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Released on November 19, 2021: WITST NOCH DAT D'R NEAT WIE, the second Frisian-language album by Zea (i.e. Arnold of The Ex: guitar, vocals, electronics). and the successor to the much acclaimed Moarn gean ik dea from 2017. Out on Makkum Records with the Dutch Subroutine Records. Intima …

Released on November 19, 2021: WITST NOCH DAT D'R NEAT WIE, the second Frisian-language album by Zea (i.e. Arnold of The Ex: guitar, vocals, electronics). and the successor to the much acclaimed Moarn gean ik dea from 2017. Out on Makkum Records with the Dutch Subroutine Records. Intimate an …

Nieuw album op Makkum Records en Katzwijm van André van Noord en het heet Godverdomme Godverdomme de liefde Godverdomme de dood. Want dat is waar het om gaat (en lees hieronder waarom). Verkrijgbaar vanaf 17 september op LP, CD, cassette en digitaal. "We ontmoetten elkaar in januari 2014. “I …

TERRIE EX & JAAP BLONK - OZO BONN (cassette by Eh? 117) A few years ago I reviewed a CD by guitarist Terrie Ex and voice artist Jaap Blonk (Vital Weekly 1116). Both are heavyweights when it comes to playing improvised music, anywhere and with anyone. I enjoyed their CD quite a bit, havin …

Re-release on vinyl of our 1983 set of four 7"s, this time as one 12" album. With all the original artwork including A-2 aized poster and 16-page booklet. Out on May 28th. Terrie (guitar), G.W. Sok (vocals), Bas (bass), Sabien (drums), + accordion, double-bass, woodblocks, percussion, noise, pil …

Re-release on vinyl of our 1983 album. Completely like the original version, including the gatefold sleeve and the massive, B-1 sized full-colour poster. Out on May 28th. Terrie (guitar), G.W. Sok (vocals), Bas (bass), Sabien (drums). Recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Neth …

Ayuune Sule: kologo, voice. This is the sound of optimism and hope. Putoo Katare Yire or Wickedness Has No Home, is the title of Ayuune Sule's brand new album translated from Frafra, the language from Ghana's Upper East Region and Ayuune Sule's first language. Ayuune Sule is a master of the Kol …

‘IMPROVISING'. The story of an amazing one-year journey around Africa, by Emma Fischer and Terrie Hessels. 120 pages; some 200 photos; sized square A-4. Published on April 1st (no joke!), 2021. IT IS AVAILABLE NOW! Meanwhile, a message for Dutch customers: het PostNL tarievengedoe is een tikje …

The Daydream Library Series release Angeltalk by Katherina Bornefeld, the drummer of The Ex. Unbeknownst to most, Kat is a practicing sound healer of note and this album is a sonic meditation of spirit music where the mind and body embrace into sentient peace. A beautiful wholly other experience of …

Even in the wildly eclectic ICP catalog, this 66th release stands out. Absent are the ‘3 T’s’ (Tristan Honsinger, Tobias Delius, Thomas Heberer); instead, you get familiar guests (Joris Roelofs and Terrie Ex) and the musical direction of ICP co-founder Han Bennink. And then there is the setting: Le …

Minimal Guitars will be released on January 8th, 2021. PRE-ORDERING IS POSSIBLE STARTING DECEMBER 21ST! On the first Monday after the summer holidays of soso year 2020 Arnold decided to not start the morning with a pile of emails about canceled, rescheduled or possible concerts but instead wal …

Andy Moor (electric guitar) and Yannis Kyriakides (computer & synths) A selection of the sessions recorded at Xavier Veilhan's Studio Venezia, Venice Biennale 2017. "In 2017 Xavier Veilhan invited us to take part in his ‘Studio Venezia’ at the French pavilion for the 57th Venice Art Bienna …

Music for Safe Piece is the result of an artistic experiment that lasted for four years, where Andy Moor was creating a live soundscape for a performance of a unique nature. Choreographer Valentina Campora has created a series of semi-private events where she and Moor, new parents of a baby boy, wer …

FINALLY!!! Re-released on vinyl after almost 40 years! Out on September 25th, 2020, in collaboration with Superior Viaduct USA. "Originally released in 1982, History Is What's Happening features one of the most harrowing title/cover art combinations in recent memory. What at first glance looks li …

FINALLY!!! Re-released on vinyl after 40 years! Out on September 25th, 2020, in collaboration with Superior Viaduct USA. "Disturbing Domestic Peace, The Ex's debut album, appeared mere months after their first single, 1980's All Corspes Smell The Same. Originally released on the band's own Verrec …

The first 12" album on vinyl by Amsterdam/Rotterdam based Zoikle, featuring Lukas Simonis (guitar) and G.W. Sok (voice). A co-release by Tractor Notown (NOT 11) and Red Wig (RW 045). Album contains 14 tracks and includes free download code. PRE-ORDERS are possible NOW. Album is available starting …

The Ex met Kurdish singer Brader Mûsîkî in 1991and asked him, after seeing him play, for the ‘6.Series’. Brader with The Ex as backing band became “6.2“: “Millîtan” and “Cemê Rynê”, plus a booklet with extensive Kurdish history. Between 1991-1993 they did some concerts together... Then, after more t …

Oscar Jan Hoogland (Amsterdam, 1983) is the sound of Amsterdam incarnated. He plays the concert hall, the jazz venues, the rock ’n’ roll bars, the theatres, the art lofts and the underground basements. He is an instant composer, pianist and inventor of his own instrument by putting a clavichord on 2 …

Sytse J. van Essen - guitar Fritz de Jong - drums, vocals Peter Sijbenga - bass, vocals, electronics Habt keine Angst || Net bang wêze no || Don't be afraid now Even before they would become a disruptive force on the Dutch rock scene, with their albums Wil Met U Neuken and Moddergat, …

Somewhere during the early lockdown days of 2020, G.W. Sok had been nominated on Facebook by M. Self (a.k.a. Uno Hoo) to post 45 record-sleeves in 45 days that are very important to him. One record a day with(out) an explanation. And best of all: there was no worry that he would nominate anybody els …