acid circus

i'll be playing live, around 12 o clock
there will be extra speakers, lasershow, dj's liveacts, surprise acts and more
bring your skateboard ....

this sleeve still amazes me ...

somatic responses

finally, I got my chance to see them live ! After 16 years, somatics are gonna perform live .... and its only 30 km from home, and free entrance ! How is that for a change ! Back to the old days .....

Ok, I had to wait till three and I was there early, as it was 300 max capacity ...
so I was hoping for some good music ....
dmdn was nice, three decks at times, sometimes bonky off beats and clean acid records can do funky things indamix , and dmdn mixes !!! Nice ! bliksm liveset was nice but I missed the high hats, and more variety ... also nice analog stuff, but the rythms were digital ... soundcard dependant ... and the analog-digital were not sync sometimes it seemed ... interesting though ! Then a dj, and then pennik ettek LIVE ... which was good but a bit easy .... and then ... the brothers ....
I was a bit synical at first, but willing to give them a chance with their laptops ...
also, when they turned out to take turns, they each had their own laptop, it turned out to be ok, and as they progressed, much more than just ok ! This is what I need when I go for some dancing .... maximum input please ! Not just one rythm box and one synth singing along ... nooooo .... give me 4 -5 synths and four drummachines battling it out ... it was amazing, the stereo image was intriguing at times, the sound was clear and defined, hard and direct ... hitting home ! 16 years ago I heard them for the first time .... lifechanging music we called it ! Inspiring, unique and ever evolving .... wow .... this night they really build up to a giant climax ... making me bang my head, shake my toes and pinky en jump and shout !
My voice is gone, my body still hurts, old man as I am ... but yes .... am I glad I went ! Finally, a direct hit by the brothers from Wales !

THANX !!!

if only I would have had his phonenumber ...

the worst act ever ? no, I am not gonna give him that honour, but what an incredible experience it was ...

imagine this ....

It was the crackbeats night in the batcave in tilburg, a small dark place, being the third and smallest room in a big dance venue here, it's actually the place where I got de-virginized as a musician ! I like it !

This time I walked in and immediately noticed the visuals, two screens behind the dj stage where its normally a dark wall, refreshing ! Also there was a drumset on stage, looking promising .... This was actually not the "so to speak" worst act ever ... this one was ok, it turned out it was one man behind a laptop and one live drummer, nice to see, and well done at times the only thing was that the sound was very closed up .. maybe bad soundcard or what ?

Then it was time for the next act, and thats the one I am on about ... a guy from australia called rainbow ejaculation, yep, whats in a name, it turns out he also has a fetish for porn movies, big dicks and gay stuff .... all in rainbow colours offcourse, thats what the visuals tried to make clear I guess ... but the most offending part was this ...

He walks to the mixer to take over the controls and then he connects one end of the cable to to the mixer, and the other one, believe it or not, goes into his phone ! He then fiddles something with the cables of the mixer, it later turns out that made one channel into a dubbing channel, with the same signal, but overdriven ... he then presses play and the music starts .... soon there is a new record that gets sort of mixed in ... but all he does is flick the cross fader ... uhum ?? the mix goes on, and it is happy hardcore mixed with herman van veen (dutch folk singer) and other hits or not from any genre, mixed up, with the bpm changing all the time... fuck this ...

The sound quality is really damaging my ears, especially the harsh high frequencies ... and the sight of that guy, with an orange woolen hat over his face with two holes cut out, frantically playing with that cross fader and turning the frequencies without any real finesse ! I mean, if you then find a balanced spot between teh clean and distorted signal, and then do something interesting with phasing frequencies .. but no, offcourse, the mix would leave no room for that ... ... no way ....

I tried to make clear that I thought he sucked, putting up my arms expressing the whats this alll about man ? He waved it away, and after I looked at this idiot for 3 more minutes and then I decided to get up next to him, and pretended to be handling the turntable that was there, unused ... I wanted to make clear to him that I wanted him to either mix for real or go away .... man come on ... the mix he played had been downloaded three months ago by loads of people that were there ... some had even come to see him, and paid entrance and train etc ...and then he does this ! what a complete asshole ! I had a discussion later with a guy who also was playing later that night, maladroit he is called, dont know him, anyway .. it was ok to talk to him, hear about teh aussie scene and I guess it all remains a matter of personal taste ... but when I finally got my chance at teh end of his set, to boooo him away ! I did so ! Loudly !
fuck off and come back with records or cd's and mix live, for real ! then I will be abel to maybe enjoy your mix and choice of music, now, you give me no chance !

Ah, and yes, I wish I would have had your phone number that night !
but you probably turned that option off
professional that you are !

