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Category Archives: anything goes
Dec
11
2009
Love For New Toys
My mad professor friend Jenamu6 got some new toys. -NoiseRing -AntiOsc -PLL -A143-I -QMMG -MATHS -HertzDonut -A155 If: (You have no idea what these things are or do) Then: (This video probably isn’t for you) Else: (enjoy!) If you’re into this sort of thing be sure to check his youtube channel for more synthesizer wackyness
Nov
14
2009
the mad lettre: afterparty @ de effenaar
The Popronde went out with a bang this weekend! After what was supposed to be the last show @ Dynamo Eindhoven (photos here), our friends from The Mad Trist convinced us to join them for a guerilla gig @ de Effenaar @ 03:30. Avant La Lettre & The Mad Trist on stage, together. Ofcourse way [...]
Oct
11
2009
Het Grote Onvruchtbaarheidsfeest
Club Interbellum & Avant La Lettre come full circle. We played our 1st gig ever @ the 1st Club Interbellum @ de Balie 2 years ago. Now we play the last Club Interbellum to be held @ de Balie. Laurens and Alexandra (of Saelors) will also be performing a song they wrote especially for the [...]
Sep
02
2009
Money
Barrett Strong recorded this in 1959 for motown records, it got to number 2 on the R&B charts and 23rd on the US Pop charts making it Motown’s first hit. Barrett Strong later went on to become one of Motown’s most famous song writers. in 1979 The Flying Lizards released this equally brilliant cover version:
Aug
15
2009
how the 00s were actually the 80s
As the decade draws to an end, looking back, you could argue that, culturally, it wasn’t really the 00s that we lived in, but that it was actually more some kind of synthesis of the 00s and the 80s. A retro fad at the beginning of the decade, the infiltration of 80s culture into 00s [...]
Jul
17
2009
Classic Goldie… coming soon to BBC Two
In a spin-off from last year’s Maestro series on BBC Two, and in collaboration with the BBC Proms, Classic Goldie sees the drum ‘n’ bass pioneer commissioned to write a seven-minute composition to be performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Proms, reflecting the theme of evolution. for the time being here’s an [...]
Jul
01
2009
JC Thomaz&The Missing Slippers
Erwin was spotted playing bass for JC Thomaz & The Missing Slippers. check out J.C. Thomaz & The Missing Slippers here: www.myspace.com/jcthomazthemissingslippers
Jun
24
2009
how to be miserable as a professional musician: a ten-step guide
taken from RobbieFulks.com 1. Regard your skill set with self-satisfaction — as rounded, complete, and impeccable. 2. Imagine that your tiny corner of the world of music is the world of music. 3. Treat the grubby commercial aspects of the profession — poring over contracts, comparing the fine points of different distribution platforms, self-promotion — [...]
Jun
23
2009
gangsters
Gangsters zijn bijzonder geschikt voor akoestische performances zo werken bijvoorbeeld guns, bitches en bling niet op stroom. En hebben pimped out cadillac’s enkel benzine nodig. in een akoestische setting blijft er dus genoeg van het image overeind om zowel het publiek alsmede de gangster zelf een fijne avond te bezorgen zonder te veel concessies te [...]
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New toys! First of all, leaving a comment to one of our posts has become a lot easier. From now on you can login to this blog with your twitter or facebook account. You no longer have to login to this site, but just click on the “twitter connect” or “facebook connect” button below the [...]