Gouda Underground Station

Vromannacht, Friday September 16th 2011.

2011-09-19T12:40:00.000-07:00

Vromannacht, 2-track recorded.
Friday September 16th 2011, ’Openbare Bibliotheek’ Spieringstraat, Gouda.
Note: 7th edition of local annual festival to honour Gouda born poet Leo Vroman, now living in New York. Local schooltalents and bands that are more up to the ladder perform a mixture of sets, comprised of covers and self-written material. Collegues from the station were asked to get this edition aired live on the station, so they came to me with the request to incorporate my airtime with this broadcast. I agreeed and helped out presenting, interviewing and, as it turned out, troubleshooting. This merely concerned soundmen, unwilling to coöperate. Firstly they refused to give us the negotiated submix and tried to make us agree on the lesser air-quality PA-mix, which I refused to accept. We got our submix, but of somewhat strange balance and configuration. Which turned out okay on the radio, as the intended stereo internet connection blew and we had to switch back to the backup mono transmitter. After that things run smooth, untill the ‘Handsome Poets’ soundman decided to cut us off. Despite protests from us and even the organising team, he persisted. So I called the management, explained the situation and got the signal promised. After being texted by the manager, the soundman opened up the channel again and we could air the second part of the set anyway. Two dark spots on a more than pleasant radionight.

Tracks:Central Blue Band-Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)-Live This Life (Part)/Goudse Waarden Band-Killing In The Name Of (RATM)(Part)/Lenette, Jorik, Jake, Daniël & Jip-Nobody’s Wife (Anouk)/Micha-I Wished/Jaimy van Vliet-I’ll Be Fine (Snippet)/School’s Out-Dancing Shoes (Arctic Monkeys)-Feeling Good (Muse)- (Snippet)-Beggin’ (Madcon)- Are You Gonna Be My Boy (Jet)/Marith van Dijk-Hold Your Hand Forever (Snippet)/Emily, Louise & Band-Son Of A Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)(Part)- Because Of The Beat (Part)/Sophie van Diest-Someone Like You (Adèle)/Antonius Huisband-Wicked Way-Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Im Yours (Stevie Wonder)-I Can Count On You-Time Won’t Wait.
Note: a selection of schoolbands and solo-artists from secondairy Schools from Gouda, playing a mix of covers and some self-penned songs. Notable names are Micha, Jaimy van Vliet and Marith van Dijk.

Skin Filtr8r (Gouda).
Tracks:
Note:Spoken Word/Performance-artist Rik van Zutphen, who used to be vocalist of Hiphop-Jazz-Soul outfit ‘Vorm’, finalist of the 2000 edition of ‘Grote Prijs van Nederland’. Using laptops, beamers and samples, he created an electro-like set of unknown titled tracks.

Nancy Brick (Delft/Gouda)
Tracks:The Mountain/Pirate’s Ocean/The Road/Turner/Green
Note: former ‘Corbelijn’ members Ron Valeri and Rieneke Batelaan requested to perform inside the café next to the library, instead of getting on stage. This, to keep the serenity and fragile character of their music more intact and to create a more cosy livingroom feel. They settled in front of the radio-unit and played a short, fully acoustic set in front of an audience, partly seated on the floor. Two mikes were used to pick up their set and to air it. The recordings come from the original broadcast, instead of the direct PA-signal used to record the night.

Eefje de Visser (Utrecht)
Tracks:Schip/De Stad/Trein/Ik Dacht Na/De Koek/Hartslag/Genoeg/Afdwaalt
Note: Eefje, a veteran when it comes to playing this festival, returned for this seventh edition with her full band for an intriguing set. Despite some missed notes and becoming overwhelmed by coughing during ‘Genoeg’, she mesmerized many.

Gras (Utrecht)
Tracks:Vriendin/Misschien/Vliegtuig Van Papier/Dat Zal ‘Leren/Hij Gaat/Het Einde
Note: Gouda originating Desiree Coumans formed a Dutch languaged Singer Songwriter-duo with Erwin Tuijl by the end of her Conservatory study and came to perform here, augmented by two members of her other band ‘Nona’. By the time they started the volumes had been turned up so high, the signals came in crackling, destroying most of the recordings by overload-fuzz. All that is left useable, is the mono recording of the broadcast itself.

Rick (Gouda).
Track:Freestyle.
Note: impromptu performance right after the ‘Gras’ performance to kill some time and to fill the gap between their performance and that of headliner ‘Handsome Poets’. Exploding effects, due to incoming overloaded signals, so unsuitable for broadcast. Also not included in the broadcast.

Handsome Poets (Utrecht)
Tracks:(We Can’t Be) Saints (Part)/Call Back Tomorrow)/Blinded/Dance (The War Is Over)

Note: started in Gouda as a Gospel/Praise unit, but decided to turn more worldly in the summer of 2008. With great effort, as they not only won ‘3FM Serious Talent’ Award in april 2011, but also scoring a string of hits. Performed the more important fesivals during summer and came here for a headlining gig cut short for time reasons. The start of the gig wasn’t broadcasted, as the technician decided the show wasn’t to be broadcasted, despite agreements with the management. A short phonecall to the manager resulted in the second part of the set to be aired, missing the first three tracks. As we were not allowed to record the gig, no recordings do exist. A fan however, provided us with the setlist, so we can tell you, which songs were broadcast.

Goudsche Courant Music Live Awards 2004, Thursday October 28th 2004.

2011-09-16T00:37:00.000-07:00

AD Music Awards 2005 (Gouda, Waddinxveen/Schoonhoven), 2-track Recorded.
Thursday October 28th 2004, 'Schouwburg' Gouda.
Tracks: Jan, Tim & Mixed Up-Mixed Up/Iesja Westerbeek-Everything Hurts/Teun van Schijndel-I Wish/Golden Values (Tabitha Kraaijeveld, Tim van Esch, Gerard Trouborst, Peter van Dijk, Robbert Deurlo & Joost Overwater)-Into The Light/Kirsten-Kippen/Prakatavran-Prakatavran/Temporary (Sanne, Hiske, Eefje de Visserm Stijn Donders, Marco Wiersema,Jasper ??)-Good Girl (a.k.a. Things I Do)/Joshua & Nils- My All In All+The Gladiator/Vocal Group & Big Band Willem de Zwijger-Ease On Down The Road+A Brand New Day/Huisband-Laat Het Vanavond Gebeuren/Rianne, Janice Warmerdam & Maarten-The Reason Why/Farnham Choir-You’re The Voice/Steven feat Vocal Group & Big Band Willem de Zwijger-Music/Simply Complicated (Lisanne, Charlotte, Dolf Bekker & Jasper Zuidervaart)-I Alone/Desiree Coumans, Tyshanti de Jonge & John de Heij-I Gave My World/All-We Are Family.
Notes: Second regional musical contest for students from secondary schools in the area, organized as part of promotional activities to boost up the amount of (young) readers for regional daily newspaper ‘Goudsche Courant’. Acts from 6 schools sang, danced or played classical music to win a prize. Desiree Coumans won. This line-up featured two future members of later hitmakers ‘Handsome Poets’, as well as other young talents, later to emerge as Singer-Songwriters.
These recordings were first aired Friday November 5th by 'Going Underground' and 'Why You', skipping the dance-acts, as these simply don't have any succes on radio, unfortunately.

AD Music Awards 2005, October 27th 2005.

2011-09-15T23:18:00.000-07:00

AD Music Awards 2005 (Gouda, Waddinxveen/Schoonhoven), 2-track Recorded.
Thursday October 27th 2005, 'Schouwburg' Gouda.
Tracks: de Band van Goed Geklede Amusementsartiesten-Jolanda Osinga & jill Zwanenburg-The Explosion Of A Dance/Me & My Sister-Mamma/Sebastiaan Molenaar, JuliettePoulisse, Laurens Olijve, Ruben Trouborst & Jurre Lammertse-Feelin’ Good/Suzanne Prince vander Aa-Underneath Your Clothes/Schoonhovens College-Streetdance Mix/Xandra Roukes, Nils de Hoog & Jeroen Vlieger-Vrede/Anne Marleen de Jong & Mima Makatita-Dance Explosion/Fleur van Wollingen, Liset van der Glas, Eeke van der Vet, Rosan van der Glas & Ixia Verdooren-Just Struttin’ Along/Sandrine Gütz-Taken By The Sea/The Delicate Sound Of Thunder (Anne-Wil Donders, Stefan Mandersloot, Dolf Bekker, Nils Davidse & Jasper Zuidervaart)-How Come You Don’t Love Me Anymore/Krista Visser & Jeroen Spetter- Faith/Kim Danens & Anne-Fay Kops-Let Me Clear My Throath/Desiree Coumans-Died Chase/Me & My Sister-Mamma.
Notes: Third and final regional musical contest for students from secondary schools in the area, organized as part of promotional activities to boost up the amount of (young) readers for regional daily newspaper AD-Groene Hart. Acts from 6 schools sang, danced or played classical music to win a prize. 'Me & My Sister' won. This line-up featured two more future members of later hitmakers ‘Handsome Poets’, as well as other young talents, later to emerge as Singer-Songwriters. This edition nearly didn’t happen as the newspaper that initiated the previous two editions and also okay-ed this third edition, was taken over by another newspaper, which didn’t like the idea. Since production had already started, cancelling the event would have costed the same amount of money as executing the plan, so the choice was quite obviously simply. Alas this did mean the event to stop after this edition.
These recordings were first aired Friday October 28th by 'Going Underground' and 'Why You', skipping the dance-acts, as these simply don't have any succes on radio, unfortunately.

Vera, Friday September 9th 2011.

2011-09-10T13:29:00.001-07:00

Vera (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: September 9th2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Lazy People/Kiss & Tell/Bubbles & Bones

Note: To promote her second album ‘Bubbles & Bones’ (releasedate Sept 19th 2011), Vera and Peter dropped by for a third interview and beautifull liveset with acoustic guitar, upright bass and vocals. Concentrated and singing with closed eyes, they performed three songs from the album, inbetween trying to refill the parking meter. This didn’t happen, as it was the annual ‘Goudse Singel Run’, which meant the studio was isolated by 2200 running people from the rest of the market square. Fortunately the meter maids were watching the runners, instead of writing tickets.

Nancy Brick, Friday September 2nd 2011.

2011-09-04T06:02:00.000-07:00

Nancy Brick (Gouda/Delft), live on air.
Recorded: September 2nd 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: The Mountain/Pirate’s Ocean/The Road

Note: Risen from the ashes of ‘Corbelijn’, guitarist Ron Valeri and vocalist Rieneke Batelaan (a.k.a. Amie Maranth, a.k.a. Pien) decided to continue playing as a duo. For over a year they wrote their serene, slightly moody and fragile songs, occasionally playing a livingroom set, to see if tjings work. This night they kicked off trheir official string of performances, with an interview and three small songs, with just an acoustic guitar and a single voice.

Volhardt, Friday August 26th 2011.

