Rinske van Popta - School Audition Demo (1999)

Note: ’Lame Art’ bassplayer and singer Rinske wanted to enter a school in Hilversum, which trained people in the fields of Music, Production and Management. To get there, she needed a demo and asked me to help her making one. I agreed and we set to work between December 14th 1998 – January 11th 1999. We recorded at the radio studio, my place and her bedroom, to produce three different tracks: a studio, a sampled and an improvised one. After these sessions a live recording of ‘Smart’, a band she doubled with, was added to the demo and send in. She made it and started her education september 1999, dropping out 10 months later, as she got fed up with 4 months of producing Sinusses on a computer.

Recorded: December 14th 1998, ‘Gouwestad Radio’ Studio 1, Gouda.
Track: Catch The Sun (Acoustic).
Note: after recording the basics of the song on a reel taperecorder, this was fed through the mixing desk again, with Rinske adding a second guitarline. This was recorded onto minidisc. The undubbed version has survived as well.

Recorded: December 16th 1998 – January 8th 1999, Leo’s appartment, Gouda.
Track: Silly Mix.
Note: a simple, but effective cut’n’paste piece of work, adding various samples and rhythms to a full track. Masterminded by Rinske and engineered and produced by Leo. It wasn’t great, but enough to convince the teachers.


recorded: January 11h 1999, Home recording, Gouda.
Track: Jembé Jam.
Note: recorded live in her bedroom, with help from her friend Lenneke on Djembé. Initial idea, using flutes, was abandonned as they couldn’t stop laughing. Two takes were taped, after which a big crack was discovered in the ceiling of the livingroom.