After I sat out his set, cause I wanted to hear eitherherd ... it was time for one more deception .... another great laptop act, frantically waving along with his liveset ... ableton I guess it was, but the way he was pre-reacting to the changes and stuff ... fuck off .. no live nottin .... it seemed he was fulfilling his own expectations ... and not surprising himself ... uhum ....

10 minutes and that was it ... off home .... with a bloody beep in my ears ..

bourges video

bourge off 2009
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colourfull !

food for the eyes when I'm mixing records ...

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bourges off 2009

What a week that was !!!

It all started in that mad busy paris, as I had to go and see toolbox, the record distributor to drop off my accu 003 release. The place is truelly a tetris-like space, using boxes of records as building blocks !
Met some great people, with a great heart for music! Then it was off to Boutigny, where I was gonna spend the night prior to going to bourges. Julien lives in this great place, bang in the middle of the forest ! Amazing place ! Later that night we ended up at his sisters place, it was her birthday, and I had the honour of being at the table with a complete french family, including the mammie, and mama of the bunch .... it was great to be their guest, but at the end, a bit too much french for my head ... next day ... it was again exciting as it was off to bourges, not knowing what to expect as it was after all, legal .... and strange in a way ...

As soon as I saw the rainbows on the way there, it was all gonna be ok ... I just knew it ... it had to be .. it wasn't gonna piss with rain all weekend ... they were not gonna find my little stash of marijuana I brought as a present for my friends that I had not seen for years ... no ... it was all gonna be ok ... Then we hit a little dirt road, and shortly after there was the welcome committee ... loads and loads of gendarmes ... plus helicopter and drug dog jeaaaah ! Bring it on ...
I had some explaining to do about the huge pile of records I had brought ... mmmm selling them huh ? Why ? Ok, you are an artist ... ok ... eeeeeh little confusion .. but in the end they let me keep my records, as they require you to have a permit to seel thinmgs at events like these .. jeaaaaah ... thanx for nottin mr sarkozy ...
Then after the dogggie had made its way trough my bus, they even put him all the way up, on top of my bed ... but nottin ... haha ... they could not believe it, a big bus, from holland, and no drugs ???
So off I went, and was then welcomed by someone from system18 who had sort of hosted this whole thingie, together with some other systems ... that was very nice, a warm welcome in a different way completely .. ... I was reassured and told I could play that weekend, at their combined system ... so ... I only just entered, and I could start relaxing fully .... and so I did ..... Drank a couple of heavy duty beers and staggered around the terrain on friday night, danced my arse off, what a great drum-n bass system they had ! thanx guys for the great tunes .. also, overall ... the people were amazing, great costumes, masks, smiles etc ... very exchanging atmosphere as
opposed to the energy I felt when I was at marigny couple of years ago .. that was much more scary feeling, this was open .. and warm .... no worries ... It's party time mate !!! and we are here to do so !!!! join us ......

Met great people, sold loads of records and cd's, had a blast playing saturdaynight in front af a kickass system .... wow ... what a sound that wall produced, shame it was a little bit too risky with the rain, to stand in front off that huge wall ... opne day I will , for now we staying in the tent, right off the wall ... which was nice too ! Great view over the dancefloor !!! My little toy did its magic again ... And then the "job" was over and done, it was much enjoyed by myself !!! its great when you can enjoy what you do ... haha .... Sunday was relaxed, again, great weather .... Monday I went to go and see my parents, who were 100km from bourges, with a broke down car ... as it was getting fixed, I took them along in my bus to go to the loire, for a great walk at the riverbeds at orleans, then dropped them off later that day and they continued their holiday the day after, while I was making my way slowly back to holland, discovered great sites along the route nationale, had a swim and a sauna, great spots in the forest, and at the water ... and then .. yes I had to go back ... which was hard, but ok ! My battery was after al ... fully discharged and recharged !
Time to evolve further .... Immediately connected my lifeset back up when I came back, even played a bit but almost fell asleep with my head on my mixer so, full of inspiration ....

noorderlicht 010

noorderlicht 010

wow, what a night that was ...
and day,
by the way .... and the water !

Great to see all participants interweaving their lights and crafts making the busstation at rotterdam noord a very cosy warm place indeed, despite the wind and cold ...

right next to my alltime heroes .. but a bit strange ....

right next to my heroes from dublin,
and the prodigy etc ...

the strange thing is, all these sites are selling my music, and I dont know nottin about it all ... let alone that I get any money ...
the f**ked up thing is, the site where I hosted my tracks is bankrupt ..., that site was my answer to these illegal mp3 sites ... basically this way, anyone could download my music for FREE in the highest quality mp3 possible.... and the diehards will buy the vinyl anyway ... so I hope all these mp3suckersites choke on it ..

slide project-tower short movie

hey,
for a long time the movie about my brothers slides I projected was gone,
lost in the digital highway...
now I found it again, on the same highway, guess I took the right turn this time,
so here it is .. it was a few years ago ... one of the first
lighting tribute projects for my dear brother Finsent
.... with many to follow ..

http://www.brabantsdagblad.nl/video/regionieuws/article1552967.ece

Graaf, grijns, peins

finally .....