2011-09-04T06:01:00.000-07:00

Volhardt (Bodegraven), live on air.
Recorded: August 26th 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Jij Hoort Bij Mij/Ga Zoek En Beleef/Iedereen Is Van De Wereld

Note: Ofcourse you need to check your gear, especially when others use it as. On the other hand, rule number one is to leave the radiostudio fully functioning, the way you found it, when you came in. Alas, rushing times, so when the show was already running, I discovered a previous user switched of 5 of 6 mike-channels in use, by switching off tipswitches no one had ever used before. Panic and mayhem, but we regripped ourselves during the second attempt of ‘Jij Hoort Bij Mij’, ending the night with quite a nice set of harmony vocals over an acoustic guitar by this Dutch languaged rockband, that is gradualy, but certainly climbing the stairs of succes.

Drugsmokkel, Saturday September 3rd 2011.

2011-09-04T05:59:00.000-07:00

Drugsmokkel (Rotterdam/Gouda), 2-track recorded.
Saturday September 3rd 2011, 'de Gonz' Gouda.
Tracks: Intro/Dope Sucks/Let’s Go/Disco Rock ‘n’ Roll/Drive In Liquor Store/9 To 5/Rock ‘n’ Roll Baby/Swingin’ In The Discolights/Paranoia Of Life/Rock ‘n’Roll Junkie/Live For Rock ‘n’ Roll/Drugsmokkel/Joules De La Tourette/Rocking Class Heroes/I Was Made For Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Note: Somewhat chaotic Punk ‘n’ Roll-trio, playing on a 4 band night. As usual, there were problems with the bassguitar, but all in all the set was recorded neatly. The band themselves had grown, as they seem to do with every gig.

Klerkx & The Secret, Friday January 21st 2011.

2011-09-04T05:48:00.000-07:00

Klerkx & The Secret (Amsterdam), 2-Track recorded.
Fridayday January 21st 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: People/Back To The Sun/King Of Kings/Lost Love Generation

Note: As the band had live-commitments that night, they dropped by in the early afternoon for an interview and 4 steaming acoustic live tracks from his then forthcoming second CD ‘Undertones’, broadcasted later that night. Klerkx & The Secret were this session Rob Klerkx (Voc/Guitar), Jaromir Fernig (Slide and electric Guitar) and Gideon Ferrero (Acoustic bass). After celebrating Rob’s 40th birthday with pie and non alcoholic bubbles, we set to work and recorded everything in a single take, with the band recording a brandnew track as well.

Theo Sieben, Friday June 17th 2011.

2011-07-16T02:15:00.000-07:00

Theo Sieben (Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: June 17th 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Untill Grass/Sunny Satellite/Sound Of The Stone

Note: Amsterdam Singer-Songwriter, guitarist, composer and session musician, who’s been working with names like Klerkx & The Secret, Paulusma, Alex van Warmerdam etc. Heavily influenced by Appalachean folk and Americana, he came to the show for a chat on his then recently released solo album ‘Untill Grass’. Brought along violinist/singer Judith Kolen, to perform three songs inbetween running to the parking meter for a refill. Didn’t feel we connected totally during the interview, but in the end we were all happy with both interview and liveset.

Jessie Galante (USA), Thursday June 2nd 2011.

2011-07-16T02:13:00.000-07:00

Jessie Galante (New York City), 2-Track recorded.
Thursday June 2nd 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: Spitfire/Go On, Rain On Me
Note: Very soulfull Rocking lady dropped by for an acoustic session and interview and to shoot some material for a documentary on her meeting local musicians, while being on the road. Very spirited interview, which was augmented by Dutch guitarist/musical partner Koen Wolters. For unknown reasons the recordings crackle a bit. Before recording, the guitarist and cameraman (Lawrence Swist), tried to connect a small reverb device, to add some effect on the vocals, but decided to call it a day, as it needed way too much recabling the studio, for just this session. Great performances and a firy interview though.

Boring Pop, Friday April 1st 2011.

2011-07-16T02:10:00.000-07:00

Boring Pop (Rotterdam area), live on air.
Recorded: April 1st 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: The Man Upstairs/What He Likes/A Doll/ Black Lines/Flies In The Kitchen

Note: Lighthearted pop by (former) ‘Yoshimi’ guitarist and drummer, with harmony vocals and lighthearted melodies. Lyrical a bit more grimm at points though. Nice guys, which meant a great time on and around airtime.

'Ouwe Gouwe' Festival, April 17th 2010.

2011-03-14T15:04:00.000-07:00

’Ouwe Gouwe’ Festival 2-track recorded.
Saturday April 17th 2010, ‘So What’ Gouda.
Note: A new, indoor festival, mixing young new bands with more experienced ones and some briefly reüniting for the occasion. I made kind of experimental live-recordings, using a new mixing desk to make my own mix of the unprocessed 14 lines with sounds from the stageblock and recording it on a Flashrecorder directly. Although not perfect, it gave quite usable results. Despite strange things happening, like two signals coming from 4 different lines. Or not at all!! Which meant ‘Plugging by chance’ with every new set! Challenging and frustrating at the same time.

Slice (Of Merlin) (Gouda/Bodegraven/Rotterdam/Oudewater), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Flying Pig/Beware/Boring Day/Roots Under My Feet/Heart Of Darkness/Extatum (Part)/Soft As Water.
Note: One of the local legends, mixing influences like ‘The Doors’ and old ‘Pink Floyd’ to a melodic, multi-layered and inventive sound. Considered by many as their ‘Comeback’-gig, it turned out to be their one-but-last! To the amazement of many, including myself, they announced their swansong for June 4th during this performance. Which got postponed, as their guitarist broke his wrist three days prior to that. Their final, sold out gig was on Saturday November 6th 2010 in local club ‘De Gonz’. ‘Extatum’ was only partially recorded, as their set lasted longer than the space on my flashcard, used for this gig.

Kelvin (Gouda), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Running Away.
Note: New band from ‘Sportclub De Volharding’ guitarist. Recorded one track only, because I had shortage of memory to get every note by every band. Regrettably.

Quip! (Gouda/Haastrecht/Waddinxveen), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Try My Friends/Too Much Of A Bad Thing/Last Time Bright/Lost In Life.
Note: Shortlived reunion of this Blues-infused slightly psychedelic Rockband, done for the occasion of this festival. Great to see them back on stage for one more time.

Horizon (Gouda/Reeuwijk/Boskoop), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Screaming Out Loud/Can’t You See/Lifestyle.
Note: Information provided to me announced them as a youg coverband, who turned out to play female fronted Rocky pop with some self-penned songs. I captured 2,5 track, after fighting ‘disappeared’ lines, resulting in one of the voices not being fully audible.

Usual Suspects (Gouda), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Return A Favour/You Can’t Hold Me/I Don’t Know/Runaway/Victim.
Note: Young Rocking Punkband, making their first proper stage-performance.

Slang Dang (Gouda/Reeuwijk/Bodegraven), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Alone/Love/Slang Dang Fever/Café/Hell Of A Party.
Note: Another band that reunited for the festival. Mainly rehearsed drinking beer (as rumour goes), the set was somewhat loose, but nevertheless one of the highlights of this day in my opinion. Truly great to see them back playing their Metalized Funky Bluesrock on stage, since they decided to give it another go after this gig.

Summer Breeze Project (Gouda/Rotterdam/Utrecht/Amsterdam), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Power/In The Meantime/Omerta/Goin’ Down/Master & Servant/PTSD.
Note: Ambitious and quite successful Prog-rockband from the area, played a short, but intense and very concentrated set.

Eve Of Dawn (Gouda/Haastrecht), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: /Welfare State/Unapproachable/Frightened.
Note: Another band that reformed for the festival and decided to give it another go. They played some New Wave infused Alternative Rock.After splitting up in 1995, members emerged in bands like ‘Velvet Lane’, ‘Quip!’ and ‘Mother Of Pearl’. Guitarist Wilbert van Straten used to be a classmate in Secondairy School and had to give up guitarplaying early 1997 due to RSI. But this day he was there again!

Flowdown (Gouda/Bodegraven/Rotterdam/Oudewater), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Another Day/Flying.
Note: Nu-Metallish Grungeband that came to the scene in the early 90’s under the name ‘Conquistador!’. Nearly everything changed from line-up to genre, except for the guitarist. I was only able to record the firstst two tracks of their set, as one of the memorycards used to store the recordings, ran out of space. Alas.

Ammocave (Gouda), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Magic Anger Blender/Stronger Stuff/Answers/Face The New Moon.
Note: Sort of ‘Comeback’-gig, after being inactive for quite some time, due to several changes of frontmen in the years past. Slightly loose, though reasonable convincing set by the band of one of the Festivals’ instigators!

Poultry (Bodegraven/Reeuwijk/Gouda), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Hypocrite/My Friends/Speak Up/Responsability/High Standards/College Years/Kiss Of Betrayal..
Note: Steaming hometown gig by this Punkrock outfit, that’s got their EP out in Japan on a local label. Aired few new tracks that night and served as a perfect warmup for headliner ‘Blind Justice’.

Blind Justice (Rotterdam), 2-track recorded.
Tracks: Intro/Stuck In My Mind/Weazel/Brainless/Life Is Bitter/Boulder/Cage Of Fear/Social Failure/Breathe/In Exuilibrium/Are You Different?.
Note: Farewell-gig by this ‘legendary’ Gouda originating Metalband, that started off as a schoolband and made it it to major stages, festivals and TV-shows, both under their own moniker, as in a package with Dutch languaged Hiphop-pioneers ‘Osdorp Posse’. They once appeared on an international Metal-sampler with ‘little known’ bands as ‘Sepultura’! Leaving the ‘bass-in-a-box’ at home, singer/guitarist Attila Szabo switched to bassguitar for the occasion. Playing songs from throughout their career, they said closed the BJ-book, to start writing a new one under the name ‘3AM’ (‘Three Angry Men’). As I ran out of memorycards, the last 40 seconds of ‘Are You Different?’are missing. Alas!

dB Band ('In Session'), Monday February 28th 2011

2011-03-01T04:11:00.000-08:00

dB Band (Oxford, UK), 2-Track & 4-Track recorded.
Monday February 28th 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks:
Stranger In The Alps (Tk 1-4)/Dreams (Tk 1-3)/Stranger In The Alps (Tk 5-6)/5 A Day (Tk 1-4)/Stranger In The Alps (Tk 7)/Up In Smoke (Tk 1)/Dreams (Tk 4)/5 A Day (Tk 5-7)/Bus Stop Shuffle (Tk 1-5)/Up In smoke (Tk 2)/Dreams (Overdubs Tk 1-3)/Interview

Note:
‘dB Band’ are Mick Quinn, Paul ‘Fab’ Wilson and Mikey D Smith from Oxford, England. Being very excited to have a former member of longtime favourites ‘Supergrass’ in the studio for a session, I was disappointed in turning sick the night prior to the session, leaving me tired and a bit dreary. Which led to problems with the vocalmix from the start untill about halfway through the session.

