'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.

Malignity 'Live On Air', friday November 25th 2016.

Malignity (Woerden/Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: Friday November 25th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Black Ghost Horse/Damiën/Cry For The Van Queen/Immortal Hate/Blood Lust.

Note: revamping the ‘Doorgeplugd’ concept, studioboss John challemged me, by proposing this 5 piece Heavy Metal band. Challenge accepted! Which turned ouit great, with making funny faces throughout the set, trying to make others laugh and intense, focused music throughout the set. During the show, the premiered two prerecorded tracks, of which one was an impromptu decision. Two days later, I still suffered from painfull belly muscles from laughing.

Gen D Experiment 'Live On Air', friday October 14th 2016.

Gen D Experiment (Zoetermeer/Delft/Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: Friday October 14th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: General Disarray/Faking It In Montreux/Two Rivers/Hacienda/Gone Wrong.

Note: one-off Progrock project that ran quite out of hand and is now a steady band. Second gig only, first ever live ‘On Air’, so they used some tracks as an online demo. With former members of a.o. Gandillion, the music was inventively structured. Young keyboardist (13) sure played a big part in the whole sound, which is great to hear. Fun time in the studio, despite hardly any space left to walk.

Ricky de Sire 'Live On Air', friday July 22nd 2016.

Ricky de Sire (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: Friday July 22nd 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Koester De Hoer/Gratis Kalenders/Minister President/De Vreemde Psyche/Smerig Zusje/Nevelen Der Toekomst/In Het Dove Oor.

Note: second visit by Rotterdam alternative singer-songwriter Ricky de Sire, bringing along a keyboardplayer (Arpatle) and a guitarist. Great, slightly disconnected songs, that shed a complete new angle on daily things. Somewhat loud voice throughout the set, which was filmed by a team from a nationwide operating label. Love it!

The Surfaders 'Live On Air', June 17th 2016.

Surfaders (Gouda/Zoetermeer/The Hague/Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: Friday June 17th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Creature From Beyond The Reef/Beware Of The Ghost Rocket/The Cuban Spy & I (Shaken, Not Stirred)/Dust From The Sun/Thoughts Of A Bikini Philosopher/Sarpha/Teenage Rendez-Vous/Sharkbait/Apache (The Shadows, but Metallica-lized).

Note: great surfband, consisting of members formerly active in Metal, Punk and Progbands. Focussed, relaxed set, with a huge tongue-in-cheek cover at the very end. Despite it being a rainy day.

Huxley 'Live On Air', friday June 10th 2016.

Huxley (Haastrecht/Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: Friday June 10th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Lovers Season/Me And My Brother/The Day.Sundance/Mind At Large/On My Knees/The Living/Echoes (Pink Floyd).

Note: former Quip! Guitarist Chris Stubbe started Huxley in 2015, after a shortlived solo singersongwriter career, he didn’t feel comfortable with in the end. The trio is well inspired by the likes of The Doors and Pink Floyd, while blending their blues-driven, slightly psychedelic sound with motre contemporary tunings.

Getting their gear into the studio was another thing, as both the Hammond and it’s accompanying rotating Lesley speaker were just an inch smaller than the hallway we had to squeeze it through. The unusual door- and bike removing did the trick in the end, making this a great, powerfull performance. The final minute of “Echoes” was nearly cut by the earlier end of the show, but a quick pushing of buttons got it saved for eternity.

Meijer 'Live On Air', friday May 20th 2016.

Meijer (Rotterdam/Maastricht), live on air.
Recorded: Friday May 20th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Het Voordeel Van De Twijfel/Miles Davis In Parijs/De Liefste Leugen (Session).

Note: former school teacher Ruud Meijer revisited the city he taught pupils English and French for 21 years, to promote his recently released Dutch language album ‘Vrouwen’. Together with Nick Roelofsen they played two songs during the show and chatted so long, the third track was scrapped from the broadcast and recorded afterwards. Amazing jazzy tracks.

Romy Westerbeke 'Live On Air', May 6th 2016.

Romy Westerbeke (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: Friday May 6th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Empty Walls/Love Me/From Heart To Heart/Weak (Skunk Anansie)/It’s All About The Money (Session)/Empty Walls (Session).

Note: former bassplaser of Ronald Hendriksen, Romy finally decided to do her own songs, after Ronald’s band dissolved. Dynamic songs, played with guitar, ukulele and cajon, which truly surprised me, as it did others too. Last two tracks were recorded after the show had ended, because thewy completely forgot to play ‘It’s All About The Money’, while they redid ‘Empty Walls’ because the initial version had a bad stereo configuration.

Tabasquo 'Live On Air', friday April 22nd 2016.

Tabasquo (Gouda/Reeuwijk), live on air.
Recorded: Friday April 22nd 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: 3 unknown toitled tracks.

Note: to promote the locals livestage on Kings Day (April 27th), the bands Tabasquo and 3/5th of The Surfaders dropped by to chat on their upcoming appearances. Young trio Tabasquo played three slightly chaotic acoustic tracks, featuring Rick on guitar and lead vocals. Promising though.

Mark Lotterman 'Live On Air', friday April 8th 2016.

Mark Lotterman (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: Friday April 8th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Satellite Of Love (Lou Reed).

Note: as part of his release-project ‘Holland’, Mark came to the studio to talk about the fourth track of this (then) forthcoming album: Lou Reed. Inbetween extensive chatting about the musician and his influence on Mark, we played several lesser known Lou Reed tracks and Mark performed this incredible version of one of his personal favourites.

