Mindblowing performance of the piece Karenina by Charlemagne Palestine, Oren Ambarchi & Daniel O’Sullivan + a fantastic set by FUJI|||||||||||TA at the Mimimal Music Festival at Bimhuis, Amsterdam last Thursday.
Awesome day at Rewire Festival w/ Oneohtrix Point Never, Armand Hammer, Milkwood, Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke, Tortoise and Chunky Move.
The new Gigi Masin double album, Implodendo in una accecante oscurità ('imploding into blinding darkness'), is a dark emotional, but beautiful trip 🖤
The Numero Group is on a roll with re-releasing 90s guitar/shoegaze music, with the fantastic new Should, Tacoma Radar, loveliescrushing and the masterpiece by Majesty Crush that is Butterflies Don't Go Away, a top ten album of all time for me 💙
New one on Trunk Records. Reminds me of early Jarre & Tyndall and Dutch 80s synth bands Nova & Peru.
Springtij 2026 at the Pletterij in Haarlem. Another crazy lovely edition w/ Red Brut, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand, Jasna Veličković & Claudio Jacomucci, Byinoar and Marijn Filius. Thank you Martijn Comes & Hessel Veldman 💙
Thomas Azier at TivoliVredenburg.
The Orb at the Nobel in Leiden! 🛰
The mighty Suede last night at the 013, Tilburg.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
w/ Steve McQueen & Faye Dunaway
According to my IMDB Watchlist I should have seen this before, but I can't remember a thing 🙃
Morning music by Klaus Wiese & Michael Vetter
#infinitefog
Fantastic shoegaze/new wave from The Veldt, recorded in '89, released in '23. Produced by Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins. A coincidence that both bands are named after a Simple Minds song?
Wednesday were great last night at Paradiso + support act Bleary Eyed.
Fantastic new record store in town. Picked up some fine records at Speijers Platen in Amsterdam.
Hans Dulfer still kicking it at 85 at the Patronaat in Haarlem w/ Koen Schouten (baritone), Jerôme Hol (guitar), Ishaq van Niel (bass) and Hans Eijkenaar (drums).
Kneecap (2024).
A bit late to the party, but enjoyed every minute of it.
@kneecapceol.bsky.social
Late nite Pekka.
Mangala, a compilation of work released on cd-r between '96 and '03.
One of his best.
The Mastermind (2025) by Kelly Reichardt w/ Josh O'Conner and an incredible soundtrack by jazz man Rob Mazurek.
The Killer Elite ('75)
W/ James Caan and a great jazz funk score by Jerry Fielding
Fantastic Mahler 2 by the Netherlands Philharmonic, conductor Lorenzo Viotti, singers Nikola Hillebrand and Marina Viotti and the Laurens Symfonisch choir, last night at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Big thanks to Oscar Smit for playing 'Oars and Ears' on his Beautiful Extremes radio show!
The soundtrack to 'Oars and Ears' is out now on all streaming services and on Bandcamp (including the 9-minute film).
Get it here: huntercomplex.bandcamp.com/album/oars-and-ears-original-animation-soundtrack
The soundtrack to 'Oars and Ears' is out now on all streaming services and on Bandcamp (including the complete 9-minute film!).
Get it here: huntercomplex.bandcamp.com/album/oars-and-ears-original-animation-soundtrack
Review of the screening of 'Oars and Ears' last November at the Pletterij in Haarlem on NoID&Tea. Plus some shots from the night!
Read it here: noidandtea.com/de-keuken-07/
20. Daisuke Hinata - Tarzanland (We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want)
16. Yoshio Suzuki - Morning Picture (Victory)
17. Various - Radiola (Dead Mind)
18. Repetition Repetition - Fit for Consequences: Original Recordings, 1984-198 (Freedom To Spend)
19. Elektriktus - Electronic Mind Waves / Electronic Mind Waves - Volume 2 (Ictus Records)
12. Klaus Wiese - Uranus (Black Sweat)
13. Various - All The Young Droids - Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 (School Daze)
14. Terre Thaemlitz - Soil (Comatonse)
15. Venus II - Oh Boy (New Islands / Pleasure Of Love)