Right after an early appearance on Amsterdam based ‘English Breakfast Radio’, the band arrived knackered at the studio by 10:30 AM. Having skipped the night before, after a short, festive night the day before that, energy was scarce and moods swinging. Takes 1 and 3 of ‘Stranger’ were breakdowns, while others suffered from difficulties in soundlevels. Take 7 was deemed best.

Take 1 of ‘Dreams’ was already in progress, when the record-button got pressed. For the other takes recording switched from Marantz P660 Flashrecorder to good ‘ole Tascam 440 Portastudio, cassettebased. Take 2 broke down, Take 3 had the lead vocals drowned in the overall sound, while the backing vocals were too prominent. Take 4 got second vocals on track three, in addition to the basic track taped live onto tracks 1 and 2. Takes 2, 4 and 5 of ‘5 A Day’ broke down, before problems with the livemix were solved by re-levelling the vocals.

After a break and an unrecorded jam with Mick on drums, the session was picked up by ‘Up In Smoke’, whick lacked it’s first two minutes, as the band started to play unannounced during technical maintenance. Take 1 of ‘Bus Stop Shuffle’ broke down, while Take 3 was a loose runthrough, in which the band focussed on some adjustments. The other takes were dissatisfactory to the band, untill Take 6 came out as best one. A 25 minute full band interview concluded this 7 hour session-day. Few hours later, while transferring the session from the recorder to my computer, I mixed ‘Dreams’ at home in a single take.

Darling Rooster 'Live On Air, Friday January 14th 2011.'

2011-01-20T06:27:00.000-08:00

Darling Rooster (Moordrecht/Gouda/Haastrecht), live on air.
Recorded: January 14th 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: It’s All Been Done Before/Recipe For Happiness/Cutting The Tree/As Zek Nam

Note: 10 days before theior sort of headlining gig during a festival on Nationwide station ‘Kink FM’ in the main hall of Amsterdam ‘Paradiso’, the band dropped by the show for it’s first visit in 6 years.The band was late and for some reason I got the impression details talked over quite clearly hadn’t come in clearly. I wasn’t in the best of moods either, making the entry of the band not the smoothest. Soundchecking during the first track, made this one useless for furtherre-broadcasting, but tension flushed and we had a pleasant talk and continued live-set from that point on. Making clear to me, the band had grown incredible since their last visit. During the show, they aired a brandnew track, written and not at all finished over the previous 6 days. Closing tune was their interpretation of a Czech folktune, they picked up while touring in Czech Republic, the country leadsinger Petr Hora originates from.

Eefje 'In Session', Thursday January 6th 2011.

2011-01-20T06:25:00.000-08:00

Eefje de Visser (Utrecht), 2-Track recorded.
Thursday January 6th 2011, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: Afdwaalt (Soudcheck)/Afdwaalt/Genoeg/Trein (TK 1-4)/Ik Dacht Na (TK 1-4)/Interview/ Opening TV Interview

Note: The second radio session in 8 years from ‘Grote Prijs’-winner Eefje de Visser, the day before she released both her debut-CD ‘De Koek’ and her band to the world. This session was also filmed for local TV with two camera’s and aired Jan 23rd – 29th 2011. Supported by ‘Most Unpleasant Men’-members Jelte Heeringa (glockenspiel, harmonium, vocals, percussion) and Joni Scholten (bas, vocals), she played a relaxed, joyfull session. ‘Afdwaalt’ (Wandering off), was recorded as a balance and configuration-check first, after which it took one take only, to get it done. ‘Genoeg’ (Enough) was taped in a single session too. After rehearsing chorusses, laughter crept in, so the first two takes of ‘Trein’ (Train) crashed due to that. The third take was stopped to adjust guitar levels, after which take 4 went okay. ‘ik Dacht Na’ ( I Was Wondering) crashed at it’s first go, while the second one was finished but abandonned, as Eefje forgot some words at a crucial point. Before the third take, I put a second mike to the harmonium, making it a stereo signal. After adjusting the mix, the third take run out, but unsatisfactoring as well, so the 4th and final take followed.
After the session was a wrap, I interviewed her for my show, with camera’s rolling simultaneously. After ending the talk at 27,5 minutes, one of the cameramen sighed “We don’t have that long on TV, you realise that”. Final take was an opening shot of me glancing in the camera and asking a first, starting question to Eefje for TV-purposes.

21 Eyes Of Ruby, 'Live On Air' November 12th 2010.

2010-11-17T06:37:00.000-08:00

21 Eyes Of Ruby (Maastricht), live on air.
Recorded: November 12th 2010. Studio 2.
Tracks: The Fountain, The Fight & The Flood/Break The Chains/Untill The End.

Note: Just one of these days, you get the feeling you shouldn’t have left bed! The band arrived in time and started offloading way too much stuff, to fit in the studio properly, to make a nice mix. Having hjad a bad day@ work, I sort of freaked out silently, obscuring my thinking. The band set up gear nevertheless and together we were able to make a reasonable mono signal for the show. While playing the first song, I managed to include two more ambiant mikes to the mix, seriously enhancing the overall sound quality to some kind of stereophonic sound. The set went well, as did the interview. After the show I helped upload their vstuff again, but alas forgot something. So now I’m stuck with their drumset-rug!

Lame Art, June 10th 1999.

2010-11-09T05:22:00.000-08:00

Lame Art (Gouda, Waddinxveen), 4 track recorded.
June 10th 1999, ‘Plug Unit’, Reeuwijk.
Tracks: After The Bomb/Disfiction/True Love Regardless/Catch The Sun/New Substance Of Music/Co-9Note: After an intense year of gigging and passing exams, the band was recorded in the rehearsalroom, to catch new material, while being at their peak. The session never got aired, though ‘Disfiction’ made it to a local compilstion.

Six Of Seven, June 6th 1999.

2010-11-09T05:21:00.000-08:00

Six Of Seven (Gouda), 4 track recorded.
Sunday June 6th une 1999, ‘De Spoel’ Community center, Gouda.
Tracks: Four unknown tracksNote: Coverband from the Popworkshops. As the bassplayer was absent, the recordings needed an additional session to dub bass, but as ‘Cords’ member Yuko accidentally poured beer into the recorder the following friday, the session was delayed and the band split up, before repairs got finished.

Little Wing, June 6th 1999.

2010-11-09T05:20:00.000-08:00

Little Wing (Gouda/Moordrecht), 4 track recorded.
Sunday June 6th 1999, ‘De Spoel’ Community center, Gouda.
Tracks:
Holy Life/Ready To Go/Steal Away/Wasted/Gangland/SnowblindNote: Band with various team members of the workshops, plus friends, doing Rock covers. Organizing force behind the longestrunning festival in Gouda, ‘Lentepop ! ’Some members later turned up in other bands or doing solostuff.

Scent Of Incense, June 6th 1999.

2010-11-09T05:19:00.000-08:00

Scent Of Incense (Gouda), 4 track recorded.
Sunday June 6th 1999, ‘De Spoel’ Community center, Gouda.
Tracks: Fantasy/Perfect GirlNote: 60’s infused, female fronted Popband, writing their own material. Got discovered through this session and made it to 2 subsequent editions of annual liveshow ‘de Goudse Afrekening’.

Medea, june 6th 1999.

2010-11-09T05:18:00.002-08:00

Medea (Gouda), 4 track recorded.
Sunday June 6th 1999, ‘De Spoel’ Community center, Gouda.
Tracks: Long, Long/Karma Police/Paranoid/Everything For Free/DadNote: Band with members of a.o. ‘New Moon’ and ‘Tuesday Girl’ practised in this community center during workshops. I recorded them for an abandonned CD-project on 4 track Tascam Portastudio. Last song wasn’t supposed to have survived!

Lame Art, January 28th 1999.

2010-11-09T05:18:00.001-08:00

Lame Art (Gouda/Waddinxveen), 2 track recorded.
January 28th 1999, ‘Plug Unit’ Reeuwijk.
Tracks: Jam 1/Jam 2Note: slightly structured jams, recorded during a rehearsal-recording for an upcoming band contest. Recorded live on a Marantz casssette-recorder, with two mikes plugged in.

Osdorp Justice, July 3rd 2009.

2010-11-09T04:43:00.000-08:00

Osdorp Justice (Amsterdam/Rotterdam), 2-track recorded.
Friday July 3rd 2009, 'de Gonz' Gouda.
Tracks: Chemoderniseerd/Weer Geen Club Hit/Platwalsen/Freestyle/Geen Slaap Tot Osdorp.

Note: closing a benefit-gig for the venue got Amsterdam Hiphop-unit ‘Osdorp Posse’ and Rotterdam based ‘Blind Justice’ reunite their late 90’s package of Ósdorp Justice’ for one more time. They played a 5-piece set, which fuelled the audience to the top. Making them dive into my equipment, which detached the recorder from the mixer for a while. This happened during ‘Platwalsen’, which means ‘Flatten Ém’. Some took this a bit literally, but no damage done in the end, apart from a short intermission in the recording.

Blind Justice, July 3rd 2009.

2010-11-09T04:42:00.000-08:00

Blind Justice (Rotterdam), 2-track recorded.
Friday July 3rd 2009, 'de Gonz' Gouda.
Tracks: Firestarter (‘prodigy’-cover)/Bloed Uit Je Oren (Instr).

Note: this Metalband started in Gouda 20 years before and reinvented themselves to support former tourmates ‘Osdorp Posse’ on this benefit-gig in support of the venue. Using an inaudible bass-generator, the band was fun to see, but didn’t impress majorly. Unable to build up on forehand, I struggled to get all signals in my desk. Which resulted in only the last two songs of the set properly recorded.

Nona, April 23rd 2009.

2010-11-09T04:40:00.000-08:00

Nona (Gouda/Utrecht), 2-track recorded.
Thursday April 23rd 2009, 'de Gonz' Gouda.
Tracks: Tomorrow Is Coming/(Unknown)/On My Own/(Unknown)/I Gave My World/Innocent Smile/All For You /(Cover)/Open Your Mind/Set You Free/The Sun Goes Down.

Note: the very first gig Desiree Coumans gave as ‘Nona’, introducing her new band. Trying my new mixing desk, I accidentally attached the Flashrecorder I used for recording to the wrong output-channels, making the harder parts overload. So these recordings stay vaulted forever.

Paulusma, March 3rd 2009.

2010-11-09T04:39:00.001-08:00

Paulusma (Amsterdam), 2-track recorded.
Friday March 3rd 2009, 'So What' Gouda.
Tracks: California Spirit/Everything Must Go/Ready To Go/Trust U Love Me/Ridin’ The T Companion/On Rubber Tiles/TJ On A Spree/Serpentine Tomorrow/Satisfactory/Serenades For The Lonely/Penny Arcade/Silence=Golden.

Note: using a mono feed from two subgroups (Supposed to be stereo), recorded on a Flashrecorder. Singer Jelle Paulusma (Former ‘Daryll-Ann’) and his band played an intimate, improvised gig for a way too small audience. After the gig, he took the recording home for some Pro-Tool reworking. Some tracks were aired inbetween te interview I had with Jelle after the gig.

Gem, November 28th 2008.

