De Ontkenning Soundtrack (tape, Ding Dong Records & Tapes ODC 011, 1984)

Finally Dr. Freakowitz returns after some silence, with three posts. This is the first one, in which he gives a pretty unknown tape on Ding Dong Records & Tapes. Its music by Rob Hauser for a film by Orkater, made for the VPRO TV. Ding Dong's Ignit worked at that time for VPRO Radio ('Spleen' if you care to remember), so short ties on releasing this. Back then I (433 RPM) thought this was all pretty 'official' art business and it sucked that cassette releases were used for that. Now I think its pretty ok chamber music; I am so much more mild now.

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De Fabriek - Music For Scanners (tape, De Fabriek Records & Tapes, 198?)

This could very well be a collaboration with Kapotte Muziek, since the cover indicates at that. Otherwise its a pretty obscure album of tape loops, radio noise and police scanners. Long before that other Scanner appeared on the scene!

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Van Mens (tape, HP5, 1984), Character 6 - Eminenties (tape, HP6, 1986)

Two weeks ago I borrowed a small box of tapes from a friend and today is the final post I can make of this box and today is the final post with two highly obscure tapes. One is by Van Mens from 's-Hertogenbosch, a group around Frank van Mens (text, voice, music), Huub Urlings (music), Frans Leonard (music, production) and Josan Frissen (voice). Instruments used, according to the cover, TV, vacuum cleaner, various keyboards, various snares, percussion, rhythmbox, glass, voices, bagpipes and 'canned applaus'. Sound poetry meets experimental music. Mostly in Dutch, but quite nice. On the same label, HP (not present in de Nederlandse Cassette Catalogus), is an even shorter cassette (single), with two pieces, 'Als Hij Komt...' (if he arrives) and 'Welkomstlied' (welcome song) and judying by the (stolen!) cover by cartoonist Opland, this deals with the visit of the Pope to 's-Hertogenbosch in 1985. I think with pretty much the same people. Maybe the donator of these tapes cares to leave an anynomous comment on this? Not for sale download

Rod Summers - Memorial For The Bee-Eater (tape, Vec editions, 1992)

Final tape I have by Rod Summers. 'The collage was created with sounds from the 25 cassettes sent in for the Birds & Borders project', all mixed together in Rod Summers style.

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Yximalloo - Bush Of Bamboo (tape, Sakura Wrechords, 1986)

The second and last Yximalloo tape I borrowed, but there might be more. I looked very long and intense at the cover with and without glasses but I can't read the track titles properly. Maybe you can do and retag the songs.

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Rod Summers - Helgisaga (tape, VEC editions, 19??)

This is a rip from the original tape release, but apparently there is a CD version to (thanks Jerry for letting me know). From the CD notes: The audio-drama Helgi Saga was written and recorded from May to November 1985. Inspiration sources for the original story were many and various but the main ones were my Viking friends Helgi "The Turtle" Fridjonsson and Por Elis Palsson, the Icelandic sagas, especially Burnt Njall's Saga, and the Bible, book of Ezekial, chapter one from verse four.
The story itself is a black comedy about the progress of a noble Viking who, whilst at battle on behalf of a Norwegian king, has a close encounter of the third kind with robot representatives from Cosmic Control.

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Rod Summers - Helgisaga (tape, VEC editions, 19??)

More Rod Summers here, with hardly any info: 'An Audio Drama for 35 Voices' it says on the cover. Not for sale download