon Taupe, elected dance track of 2009 on Eclectro, made it into the playlist of Nalden, a prominent Dutch lifestyle blogger.
The Almighty Internet by Spoelstra has just been released, but already got two great reviews. Vital Weekly: ‘Shut down Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and go that nice bar around the corner, and have some of this great music, preferably played by Spoelstra, sweating over his equipment. Loud is best, cold beer in your hand, and Spoelstra’s quirky electro beats, chopped up synth lines, bits of noise will do the rest.’ Incendiary Magazine on Spoelstra: ‘I love it, and if you like the oddball, you’ll love it too.’
Incendiary Magazine also reviewed Katadreuffe‘s Quel Gargantua EP: ‘It’s a long time I heard any band so wound up and truculent, to be honest. Fantastic stuff.’
NMFM has a new home. Dutch webzine Eclectro.nl is hosting our audioshows from now on. A new edition, NMFM #4: And Dream Of Bleep, is now online and available as stream and mp3 download. A few months ago we started a new series of NMFM audio shows on the now defunct Dutch site Cut-Up, which recently called it quits after nine years of cultural blogging. We are delighted that Eclectro has given us a new home and we will continue to make cool narrocast audioshows, full of new musical ideas, received demos and interesting links (forced and found) in music. Our columnist Peter Bruyn will continue his great work for our shows as well. Past shows are also available here.
Webzine Eclectro has just presented the outcome of their annual election for best dance track. We’re happy to announce that Garçon Taupe’s Lobo, from Narrominded Split LP#4, found it’s way to the number one spot! It seems to have been quite a rocky road to the end result, so many thanks to everybody who voted for Lobo. You can download the full track for free! Legowelt’s In Dark Trees, taken from our Retro Retry 2 album, made it to a thirteenth place. If you want to hear In Dark Trees, go to VPRO 3voor12′s Luisterpaal, where you can check out the full album in streaming audio.