2010-11-09T04:37:00.001-08:00

Gem (Utrecht), 2-track recorded.
Friday November 28th 2008, 'So What' Gouda.
Tracks: Waking Eyes.

Note: Maurits Westerik and his band returned to the stage he got his first live-experiences, to play an intense gig for a packed venue. As the PA-crew couldn’t get the ‘Line-Out’ functionning right, they gave me two subgroup-feeds, to use for my recorder. The sound got overloaded and mono, resulting in unusable recordings. Apart from ‘Waking Eyes’, which were picked up hazily by two mikes I used to pick up the overall sound from the venue. Written few days before, Maurits climbed a chair in the middle of the audience and sang over his acoustic guitar. Which was chilling. Later versions of this song made their way to Youtube, while this very first version was aired only once, on request by Maurits himself.

The First A.I.D. Band, December 21st 2007.

2010-11-09T04:35:00.000-08:00

First A.I.D. Band (Rotterdam), 2-track recorded.
Wednesday December 21st 2007, 'Beachclub' Hoek van Holland.
Tracks: Introduction/Internetten/Rosalie/Tuning/Schone Straten/Technical problems/Even Wachten/Schepen Varen/Berouw Komt Na De Zonde/Laat Die Bomen Staan/Zittend Aan De Maas/Spoorweg/Lucht/Rosalie/Gloria In Excelsis Deo/Komt Allen Tesamen/Nu Zijt Wellekomen/Hand In Hand (“Feyenoord” Anthem)/Knockin’ On Heavens Door/Who’ll Stop The Rain/Zittend Aan De Maas/Rosalie/Internetten.

Note: Recorded during the Christmasparty ‘De Hoekmaat’ organizes annually for it’s clients. Direct PA-recording of a very chaotic performance, which lacks the unamplified drums. During this gig new bassplayer Mario got introduced, as were several tracks I wrote lyrics for (Berouw Komt Na De Zonde, Spoorweg, Lucht).

Vromannacht, September 7th 2007.

2010-11-09T04:32:00.000-08:00

Vromannacht 2007 (Rotterdam), 2-track recorded.
Friday September 7th 2007, Garden of the Public Library, Gouda.
Note: Annual evening of poetry and performances by pupils of the ‘Leo Vroman College’, in honour of the Gouda born poet Leo Vroman, now living in New York. Last minute decision to record this night resulted in recording the PA-signal onto portable Minidisc, getting a brief stereo sound.

The Mondegreens(Gouda/Moordrecht/Bodegraven).
Tracks:That One/The Museum/Raindrops/You Fight/The Wrong/Unknown.
Note: Promising Punkrockband, who never really got there. First gig after 5 months of doing exams, celebrating Summer holidays and getting introduced for studies. Nevertheless quite nice gig.

Maaike Ouboter (Gouda).
Tracks:Reminiscing/Untitled/How.
Note: Upcoming Si/So writing her own material, in coöperation with lyricist Eva Seignette. ‘How’ was performed together with Sophie Vlasveld.

Desiree Coumans Band (Gouda/Utrecht).
Tracks:The Other Side/Broke My Heart Twice/You Make Me Sick/Cryin’ Eyes/Born Loser/Tomorrow Is Coming/I Gave My World/.
Note: Feedback drenched gig by one of the most promising young female singers of last few years. Performing with her shortlived ‘Desiree Coumans Band’.

The First A.I.D. Band, June 20th 2007.

2010-11-09T04:31:00.000-08:00

The First A.I.D. Band (Rotterdam), 2-track recorded.
Wednesday June 20th 2007, ‘Gemiva-SVG’ main office, Gouda.
Tracks:Intro/Even Wachten/Treurbuis/Schone Straten/Berouw Komt Na De Zonde/Laat Die Bomen Staan.

Note: Bands from my work, consisting of three guys in wheelchairs, supported by former Jules Deelders drummer Arthur Scova Righini. As part of activities run at their Rotterdam-Charlois based daycare center, they formed a band, writing their own Dutch-languaged materials, completed with a bunch of covers. Having taken part in the 40th anniversary contest, the company running their daycarecenter run that year, they got invited to perform at the concluding party in the hall of the main building in Gouda. Being their soundman, I was present and recorded the gig on Minidisc from the PA directly. Planned to air parts inbetween a later to be recorded interview, I never got to that point, leaving the recording collecting dust.

Confuse The Cat, December 22nd 2006.

2010-11-09T04:30:00.000-08:00

Confuse The Cat (Antwerpen), 2-track recorded.
Friday December 22nd 2006, ‘So What’ Gouda, during ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ live-broadcast.
Tracks: AK-47/Expert/New Medicine/Senkregt Waagerecht/Pushin’It/Akela/We Can Do It/The Deepest Blue/Shockwaves//Principessa.

Note: Short, but intense set by these Neo-Waveers from Belgium. Booked in an unsuccesfull attempt to attract more audience during this final edition of ‘De Goudse Afrekening’. The stereo PA-signal was mixed with the venue-sound from two mikes and recorded onto minidisc directly. As a connecting plug was broken, parts of the first track got imbalanced beyond repair and was never used. The rest needed massive compression, to make a staggering 42 dB of dynamics in the instrumental balance more listenable.

Noblesse, December 22nd 2006.

2010-11-09T04:28:00.001-08:00

Noblesse (Den Haag/Tel Aviv), 2-track recorded.
Friday December 22nd 2006, ‘So What’ Gouda, during ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ live-broadcast.
Tracks: Babylon Babies (Soundcheck, Part)/Sound The Alarm/All I Wanna Do/Soft Drum/Map Your Face/Different Flow/Piece Of Meat/Heart Waxing Playboy/Walking Away/Oh My God!/State Of Mind.

Note: Dutch-Israeli Alternative rock. The stereo PA-signal was mixed with the venue-sound from two mikes and recorded onto minidisc directly. As a connecting plug was broken, parts of the first three tracks got imbalanced beyond repair and were never used. The rest needed massive compression, to make a staggering 42 dB of dynamics in the instrumental balance more listenable. Saving the bigger part of this impressive gig.

Velvet Lane, July 1st 2006.

2010-11-09T04:26:00.000-08:00

Velvet Lane (Gouda/Haastrecht/Rotterdam/Utrecht), 2-track recorded.
Saturday July 1st 2006, 'Loose End' Reeuwijk.
Tracks: (Unknown)/Seven/Eventually/Sane Insanity/Get By/Something To Say/Vaporized.

Note: Rockband supporting the introduction-gig of ‘Desiree Coumans Band’ on a quite hot evening. The sound was mixed by Dennis van Driel, using some laptops for added effects. I took the stereo PA-signal and fed it through my 4-Track recorder, to capture some venue-sound as well. The stereo-mix was then fed to a portable Minidisc-recorder, making very descent recordings of the gig. Alas things went wrong with the Desiree Coumans recordings, as the disc crashed, while saving data.

Gem, March 31st 2006 (Full band).

2010-11-09T04:24:00.001-08:00

Gem (Utrecht), 4-track recorded.
Friday March 31st 2006, 'So What' Gouda.
Tracks: All I Want Is You/Subterranean Parade/Tonight/Move On/Talk, Talk, Talk/Go!/Good To Know You/High Low/Fight On/Let It Out, Get It Out/Someone/Rise & Fall/Strangers In The Night/Helmet(Start mutilated due to change of tapes)/Loose The Booze/”Audience”/Untitled New Track/The Blitz/S.O.S..

Note: Dropping by before the gig for a three track acoustic set and interview in the show, the band later played a very intense gig, promoting their second album ‘Escapades’. Not satisfied with the harmonies, the management restricted broadcast to the tracks without harmonies in them.

Amie Maranth, December 23rd 2005.

2010-11-09T04:19:00.000-08:00

Amie Maranth (Gouda), 4-track recorded.
Friday December 23rd 2005, ‘So What’ Gouda, during ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ live-broadcast.
Tracks: .

Note: much awarded, but still unknown singer-songwriter Rieneke Batelaan a.k.a Amie Maranth a.k.a. Pienn, opened the 2005 edition of the annual live-broadcast with an impressive, intense set of songs.

Nhoa, December 29th 2004.

2010-11-09T04:17:00.000-08:00

Nhoa (Gouda/Bodegraven/Utrecht/Zoetermeer/Amsterdam), 4-track recorded.
Tuesday December 29th 2004, ‘So What’ Gouda, during ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ live-broadcast.

Tracks:Back Pocket/(Unknown)/Please (QOTSA-cover)/Define Me/(Unknown)/Unbeschreiblich Weiblich (Nina Hagen-cover)/.

Note: Solidly rocking band, fronted by Mikka, playing a mix of self-written material, combined with few covers of outspoken female artists, like Nina Hagen and Skunk Anansie. They got a bit carried away, making this a slightly screaming set, vocally spoken. The soundman couldn’t get the sound right and added some overdone reverb on the vocals at some stage, making these recordings fairly unusable for the better part alas.

Squat!, December 29th 2004.

2010-11-09T04:15:00.000-08:00

Squat! (Gouda/Zoetermeer), 4-track recorded.
Tuesday December 29th 2004, ‘So What’ Gouda, during ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ live-broadcast.
Tracks:Sense Has Gone/Angel (Massive Attack)/Suicidal Killer/Fool Of Fools/Schizophrenic.

Note: local Indie-band, making quite nice rockmusic, deeply influenced by the triphop of ‘Massive Attack’. Didn’t hold themselves together in the end, but played a great set this night.

Staalplaat Sound System, July 1st 2004.

2010-11-09T04:13:00.000-08:00

Staalplaat Sound System (Amsterdam), 2-track mono recorded.
Thursday July 1st 2004, ‘haagse School Voor De Kunsten’, The Hague.
Tracks:Impression.

Note: While interviewing the organising team of ‘state X-New Forms’ festival, they took me to one of the festival-sites, to get a preview. This was the moving sound-installation of Geert-Jan Hobeijn, of experimental sound-collective and label ‘Staalplaat’. I wandered between intriguing constructions made of supermarket trollyes, fans, vacüum-cleaners, teaspoons, plastic bottles and all kinds of other noisy materials and recorded a 6’23” lasting impression, which was aired during the broadcast of the interview the next day. Considered lost, I rediscovered it on one of many improper marked minidiscs in my archive (Nov 2010).

Mint, April 30th 2002.

2010-11-09T04:11:00.000-08:00

Mint (Gouda/Bath), 2-track mono recorded.
Wednesday April 30th 2002, somewhere in Rotterdam-Alexander.
Tracks:Intro & Tuning/Just Another Daytime/Members In Water/Missionairy Girl/I Will Never Try/Menace For Feathers/Rain/Papa.

