Panc, Live 'On Air', Friday January 4th 2014.

Panc (Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: January 4th 2014, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: De Eerste/Een Mensje/Alleen Ben Je Nergens.

Note: Former ‘Lame Art’ drummer Gijs Batelaan sold his drumkit in 2000, moved to Utrecht and started playing guitar. Besides becoming a guitar-teacher, he won a prestigious Jazz newcomers prize in 2007 and played with several musicians in and outside Holland. Just for fun he recorded a cover-version of an old hit by some Soapies, which sparked him to start writing and recording under the ‘Panc’ moniker. In the show he not only played three tracks live, but also aired the cover that started it (‘Ademnood’ (‘Breathless’) by Linda, Roios & Jessica) and a song her wrote for his then recently departed grandmother. A great, personal show by the brother of ‘Nancy Brick’ singer Rieneke.

Lame Art 'In Session', Thursday November 3rd 2000.

Lame Art (Gouda, Waddinxveen), 4 track recorded.
November 3rd 2000t, ‘Plug Unit’, Reeuwijk.
Tracks: Got A Ticket To Ride?/Slow Dancing/Opened Or Closed/Your Song

Note: Being hugely inspired by Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ and singer Michiel going to Art School, the band evolved throughout the year and was ready to make another EP. This session was used as pre-production and finetuning. Some tracks appeared on a promo CDR, called ‘4 Tracks’, used for getting gigs.

Lame Art, June 10th 1999.

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.

Lame Art, January 28th 1999.

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.

Clockwork, March 13th 2003.

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.

Pienn, July 4th 2008.

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.

Lame Art - Acoustic Demo (1999)

Recorded: 23 oktober 1999. ‘Mos & Spetter’ Pianoshop, Waddinxveen.
Track: Landscape Underneath.

Note: 4-track recorded in 3 separate takes, to be used as a promo on local radio for their acoustic set later that year. And to convince the programmers of that live-show to put them on. Also used as pre-production for 2001 ‘Spanks Man’ demo. Features Michiel on vocal and piano, Mathias on guitar and vocal, Rinske on violin and Gijs on Djembe and guitar. All acoustic!

Lame Art - Unreleased Demo (2000).

Recorded: January 7th & 28th 2000. Casimir Primary School, Gouda, by Ton Dekker & myself.
Mix: 13 & 28 january 2000.
Tracks: After The Bomb/Disfiction/True Love Regardless/Catch The Sun/Las Vegas/Duco’s Waking Nights/My Sister Dead In The Sea.

Note: The songs were recorded live on 8-track Minidisc recorder, with vocals overdubbed. The first mixes were rejected, as the vocals were mixed too loud. The second mix, with a vocal-overdub by Michiel, was better balanced, but rejected later as it didn’t capture the atmosphere. A second version of ‘My Sister’ was never mixed, as it broke down.

Lame Art - '4-Tracks' (Demo, 2001).

Note: with new material written, but no recordings available, the band asked me to make 4 track recordings in their rehearsal room. The first session was rejected, so a second one was done a month later. Several CD’s were burnt and send to stages and organisations, while the band used them to prepare for proper studio recordings.

Recorded: November 3rd 2000. ‘Plug Unit’, Reeuwijk.
Tracks: Got A Ticket To Ride?/Rush (As She Walked Through The Door)/Opened Or Closed/Your Song.

Note: Recorded on 4-track: first the backing-track and then, separately, the vocals. This first session was rejected and used to improve songs and performance. An additional session was recorded December 6th.

Recorded: december 6th 2000. ‘Plug Unit’, Reeuwijk.
Tracks: Got A Ticket To Ride?/Rush (As She Walked Through The Door)/Your Song/Plans.

Note: Recorded on 4-track: first the backing-track and then, separately, the vocals. This session was done after the band decided to reject the results of a session done November 13th 2000. The tracks from this session were used as a promo to get some gigs and as pre-production for the ‘Spanks Man’ demo. Stubborn as the band was, they used a cassette-copy of these recordings to burn the promo-CD’s, rather than taking them off the digital master directly!

Lame Art - 'Lame Art' (Demo, 1998)

Recorded: June 24th 1998. ‘Popcollectief’ Gouda.
Released: Oktober 21st 1998.
Copies: 100 Cassettes, 10 CD’s*.
Tracks:Oblivion/Duco’s Waking Nights/The Only Ones That Try/Released/My Sister, Dead In The Sea/Buildings On Ashes.
Extra tracks CD:Parasites/Vicious/At The Forest/The Far Indies/Vicious (Ragga Man!)/Skindeep/Parasites (Live)/Buildings On Ashes (Live)/Released (Live)/Oblivion (Live)/Vicious (Live)/Crystal Clear*/Mindwar*.

Note: The demotracks were recorded live, to catch the right vibe. From several takes, the best ones were picked for the demo. The other session-tracks on the take are ‘one-takers’: to record the song for themselves. All tracks were recorded live through a mixer, during a killing, 8 hour session, on which I got worse and worse from flu, while singer Michiel drank some kind of witch-brew, to keep his sore throath under control. The live-tracks were recorded at ‘LVC’ Leiden, June 6th 1998 by ‘Popunie’, while the last two tracks come from a rehearsal-recording, made at their school October 10th 1997.

