VPRO’s Radio 6 programme De Wissel devoted an entire show to Brian Eno’s Another Green World last Saturday. Host Aad van Nieuwkerk plays tracks from the original album back to back with interpretations taken off our Retro Retry 2 cd. Meanwhile, he takes us on a walk through Scotland and London, and speaks about the history of the album, about Eno’s working methods, his inspirations and his guest musicians. It’s a very interesting listen, and it’s available in streaming audio on De Wissel’s blog where you can also read more about Another Green World in general and this show in particular (in Dutch).
The British online music magazine Sonomu reviewed Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World: ‘Taken as a whole it’s an admirable effort.’ Belgian music mag Kwadratuur reviewed The Almighty Internet by Spoelstra: ‘A mush of sweet 8-bit melodies.’ Roodkapje (Little Red Riding Hood in English) of the hipster magazine Vice didn’t like the Hunter Complex debut album and named it worst album of the month. Apparently Hunter Complex is not good music to wash dishes to. Too bad. The Here Is the Night EP by Hunter Complex did get a nice review by the Dutch music mag Fret: ‘Typical eighties synthpop of the same level as New Order and He Said.’ Beautiful Extremes, the online radio show by Studio 80, played two tracks from that EP, the album version of Here Is the Night and the Cosmic Manifestation Mix by Garçon Taupe, and the track Day of the System from Spoelstra’s The Almighty Internet. Listen to the fragment of the broadcast on March 23 2010 in the player below.
Beautiful Extremes also played Apparatus Erectus by Spoelstra from The Almighty Internet on March 30 2010. Listen to that fragment in the player below.
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.’
Posted in press | 1 February 2010 | 13:53 | comment
The Dutch magazine Fret reviews three Narrominded releases in their January/February issue. On Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World: ‘This other other green world doesn’t make you happy; hopefully this gloomy undertone isn’t a prediction for the near future. But besides that, this compilation is cool, relaxed, deep and groovy.’ [read more] They were a little less enthousiastic about Slow Country for Old Men by Psychon: ‘A carefully composed diary that never actually gets exciting, but nonetheless is nice to listen to.’ [read more] However, they recommend Korrels by Living Ornaments: ‘A firm and powerful piece of work.’ [read more] Belgian e-zine Kwadratuur is also very excited about Korrels: ‘The two sound doctors behind this project are very talented.’ And last but not least, the radio program Beautiful Extremes again played some Narrominded tracks: Here Is the Night (Another Version by Spoelstra) by Hunter Complex from the Here Is the Night EP and Huppy Capsule by Garçon Taupe from Split LP #4. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on January 19 in the player below.
Posted in press | 21 January 2010 | 14:02 | comment
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.
Two reviews for Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World this week. According to dance magazine DJ Broadcast ‘Another Another Green World is actually a nice way to get introduced to Eno’s work and to check out the original album while your at it. A good idea and well done.’ Festivalinfo says ‘all tracks, maybe except Spoelstra’s, shine with respect for the original version. Still, all artists stay true to their own sound, making this album mainly a good introduction to the fourteen participating acts.’
Posted in press | 16 December 2009 | 14:13 | 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.