Note: final performance under the flag of ‘Mint’. Maurits Westerik on electric guitar, vocals and harmonica and Bram van Welie on bass and vocals. Recorded during a performance on a street stage on ‘Queensday’, three brandnew tracks were played, of which ‘Menace For Feathers’ was only two or three days old.
This recording was given to me by Maurits in an attempt to be rebooked for annual liveshow ‘De Goudse Afrekening’. Since ‘Mint’ headlined the previous year, nobody wanted to put a reduced ‘Mint’back up and the offer was declined. Instead ‘Moonstar’, the shortlived new band by former ‘Mint’-drummer Edwin Bol got the top spot. October 2003, Maurits offered to headline with his brandnew band, but was denied again, as their three track demo wasn’t very convincing to the team. 4 months earlier the band played a legendary support to ‘The Libertines’, as Pete Doherty didn’t show up for the first time. By June 2004 ‘Gem’ had a record deal, an album and they were literally all over Holland. Including some big festivals!

Jack - Demo (Unreleased, 1998)

2010-11-08T06:45:00.000-08:00

Jack – Demo.
Recorded: September 28th 1998, ‘Popcollectief Gouda’, Gouda.
Unreleased.
Tracks: Heute Wie Morgen/House Of The Rising Sun/Casper/Cocaine/Dameland (Bayern), Watch The Children Play
Note: German streetsinger, roaming through Gouda center and already going down. Dragged into the studio by his then girlfriend and a radiotechnician from local radio, I was asked to record his demo. During a slightly chaotic session, in which he got slightly pressed to perform, these and more tracks were laid down. The demo never made it and after years of absence Jack returned to Gouda few years back, but got a bit too much troubles, while having deteriorated badly. Since 5 years, he’s vanished again to God knows where.

JW Roy, March 2000 'A Shake Of Music'

2010-11-08T06:38:00.000-08:00

JW Roy (Utrecht), live on air @ ‘A Shake Of Music’.
Recorded: March 2000. Studio 2.
Tracks: I Believe/Traveller/Benjamin/Unknown..

Note: Live-performanced from a collegues show, which I was asked to perform the technical side of. Attended by an arrogant-as-usual acting Johan Derksen and some other persons present. I accidentally recorded this gig for myself as well, as I put an MD in record, rather than record-pause, using the recorder as a monitor for the singer.

Roos Galjaard, August 6th 2010.

2010-11-06T05:01:00.000-07:00

Roos Galjaard (Groningen), live on air.
Recorded: Aaugust 6th 2010. Studio 2.
Tracks: Strongest Man/Unknown Falls.

Note: I invited my old bandmate Roos Galjaard, after she announced her third CD ‘I Am Water’ would be released. It was great seeing and talking with her again, so we had time for two livesongs only!

The SelfEmployed, July 23rd 2010.

2010-11-06T05:00:00.000-07:00

The SelfEmployed (Hoorn/Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: July 23rd 2010. Studio 2.
Tracks: Guard Me/Play/Clever Enough.

Note: Alternative Rockband from the North-Western part of Holland, dropped by the studio for an acoustic set. Despite being a bit knocked off my feet after being driven down by a car 4 days before, I succeeded in getting the job done. Resulting in a very impressive liveset, which reminded me a bit of the timbre of ‘Kings Of Leon’. The interview was very relaxed as well.

Slice (Of Merlin), November 4th 2010.

2010-11-06T04:51:00.001-07:00

Slice (Of Merlin) (Gouda/Bodegraven/Oudewater/Rotterdam), 2-Track recorded.
Thursday November 4th 2010, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: The Day/I Want It All Too Much/Heart Of Darkness/If I Only

Note: Two days before their rescheduled last ever gig, the band came overcomplete to the studio for an acoustic set. 8 man strong, we recorded several takes of every track, using keyboards, acoustic guitar, cello, violin and 4 vocals. Despite the singer being ill and me having had one night sleep after returning home from a very intense 4 week journey, the session was amazing. The concluding interview was both serious and lighthearted. The recordings were aired the next day.

At No Bikini Beach, September 10th 2010.

2010-11-06T04:49:00.000-07:00

At No Bikini Beach (Rotterdam), 2-Track recorded.
Friday September 10th 2010, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: Golden Girls (Tk 1-5)/Ijsmuggen (Tk 1-2)/Ibizahut/VRT Commercial

Note: Rene van Lien and Arnold v/d Velde (Both ‘Neon Rainbow’, ex-‘Feverdream’), teamed up with Jos Hoevenaars (Sir Ian) and drummer Micha Haring (Elle Bandita, Sir Ian) for an acoustic session and an interview to promote ‘The New Bikini’, released earlier that week. The session was fun to do, resulting in some weird versions of ‘golden Girls’ and ‘Ibizahut’ during soundcheck, as well as a mocked-up Flemish commercial and an alas not recorded improvisational song on how nice the lads in the band were. The commercial and the soundcheck version of ‘Golden Girls’ were put at the start and end of the show, which was broadcasted one week later.

Steve Savage, September 9th 2010

2010-11-06T04:48:00.000-07:00

Steve Savage (Nashville, USA), 2-Track recorded.
Thursday September 9th 2010, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: That’s Love/See You Again/Sunshine/Reach

Note: One of three unprepared interviews ever, as my promo copy of his new album was impossible to play anywhere. Being tired and painfull, after overstretching the bands of his ankle, we set to recording an interview and four livetracks, to be broadcasted October 8th 9So I consider this a session). Everything worked well in the end and we spent an hour sightseeing Gouda and helping the drummer to find some of his adored 4,5 year old Gouda cheese. After which they took off to play National commercial station ‘Kink FM’.

Rats On Rafts, September 4th 2010

2010-11-06T04:47:00.000-07:00

Rats On Rafts (Rotterdam), 2-Track recorded.
Saturday September 4th 2010, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: The Moneyman (Tk 1-3)/Orangeoranutan (Tk 1-3)/Kevin In Cabbagetown (Tk 1)/A Plastic Plaster (Tk 1-3)/Sleeping In Rotterdam (Tk 1-3)

Note: Young Rotterdam lads, playing Postpunk/Wave inspired by early Fall, Wire, Kiem, De Div etc. As the people living near the studio prepared for a quiet evening after a busy market day, I helped the band offload their gear and set things up in the studio for a fully electrified set. They were eager to record, so we took off after saoundcheck. Several takes broke down, but some outtakes are quite nice. Take 2 of ‘Kiem’-cover ‘The Moneyman’ was the ultimate version, but lacked enough second guitar to be aired. As some songs needed reverb, the second part of the session was recording with vocals put through a guitasr-amp, causing this very weird, but fantastic eerie voice-soiunds. Ending up with two different versions of ‘Kevin In Cabbagetown’ (One with clean voice, one with the eerie one) and three attempts to record ballad ‘Sleeping In Rotterdam’, we did an additional interview and went our happy, separate ways again. After finding the bassplayers I-Phone, he had put in one of the most impossible corners of the studio.

Boston Tea Party, May 25th 2010

2010-11-06T04:43:00.000-07:00

Boston Tea Party (Gent, Belgium), 2-Track recorded.
Friday May 21st 2010, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: 90’s Dream/Freemason/I Don’t Care If You Wanna Dance/She Made Me (Tk 1-3)/She Made Me (Tk 4)

Note: Expected to record a electrified set with guitar and drumkit, I cleared the room next to Studio 2 completely and plugged in 6 mikes. So the band arrived with a tom and an acoustic guitar, to do their first ever acoustic session for a change! Which went quite well. After which we did a very relaxed interview, which included gossipping about Kids Television shows.

The Arkanes, May 6th 2010.

2010-05-19T02:48:00.000-07:00

The Arkanes (Liverpool, UK), 2-Track recorded.
Thursday May 6th 2010, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2’ Gouda.
Tracks: Sharpshooter/Fistfull Of Anger/Set Fire To The Scene (Tk 1)/Set Fire To The Scene (Tk 2)/Don’t Act Like You Know Me/Fingerpainting On The Wall/Silly Boy

Note: Liverpudlian band dropping by for a full-blown electric set in an empty studio. After a short night, with hardly any breakfast the band arrived in the studio, having lost their way in Gouda center at first. Initially they didn’t feel like carrying their stuff to the studio the who 2 yards, but were convinced to do so in the end. After some cursing, messing about and a not too easy soundcheck (Due to the fact the studio lacks any monitorring), they recorded a really great live-session, with hardly any breakdown. ‘Set Fire To The Scene’ got two takes, as they didn’t like the first one. It’s hardly audible their guitarist only joined them two weeks before

To realise this session, I broke almost every single studio rule: NEVER disconnect the mikes of Studio 1, don’t carry around with furniture, NEVER put up fully amped bands, DON’T annoy the neighbours, don’t eat food in the studio itself. I only forgot to break the ‘no Smoking’ and ‘No Alcohol’ rules. Maybe better next time ;).

Noblesse, April 2nd 2010.

2010-04-03T14:56:00.001-07:00

Noblesse (Den Haag/Tel Aviv), live on air.
Recorded: April 2nd 20100. Studio 2.
Tracks: Different Flow/You Look Good/Babylon Babies.

Note: Dutch-Israelian Indierock-trio from The Hague came to the studio to tell more about their ‘We Are Not Humanity’ project: a hybrid between Dance and Rock music. Inbetween they played an acoustic duo-set, since the drummer was ill and stayed at home. Remembering the previous visit, they brought a bass-amp this time.

Anna, Lisa & Anna – Demo (2010)

2010-04-03T14:51:00.000-07:00

Recorded: April 1st 2010, ‘Gouwestad Radio’ Studio 2, Gouda.
Unreleased.
Tracks: Say, Say, Say/Images/Summertime
Note: Three girls from High School, coming to my attention, as the father of one of the Anna’s is a collegue of mine. Live-takes during a slightly unrelaxed session. Which started with a major disturbance in the studio, concerning signal dropouts. Finally sort of solved by kicking the splitterbox causing the problem, after which the session took off. 13 takes were recorded, of which takes 7, 8 and 10 were deemed ‘good’. The rest got erased, as it was useless to keep them.

St. Polaroid, March 12th 2010

2010-03-17T01:38:00.000-07:00

St. Polaroid (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: March 12th 2010. Studio 2.
Tracks: Jacques Picard/Double Pair Of Eyes/French Movies/Dream About A Shoppingmall.

Note:Second visit by the frontman of ‘that Band From Holland’ doing his solo-thing. After winning the ‘Grote Prijs van Zuid Holland’ in the fall of 2009, he made a new EP and played quite extensively througout the area, visiting the studio at the tail of his ‘tour’. He played 4 tracksm accompanying himself on acoustic guitar and mouth-organ. Gremlins were there as well, making a slightly lame mikestand’s arm coming down before ‘Jacques Picard’ started, forcing me to adjust it on the spot. The rest of the set (and it’s recordings) went okay nevertheless.

Me Again!! (Or: how I nearly interviewed Iggy & The Stooges.)

2010-02-26T05:47:00.000-08:00

Long before I heard of their appearance @ ‘Lowlands Festival 2007’, I had the idea to see if I could arrange an interview with Iggy & The Stooges. I’ve been listening to their music for more than 20 years now and still have to remove their CD’s from my CD-player at regular basis. So why not try it now?
After ongoing rumours on their ‘Lowlands’ appearance got confirmed in June 2007, I first contacted Cor, without a doubt one of the biggest Iggy & The Stooges fanatics, to tell him the good news. After that I switched on the computer, to see how far I could get with my request. Which at first was quite disappointing: no contact adresses for the management to be found. So I send requests to the official sites of both Iggy Pop and guitarist Ron Asheton. Which (ofcourse) never got answered.

