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 online dance magazine 365Mag rates Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World 8.5 out of 10. ‘Whereas lots of compilations tend to result in shallow a dime a dozen releases, this one actually takes the listener down an intriguing trip through the depths of electronica in its best form.’ In their review of Split LP #4 the oldest online source for music reviews Vital Weekly says: ‘Garçon Taupe plays rudimentary electro poptunes, that are actually quite nice. He mixes good ol’ fashioned 80s synthi-pop with 90s techno, but in a very playful manner. Legowelt play altogether a somewhat darker tune. Nice tracks too, but not on par with Garçon Taupe.’
We proudly present the fourth installment in our Split LP Series. After abstract electronics, IDM and avant-jazz on the first three editions, both artists on this LP are deeply rooted in electro music. Legowelt explores it’s darker sides in the four atmospheric tracks comprising his Land Rovers in Astrophics EP. Spacy, rocking, obscure and instantly recognizable as Legowelt. Garçon Taupe throws some acid and disco in the mix on his side. Eighties drum machines and heavy basslines pave the way for some rather cheerful and unpretentious melodies on his Wittenburg EP, mixed to tape at Rude 66′s Triple Six Lounge studio. Get ‘em while hey’re hot! Available in our webshop and at Clone.
Online techno radiostation XT3 will present a show about webzine Eclectro tonight. Editor in chief Inge Janse will share some of his favorite electronic music with the listeners, including Narrominded material by Hydrus and Legowelt (check the full playlist here). The show will be broadcasted tonight between 8 and 10 pm and will also be available as a soundcloud on Electro later this week. Eclectro also included our Retro Retry 2 album in a list of tips for getting you through the fall season, you can read that article here.
Yesterday, a Narrominded delegation went to the Record Industry pressing plant in Haarlem to hand over the material for Narrominded Split LP #4: Garçon Taupe / Legowelt. The mastercut is probably chillin’ in some nickelbath as we speak. We expect to release the LP somewhere in the end of October. Meanwhile, you can check out the Garçon Taupe and Legowelt contributions to Retro Retry 2 and go see them both live in Het Patronaat on November 7.
If you pre-order Retro Retry 2 now, the digipack cd will be delivered in your mailbox as soon as it’s out. We offer the pre-order in our webshop with a special discount of 20%! Until the releasedate on October 3, you pay only €8 inside EU, or €10 outside EU for your copy including shipping! Go to the shop. Retro Retry 2 features tracks by FFF, Polycorn, Legowelt, Rude 66, Coen Oscar Polack, Spoelstra, This Is Total War, Garçon Taupe, Nanko, Baba Electronica & DJ Lonely, Hakki Takki, Puin + Hoop, Hunter Complex and Hydrus. More info and previews right here.
With smashing contributions by electro lord Legowelt from dirty brown The Hague and bleep wizard Garçon Taupe from the bourgeois slums of Amsterdam, Narrominded will present the fourth installment in it’s renowned Split LP Series this October. The contributions on this new lp have in common that they are both deeply rooted in electro music, with Legowelt exploring it’s darker and repetitive sides, while Garçon Taupe injects some acid and playfulness into the mix. Both sides of this split lp comprise a whole ep in length. Legowelt’s Land Rovers in Astrophysics EP reveals itself in four full blown spacey tracks, leaning on eerie vocals and grungy electrobeats. Garçon Taupe’s Wittenburg EP delivers five more bangers of acidic disco and 80′s infected computer beats.
Scheduled for release this September: Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World (cd). On this album, 14 artists cover Brian Eno’s Another Green World (1975) in it’s entirety. All participating artists are based in the Netherlands and operate in the field of electronic and electro-acoustic music. We’re proud to announce the full line-up: FFF, Polycorn, Legowelt, Rude 66, Coen Oscar Polack, Spoelstra, This Is Total War, Garçon Taupe, Nanko, Baba Electronica & DJ Lonely, Hakki Takki, Puin + Hoop, Hunter Complex and Hydrus. The artwork will be delivered by the great Willehad Eilers and mastering is done by Alden Tyrell. Click here for the tracklist and a preview of the artwork.
The album is the follow-up to Retro Retry 1: EVOL (2005), on which Sonic Youth’s EVOL was covered by 10 Dutch bands, including Gone Bald, Makazoruki, Pfaff, Fine China Superbone and zZz. The artwork for RR1 was done by Vormversterker. The cd was distributed with That Dam! magazine, which featured an exclusive poem by Lee Ranaldo.
