'The Heights' So What Gouda, Friday December 23rd 2005.

The Heights (Noordwijk Aan Zee), 4-track recorded.
Friday December 23rd 2005, ‘So What’ Gouda, during ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ live-broadcast.
Tracks: Then The Letting Go/Watch My Head Explode/A Little Bit Of A …/I Am The Trip/Do You Love Yourself?/Beachyhead/So Long/Compass Inside/(Unknown)/Philosophy/In Another Life/Cinnamon/Docklands/River Phoenix/Summer’s Over.

Note: Britpop induced Pop/Rock, with former ‘Zoppo’ singer. Booked in an attempt to get more crowds, the organising team left the ‘Budgetfree bookings’ principle for this night. It didn’t work. The set was nice, but slightly done on ‘Auto-pilot’, with a singer missing some important notes.

'Ammocave',So What Gouda, Friday December 23rd 2005.

Ammocave (Gouda/Utrecht/Zoetermeer), 4-track recorded.
Friday December 23rd 2005, ‘So What’ Gouda, during ‘De Goudse Afrekening’ live-broadcast.
Tracks: So Long/Half A Lie/Madison Avenue/No More Tricks/Skin & Bones/Jam/Enough/My Own Way/Plastic.

Note: Hardrock, augmented by former ‘Herman Brood’-saxplayer Boris van der Lek. Caused a huge stir, when ‘management’ send in a list of requirements. We neglected them and the rest of the apologising band had a good talk with the manager, as they understood this could very well ruin their chances to gig. Which they did in the end, being one of the loudest acts ever playing the broadcast. As several amps were left out off the PA-signal, the recordings suit their purpose, without being overly Hifi. One of the last gigs with singer Reindert, who was thrown out few months later.

Confuse The Cat, December 22nd 2006.

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.

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.

Amie Maranth, December 23rd 2005.

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.

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.

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.

Mint, April 13th 2001.

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.

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.

Moonstar, December 6th 2002.

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.

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.

Squat!, August 29th 2003

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.

Squat!, August 29th 2003

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.

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.

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.

Nhoa, April 16th 2004.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Noblesse, December 8th 2006.

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.