A few weeks later I ran into some new channels by chance, which not only resulted in the email-adress of Ron’s personal manager, but also that of Iggy’s European tourmanager, Mr Henry himself! I acted immediately and mailed Henry, who, to my surprise, responded a few days later: he couldn’t make any promise, but weanted to know more about me and my radio-show. Which was send to him quicker than an eye could blink.
After a long period of silence, Henry mailed me, telling he’d be trying to arrange and interview for me with either Iggy or one of the other Stooges. But no solid guarantee.
10 days before ‘Lowlands’ I send him another mail, in which I stated to be truly honoured, if I would be granted an interview. The response to this, was one of the messages you need to read several times before it makes full impact: you’ll have an interview. Only not sure wether it will be Iggy or one of the other band members.
Additional data was exchanged and a target time for the interview settled. All I had to do now, was to wait for for the press-credits, needed to get to the premisses of Lowlands Festival and the backstage area.
The night before the Festival, I started to inform about my credits and discovered I still wasn’t registered for an interview. Only EMI Holland could secure the interview. Only their man in charge, the ‘ever helping and over charming’Martin, wasn’t answering his phone.

In meantime one particular phonecall started a complete chainreaction: people were called out of bed, important people from ‘Lowlands’, booking agent ‘Mojo’ and even the main man from EMI Holland got mails from people involved. Martin in meantime, reacted with a textmessage, being his own blunt and rude self: interview? No fucking way! Stop your sobbing, clown.
An hour prior to this, Henry had asked me to send him a mail, explaining the problem to him, so he could deal with it. So when I switched on the computer again at 9 AM, after a bad nights sleep, I had a very hard time to desperately change my sleepy head into clear thinking. 3 mails: Hein, who forwarded a requested email to THE man in charge at ‘Mojo’, a grumpy mail from Henry to Hein and a certain Arjan at EMI Holland, plus an email from ‘Mojo’, which told me I was granted my press credits. I was in! Long nose to Martin!
The trip to Biddinghuizen was relaxed and my press-pass was provided smoothly. Taking the regular wrong turn got me mixing with the audience of the festival at the regular entrance of the area. Even though the recorder I had taken with me, wasn’t registered, I amazingly was allowed to pass the gates by showing my press-bracelet. Found out I wasn’t the only press-mosquito missing the unposted signs on my way in.

Arriving at the press area, I discovered only half of things were arranged: I could get my transfer pass, as soon as I knew who would escort me through the backstage area at what time. A few text messages later, things got cleared up and I received my transfer pass! I could go backstage for my interview at 22:10 h.
Even though it was very clear I was radio, nobody came to the idea to provide me a radio-pass as well, allowing me to take my recorded backstage. The connection came at last, together with the pass and many surprised looks on how on earth I had gotten my recorder through security without a problem.

'Ministry' was great, even though I was only able to watch the last ten minutes, due to passing my passes-exams. ‘The Frames’ were truly boring, so I decided to go to the presstent after only two songs, to watch people. What a typical world the music press is: many incrowd and lots of guests who thought they were very tough, just being able to be around there. Many familiair faces from my previous visit there in 2005 and even meeting people I hadn’t seen in ages, like Marcello, who used to program a club in Gouda and Remco, former drummer of ‘Incense’.
Invading the fields again, I tried to catch a glimpse of ‘the Raconteurs’. Didn’t make it, as I ran into hoards of people I knew again. Although not the ones I expected to find.
Grabbed a bite and got to the conclusion ‘The Noisettes’ were not quite my cup of tea. Still very strange to see the guy on stage here, with whom you were chatting at ‘The Music In My Head’ festival two months earlier.
Pitstop at the press area and walking to the ‘Grolsch’ stage 50 minutes before Iggy & The Stooges-time. Within tewn minutes I was completely surrounded by an ever growing audience. Inbetween the youngsters, I could spot a few people in their 50’s, including one in a wheelchair, armed with crutches.

At 20:45 the show took off and I must say it was far from disappointing: I could sing along with all but three songs, which were blown across the audidnce with much energy. Inbetween songs people were trying to grab Iggy’s attention, while being 60 metres away. A little to the right in front of me I saw the occasional euphoric raising of the crutches. The atmosphere got better and better and I started to relax more and more.
A quick pitstop and scrubbing of the hands and I arrived at the pickup spot early enough. Waiting for either Henry or Eric to pick me up for the interview.
This was taking longer than expected. In meantime every person passing by showed me their badges and bracelets, said hello and vanished across the field. I had’not the slightest idea which pass was meant for what, so I stuck my head into the backstage area and carefully studied the sign, explainig all the badges, passes, stickers and bracelets circulating. This in order to play out my role of a security guy more convincing!
Peculiar people, exhausted crew members, detatched visitors, everybody passed my allowing eyes. While the real security guy was only 30 metres away, to watch some pretty girls visiting the nearby First Aid post, Janneke Riplet anxiously looking, walked by, as did many others. Everybody but Henry or Eric.

Another text message revealed they were waiting for my arrival and didn’t get where I was keeping them waiting for. I was running out of time and decided, heartbreaking, to call it a day.. I excused myself by text message and made it right in time for the bus to Lelystad running. I got the last train to bunk-spot Utrecht (the very last bed in a hostel there!). Leaving thecircus, I arrived at the hostel two hours later and laid myself to rest inbetween snoring, sleeptalking, smelling, vomitting and noisy stoned Italians in a hot, crammed little bunkroom.
Not an interview, but what a day!

Mr Blue Sky, December 11th 2009.

2009-12-17T03:09:00.000-08:00

Mr. Blue Sky (Nijmegen/Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: Decemberr 11th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: Hitmachine/Dead Man’s Waltz/Switch.

Note: Punkrocking young women, showcasing their musicality during this show. As their guitarist couldn’t make, they showed up with the three of them, bringing along two acoustic guitars (one serving as bass, as they didn’t have an acoustic bass), a harmonica and a glockenspiel. Despite some sounds being picked up by mikes unintended, they played a lovely, humorous set of songs. Unfortunately the last song didn’t come out the way they intended. On their way home, they also discovered Gouda’s meter maids (m/f) gave them an early Christmas present. A pricy one…

The Suburbs, October 15th 1999.

2009-11-26T04:06:00.000-08:00

Suburbs (Den Haag/Voorburg), live on air.
Recorded: October 15th 1999. Studio 1 & editorial room.
Tracks: Rollercoaster/Slow-Motion Suicide/Labyrinth/Land Of The Lunatics/City Lights/Fearless.

Note:After doing an Instore across the market, to promote their then brandnew album ‘Land Of The Lunatics’, they carried their stuff to the other side and performed live in the show. At that time Studio 2 wasn’t constructed the way it is now, so I had to use loads of extended cables and alternative channeling to get a less than descent sound on air. Being helped out by a collegue-technician, I ran to and from the band and the studio, to lay more cables, re-up mikes and doing an interview. Everybody involved still work on a revenge for this very … ehhh … experimental setup.

Scent Of Incense, May 26th 2000.

2009-11-26T04:05:00.000-08:00

Scent Of Incense (Gouda/Waddinxveen), live on air.
Recorded: May 26th 2000. Studio 2.
Tracks: Suits Us 9Part, Soundcheck)/Suits Us/Judy/Addition.

Note: First live performance from the newly constructed Studio 2. To promote their gig during ‘Lentepop’-festival the next day, singer Jessica Polderman visited the studio for a short interview and some acoustic songs. Which went far less problematic than their electified set the next day.

Feverdream, March 2nd 2001.

2009-11-26T04:04:00.000-08:00

Feverdream (Rotterdam/Spijkenisse), live on air.
Recorded: March 2nd 2001. Studio 2.
Tracks: Last Dance/Better Not To Love/Memories/ Four Times Lucky Seven Makes A Man The Man/Red VS Blue.

Note: Claiming it was impossible to play acoustic, this set was delayed for about two years. After performing ‘Lucky Seven’ live on national radio, proved he could and we settled an interview for this day. The band was inbetween records at this stage, playing lots of gigs in Holland and abroad. Thre out of five songs singer Rene van Lien performed during the show remain unreleased. ‘Lucky Seven’ later made it on an EP, while ‘Red VS Blue’ got it’s electrified release on their 2000 self-released debut-CD.

Pim Leidelmeijer, April 6th 2001.

2009-11-26T04:03:00.000-08:00

Pim Leidelmeijer (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: April 6th 2001. Studio 2.
Tracks: Heel De Wereld Stil (Part, Soundcheck)/De Stilte/Heel De Wereld Stil.

Note: Inbetween ‘Spil’ and ‘’Squat!’ frontman Pim Leidelmeijer recorded two Dutch languaged Singer-Songwriter-EP’s. He came to the studio to promote his second, playing two tracks live.

Mint, April 13th 2001.

2009-11-26T04:02:00.000-08:00

Mint (Gouda/Utrecht/Bath), live on air.
Recorded: April 13th 2001. Studio 2.
Tracks: On Your Own/Members In Water/Rain.

Note: ‘Gem’-singer Maurits Westerik started his musical career with local band ‘Mint’. Between 1999- 2003, they played several gigs, released two self-recorded CD’s and a videoclip. After sessionning their guitar-teacher that same morning, I did an interview and live-session with Maurits, Edwin Bol and Bram van Welie that evening.

Gather Roses, July 6th 2001.

2009-11-26T04:01:00.000-08:00

Gather Roses (Groningen/Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: July 6th 2001.
Tracks: Crack/Slave.

Note: After losing touch for some years, I reconnected with former band-mate Roos Galjaard and invited her to come to the studio for an interview. Initially invited former bass-player Tycho Hoogstraten to join in for a short reunion-set as well, but he declined. So we changed plans and turned it into an interview on Roos’ new band ‘Gather Roses’, who was on the virge of releasing a new CD. To spice things up, she also recorded two old ‘Accidental Coitus-s’ songs: ‘Slave’ was co-written by Roos and me, while ‘Crack’ was penned for the bigger part by Tycho. This set made her appear at ‘De Goudse afrekening’ in december of that year.

Mondo Bizarro, May 12th 2002.

2009-11-26T04:00:00.000-08:00

Mondo Bizarro (Pijnacker), live on air.
Recorded: May 12th 2002. Studio 2 & editor room.
Tracks: R.A.M.O.N.E.S (Soundcheck)/Intro/Rockaway Beach/Glad To See You Go/Californian Sun/Der KKK Took Mein Mädchen Away/Pet Cemetery/Rock’n’Roll High School/R.A.M.O.N.E.S. (Heideroosjes-cover)/Judy Is A Punk/Any Way You Want It/I Wanna Be Sedated/Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue/Beat On The Brat/Blitzkrieg Bop/Outro.