Monday Special 'Live On Air', friday March 25th 2016.

Monday Special (Rotterdam/Capelle ad IJssel), live on air.
Recorded: Friday March 25th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Wanted/The One/Paper Hearts/Loaded Gun/Fuses/Do Me In (False start)/Do Me In/The Hounds/System.

Note: Blues infused Indierock from Rotterdam area, making their second appearance in the show. Electrified this time. During soundcheck the singer had some electrical sizzles, which were solved before the show started. Steaming performance, alas saved in mono, due to a system hangup.

Joost van Kersbergen 'Live On Air', friday March 18th 2016.

Joost van Kersbergen (Amsterdam), live on air.
Recorded: Friday March 18th 2016, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Je Ontsnapt Niet Aan Jezelf/Willem/No Title/Alleen De Duivel/.

Note: former radio collegue and part of the 90’s-early 2000’s local hiphop scene, Joost moved to Dutch language, early Blues and Jazz inspired music, before moving to Amsterdam. He now writes poetry and performs his music anywhere, acting as ‘Instant songwriter’. The song “Willem” is about Willem van Rooijen, a local discarded metal collector, who roamed the streets for over 60 years and who had recently died.

Aafke Romeijn, Live 'On Air', friday July 19th 2013.

Aafke Romeijn (), live on air.
Recorded: July 19th 2013, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Track: Boys Don’t Cry (The Cure).

Note: Inbetween releasing her well-received ‘Stella’ and her Dec 15th 2013 released ‘Chin.Ind.Spec.Rest’ albums, Aafke dropped by the studio to fill the listeners in on both releases, as well as some news on her band ‘Mr Blue Sky’. Besides playing an unmastered track from her upcoming album, she played this beautifull cover version of The Cure’s landmark song. Original plan, playing tracks from ‘Stella’ and ‘Chin.Ind.Spec.Rest’, failed as her electric piano was too big to carry to the studio from the outskirts of the centre, while parking in front of the studio was impossible at that moment. Alas.

Ne Pas De Machine 'Live On Air', friday December 18th 2015.

Ne Pas De Machine (Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: December 18th 2015, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Introduction/Rocket Robert/Love, Love, Bluff.

Note: great alternative pop trio, introducing their recently launched Christmas EP, which contained not a single Christmas track! Exactly one year after singer Michiel dropped by with That Band From Holland singer Erik-Jan (AKA St Polaroid) to play songs from their then freshly released split Christmas-EP (See that particular entry below). The atmosphere was very relaxed and hilarious, making it a great chat with three live acoustics played inbetween. Lovely show, great people!

Pocket Knife Army 'Live On Air', friday September 16th 2015.

Pocket Knife Army (Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: Friday September 16th 2015, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Set 1:89/Unharmed. Set 2:Grow Up/Let Go.

Note: Two days before the release of their debut album, Desiree and Erwin came to the studio fully equipped. They set up their set and inbetween blocks of interviews, performed two intense sets of Electropop songs, which was both amazing to hear with and without headphones. Due to a renewal in studio equipment, some connectors were changed accidentally, causing the whole set to be recorded in mono. Alas, but these recordings made us discover the mistake, which was then quickly solved.

Noblesse 'Live On Air', Friday September 9th 2015.

Noblesse (The Hague), live on air.
Recorded: Friday September 9th 2015, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Set 1: Try, Slide, Fall/Dawn Of The Age/The One With The Gun. Set 2: Eat, Fuck, Sleep/Excess Baggage/Sleeper.

Note: as the program that recorded during my shows called it a day, there was room for a bit more volumes. So I invited The Hague based Indieband Noblesse to do a low volume electric set, which they agreed to do. As monitoring didn’t go as great as planned, The set, divided in two parts for an interview, didn’t completely gell, but the performance was great anyway. Due to a renewal in studio equipment, some connectors were changed accidentally, causing the whole set to be recorded in mono. Alas.

Skapiche?! 'Live On Air', Friday July 17th 2015.

Skapiche?! (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: Friday July 17th 2015, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Breakfast @ 6 PM Medley.

Note: chatting about both their brandnew EP ‘Breakfast @ 6 PM’ and updating on their new singer Rose and what happened inbetween, four of the nine members played a specially created acoustic medley of some of the EP tracks. Not used at all playing acoustic, they nevertheless did quite well. But we agreed to do an all amped set live at a later date. Still great performance and lively chat

Deaf Charley 'Live On Air', Friday June 19th 2015.

Deaf Charley (Arnhem), live on air.
Recorded: Friday June 19th 2015, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Bureaucrats/Letters/Desert.

Note: Bluesy Garage-trio introducing themselves live on air. Very driven, but somewhat hesitating, as they rarely play live acoustic. Nevertheless a great introduction.

Julian 'Live On Air', Friday April 3rd 2015.

Julian (Woerden, Krimpen a/d IJssel/Lekkerkerk), live on air.
Recorded: Friday april 3rd 2015, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: One Summerday/Our World/Autumn Leaves.

Note: a band consisting op people older than me for a change. Reformed few years before, after initially breaking up some 40 years Ago, the band irregularly performs, balancing between the demand on covers or self-penned material. They serve both in a very rocking and grooving way. One of their first acoustic performances, which was given a great jazzy voice by singer Netty, while being very melodic at the same time. Another hidden gem that came to surface.