I will be playing again, in france this time ..
its the free festival de Bourges the weekend of 17-18 april fri-sun

Very much looking forward to this, on the road, with my new record also !

I lost my music serverr .....

aaaaaaaaah

today I wanted to check my music on musicv2 where I have spend loads of time uploading all my music that has been released so far on vinyl, along with complete livesets, dj mixes and more unreleased tracks ...

now he site has gone ....

I already had a bad feeling from that guy, he did not live up to his promises, tried whatever trick to get more money, promising changes and nice features, for which he needed more souls to donate their hard earned cash ...

and now its all gone ....

I dont know yet what to do ...
I have records I pressed with the address of teh website ...
here I am... gonna have to put bloody stickers over the address .,.. nice
on a very meticoulsy designed record sleeve ... a sticker ....
fuck fuck fuck
I am mad, upset, disgusted and sad ...

years of work down the drain ........... all gone ....
also my brothers page .....

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA

And there are thousands of other paying members ... also, all of their mixes ... gone !

Ah well, venting this helps a bit .... but still ... i am fucked ....
this is gonna cost time and energy that I want to spend on the next record releases ..

..............

Time to Stand Up and Evolve !!!

some colours for a weird and strange but special day !
today its the 10th february,

34 years ago my brother finsent was born
I miss you maestro

nerdlab in de verkadefabriek - den bosch

it was nice ! great venue, nice people, loads of visitors from all around. glad the entrance was free thanx to some sort of subsidy, great acts - sounds - installations - bend toys and visuals - even my parents showed up and braved the sounds we eventually produced, finding our way trough the sonic jungle our bend toy orchestra created .... it was a beautifull experimental night, learned loads in many ways ... thanx

circuit band playing again

coming the 20th december we will be playing again, this time it will be in the factory (de fabriek) in rotterdam, where there will be a full day of electronic arty farty thingies ... more info soon ...

--OPEN INVITATION----------Dear artist/designer/performer/developer/geek,


De Fabriek hosts a media arts event on saturday the 20th of december. The event will feature workshops, live acts and installations. This is a call for participation in any of the categories.

The event is non-profit and will be free to the public. We are looking for participants who enjoy sharing and showing their work in an inspiring environment like De Fabriek. We can't pay fees but we provide a public platform for your work and a great opportunity to meet and exchange. We provide the technical production/equipment (as much as possible).

Live acts:
Live audiovisuals, DIY/circuit-bent electronics, media-augmented performances and more...

Installations:
Interactive environments, generative audiovisuals, robotics and more...

Workshops:
Do you have skills or tricks in media/interactive/electronic/digital arts and technology you want to share? Can you teach or build it in a session of a couple of hours? Lets hear it...
(Visitors can be charged a fee for material costs.)


Send your application to info@defabriek.nu. Please forward to anyone interested!


About foundation De Fabriek:
De Fabriek is an alternative art and culture center in Rotterdam. It's a working and exhibiting platform run by an independent collective of about 40 artists and creatives. We provide a low-threshold and inspiring environment for artists, designers, audiovisual companies and more to start off and develop their work and businesses in. At the same time we provide a public scene for the exhibition and performance of alternative art and music. Independence, self-support and creative freedom are the fundaments of De Fabriek.
--------------------- De Fabriek Rotterdam

subcom labelnight

coming friday, I will be playing in hasselt, belgium. It's the subcom labelnight for a good dose of hardwired music it seems .... I'll be bringing a fresh dose of accu records along, together with my hopefully a bit more easy to install liveset, all properly cased up now, so lets see how it goes, see you there :)

accu 003 centripetal forces ep

yes, again, the colours come out all wonky and wrong ....
but hey , for now this is the sleeve pre-view sort of thing

its here, finally ...

definately worth the wait, feel the artwork, working its way round and round
energy is a beautiful thing !
artwork by typhique - multitimbral is the name if his audio-visual studio and as most design dummies he is still working on his own website ... yep ..
music was mastered and cut by martin giles, alchemy uk and pressed on 160grams black vinyl by record industry, housed in again a very very colourful sleeve ...
contact me if you wanna help in the distribution process
fuck caSh - we need music =_*

wirwar vs crackbeats

circuitbenders night in den bosch

yes, finally we are bending again, it had been years ....
x11, typhique and myself (as the circuit bandit) will be performing as the circuit band on the 29th october .... entrance is free for all
come and see - hear what our noisy toys and drum machines will spit out !