Note: Great, hilarious ‘Ramones’ coveract by Marcel and Menno Bizarro, two guys who dressed up like the Ramones used to do when perform. Instead of standard backline, they used an acoustic 12-stringged guitar and a tambourine instead, making the set more than just hilarious. They performed throughout the country and beyond, meeting De Dee ramone somewhewre on the road.
This night Menno had a bad cough, so his input vocally was quite limited. Which didn’t harm the set anyway! The soundcheck recording was send to punkband ‘De Heideroosjes’ and got the band invited to perform during the festive 12,5 years party, thrown at ‘Melkweg’ Amsterdam later that year.

Eefje de Visser, November 8th 2002.

2009-11-26T03:59:00.000-08:00

Eefje (Gouda/Moordrecht), live on air.
Recorded: November 8th 2002. Studio 2.
Tracks: Jeldican (Based on a poem by Leo Vroman)/Things I Do/Vrede (Based on a poem by Leo Vroman)/In My World.

Note: a very young Eefje de Visser appeared in my show for her first ever radio-performance. She was so incredibly nervous for the occasion, we pre-recorded her songs and interview and edited them together for broadcasting an hour later. All this time Eefje lay on a friends lap, curled up. She survived though, as she made it to the finals of national ‘Grote Prijs Van Nederland’, which she won December 12th 2009.

Moonstar, December 6th 2002.

2009-11-26T03:58:00.000-08:00

Moonstar (Gouda/Zoetermeer), live on air.
Recorded: December 6th 2002. Studio 2.
Tracks: A Brand New Day/In Love/You (For A Princess)/Into The Sky.(br>
Note:After ‘Mint’ broke up, Edwin Bol played in shortlived ‘New Acoustics’ inspired ‘Moonstar’, showcasing his songwriting skills. Guerilla-performances during summer at the terraccess of Gouda market square, gave them enough attention to be asked to play ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ that year. To promote this gig, they dropped by the show for an interview and a short acoustic set.

Ammocave, January 24th 2003.

2009-11-26T03:57:00.000-08:00

Ammocave (Gouda/Zoetermeer/Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: January 24th 2003. Studio 2.
Tracks: Across The River (Part, soundcheck)/Skin & Bones/One Of A Kind/Across The River.

Note: Named after the ammunitionbunker they started their rehearsals, this Gouda/Zoetermeer band played hardrock in their highest definition. Not having recent recordings, the band decided to play live acoustic during an episode of ‘Doorgeplugd’. As the singer was late, the rest of the band prepared to play without him, but 15 seconds before the interview started, he turned up! During ‘One Of A Kind’ the guitarist, using a D.I., had switched off the channel to this device, ruining the first part of the song.

Clockwork, March 13th 2003.

2009-11-26T03:56:00.000-08:00

Clockwork (Gouda/Reeuwijk), live on air.
Recorded: March 14th 2003. Studio 2 & editor room.
Tracks: Knives & Lovers/Everybody Has A Suitcase/Moxy/Ready/Something For Someone/Las Vegas.

Note: one of very few livesets the band ever played. Consisted of members from the former Gouda grunge-scene’s bands ‘Lame Art’, ‘Angel of the Underground’ and ‘Annual Women Conference’. The drummer forgot about the show and was told to get his ass in the studio asap. Which he did, taking a djembé along. The set was nice, though slightly loose. Soon after, the band dissolved due to various holidays.

Squat!, August 29th 2003

2009-11-26T03:53:00.001-08:00

Squat! (Gouda/Zoetermeer), live on air.
Recorded: August 29th 2003. Studio 2.
Tracks: Presence/Fool Of Fools.

Note: Alternative rockband, inspired by a.o. ‘Massive Attack’ anfd a whole range of other names, performed two tracks inbetween an interview promoting their first demo. All members came from different bands, which hit the local scene in the past decade somehow. This show paved the way to their appearance during ‘De Goudse Afrekening’, in december of the same year.

Amie Maranth, October 3rd 2003.

2009-11-26T03:52:00.000-08:00

Amie Maranth (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: October 3rd 2003. Studio 2.
Tracks: Warming Sun/Little Signs/A Moment In Time.

Note: Riene Batelaan a.k.a. Amie Maranth a.k.a. Pienn, is a very talented and awarded Singer-Songwriter from Gouda, which I got to know, when managing her brother’s band ‘Lame Art’. After meeting her during a summer market in Gouda center, I invited her to drop by for an interview and some beautifull songs.

Desiree Coumans, December 12th 2003.

2009-11-26T03:51:00.000-08:00

Desiree Coumans (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: December 12th 2003. Studio 2.
Tracks: Born Loser/Verblind Verstand/Broke My Heart Twice/Fake Love/I Gave My World/Heel Diep Van Binnen/Buren.

Note: Being blown away by her performance during a contest we recorded for the radio two months earlier, I immediately invited her to come to the studio. Which she did, as soon as she heard she was to perform ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ that year as well. Bringing teacher/guitarist John de Heij and backing singer Tyshanti de Jonge with her, she played a setlist of songs she wrote with John and some he wrote.
During the show, her father was videotaping everything and accidentally switched of the left channel of the studio compressor, causing paet of the performance to be recorded on the left channel only.

Mondo Bizarro, February 24th 2004.

2009-11-26T03:50:00.002-08:00

Mondo Bizarro (Pijnacker/Delft), live on air).
Recorded: February 24th 2004. Studio 2 & editor room.
Tracks: Swallow My Pride (Soundcheck)/Intro/Rockaway Beach/Glad To See You Go/Do You Remember Rock’n’Roll Radio/Endless Vacation/Swallow My Pride/Californian Sun/Sheena Is A Punk Rocker/Rock’n’Roll High School/She’s The One/Creeping Family/Der Viking Jugend Hat Mein Mädchen Entführt/Beat On The Brat/Do You Wanna Dance/Pet Cemetery/I Wanna Be Sedated/Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue/Blitzkrieg BopJudy Is A Punk.

Note: To celebrate my 250th show, Menno and Marcel Bizarro glady returned to the studio, to do another set of ‘Ramones’ covers on 12 string acoustic guitar and tambourine, in front of a small audience.

Nhoa, April 16th 2004.

2009-11-26T03:50:00.001-08:00

Nhoa (Gouda/Bodegraven/Zoetermeer/Utrecht/Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: April 16th 2004. Studio 2.
Tracks: Back Pocket/As I Plea/Nothing In Return.

Note:To promote their second EP, this Gouda-Zoetermeer-Utrecht based rockband came to the studio to play live acoustic inbetween chatter. It got them booked for ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ later that year.

Desiree Coumans, June 6th 2004.

2009-11-26T03:49:00.001-08:00

Desiree Coumans (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: June 6th 2004. Studio 2.
Tracks: Fake Love/I Gave My World.

Note:Recorded on a sunday afternoon during a summer special dedicated to ‘Local Girl Power’, Desiree Coumans and John de Heij performed this short set at the start of a double bill with Eefje.

Eefje de Visser, June 6th 2004.

2009-11-26T03:48:00.000-08:00

Eefje (Moordrecht/Tilburg), live on air.
Recorded: June 6th 2004. Studio 2.
Tracks: Too Far.

Note:Recorded on a sunday afternoon during a summer special dedicated to ‘Local Girl Power’, Eefje performed this song solo, prior to her performance with Desiree Coumans, now known as ‘Nona’.

Eefje de Visser & Desiree Coumans, June 6th 2004.

2009-11-26T03:46:00.000-08:00

Eefje & Desiree (Gouda/Moordrecht/Tilburg), live on air.
Recorded: June 6th 2004. Studio 2.
Tracks: Close Your Eyes/Living Your Life/Untitled.

Note:Recorded on a sunday afternoon during a summer special dedicated to ‘Local Girl Power’, Eefje and Desiree Coumans performed these three songs Eefje wrote for the occasion. It got them on 2003’s ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ later that year.

Meilof, August 6th 2004.

2009-11-26T03:45:00.000-08:00

Meilof (Gouda/Leiden), live on air.
Recorded: August 6th 2004. Studio 2.
Tracks: Meneer Brel/Oblomov/Man Van De Wereld/Floep!.

Note: Gouda-Leiden based artfull singer-songwriter popband came to the studio to promote their second CD. One of the final performances of their drummer, who was asked to leave few weeks later. As she came in late, tensions were to be sensed already. The session itself was great though.

Velvet Lane, January 27th 2006.

2009-11-26T03:43:00.000-08:00

Velvet Lane (Gouda/Haastrecht/Rotterdam/Waddinxveen), live on air.
Recorded: January 27th 2006. Studio 2.
Tracks: Get By/Nothing To Say/Sane Insanity.

Note: Local rockband dropped by during an edition of ‘Doorgeplugd’ to play some songs live during the interview. They were still inbetween recordings and wanted to play some new stuff. Which happened in a slightly loose and euphoric performance.

Eilean Eggs, March 17th 2006.

2009-11-26T03:42:00.000-08:00

Eilean Eggs (Delft), live on air.
Recorded: March 17th 2006. Studio 2.
Tracks: Recepte Réconstruee.

Note: A guy from a local CD-store made Avant-Gardistic Ambient music in his time off. Intrigued I convinced him to appear in my show this day, bringing along a collegue from their ‘Para Noir’ collective. This track was played/constructed live, during the interview, lasting 10’27”.

Gem, March 31st 2006 (Maurits solo).

2009-11-26T03:41:00.002-08:00

Gem (Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: March 31st 2006. Studio 2.
Tracks: The Subterranean Parade/Someone/True Story.

Note: Knowing singer Maurits Westerik from his previous local band ‘Mint’, made it very easy to invite him to drop by the studio right before the band played local club ‘So What’. Filling in old fans what happened inbetween ‘Mint’s final performance and the release of their second Cd and playing some songs acoustic for the occasion. Plus airing a brand new song, he wrote the day before and remains unreleased ever since.

Noblesse, December 8th 2006.

2009-11-26T03:41:00.001-08:00

Noblesse (Den Haag/Tel Aviv), live on air.
Recorded: December 8th 2006. Studio 2.
Tracks: Sound The Alarm/Map Your Face/State Of Mind/Emotion Vacation.

Note: Dutch-Israelian Indierock-trio from The Hague came to the studio to play an acoustic set, being selected to play the final edition of ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ two weeks later. As the bass was an electric one and not having an amp available, they adjusted a regular speaker and turned it into a bass-speaker just for the session.

Taurus & Pisces, December 15th 2006.

2009-11-26T03:39:00.000-08:00

Taurus & Pisces (Gouda/Groningen), live on air.
Recorded: December 15th 2006. Studio 2.
Tracks: Politics/Say My Name.

Note: Being selected to play annual ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ meant coming to the show for an interview and a (semi-) acoustic set. Gouda-Groningen based duo T&P did, telling about their plans to evolve from acoustic duo into a full blown band with projections etc. A brief glimpse was to be seen a week later, when they were scheduled to perform ‘So What’ during what turned out to be the final edition of ‘De Goudse Afrekening’.
Alas for them fever struck and they had to cancel. Leaving their plans to mature, untill 2008.

