zondag 26 augustus 2012

Snoeshaen, 'Live On Air', Friday August 24th 2012.

Snoeshaen (Moordrecht/Gouda/Haastrecht), live on air.
Recorded: August 24th 2012, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Nothing Real/Bliss Or Oblivion/Az Sek Nam Pravo Vrati/What We Are/Shades Of Blue.

Note: when success didn’t come for Bluesrockers ‘Darling Rooster’, the singer initially pulled the plug. But it kept on itching, so they reunited, varying from an acoustic three-piece to a full blown 6-headed band. To celebrate the upcoming pregnancy-leave from new addition Saskia, they invited themselves to the show for a chat and 5 beautifull acoustic tracks. No need to tell thew studio was stuffed with 6 musicians, a keyboard, two acoustic guitars, an electric bass, a Cajun and a small amp inbetween scattered mikes. But as they “still can be hilarious”, we’ve had a great time.

Out Alive, 'Live On Air' Friday June 29th 2012.

Out Alive (Zoetermeer/The Hague), live on air.
Recorded: June 29th 2012, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Start Again/Out Of My Head/Being Lost.

Note: Winner of the 2012 edition of ‘Grote Prijs van het Groene Hart’ contest, co-organized by ‘Plug Unit’, so therefor invited to appear in a ‘Doorgeplugd’ episode. Young enthousiastic band, who know what they want. Played three nice acoustic tracks, with powerfull vocals. Slightly chaotic technical lay-out, as the band came in the studio after kickoff, due to traffic jams and parking at the outer end of center.

zaterdag 11 augustus 2012

Oskoed Slotters 'Live On Air', Friday June 22nd 2012.

Oskoed Slotters (Moordrecht/Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: June 22nd 2012, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Go To Rehab/Unfair/This Girl.

Note: Grandly chaotic Punkrockband with members of bands like ‘John Swallah’, ‘The Mondegreens’ and ‘Sabotage’ (all the same people incidentally), telling more about their freshly released EP. They also played some kind of ‘Campfire Punk’-set in a slightly chaotic show.

Johnny Dowd (USA) 'In Session', Sunday May 6th 2012.

Johnny Dowd (USA), In Session.
Recorded: May 6th 2012, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: Emily-Merryl/Drunk/Betty/Candy.

. US Alternative Si-So Johnny Dowd entered the studio late afternoon with a minimalistic set of guitar, keyboard, kick, snare and vocal, to do a session and an interview, while touring his latest 2012 album ‘No Regrets’. All played over a single amp, the atrmosphere was slightly tensed at first, but in the end both the session and the interview were great. 'Drunk' was jokingly dedicated to the people of Gouda, as beer goes so well with cheese. After wrapping up, we went for a spicy meal at the local Indian restaurant, to chat some more. Great people!

Blind Justice 'In Session', Sunday April 29th 2012.

Blind Justice (Moordrecht/Rotterdam/Woerden), In Session.
Recorded: April 29th 2012, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: Second Me/Breathe/Stuck In My Mind/Brainless///?

. Because annual pre-‘Queensday’ musicnight had one of it’s worst line-ups ever, I decided to cause some better digestible mayhem myself and invited Metal-veterans ‘Blind Justice’ in for a session and an interview. Despite the recorder necessary to do the session being taken by a ‘collegue’, the session started withy the usual warming up. During this trhe band encountered monitoring problems and decided to do backing tracks only. They did 8 tracks in 23 takes and the best ones were processed for additional vocal overdubs. Which were done in the Singer’s studio between May 4-10, resulting in a neat collection of session tracks/pre-productions.

Klerkx & The Secret 'Live On Air', April 20th 2012.

Klerkx & The Secret (Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: April 20th 2012, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Island/Final Desire/21 Seasons.

Note: to promote his album ‘Final Desire’, released the day before at ‘Paradiso’ Amsterdam, ‘Moke’-drummer Rob Klerkx dropped into the program with Jaromir Fernig and Herman Wilken, all on guitars, after partly defeating evening traffic. Despite coming in the studio halfway the show, we had a great interview and the trio did three great new tracks live.

Malignity 'Live On Air', Friday March 30th 2012

Malignity (Woerden/Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: March 30th 2012, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: The Promise.

Note: Deathmetalband, recording at ‘Doorgeplugd’-partner ‘Plug Unit’ from Reeuwijk, dropped by for a chat and a spin of their new EP ‘The Promise’. As an extra bonus, they played an acoustic grunted version of the title track. Never done before, but grandly executed!

Zanggroep Nieuwe Gouwe 'Live On Air', Friday March 23rd 2012

Zanggroep Nieuwe Gouwe (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: March 23rd 2012, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Because/Because (Retuned)/Hallelujah.

Note: Vocal group which includes half ‘Darling Rooster’, the vocalist of ‘Dark Remains’ and a rapper, squeezed themselves in shrunken shape into the studio for an interview and some livetracks. Despite having good results few days before, their first attempt on ‘Because’ didn’t land too well, so they tried a second, shorter go after that. Concludinbg a nice and animated interview, they had their go on Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, with much better results.