Best records of 2017
De Neus Van God handpicked a fine selection of records and concerts that impressed them during the year 2017. In a random order.
22 December 2017 |
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Lieven Martens Moana — Idylls (Pacific Sound Visions)
Varkenshond — Hargawaan Por Shail (Aguirre Records)
Liz Durette — Four improvisations (Ehse Records)
Crys cole & Oren Ambarchi — Hotel Record (Black Truffle Records)
Aaron Dilloway — The Gag File (Dias records)
Maya Dunietz & Tom White — Summer Crash (Singing Knives Records)
Will Guthrie — People Pleaser (Black Truffle Records)
Giuseppe Ielasi — 3 Pauses (Senufo Editions)
Les Filles de Illighadad — Eghass Malan (Sahel Sounds)
Razen — Xvoto Reels (three:four records)
Ka Baird — Sapropelic Pycnic (Drag City)
Sarah Davachi — All My Circles Run (Students of Decay)
Chik White — Stranger Calls to Lands; cassette selections 2010–17 (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS)
Gerard Herman — Die Past, Die Wrong (Entr’acte)
David Edren — Electronic Gamelan Music (Social Harmony)
Roman Hiele / Lieven Martens — Lips (Ultra Eczema)
Joe McPhee & Bryan Eubanks — My Alien Clarinet (Penultimate Press)
Still House Plants — Assemblages (Glarc Records)
Concerts
- Up-tight (HS63, Les Ateliers Claus, 20 Nov)
- Louis Rice (Café OTO, 8 Jun)
- Guttersnipe (Houtbaar+in de ruimte, 2 Oct)
- Max Eilbacher (Het Bos, 26 May)
- Mark Harwood/Astor (Begijnhofkerk/KultuurKaffee, 18 May)
- Francesco Cavaliere (Begijnhofkerk, 16 May)
- Hiele Martens (Begijnhofkerk, 16 May)
- Peter Fengler (Begijnhofkerk, 11 May)
- This Is not This Heat (Out.fest. 7 Oct)
- Razen (AB Salon, 15 Sep)
- Sleep (Alcatraz festival, 11 Aug)
RECORDS
THE AVANT-GUARDIAN
SPRING BRAKERS 1: Will Guthrie
Time for faith and upheaval: as habits are upended, the KRAAK sludge heads team up with a gang of trusted allies to provide some form of entertainment under duress. For this first edition of Spring Br…
02 April 2020 |
Quarantined Guardian
Lieven Martens' COVID 5
The wayfaring collector of exotic incantations and hawaiian print shirts shares the current rotation of his musical interests and beyond during the most tropical confinement one can afford. There may …
02 April 2020 |
Quarantined Guardian
The Circularity of Razen
Over the last ten years, Razen have trailblazed the field of minimalist music as cartographers of the unknown, the unfelt and the (im)possible. Their latest record Ayîk Adhîsta Adhîsta Ayîk explores n…
24 September 2019 |
AG 14
Al Fresco
Italians use the expression 'al fresco' to mean 'in the chill' or 'in the cool'. ... When tourists are in a restaurant and want to eat outside, they usually say they want to eat 'al fresco'. This is a…
23 August 2019 |
AG 14
De Neus Van God with Gerard Herman
A radio hangout with Gerard Herman, with a superb selection of tracks for Nacht Van De Weerklank
30 January 2019 |
De Neus van God
HET INTERSTEDELIJK HARMONIUMVERBOND
Het Interstedelijk Harmoniumverbond (Intercity Harmonium League) is the vehicle that transports Glen Steenkiste, Brecht Ameel, David Edren and Steve Marreyt towards new horizons. Sprouted from Glen S…
14 November 2018 |
AG 13
A soundtrack for the Summer
The summer is here, and for you De Neus van God handpicked their favorite summer tunes — a selection of records released the first 6 months of 2018. In no particular order. At the end of this post you…
12 July 2018 |
De Neus van God
Ben Knight & Tom White
Visual artist and composer Tom White is a specialist in brutal yet sensitive reel-to-reel tape manipulations. Ben Knight works as a performing artist and musician in the deep universe of the voice and…
19 June 2018 |
AG 12
De Neus Van God
A special neus van god with Gustave Demoen's vision on the KRAAK festival 2018.
