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.
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zaterdag 19 december 2015
zaterdag 11 april 2015
Pocket Knife Army 'Live On Air', Friday february 13th 2015.
Pocket Knife Army (Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: Friday February 13th 2015, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Wolf Of Memphis/(Unknown)/When She Becomes A Rose (Working title: De Zee).
Note: after the demise of ‘Nona’ members Erwin Tuijl and Desiree Coumans started a new project, based on the crossover of electronics and rock. Performing three acoustic tracks during their visit to the studio, they once more proved their potential. The last track however run beyond the end of the show, but was recorded off air, so could be aired complete in later shows.
Recorded: Friday February 13th 2015, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Wolf Of Memphis/(Unknown)/When She Becomes A Rose (Working title: De Zee).
Note: after the demise of ‘Nona’ members Erwin Tuijl and Desiree Coumans started a new project, based on the crossover of electronics and rock. Performing three acoustic tracks during their visit to the studio, they once more proved their potential. The last track however run beyond the end of the show, but was recorded off air, so could be aired complete in later shows.
maandag 19 september 2011
Vromannacht, Friday September 16th 2011.
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.
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)-
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.
dinsdag 9 november 2010
Nona, April 23rd 2009.
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.
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.
Vromannacht, September 7th 2007.
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’.
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’.
donderdag 26 november 2009
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.
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.
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.
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 & 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.
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.
vrijdag 5 juni 2009
Desiree Coumans - 'So What' Gouda, December 30th 2003.
Desiree Coumans (Gouda), 4-track recorded.
Tuesday December 30th 2003, ''So What' Gouda, during 'De Goudse Afrekening' live-broadcast.
Tracks: Born Loser/I Gave My World/You Broke My Heart Twice/Verblind Verstand/Fake Love/Died Chase.
Note: As Desiree sang, Tyshanti de Jonge provided backing vocals and John de Heij played guitar while providing more backing vocals. Due to a technical problem, the PA was switched to MONO-sound, making the two venue-mikes adding a slight stereo-feel to the recordings.
Tuesday December 30th 2003, ''So What' Gouda, during 'De Goudse Afrekening' live-broadcast.
Tracks: Born Loser/I Gave My World/You Broke My Heart Twice/Verblind Verstand/Fake Love/Died Chase.
Note: As Desiree sang, Tyshanti de Jonge provided backing vocals and John de Heij played guitar while providing more backing vocals. Due to a technical problem, the PA was switched to MONO-sound, making the two venue-mikes adding a slight stereo-feel to the recordings.
Goudse Courant Music Live Awards - 'Goudse Schouwburg', October 9th 2003.
Goudsche Courant Music Live Awards 2003 (Gouda, Waddinxveen/Schoonhoven), 4-track and 24-track Recorded.
Thursday October 9th 2003, 'Schouwburg' Gouda.
Tracks: Huisband-Pick Up The Pieces/Mix-Dance explosion/Maarten Overdijk & Michiel v Gijzel-Your Song/Tabitha & Co-Johanna/Sanne van Tongerloo-Sounds Of Spain Tango Terrific+The Matador/Mr Brands-Rap/Sanne Spaans, Xandra Roukes & Huisband-Nine To Five/Da Girlzz-La Leçon Du Danse/Martijn & Jasper Schutte-Zelfs Je Naam Is Mooi/Temporary-Good Girl/Tyshanti de Jonge & Huisband-Break Down The Wall/Huisband-Pick Up The Pieces (2)/Rianne Buurman & Sandrine Gütz-Tom Waits/Teun van den Heuvel & Laura Vos-Muggendans+Arabisch Liedje/Maud Verhoef & Yvonne Streng- O Mare Tu/Suzanne Pince van der AA-Ik Zing Dit lied Voor Jou Alleen/Beat Your VOHAMIVO-Beat Your VOHAMIVO/Anique & Co-One Flight Down/Virgin-So Exited/Desiree Coumans-Died Chase+Love/John de Heij-Liedje/Exit-Everybody Needs Somebody/Huisband & Rest-Celebration (2 parts).
Notes: This was a regional musical contest for students from secondary schools in the area, organized as part of promotional activities to boost up the amount of readers for regional daily newspaper de 'Goudsche Courant'. Acts from 6 schools sang, danced or played classical music to win a prize. 'Temporary' won.
Initial recordings were made and mixed on 4-tracks for broadcast purposes, but as there was anti-phasis and other distorting noise, theatre-technician Dennis van Driel was asked to provide us his 24-tracks recorded 'works' for further broadcasting purposes. These were first aired Friday November 21st by 'Going Underground' and 'Why You', skipping the dance-acts, as these simply don't have any succes on radio, unfortunately.
Of the 4-track recordings only 'Temporary' and 'Desiree Coumans' survived, as the recordings provided by Dennis made the others not interesting enough to be kept and the Minidisc was erased. A tape-copy of these recordings however is in possesion of the editorial crew of the 'Goudsche Courant', as it was 'flash-crashed' onto their desks October 10th as 'on the cuff'-mix runthrough, 'for quick listening only'!
Thursday October 9th 2003, 'Schouwburg' Gouda.
Tracks: Huisband-Pick Up The Pieces/Mix-Dance explosion/Maarten Overdijk & Michiel v Gijzel-Your Song/Tabitha & Co-Johanna/Sanne van Tongerloo-Sounds Of Spain Tango Terrific+The Matador/Mr Brands-Rap/Sanne Spaans, Xandra Roukes & Huisband-Nine To Five/Da Girlzz-La Leçon Du Danse/Martijn & Jasper Schutte-Zelfs Je Naam Is Mooi/Temporary-Good Girl/Tyshanti de Jonge & Huisband-Break Down The Wall/Huisband-Pick Up The Pieces (2)/Rianne Buurman & Sandrine Gütz-Tom Waits/Teun van den Heuvel & Laura Vos-Muggendans+Arabisch Liedje/Maud Verhoef & Yvonne Streng- O Mare Tu/Suzanne Pince van der AA-Ik Zing Dit lied Voor Jou Alleen/Beat Your VOHAMIVO-Beat Your VOHAMIVO/Anique & Co-One Flight Down/Virgin-So Exited/Desiree Coumans-Died Chase+Love/John de Heij-Liedje/Exit-Everybody Needs Somebody/Huisband & Rest-Celebration (2 parts).
Notes: This was a regional musical contest for students from secondary schools in the area, organized as part of promotional activities to boost up the amount of readers for regional daily newspaper de 'Goudsche Courant'. Acts from 6 schools sang, danced or played classical music to win a prize. 'Temporary' won.
Initial recordings were made and mixed on 4-tracks for broadcast purposes, but as there was anti-phasis and other distorting noise, theatre-technician Dennis van Driel was asked to provide us his 24-tracks recorded 'works' for further broadcasting purposes. These were first aired Friday November 21st by 'Going Underground' and 'Why You', skipping the dance-acts, as these simply don't have any succes on radio, unfortunately.
Of the 4-track recordings only 'Temporary' and 'Desiree Coumans' survived, as the recordings provided by Dennis made the others not interesting enough to be kept and the Minidisc was erased. A tape-copy of these recordings however is in possesion of the editorial crew of the 'Goudsche Courant', as it was 'flash-crashed' onto their desks October 10th as 'on the cuff'-mix runthrough, 'for quick listening only'!
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