ARTIST...: Hessel Veldman
TITLE....: Eigen Boezem
YEAR.....: 2020
LABEL....: STROOM
CAT.NO...: STRLP-040
GENRE....: Electronic
TIME.....: 45:21
SIZE.....: 79.37 MB
QUALITY..: 243kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2020/05/28
WEBSITE..: https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/eigen-boezem
TRACKLIST
01) (02:33) Hessel Veldman - Tale
02) (03:35) Y Create - The Blue Intro
03) (05:48) Y Create - He Said
04) (02:53) Y Create - Go Nothing To Do
05) (02:13) Hessel Veldman - B^te
06) (05:14) Forbidden Photographs - The Tattooed Fetus
07) (02:36) Y Create - Je Ne Pas Le Pain
08) (00:14) Y Create - Broken Chairs
09) (04:18) Y Create - Everyone Has Left Us Tonight
10) (02:15) Y Create - àà.And More
11) (04:29) Y Create - Walkin'
12) (01:47) Y Create - Let's Go
13) (01:28) Hessel Veldman - Truth Will Be Cold
14) (05:58) Hessel Veldman - In Biberach
Tucked away in the Dutch underground of the early 80Æs a young Hessel Veldman created
his own music world in the small industrial sea town of IJmuiden. It was a world
recorded on tapes and reels. A world where things happened according to personal
logic based on sonic exploration, electronic sounds and improvisation. The approach
was intimate, at times light-hearted, but often following deep inner contemplation
and total immersion in the creative process. Above all, music was made according to
the Do-It-Yourself principle of the home-taping culture.
The home-taping network established itself globally during the late 70Æs and kept
blooming throughout the 80Æs. It was a self-exploring, self-sustained music culture
of people sending each other home recorded music material on cassettes. No external
music industry was interfering with the musical works. The making of the music, the
different releases and the labels were all self-managed. Wonderful international
cassette compilations were created that showed the intensive musical exchange at play
between the home-tapers. Cassettes were often accompanied by all sorts of printed
matter and resulted in little pieces of individual artworks. Hessel Veldman played a
protagonist role in the Dutch home-taping network while also maintaining a large
international network of contacts.
Under the moniker Y Create (Why create? or Ymuidense creations) many cassettes were
recorded at home as well as in collaboration with others. Simultaneously, Veldman
created his own cassette label Exart with his wife Nicole Veldman on which their own
and other artists productions were published. The label was created to spread and
exchange experimental and improvised music made in home-studioÆs. The Exart home-
studio was the place where compositions, recordings, radio-programs, mixes and
remixes were made. Veldman has stated that out of hours of home recordings a few
tracks would derive that had captured rare and special tracks or rare sonic
atmospheres that would be selected for a release. Most pieces could never be
reproduced exactly because mistakes and uncomfortable settings were of great
importance during the recording process. Aside from the many Y Create recordings,
Veldman was member of the improvisation group Gorgonzola Legs and kept working
intensively with other artists like Fluxus artist and Dutch underground cult-figure
Willem de Ridder. With De Ridder, De RidderÆs wife Cora and Nicole hours of
spontaneous improvisation, field recordings and radio plays were created. They
recorded deeply shared intimate experiences with each other but also used theatrical
storytelling.
Hessel VeldmanÆs diverse music practices have been traversing several decades by now
and he continues to play music according to his own insights and intuitions today.
Nevertheless, the home-taping era has played a key role in the shaping of his free
approach to music. Eigen Boezem is a collection of tracks gathered from different
cassettes from his body of work that capture moments of magical home recordings.
Eigen Boezem displays the versatility of his musical output and creativity, ranging
from industrial experiments to new wave - from trance inducing avant-pop to synthetic
minimalist funk. The selection of the different tracks on Eigen Boezem is done in
such a manner that a new cohesive album is created.
Released May 22, 2020
Liner Notes by Bence Meijer.
Photos by Abel MinnΘe & Woody Bos
Graphic Design by Nana Esi
Selection by Hessel Veldman & Ziggy Devriendt
Mastered By Mathieu Savenay
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