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.
Posted in press | 6 January 2010 | 11:00 | comment
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.
Webzine Eclectro put up their annual election for the best dance track of the year. The smart voting system presents two tracks at a time, so you can check them out and then select the one you prefer. The shortlist (100 tracks) contains two tracks that Narrominded released this year: Legowelt – In Dark Trees (from the Retro Retry 2 cd) and Garçon Taupe – Lobo (from Split LP#4). Go here to check out the tracks & vote!
Posted in news | 24 December 2009 | 14:35 | comment
Split LP #4 and Retro Retry 2 have found their way to some online distro’s. The Split LP’s are available through Clone (NL), Decks (Dld), Rush Hour (NL) and Norman Records (UK). Retro Retry 2 can be found at Decks and Norman Records too. Norman Records also put up reviews for Split LP #4 (‘a Norman Records recommendation, highly infectious and melodic’)  and Retro Retry 2 (‘an interesting concept and done very well!’).
Posted in news | 22 November 2009 | 15:53 | comment
We have added to more releases to Spotify: The Almighty Internet by Spoelstra and Narrominded Split LP Series #4 by Garçon Taupe and Legowelt. To keep up to date with Narrominded releases on Spotify, subscribe to the Narrominded-playlist. To learn more about Spotify, go here.
