Elitist Pop Culture / Est. 2004
I often forget to post news here… but I am happy to announce a new LP coming up this autumn by lo-fi electronic outfit Girotuna… I myself consider this a lost gem of Dutch DIY culture… the test pressing is on high rotation here… artwork is being printed soon… so all ready to go…
You can pre-listen the album here…
Pre-orders are not open yet… but will be soon…
From 2003 to 2008 I was involved with a parties series called Hex. These parties started after I had quite my involvement with the Gruis parties in Utrecht. The Hex nights found a home at OCCII in Amsterdam and had a focus in all things new wave and post-punk… from batcave to NDW to minimal electronics and often also beyond…
Many bands had their (Dutch) live debut there… or otherwise did a rare live show: Agent Side Grinder, Frustration, Schwefelgelb, Sixteens, Black Ice, Wermut, Echo West, Solitude FX, Hval Mus, It&My Computer, Cheveu, SaraLunden, Vanishing, Swann Danger, and so on…
Hex was quite legendary these days… people from Belgium, Germany and France came over just for the nights… and still nowadays I sometimes come across people who still remember these parties…
Recently some footage popped up on Youtube so I ripped it for my private archive… but I also put it online on my Youtube channel and posted it below… just for old times sake and for melancholy moments when it seems that all good things lie in the past…
Exactly a month ago Grasnapolsky was happening and at this very day a month ago the Enfant Terrible session took place… for those not there or those who wants to relive it the Roberto Auser live set is posted below… 40 minutes of minimal electronics and elektro performed live with a modular synth…
For the third time the Gifgrond ladies invited me to curate a night of music at their absolute great event… hosted at a private location near the city center of Tilburg this is one of the best kept secrets in The Netherlands for discovering off radar music… so save the date: Saturday 14th of January… all infos are also here and here…
It is great to start 2017 with this live event for Enfant Terrible… and this will also be recorded as an episode of Radio Resistencia…
Live on stage for the first time in The Netherlands are Belgian post-industrial/post-everything ensemble Embers… next to that Onont Kombar will be performing his minimal electronics live and last but not least Roberto Auser is serving his analogue elektro beats and noises… I will play some tunes before, in between and after the live acts… what a feast!
Here below some sounds to get in the mood:
It took some time… more time as expected… but this seems to be the normal way to go these days… Anyway… out now are the three awaited records by Roberto Auser, Utroid and Monocorpse…
Roberto Auser serves minimal electronics/elektro as it should sound… raw and analogue… Utroid spoils us with new beat and early techno influenced acid… and last but not least Monocorpse delivers some dark and ritual electronic music… you can find the second video from the Monocorpse EP here below…
All three records come in screen printed sleeves which are handprinted by me and Roberto Auser at Kapitaal in Utrecht.
You can order the records at the ET webshop or get them shortly from the usual suspects around the globe…
During the last Radio Resistencia episode Roberto Auser performed live… and live means live… so all hardware and no laptops…
Also this live set was improvised with sounds related to the upcoming EP “Faceless Future” on Enfant Terrible… but no track performed live was one on one from this EP… Poured out over the listeners was pure analogue minimal electronics… just like the record is going to be…
Below is the live set… enjoy!