23 February 2018 |
De Neus van God
Editorial issue n° 11
Dear reader,
Recently I stumbled upon an interesting article, published in the mid-60s. Reading old essays about art is something of a habit of mine. It helps filtering out the noise that is inherent…
20 February 2018 |
AG 11
David Edren
David Edren is the real name of the man behind the long-running and synth project DSR Lines, and his disguise to explore theme-based (non-modular) sound synthesis. Last year he released the piece Elec…
20 February 2018 |
AG 11
Ka Baird
Ka Baird is one of the founding members of the long-running avant-psych project Spires That in the Sunset Rise, a band the late Jack Rose described as “female Sun City Girls”. Currently Spires consist…
20 February 2018 |
AG 11
Liz Durette
The 2018 edition of the KRAAK Festival reconnects with the vibrant and inspiring Baltimore music scene by inviting Liz Durette, whose improvisations on the Fender Rhodes have rocked their office — and…
20 February 2018 |
AG 11
Still House Plants
Still House Plants consists of three players: Finlay, Jess and David. One day they met at the art school of Glasgow, where they studied at the Fine Arts department. They started playing in flats that …
19 February 2018 |
AG 11
De Neus Van God
The first De Neus van God emission of 2018 is all about the 6th installment in the Braublff (materie und laut) series by KRAAK and DE PLAYER and about the debut LP by Razen’s Ameel Brecht. In the firs…
12 January 2018 |
De Neus van God
David Edren
Social Harmony is
a non-academic research universe, in which DIETER DURINCK explores the mind-boggling properties of image, geometry and color. In this research he displays a fondness for the imperfe…
14 December 2017 |
AG 10.1
Lea Bertucci vs. Sarah Davachi
On November 9th KRAAK and AB Salon presented two rising stars from the new wave of mystic avant-garde composers: Sarah Davachi and Léa Bertucci.
11 December 2017 |
AG 10.1
De Neus van God
A fine selection of tracks, handpicked by Lieven Martens Moana & Lizzy Vandierendonck, who presented a collaborative gesamtkunstwerk at TramZwart on December the 8th.
08 December 2017 |
De Neus van God
Social Harmony
Ghent based Dieter Durinck talks in this interview about a 1990s hiphop mixtape, a low budget diy store in the Ghent neighbourhood De Brugse Poort, moroccan tapes and 1980s new age. Those words actual…
06 December 2017 |
AG 10.1
De Neus van God
Summer skating throughout old time and newbies favorite music by KRAAK. With tracks by Arthur Russell, Will Guthrie, Sunroof!, Nonlocal Society, Lieven Martens Moana, and many more...
23 June 2017 |
De Neus van God
De Neus van God
Due to the absence of De Neus and Van God for different reasons this is an automated episode of De Neus Van God dating 9th June 2017. including tracks by Paul Ngozi, Azna De'l Ader, Fatima Miranda and…
09 June 2017 |
De Neus van God
Will Guthrie
Will Guthrie is one of those performers who continually seem to question the boundaries of his artistic practice. His latest LP “People Pleaser” sees him expanding his drum kit with a diverse range of…
29 May 2017 |
AG 9.1
Artwork issue n° 9.1
By Watcharita Aroon, Lizzy Vandierendonck, Gerard Herman and Nonlocal Society.
28 May 2017 |
AG 9.1
De Neus van God
A spring edition, with a radio performance by Jonas Apers.
26 May 2017 |
De Neus van God
De Neus van God
A pseudo summerish edition with tracks by the finest belgian and international underground and neo-romatic vitalist composers, some field recordings and proper pop songs.
28 April 2017 |
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De Neus van God
Post-KRAAK festival chill down edition, with a smooth summer vibe and shout outs to our volunteers.
10 March 2017 |
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Ameel Brecht
Apart from being the half core of Razen, embodies Ameel Brecht the personae of the master guitar player in the purest form. Using resonator mandolin and guitar he blends European traditions of finger …
15 February 2017 |
AG 9
Hiele Martens
Sometimes the sum of 1 + 1 adds up to 3. But if you add up 2 of Belgium’s finest composers and musicians, it adds up to an infinite number. Hiele Martens (be), or the unexpected collaboration of Lieve…
15 February 2017 |
AG 9
Endrhymes Riddle
In the spring of 2015, Razen dropped their 2,5th LP on the KRAAK label, the astonishing Endrhymes. The sustained tones from their earlier releases sublimated into hardcore melodic minimalism and raw d…
01 December 2016 |
AG 8
Transparant
AN ESSAY ON SEA URCHIN AND SPENCER CLARK'S TYPHONIAN HIGHLIFE. In October 2016, KRAAK presented "Yaqaza" by Sea Urchin and"The World of Shells" by Typhonian Higlife. They were presented on a mindblow…
01 December 2016 |
AG 8
De Neus van God
A summer editions with music, tour comments and some exclusive beer tips by Perry Kraaivalk.
22 July 2016 |
De Neus van God
Sarah Davachi
Sarah Davachi is a young canadian composer and musician. She explores deep spaces of hardcore minimalism through the magical rots that avant-garde music once produced: analogue modular synthesis. Here…
24 November 2015 |
AG 6