Rob Klerkx (Moke), March 23rd 2007.

2009-11-26T03:38:00.000-08:00

Rob Klerkx (Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: March 23rd 2007. Studio 2.
Tracks: Contented Heart/Pills/She Said/The Muse.

Note: Rob Klerkx used to drum in ‘Supersub’ and now plays drums in bands like ‘Paulusma’, ‘KGB’ and ofcourse ‘Moke’. After releasing his 2006 EP ‘New Roads’, I contacted him and he proposed to drop by for an interview plus acooustic liveset. Jaromir Fernig joined him on electric guitar, making me stumble over his name.

Project Mikka, May 18th 2007.

2009-11-26T03:37:00.002-08:00

Project Mikka (Amsterdam/Utrecht/Bodegraven), live on air.
Recorded: May 18th 2007. Studio 2.
Track: Love Is A Red Dress.

Note: As the band turned up to late for a liveshow the week before (Arriving at the studio 15 minutes after finishing broadcasting!), we did a session, to be aired the next week. Singer Mikka came back to do an additional interview and to re-perform this coverversion, as she was dissatisfied with the version she did the week before.

The Mondegreens, June 1st 2007.

2009-11-26T03:37:00.001-08:00

The Mondegreens (Gouda/Moordrecht/Bodegraven), live on air.
Recorded: June 1st 2007. Studio 2.
Tracks: So/The Pain You Cause/Raindrops/The Smiling Soldier/Satisfied Mind (Jeff Buckley-cover)/The Museum/The Wrong.

Note: Local jumpy Punkrockband played an extended set inbetween chatting, as we found out there was more air-time lefty, than CD’s I could play. Even though they were tired and hadn’t practised in weeks, the set went alright.

The Weak & The Strong, June 15th 2007.

2009-11-26T03:36:00.000-08:00

The Weak & The Strong (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: June 15th 2007. Studio 2.
Tracks: Trapped/One Hundred And Twenty Seven/Released/Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash-cover)/Sundown.

Note: ‘Cradle’-singer Johan did his solo-project live on air, with this intriguing set. He nearly missed the show, as he got stuck in traffic.

Tokyo-A-Gogo!, July 13th 2007.

2009-11-26T03:35:00.001-08:00

Tokyo-A-Gogo!(Rotterdam/Utrecht/Dusseldorf/Antwerpen), live on air.
Recorded: July 13th 2007. Studio 2.
Tracks: How To Conquer The World And Other Stuff/Lolita Dancing/No 13 Baby (Pixies-cover)/Tokyo Calling.

Note: Got in touch with this Alternative rockband from Rotterdam through the father of the singer and guitarist, who was a client of mine. After writing a mock-review, I got re-installed as a reviewer with popmagazine ‘Live-XS’ and the review got printed. So the band decided to drop by for an interview and live-set, monitored by their father, who listened online.

Vera, January 11th 2008.

2009-11-26T03:33:00.000-08:00

Vera (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: January 11th 2008. Studio 2.
Tracks: Probably/Bathroom Door/Bedtime Worries.

Note: Vera Juhrend approached me through ‘MySpace’ and sort of invited herself to the show. She brought along bassplayer Peter Jessen and did a very nice session. During ‘Bedtime Worries’, she forgot her lines, but it ended up very well. Vera is backed by Peter’s other band ‘Trio Raskolnokov’, which also features former ‘Spasmodique’-singer Mark Ritsema.

Katbite, April 11th 2008.

2009-11-26T03:32:00.001-08:00

Katbite (Den Haag/Hamburg), live on air.
Recorded: April 11th 2008. Studio 2.
Track: Cocaine Max/Day In, Day Out/Limerance/The Voice.

Note: After reading her colleague Vera visited the show, New Zealandian Catherine Leese inmvited herself to the show and brought percussionist Jeroen van der Zeeuw along. Having released both her second album and a brandnew EP, she played tracks from both. The EP was still unreleased, so I included it in the bunch of reviews I had to deliver the week after. Causing Katbite to become ‘Local Hero’, meaning several showcase-gigs in bigger venues, like ‘Paradiso’ Amsterdam.

Velvet Lane, May 24th 2008.

2009-11-26T03:31:00.000-08:00

Velvet Lane (Gouda/Haastrecht/Rotterdam/Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: May 24th 2008. Studio 2.
Tracks: Paradise/Go Ahead/Old Faces/Get By.

Note: Local Pop/Rockband and regulars on the show, dropped by for an interview and some acoustic tracks, just to inform everybody about what they were up to lately.

Tokyo-A-Gogo!, May 2nd 2008.

2009-11-26T03:29:00.000-08:00

Tokyo-A-Gogo! (Rotterdam/Utrecht/Dusseldorf/Antwerpen), live on air.
Recorded: May 2nd 2008. Studio 2.
Tracks: I Might Be Wrong (Radiohead-cover).

Note: Brothers Lal and Eric of this Alternative rockband from Rotterdam dropped by to tell all about their second demo and to perform this beautifull coverversion.

That Band From Holland, June 20th 2008.

2009-11-26T03:28:00.000-08:00

That Band From Holland (Rotterdam/Rockanje), live on air.
Recorded: June 20th 2008. Studio 2.
Tracks: The Optimist/Morning Star/Traffic Jam 1/Traffic Jam 2/Gentle Use Of Elbows.

Note: Got in touch with this band after a tip from earlier guests ‘Tokyo-A-Gogo!’. The band arrived exited, after getting stuck in traffic. Inbetween a quite chaotic interview, they played three great tracks and played two Jams, they recorded on a watch(!) during the traffic-Jam, just to kill the time.

Pienn, July 4th 2008.

2009-11-26T03:27:00.000-08:00

Pienn (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: July 4th 2008. Studio 2.
Tracks: Yellow Cab/Want You/Courage.

Note: Pienn a.k.a. Riene Batelaan a.k.a. Amie Maranth, is a very talented and awarded Singer-Songwriter from Gouda, which I got to know, when managing her brother’s band ‘Lame Art’. She turned up halfway the show with her brother Gijs Batelaan, who is a rising Jazz Guitarist in Holland. After Gijs struck a false chord, Pienn burst into laughter, destroying several attempts to sing ‘Courage’ and ‘want You’. Despite this, they concluded the set without further delay.

Evacuaded, August 28th 2008.

2009-11-26T03:26:00.000-08:00

Evacuaded (Gouda/Reeuwijk/Haastrecht), live on air.
Recorded: August 28th 2008. Studio 2.
Tracks: Confused/ I Know.

Note: Local young rockband, connected to ‘Gouda Rockschool’. As part of ‘Doorgeplugd’ and running up to their performance during ‘Spieringpop’-festival two weeks later, they dropped by for a pre-recorded appearance the night before. Not having a demo yet, they played these two songs. Not being too good in English, they made several mistakes in grammar and in words. Hence the name of the band.

Rob Klerkx (Moke), September 26th 2008.

2009-11-26T03:25:00.000-08:00

Rob Klerkx (Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: September 26th 2008. Studio 2.
Tracks: She Said/Incomplete/Medicine.

Note: Rob Klerkx of ‘Supersub’, ‘Paulusma’, ‘KGB’ and ‘Moke’-fame, returned with Jaromir for a second interview and liveset, to be broadcast few weeks later (as I was on holiday in India then). Speaking of the rise of ‘Moke’ and his planned solo-CD, he played several new tracks during a very relaxed set.

St Polaroid, November 7th 2008.

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St Polaroid (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: November 7th 2008. Studio 2.
Track: Gone For A While/Islands/I Wish My Pencil Leaked Poems/Plans Are White/Summer Feels Good.

Note: Solo-project by ‘That Band From Holland’-singer. He played his set, during which his harmonica dropped while playing, which nearly ruined it.

Burning Sensation, February 13th 2009.

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Burning Sensation (Rotterdam area), live on air.
Recorded: February 13th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: Did You Swallow/Irene/Drinking Again.

Note: Immature punkrock from Rotterdam area. As I was tired and not in the best of moods, I mixed the vocals in far too loud.

Rats On Rafts, April 10th 2009.

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Rats On Rafts (Rotterdam/Hoek van Holland), live on air.
Recorded: April 10th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: (I Can’t Be) Bothered/Alone/My Only Friend.

Note: Stumbling upon this amazing young band, as I got to review their third demo, I immediately fell for their ‘Wire’ and ‘early ‘Fall’-like sound. Causing them to perform a legendary riotous gig in ‘Paradiso’, they agreed to play in my show. When the technicia of a simultaneously recorded program signalled me to lower the volumes, I could only decrease the singer’s mike by 15 decibels, as he came up with a timy megaphone!

Agua de Annique, April 24th 2009

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Agua de Annique (Nijmegen), live on air.
Recorded: April 24th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: Sunny Side Up/Beautifull One/Yalin.

Note: Anneke van Giersbergen (former ‘The Gathering’) dropped by the studio for a very pleasant interview and some acoustic tracks, on her way to play local club ‘So What’ later that night. We pre-recorded the entire show live and aired it few hours later. Due to an error in the studio equipment, this session was recorded in mono, which is quite unfortunate, but hasn’t ruined the session in the end.

Vera, May 8th 2009.

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Vera (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: May 8th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: Bedtime Worries/Bathroom Door/Not Lost.

Note: A musically developped Vera re-visited the show to promote her debut-CD, which was released in ‘Watt’ Rotterdam three days later with a gig with her backing band ‘Trio Raskolnikov’. Bassplayer Peter Jessen joined her in the studio for another interview and some livetracks. Again inviting themselves, as they liked the previous visit so much. (Blushing …)

That Band From Holland, June 20th 2009.

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That Band From Holland (Rotterdam/Rockanje), live on air.
Recorded: June 20th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: Mailorder Bride/Frank The Lifeguard # 2/Morning Star.

Note: After their slightly chaotic previous visit, this very musical and inventive band returned more sertiously, to promote their freshly released selftitled debut-album. Which promptly became ‘Local Hero’-album in the October issue of ‘Live-XS’ magazine.

Kleinindustrie, July 17th 2009.

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Kleinindustrie (Utrecht/Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: July 17th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: Kapsalon ‘de Poolster’/Te Wapen/Hector Hernandez.

Note: Noise-inspired trio from the North-western parts of Holland played a very noisy electrified set, as they couldn’t perform their tracks acoustic. After some negotiations with a simultaneously recording program, everybody survived and no one got hurt.

Pony Pack, August 7th 2009.

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Pony Pack (Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: August 7th 2009. Studio 2.
Tracks: Painted Eye/Medicinal Mother/GSS/King Of Clubs/Tigh Bone/Bread And Circus/Samlee/TV Love/Philanderopist.

Note: Edinburgh/Amsterdam-based Punk/Grunge trio I met during a ‘Rats On Rafts’-party @ ‘Watt’ Rotterdam. Their music somehow reminded me of local band ‘Angel Of The Underground’, but much better executed. They played the longest set ever: 9 songs, buit very nice. They never did an acoustic thing before, so the guitrarist had to buy an acoustic 6-string especially for this show.