Posted in News on January 29th, 2008 by hendrik


Don’t forget to pick up the free newspaper “Metro” today for yet another glorification of your favourite band de portables.

Een van de meest eclectische groepen van ons land, De Portables, keren zondag terug naar hun roots in Brugge, waar ze het podium van de Cactus Club delen met The Go Find. De Belgische undergroundscene koestert hen al langer, maar met hun nieuwe album ‘Topless is more’ klinken ze poppier als nooit tevoren en bestaat de kans dat ze een nieuw publiek veroveren. Voor de release ervan stapten ze over naar een ander label.

Waarom jongens?

De Portables: Dat is eigenlijk een lang verhaal, maar kort gezegd komt het hierop neer: onze plaat was bijna klaar en toen we ze aan de mensen van K-RAA-K lieten beluisteren, konden die er zich niet helemaal in terugvinden. Ze vonden het te eclectisch en te poppy, terwijl zij op hun label toch met andere dingen bezig zijn. We zijn toen een ander label gaan zoeken en al vrij snel kwam Still op de proppen. Zij waren al lang fan en hebben ons zelf gecontacteerd. We zijn eigenlijk vrijwel de enige Vlaamse groep op dat overwegend Waalse label.

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Posted in Music on January 28th, 2008 by wio

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De portables en Gofind have a long history of rich musical friendship. Hendrik’s legendary Toothpick Records (later bought by wio to become part of the Studio Muscle Emperium) released Dieter’s first songs back in (i think) 1995. Dieter’s band was called Napkin vs. Soda (Soda being Dieter’s nick, Napkin is Kris of the famous Zoo Records), and the first songs appeared on a split cassette with… yes, our own wio :-). That must have been the start of what became a decade of symphonic symbiosis between Bruges’ and Kontich’s best kept secrets: de portables and Dieter Sermeus…

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Posted in Music on January 25th, 2008 by jurgen

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Going through my tape archives I discovered this epic Ed Nolbed track. It’s called ‘Scapegoats’, and it dates back to 1996 or 1997, shortly before the first Köhn album was produced. You can clearly hear that it’s a transitional song. It’s typical Ed Nolbed, ‘Nolbedlam’-style, rocking out in the beginning and then goes into to this droney, loopy middle part before introducing unambiguous Köhn elements: analogue bleeps and beats and simple repetitive melodies. The absolute ending is a sudden bombastic tail of the unexpected. Not very tasteful maybe, but it made me smile.For those who care, a list of material I used to make this 18 minute gem: Roland MKS-100 Sampler, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Yamaha QY-10 Sequencer, Pink Warlock BC Rich Electric GTR, Ibanez Bass GTR, Boss Metal Zone Pedal and some cheapo microphone for the voice. It was recorded on a Fostex X-26 Analogue Four Track Tape Recorder. God bless ‘em machines.
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Posted in News on January 24th, 2008 by jurgen

Big AmpMy cool nephew is looking for a cheap state-of-the-art guitar amp to replace his ridiculously sized 26 Watt amp. Can anyone help, please? “It would be great to have it before March 7″, he said, “So I can look ‘vet cool’ on stage for my first show and I don’t have to perform on my shoebox.”So, if anyone can help… lemme know!


Posted in Zever on January 21st, 2008 by hendrik

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