Session-info: Oblivion (Takes 1 (Breakdown) &2)/Duco’s Waking Nights (Takes 1-3/Only Ones That Try/Released (Takes 1-3)/My Sister Dead In The Sea (Takes 1-3)/Buildings On Ashes (Takes 1-3, last Breakdown)/ Parasites/Vicious/At The Forest/The Far Indies/Vicious (Ragga Man!)/Skindeep (Take 1 (Breakdown) & 2).

Rinske van Popta - School Audition Demo (1999)

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

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

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


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

'Vers Uit De Vest'-Festival - 'So What' Gouda, June 9th 2001.

'Vers Uit De Vest'-Festival, 4-track recorded.
Saturday June 9th 2001, 'So What' Gouda.

Indicate (Gouda, Haastrecht, Reeuwijk).
Tracks: Intro/Unknown/It’s Your World Too/Good Times For Us/Unknown/Still Unknown/Demon In Family/(‘Stretch Armstrong’ cover)/Unknown/The Luck/Indicate!/Difficult Sincerity.
Note: final hometown-gig of the band. Though slightly chaotic, the band played a great gig and had a party, playing home again. Guitarist Simon split his head, when he hit a stagelight in sheer enthusiasm. Had to be stitched up after the gig, which he finished with some Band Aids. Dissolved after short European tour in July 2001. Members later turned up in bands like ‘Malkovitch’ and ‘I Reject’.

Lame Art (Gouda/Waddinxveen/Reeuwijk).
Tracks: Coming soon.
Note: right after the release of their ‘Spanks Man’ EP, the band played a slightly experimental set, inspired hugely by ‘O.K. Computer’ of ‘Radiohead’. It turned out to be their final hometown-gig before reforming as 'Clockwork' in different line-up.

Mint (Gouda, Londen).
Tracks: Intro/Just Another Daytime/Rain/Caroline/Tell Me What's New/Monday To Monday/Members In Water/On Your Own/When The Day Is Over/Wrong Come Along/Where Have I Been.
Note: after the gig, the band was told by ‘indicate’ bassplayer, they sucked. Which the band heard, shrugging their shoulders afterwards. An unknown quantity of CD’s with these recordings were sold by the band. Which I never knew. Singer Maurits later became frontman of Utrecht based ‘Gem’.

Lame Art - 'So What' Gouda, January 7th 2000.

Lame Art (Gouda/Waddinxveen), 4-track recorded.
Friday January 7th 2000.
Tracks: Intro-tape/After The Bomb/True Love Regardless/Catch The Sun/Buildings On Ashes/New Substance Of Music/Vicious. Saved: Oblivion/Released/Buildings On Ashes/The Far Indies/At The Forest.

Note: after a full week of rehearsals and an attempted demosession on 8 tracks, they hit the stage witrh friends ‘Feverdream’. One of very few recordings missing in my archives. Probably in another stack of tapes somewhere ... .

Lame Art - 'So What' Gouda, December 28th 1999.

Lame Art (Gouda/Waddinxveen), acoustic set, 4-track recorded.
Tuesday December 28th 1999, 'So What' Gouda during 'De Goudse Afrekening' live broadcast.
Tracks: Your Natrium Son/Softly Socialized/True Love Regardless/Las Vegas/Landscape Underneath (Taste The Dream).

Note: after two electric sets, the band returned to do an acoustic set, with completely new songs. The venue was used to work with elements and DI’s and got a hard time miking the band. Which is audible, as it rained mikes throughout the gig. During 'Softly Socialized' the soundmen were so occupiewd, they left the vocals switched off, causing this track to be erased for being useless for radio.

Lame Art - 'Koornbeurs' Delft, April 14th 1999.

Lame Art (Gouda, Waddinxveen), 4-track recording.
Saturday April 14th 1999, 'Koornbeurs' Delft.
Tracks: The Far Indies/Released/Aim For The Brain/Oblivion/Duco's Waking Nights/Disfiction/Catch The Sun/The Only Ones That Try/Parasites/My Sister Dead In The Sea/At The Forest/Buildings On Ashes/New Substance Of Music/Vicious.

Note: Headlining this night, the band was in great shape, delivering one of their best gigs ever. This period is considered their peak. Having the original 4 track tapes stored in my archive, I remixed the gig for a better sound in 2008. Keeping the original mix on cassette in the archive as well, ofcourse.

'Doorgeplugd' Session 6: Lame Art.

Between September 2000 and December 2001, a set of sessions was recorded live and produced by John Radersma, owner of recording- and rehearsal studio ‘Plug Unit’ in Reeuwijk, Holland. As many bands rehearsed there, but not had the material yet to showcase themselves, these sessions were done and aired live.

Lame Art (Gouda/Waddinxveen).
Recorded: March 21st 2001.
First Broadcast: March 30th 2001.
Tracks: Opened Or Closed/Got A Ticket To Ride?/Rush (As She Walked Through The Room/Award Winners.

Notes: recorded during a 'fine-tune' for a gig the 24th, so no acoustic song this time.