The More You Live, The More You Love

This time a view days later than the normal Friday. It all has to do with a long weekend spent on Vlieland, one of the Wadden isles. The funny thing is the cover was already choosen before we went on holiday. Funny, yes, since the cover is the harbour service checkpoint of Harlingen, the harbour from which you leave with the ferry to Vlieland. Vlieland is a beautiful island, with only 1200 inhabitants. the island became famous when the tv series Doctor Deen, the female general practitioner on the island. Three seasons were shot sofar and the recordings for the fourth and last season are planned for 2017. The island only has one village, with de Dorpsstraat as the center of the village. Okay the tracklist for Volume 11 is: 01. LUL - New Band (1:43) 02. The Two - Reflection In Time (3:38) 03. Cancel - Swamp Children (4:38) 04. Plane Of Section - Hold (5:08) 05. Rite Of Passage - Tumb (4:28) 06. La Danza Moderna - Moments In Time (8:25) 07. La Valse - Winter (3:53) 08....

And so we come to Volume 10. A volume filled with outsiders. Bands that never faced the success of a top 40 listing, but still became known for their music. What binds them is the will to create music that is not mainstream. Fighting against the stream, and still get known by the public. The tracklist for Volume 10: 01. Genetic Factor - Action Spot (4:15) 02. Cargo Cultus - A Summer Idyl (4:39) 03. Mekanik Kommando - Passing Clouds (4:48) 04. Ende Schneafliet - Synthimental Love Song (live) (3:07) 05. Vienna Moralis - Wiener Krem (4:21) 06. Coïtus Int. - My Ideal Man (3:32) 07. Meer Staal - Material Brain (3:52) 08. Tox Modell - Paris St. Lazare (2:09) 09. Van Kaye & Ignit - Picassos On The Wall (3:25) 10. Electric Party - Strings In Time (3:51) 11. Berlitz Drama - Frühling (3:15) 12. Another - Paris Tribe (4:28) 13. Exploiting The Prophets - 4x Horizontal (4:32) 14. Bazooka - Das Fest (3:22) 15. Das Wesen - In Your Face (3:33) 16. Cybe - Fun (2:33) 17. Hesse...

Another week past. A very hectic and enerving week. Last Saturday, the 6th of Mai, I visited The Hague. A friend of mine wrote his own book, which he presented that day. We walked the center of the city combining a good glass of beer and a good bite with visits to local record stores. In the last one I was able to score some Dutch New Wave vynil of artists which will be featured on later issues. Since I had hoped to find some vynil of bands, that I didn't find sofar, I decided to order the most wanted albums through discogs on my way back home in the train. They all arrived in the past days and I hope to set up a recording spot later this Saturday in the attic to digitize the vynil in the upcoming days and weeks. I will follow a new procedure which for sure takes some time to get experienced with. Sunday I went to the Ziggo Dome to see Depeche Mode. A great evening, a great band and a great setlist. To be honest the new album has not settled in yet, although I like a s...

Meanwhile Volume 8 has seen the light of day. Volume 08: 01. Alcatraz - Obsessional (5:46) 02. Bunker - Zombies (3:00) 03. Burma - Chinese Lessons (3:35) 04. Catastrophe Bizarre - Lobotomy (6:05) 05. Desert Corbusier - Teach Yourself (3:02) 06. Dojoji - Additiv (8:19) 07. Incredible Coöp - Flowers (4:35) 08. Kewi A Gogo Party - My Girl Sings On Sticks & Strings (2:06) 09. Marge And The Marvellous - A Distant Dance (3:31) 10. Nine Circles - Twinklig Stars (4:10) 11. Pee Dee - Tiuri (4:00) 12. Pure Ace - Disposed (2:31) 13. Spivs - Boys Of Desillusion (2:47) 14. Suspect - Suspect (4:01) 15. Ten Sharp - Last Words (4:16) 16. Terras Bangkok - Erotic (live) (3:38) 17. Urban Heroes - Habadabariwikiwi (3:02) 18. Vice - The Beast (2:32) 19. W.A.T. - Famous (4:46) 20. Weekend At Waikiki - The Valley (3:50) This time a picture from a statue of Adriaan Anthonisz (also known as Adriaen Anthonisz of Alcmaer) (1527-1607). He was a Dutch mat...

Just back from a great week on Texel. Enjoying a nice atmosphere, the family and the friendly locals. Done a lot, seen a lot and drank a lot. Even within this week of relaxing an family time, I was able to find some new names and finally some albums I was searching for since the start of this project. Unfortunately you, the listener, will have to wait another week, since those bands will be featured on Volume 8 scheduled for next week. The tracklist for this weeks Volume: 01. Das Ding - Reassurance Ritual (3:42) 02. Bell's Of Home - Fall Down (2:49) 03. Tempo Di Marcia - Russian Dream (live) (1:56) 04. The Rooftop - That's How It's Done (3:02) 05. Nadieh - Windforce 11 (3:15) 06. Störung - Empire SX (5:17) 07. The Tapes - Bits And Pieces (4:12) 08. Toylets - Marble Arch House (4:58) 09. Judy Nylon - Broken Glass (3:39) 10. Mecano - Robespierre Re-Marx (2:22) 11. Kewi University Of Swing - Someone (3:20) 12. Naftha's Preview - Bonfire (4:42) 13. The...

Just a quick one. Will be off within a couple of hours. So here is Volume 06. Again a diverse set of tracks and groups which again I enjoyed to create. The tracklist for this Volume is: 01. 12" From Heaven - Fall Out (live) (4:50) 02. Casual Affair - Sand In My Eyes (3:26) 03. Ce Soir - Lost In Dreamin' (3:57) 04. Coka - Modern Girl (2:49) 05. Factory Toys - Vapouring Pictures (3:50) 06. Fay Lovsky - Maggie (3:05) 07. How To Get Rich In Rotterdam - Dapper Dan (4:20) 08. Kid Montana - Today (3:17) 09. Menko - Debra (3:35) 10. Mondo Cane - A Long Way From Home (4:47) 11. Naftha's Preview - The Guest (4:11) 12. Niew Hip Stilen - No Crisis Nozeclock (3:10) 13. Ovens Van Ondank - Paradijs (6:28) 14. Prima Volta - Show The World (7" version) (4:01) 15. S.M. Nurse - Cannibal (4:15) 16. Slauerhoff - Clicks (5:18) 17. Sleepless Nights - Radio Airplay (2:56) 18. The Essence - The Cat (3:44) 19. The Phones - * (2:47) 20. Tranquil Eyes - Finding Out F...

This week I reach half the number I have in mind. I think 10 volumes gives a nice idea of what the Dutch music scene was capable of when it comes to New Wave. Volume 5 contains a nice mixture of bands which were not on any volume before and about five which already had their contribution. Concerning the pictures, since I did not give any information when releasing Volume 4. The one of Volume 5 was taken during a January sunset near Uitgeest. This picture of Volume 4 was taken just a couple of weeks ago, when returning back to the Central Station after enjoying the concert of Haevn. It is the weight house on the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam. Getting ready for a nice evening of Steve Hackett. Looking forward to hear a mixed set of solo- and Genesis songs. A good start of this Easter weekend. Tracklist: 01. Da Klute - Empty Room (4:39) 02. Duplex Johnson - Double Date (4:00) 03. I Spy - Channels (2:24) 04. Kewi University Of Swing - Girls On Vacation (2:16) 05. Media - Maga...