We are proud to announce that three of our latest releases are now available through iTunes. Spoelstra’s The Almighty Internet, Split LP#4 with Garçon Taupe and Legowelt and the brand new Hunter Complex album are available from every iTunes store on the planet for people who like their music in zeroes and ones. For all you lovers of physical product, please go to our webshop to buy our vinyl and cd’s.
Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World got some mainstream attention in NRC Next: ‘Not all the remakes are evenly succesful, but I’m sure Eno will appreciate this album. After all, he always encouraged breaking down conventions.’
Lobo by Garçon Taupe, elected dance track of 2009 on Eclectro, made it into the playlist of Nalden, a prominent Dutch lifestyle blogger.
The Almighty Internet by Spoelstra has just been released, but already got two great reviews. Vital Weekly: ‘Shut down Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and go that nice bar around the corner, and have some of this great music, preferably played by Spoelstra, sweating over his equipment. Loud is best, cold beer in your hand, and Spoelstra’s quirky electro beats, chopped up synth lines, bits of noise will do the rest.’ Incendiary Magazine on Spoelstra: ‘I love it, and if you like the oddball, you’ll love it too.’
Incendiary Magazine also reviewed Katadreuffe’s Quel Gargantua EP: ‘It’s a long time I heard any band so wound up and truculent, to be honest. Fantastic stuff.’
The Dutch magazine Fret reviews three Narrominded releases in their January/February issue. On Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World: ‘This other other green world doesn’t make you happy; hopefully this gloomy undertone isn’t a prediction for the near future. But besides that, this compilation is cool, relaxed, deep and groovy.’ [read more] They were a little less enthousiastic about Slow Country for Old Men by Psychon: ‘A carefully composed diary that never actually gets exciting, but nonetheless is nice to listen to.’ [read more] However, they recommend Korrels by Living Ornaments: ‘A firm and powerful piece of work.’ [read more] Belgian e-zine Kwadratuur is also very excited about Korrels: ‘The two sound doctors behind this project are very talented.’ And last but not least, the radio program Beautiful Extremes again played some Narrominded tracks: Here Is the Night (Another Version by Spoelstra) by Hunter Complex from the Here Is the Night EP and Huppy Capsule by Garçon Taupe from Split LP #4. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on January 19 in the player below.
Igloo Magazine wrote a very nice profile on Narrominded: ‘Narrominded’s catalogue is diverse; it tests the waters of electronics with some very interesting results. For anyone wanting to discover something new, go no further than this imprint as you are guaranteed to find something that will undoubtedly itch that scratch.’ Also some kind words from Bertels who wrote a review on Last.fm of Spoelstra’s The Almighty Internet release party in SUB071 in Leiden. ‘Yet another great evening at The Black Tower!’ And Beautiful Extremes, the great online radio show hosted by Oscar Smit, played the tracks Huppy Capsule by Garçon Taupe from Split LP #4 and Here Is the Night (Cosmic Manifestation Mix by Garçon Taupe) by Hunter Complex from the Here Is the Night EP. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on January 12 in the player below.
Some Narrominded related press in the first week of 2010! Newspaper Haarlems Dagblad published a small article about Garçon Taupe’s election for best dance track of 2009 and his contributions to Poke 20 and Retro Retry 2. Read the article here. Belgian website Kwadratuur reviews Retro Retry 2: ‘This pleasant listen brings you contemporary and slightly futuristic electronics. This album makes a very nice blueprint for the latest generation of laptop artists in the Netherlands.’ USA based webzine PopMatters has some doubts about the album: ‘Too much context gets sacrificed for too little connection’. And finally, the Dutch website Festivalinfo writes: ‘Narrominded again presents a delicious collection of underground tracks on their fourth Split LP. Maybe the disadvantage of the Split LP format is that the styles don’t match completely, but the electro fan will find two great EP’s here anyway.’ There are also some charts going on: Split LP #4 holds a #2 position on OOR’s Underground Top 5, and Garçon Taupe’s Lobo holds a #8 in Remute’s RA DJ Charts. Also, the radio program Beautiful Extremes, hosted by Oscar Smit, played the tracks Lobo by Garçon Taupe and Here Is the Night (Coen Oscar Polack’s Morning Version) by Hunter Complex from the Here Is the Night EP. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on January 5 in the player below.
Webzine Eclectro has just presented the outcome of their annual election for best dance track. We’re happy to announce that Garçon Taupe’s Lobo, from Narrominded Split LP#4, found it’s way to the number one spot! It seems to have been quite a rocky road to the end result, so many thanks to everybody who voted for Lobo. You can download the full track for free! Legowelt’s In Dark Trees, taken from our Retro Retry 2 album, made it to a thirteenth place. If you want to hear In Dark Trees, go to VPRO 3voor12’s Luisterpaal, where you can check out the full album in streaming audio.
Not only do they call 2009 a strong year of high quality releases by Narrominded, but Subjectivisten / Caleidoscoop also says the Here Is the Night EP by Hunter Complex is a promising release that reminds them of New Order, Brian Eno, Cabaret Voltaire and OMD. ‘One hand in the past and the focus on the future.’ Read the whole review here. Also check out a live video of Hunter Complex and a stellar educational video of the Cosmic Manifestation Mix of Here Is the Night by Garçon Taupe.
Webzine Eclectro put up their annual election for the best dance track of the year. The smart voting system presents two tracks at a time, so you can check them out and then select the one you prefer. The shortlist (100 tracks) contains two tracks that Narrominded released this year: Legowelt – In Dark Trees (from the Retro Retry 2 cd) and Garçon Taupe – Lobo (from Split LP#4). Go here to check out the tracks & vote!
Three updates about the new Split LP by Garçon Taupe and Legowelt. You can listen to the entire lp on 3voor12’s Luisterpaal. Also, we have made the track Lobo by Garçon Taupe available as a free download. And the radio program Beautiful Extremes again played a track by Garçon Taupe from Split LP #4. Listen to the fragment from the broadcast on December 8 in the player below. We also had some airplay on Kink FM. The radio program X-Rated played the tracks St. Elmo’s Fire by Rude 66 (November 29) and In Dark Trees by Legowelt (December 6) from Retro Retry 2: Another Another Green World.
Our first release in 2010 is the cd The Almighty Internet by Spoelstra. Using a guitar, a synthesizer, a sampler, a loopstation, a bunch of effects and/or perhaps other instruments and stuff, Spoelstra produces songs with elements from electro, country, sludge, noise and improvisation. Stream and download the track Day of the System here.
Our second release in 2010 will be the debut album by Hunter Complex. Hunter Complex is the new moniker of Lars Meijer. His debut cd Hunter Complex will be released in January 2010 and contains 12 songs. The music echoes influences by synthpop and new wave bands from the eighties, but will also appeal to fans of current electronic music acts. Stream and download the track Wait here. The album will be preceded by the Here Is the Night EP in December 2009 with remixes by Garçon Taupe, Spoelstra and Coen Oscar Polack and an extended instrumental of the song Fashion Street.
