Goem is Roel Meelkop. "... The overall sound is of remarkable digital warmth and fullness, and far away from the standard vocabulary of clicks cum sine waves. Cleverly switching between up- and down-tempo passages, Roel Meelkop achieves a nice balance between various moods. Some of the tracks evoke a relaxed, at times even dub-like feeling, while others include odd contrasting elements, which give them an insistent, driving character. Goem's music is well structured and demands repeated listening to discover the complex micro-variations within the rhythmic patterns; but what makes 'Robbed' truly likeable is that it succeeds in blending these characteristics with a swinging, thoroughly pleasant overall atmosphere." Digifile.
UK 8£
Europe 9£
World 10£
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PETER DUIMELINKS / ROEL MEELKOP / RALF WEHOWSKY - 'Verklärte Tage' CD (Sonoris)
Ralf Wehowsky (RLW) was founding member, and most important conspirator in P16D4. Peter Duimelinks and Roel Meelkop were members of THU20. 'By Mail' collaboration between three current figures of electro-acoustic music. Stratified resonances, shocks of sounds like tectonic plates, brutal ruptures opening on different spaces. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak.
ROEL MEELKOP & GIUSEPPE IELASI & HOWARD STELZER & FRANS DE WAARD - 'Zondag' CD (Port)
Recorded on the very Sunday after finishing their 2005 album "Brombron", Ielasi and Stelzer hooked up with Roel Meelkop and Frans de Waard to record a delicate work of improvisation, using the studio's old analogue synthesizers, cassette tapes, guitars and electronics. The session was recorded on multi-track and mixed by Frans de Waard shortly after, with some minor revisions by Roel Meelkop much later. Comes with a remix by Evala, Port's in-house composer of all delicate delights. Japanese import in a cardboard sleeve with 'lot number'.
ROEL MEELKOP - '5(Zwischenfälle)' CD (Auf Abwegen)
The latest release by Dutch electronic musician Roel Meelkop (THU20, Kapotte Muziek, Goem) is a special release in his catalogue because it is consists of five pieces, originally used in the context of sound installations. Meelkop set himself the task to compress these soundscapes into five dense and still minimal audio pieces that could work outside the context of the original installations. 5(zwischenfälle) makes for concentrated unpolished ultra minimal listening with maximum effect. For fans of Bernhard Gunter, Francisco Lopez or Marc Behrens. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak, with artwork by Akifumi Nakajima (Aube).
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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THU20 - 'Tilburg' LP (Korm Plastics)
A live recording made in Paradox in Tilburg in October 2007. Over the past 20 years one of the bigger enigma's of 'industrial' music or 'modern musique concrete' has been THU20. This is a detailed balance between the various interests of the five players involved: the computer work of Jos Smolders and Roel Meelkop, the acoustic sound objects of Peter Duimelinks and Frans de Waard and the analogue electronics of Jacques van Bussel. 'Tilburg' is made up of various recordings made from the P.A. as well as by the individual players, which were slightly edited by THU20. Ltd x 250 copies.
UK 13.00£
Europe 16.50£
World 20.00£
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THURSTON MOORE - 'Kapotte Muziek By Thurston Moore' CD (Korm Plastics)
After attending a Kapotte Muziek concert in Easthampton, USA, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) was asked by KM (Frans De Waard, Roel Meelkop and Peter Duimelinks) to expand on the idea of that concert. For the 12th part in the series "Kapotte Muziek by..." Moore carried this out in a totally free setting of piano, guitar and small objects, creating the concerts by removing the concert and replacing it by his own playing, where the original recording serves as a score.
VA - 'The Year 25 / 25 Years Korm Plastics' Cassette (Korm Plastics)
Korm Plastics release this compilation to commemorate 25 years of the label. 25 exclusive tracks by 25 artists, each lasting 2:50mins: Asmus Tietchens, Ben Gwilliam, Big City Orchestra, Edward Ka-spel, Francisco Lopez, Freiband, Howard Stelzer, Idea Fire Company, Illusion Of Safety, Jason Zeh, Jos Smolders, KK Null, Machinefabriek, Mirko Uhlig, Peter Duimelinks, Pick-up , Radboud Mens, Raymond Dijkstra, Richard Francis, Roel Meelkop, Silverman, Stephan Mathieu, The Haters, The Tobacconists and Z'EV. A fine mixture of microsound, noise, experimental and pop music. Ltd x 250 pro-duplicated cassettes with cover by Meeuw.
