Audio Arm #2 (tape, A.R.P.H. Tapes AT # 015, 1985)

I only borrowed the tape, and downloaded the images from discogs. A compilation with: MacLeod Sound Laboratories, Maybe Mental, Big City Orchestra, Start, Hunting Lodge, Fast Forward, Viscera, Fredrik Nilsen, Jeff Greinke, IO Xavier, PGR, James Edwards

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De Fabriek - Mediterraneo (tape, Old Europa Cafe, 19??)

The very last tape of De Fabriek that I have. The bad news is that I am getting, slowly towards the end of my collection to post, but there is good news on the horizon. I am going to get more tapes by Dr. Freakowitz and also from EU Records I will borrow a whole bunch of tapes, plus a small donation from someone who moved house. So the life of this blog is extended for some more time.

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Technique - Janus (tape, Pulse E.M.K., 1983)

Technique is, according to the cover John K. Thornley and his music is largely quiet and easy synthesizer music with a bit of rhythm (arppegio here and there). Nice.

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Rotterdans - Hersenletsel (tape, Drumsound 001, 198?)

An obscure, as in no information, tape by a band from Rotterdam (I think). Its mixed by Exart Studio. Improvised music with a high level of percussion and voices. Later on they had a tape on Exart, the first release on that label.

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Ankarax & Radi-tech (two tapes, 1982)

These two obscure releases from 1982 are not mentioned in any of the Nederlandse Cassette Catalogus, and aren't exactly very informative. Both of them are recorded by Kees de Groot, then a musician and video artist, these days of Planet Art and the Gogbot festival. Two short, ten minute tapes, of rhythm and noise. No track titles as such, and maybe I got the band names also mixed. So it goes.

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Kees van Kalmthout - 'N Aangetekend Stuk (tape, Blessure Records, 1983)

The final tape (so far) on Blessure Records is by poet Kees van Kalmthout, who lived from 1948 to 1991, when he died of a cardiac arrest. He started writing poetry when he was 19, and also painted. In the early 80s he was the manager of MAM, the band by Tom America (their first LP, a true classic in my ears, was posted earlier on this blog), with which band Van Kalmthout also recorded this cassette. So much more music on this poetry tape, and some are in english. I hope I managed to scan the entire cover alright.

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Ruud Kluivers - Artefact 2 (tape, 1981)

Ruud Kluivers is perhaps best known for his label Stichting Stopcontact, who released the five Contactdisc albums, but he also produced his own music. Under his own name, but also with others and this highly obscure tape, which also involvement of Rob van Wijngaarden, also known as Mental (and of whom I don't have many tapes, but perhaps Dr. Freakowitz does. This is all quite an experimental synthesizer tape, no waves.

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