Mailcop - Muzak (tape, Midas Tapes taped 022, 1987)

Today a post about fireworks, it's the last day of the year. Odd when you think of it to associate fireworks with the last day of the year, but we really start them on new years day. Oh well. I already posted music by Roel Meelkop before when he was calling himself Happy Halloween. In 1985 or so he changed it to Mailcop, which sounds kinda like his name in English, but it means something else. In his 'Muzak' release, the second cassette he did for Midas, he used the sound of fireworks in the opening track, and for me is one of the best of that phase by him. Ripped and donated by DMDN.

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Dutch Punk #12

Various 7"s this time with texts in Dutch. There are two by the great De Straks from Delft, personal favorites of mine. Which can't be said of the second 7" by Megafoons, acoustic punks from Utrecht. I really don't like this one, but I put it anyway. The 7" by Zowizo is also great, they were from the great Wormer scene. Miranda's and Subway were donated by Kees of that great Dutch punk site, but I have no scans for them.

De Straks - Vrij Onverteerd (7", no label, 1982)
De Straks - Groeten Uit De Vrije Wereld (7", no label, 1982)
Megafoons - Nooit Meer Fascisme (7", Rock Against Records, 1983)
Zowizo - Beat Per Minute (7", Hotse-Knotse-Kneuzenrally Records, 1983)
Subway - Jesus Loves Me But I Don't Care (7", No Fun 3, 1978)
Miranda's - For Promotion Only (7", prut 001, 1981


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V2 3D Compilation (tape, V2 Archief, 1985)

The V2 Archief label released various compilations, both on cassette and CD, to document their various live activities. These were usually based along a theme or some such, but I lost the booklet that goes with this release, so I am clueless what this 'manifestation' (as was a popular phrase of the V2 people back then) was all about. It has a piece by Laibach that is also on the previously posted V2 release, and also included are Wikke 't Hooft, Ret Marut, Ad van Iersel, Demorgorgon (with Lukas Simonis), 6de Kolonne (of the Kaisettes label), Ad van Buuren (of whom I will post a great tape soon), Cas de Marez and Strafe Fur Rebellion. V2 moved to Rotterdam from 's-Hertogenbosch (I must use the correct name of the city, since you won't find Den Bosch on a map, but that's how we dutch call the city) in 1992 or 3. They just released a heavy book (in every sense of the word) on the work of Dick Raaymakers.


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Unheimliche Jungfrauen - Tanzmusik Für Atomschuträume (tape, 1982), Er-Arare Musica (tape, Combinator Recorders, 198?)

Two short releases today, although you could doubt wether the release by Unheimliche Jungfrauen is really released, but I bought in Staalplaat back in the day, so let's say it's properly released, but without a label. They are three piece from Utrecht with D. Mark on guitar, K.H. Mütterliebe on vocals and casio and H. Bavinck on bass and production. They love everything German, and their tape is a great example of how easy you could copy NDW to your own end. This should be released on LP straight away (maybe I should do it, after attempts failed with Svatsox and Rondos, although the latter will release a CD in 2008).
No information on Ex-Arare Musica, but it's also nice synth stuff, a bit more experimental than the other. The release is on Combinator Records, a label from Rotterdam and according to 'Cassette Catalogus' there is also a Störung cassette on that label: wish I had that!

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The Love Choir - Try Anything One (tape, Decay Int, 1983), Fever (tape, Decay Int, 1983)

Behind The Love Choir where the same people as the ones behind Decay Int, who came originally from Leiden, and had some ties to Kubus, although their music is quite different. They use guitars, saxophones, drums, tapes and make really odd industrial music meeting rhythm. Quite soon after these cassettes they changed their name into Friends In Low Places. 'Try Anything Once' has a live side and a studio side, which I didn't separate, and 'Fever' was made a sort of joke, and wasn't widely released. After the label moved to Rotterdam, they released some more interesting music. More of that soon.

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A 433RPM boxing day gift

The Netherlands have a 'great' tradition of two christmas days, in some countries the second is known as 'boxing day'. So instead of a regular post of a tape or piece of vinyl, I compiled a small surprise box for you. It has some christmas pieces that I found scattered around the house, and some pieces of tapes and vinyl which were hard to lump into a more regular post, partly because it's from tape with pieces that came to you otherwise (in one case) and a compilation LP with crap music save for the two in the folder, plus two 7"s which I happen to like. Curious? I hope so, start unpacking now. If you leave a comment - great, but don't spoil the fun for others, right?

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Santa Claus Comes - Oscar's X-Mas Carols 1985 (tape, Noel 2, 1985)

Obviously I can't escape Christmas, even though I would love to. Oscar, mentioned in the title, is Oscar Smit, for a long period the most important man in my life, since he reviewed cassettes among other things in Vinyl, the best magazine on music ever produced in The Netherlands. Due to all his contacts he compiled two or three times a compilation with alternative Christmas music. I don't have the first one, but this is the second one, with Christmas tunes by Otto Grunbauer, Bene Gesserit, Jacques van Erven, Panta Rhei, Doxa Sinistra, DDAA, History Of Unheard Music, V.ø, Genetic Factor, Mark Lane, Bump and four soundpieces by Oscar himself as Grandmaster O.

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