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top: The Nomads (live), Sass Jordan, Crash Test Dummies
bottom: 10cc, Pussy Riot: Riot Days, Huun Huur Tu
Hoi ,

Ben je er klaar voor? Hier gaan we dan, met een selectie van bijzondere buitenlandse artiesten die voor festivals beschikbaar zijn.
Een overzicht van al onze bands kun je op onze website vinden.

Paperclip Agency is officieel partner in de Keychange campagne, voor een betere gender-balans op podia.

We geven graag meer informatie, als je nog vragen hebt.
De rest van deze mailing is in het Engels.


Vriendelijke groet,


Paperclip Agency
van den Havestraat 6 A, 6521 JS  Nijmegen, the Netherlands
T +31 24 323 9322
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talent buyer for Conincx Pop Festival

 

NEWS

Rob Berends writes:
Once upon a time, in the fall of 1981, I started Paperclip Agency. We will celebrate the 40th anniversary in various ways. One way to celebrate this is by sharing random stories with you in the next couple of months.
The cat-and-mouse game with the-corona-virus continues.
While we're heading for the Autumn and the Winter, with in most European countries the threat of a violent (fourth?) corona-wave if vaccination-rates do not go up quickly, as several international experts say, relaxations of measurements are happening everywhere, giving us back much more of our freedom, but also creating more opportunities for the virus.
Nobody knows how this will pan out. We wait and see.
Well, actually, we don't wait! There's tons of work to do now that all of a sudden in many countries shows can happen again, with our without some restrictions!
The Dutch relaxations started on Sep. 25. I'm torn between sheer happiness and deep concern, and the emotions are fierce. And the workload explodes. It reminds me of the intensity of the announcement of the lock-down last year March.
It is great and refreshing and sensational to work on shows in the near future that are very likely to actually happen! Some have already happened since September 25!
And with my new eye-lens in my right eye (after cataract surgery), and with brand-new glasses, I see physical things much brighter too!
Mid September one of the bands that I work for actually did play two shows. The Nomads, godfathers of the Swedish garage- and guitar-rock scene, were special guests in Oslo, Norway, with local heroes The Dogs. The shows went really well, despite the allowed 200-seated-capacity-limit per night, this due to postponed relaxations in Norway. The regular standing capacity of the venue is 1.750 and both shows would normally have sold out completely.
Mid September, Hilde and I went to see a try-out by Dutch stand-up-comedian and philosopher Tim Fransen, opening up the season for local theater De Lindenberg, and doing his first theater-show in a long, long time. Maybe the Dutch version of stand-up-comedy (we call it cabaret; it's more in-depth and more political than UK/US-style stand-up-comedy) is my second great cultural love, after music.

Hilde Spille writes:
40 years Paperclip Agency is quite an accomplishment. For the past 26 years I'm part of it, grateful and proud for all the artists that I work(ed) with.
On September 30, I had my first show again in the Netherlands since the lockdown in March 2020. What an experience, marvelous, magic! I visited the concert of I Muvrini in Tilburg. Begin of October they played in Heerlen. The audience was really thrilled! Later in October I had Huun Huur Tu playing in the Netherlands.
While many people left the music business during lockdown, I got even more convinced that this is what I want to do. I want to work with artists that have something to say, artists that are special, that are not middle-of-the-road. For those artists I want to make it possible to play concerts, in the Netherlands and all over Europe.
I Muvrini and Huun Huur Tu are that kind of artists, for sure. Same for all the other artists on my roster, like Eljuri (see below), Ifriqiyya Electrique, Sass Jordan, Crash Test Dummies, Taimane. I'm longing for the great concert season that is coming now!

24-7 SPYZ
The November 2021 tour of Europe for 24-7 SPYZ has been moved to October 2022. See further down below for the new period.

Eljuri
Latin guitar player Eljuri was celebrating October as Hispanic Heritage Month in the USA. She is one of more than 60 million US-based Americans who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Spanish-speaking nations of the Caribbean. Their stories strengthen and enrich the fabric of the USA.
Her songs resonate with the vibrant family history passed to her from Spain, Lebanon and Ecuador, fusing musical genres that mirror the experiences of her life. She is currently writing them into her fifth solo studio album due to be released in 2022. "Eso es mi latinidad!"
She is available for summer festivals and for club show in fall 2022.

Huun Huur Tu
Tuvan throatsingers Huun Huur Tu were visting the Netherlands last month week, starting with a live show at the TV program 'Podium Witteman', just before their concert at Bimhuis in Amsterdam. The concerts were supported by a 30-minute film about Tuva: "Terra Incognita Tuva". The film tells us more about the habits of the nomads in that region, and shows the astonishing nature. Two of the four shows, in Arnhem and Rotterdam, were sold out!

new signing:

Kid Creole and the Coconuts (USA)
website, facebook, wiki
Kid Creole and the Coconuts defy description and transcend musical and fashion tends. On stage and on recordings they are unmatched in their energy, originality and musical hipness. They are timeless and unique.
In the tradition of big bands, they have their unique mix of disco, Latin American, Caribbean and Calloway styles.
In 2022 they will celebrate their 41 year anniversary.
New album "Off the Coast of Me" out now! (2C2C Music).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Available for one-offs and for festivals.

 

ARTISTS AVAILABLE FOR FESTIVALS

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10cc (GBR)
website, facebook, twitter
Legendary band with ultra-high quality pop/rock songs that reached the charts many times.
Merely reading the titles should bring the song to your mind: Dreadlock Holiday, I'm Not In Love, The Wall Street Shuffle, The Things We Do For Love, Rubber Bullets, I'm Mandy Fly Me, etcetera.
Check the recent documentary 'I'm Not In Love - The Story of 10cc' here.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)        

2021 tour:

Mon. Nov. 01 – NLD – Zwolle – Theater de Spiegel *

Sat. Nov. 13 – NLD – Vlissingen – CineCityXL

Tue. Nov. 16 – NLD – Amsterdam – Het Concertgebouw
Wed. Nov. 17 – NLD – Nijmegen – De Vereeniging

Sat. Nov. 20 – NLD – Hengelo (Ov.) – Schouwburg Hengelo *

Sun. Nov. 21 – NLD – Heerlen – Parkstad Limburg Theaters *

2022:

Thu. May 05 – NLD – Assen – Bevrijdingsfestival (t.b.c.)

*: support: Jasper Erkens.
 
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10cc's Graham Gouldman & Heart Full of Songs (GBR)
website, facebook, wiki
10cc co-founder and current band-leader Graham Gouldman, together with Iain Hornal and Ciaran Jeremiah, presents the songs that he wrote or co-wrote during his long career as a songwriter. The shows are intimate and semi-acoustic, with lots of stories about the songs and about Graham’s career. Not only 10cc-songs are presented, but also songs such as “For Your Love” (The Yardbirds), “Bus Stop” (The Hollies), and “No Milk Today” (Herman’s Hermits) that are Gouldman compositions, as well as songs from Gouldman’s recent solo-albums such as “Love and Work” and his brand-new solo-album "Modesty Forbids" (Lojinx-import).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)

2022:

Fri. Sep. 09 - NLD - Oldenzaal - Oldenzaal Muzikaal Festival
Sat. Sep. 10 - NLD - Leeuwarden - De Harmonie
Sun. Sep. 11 - NLD
Mon. Sep. 12 - NLD
Tue. Sep. 13 - NLD - Eindhoven - Muziekgebouw
Wed. Sep. 14 - NLD - Amsterdam - Concertgebouw

 
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24-7 Spyz (USA)
wiki, facebook, bandcamp
The Heavy Metal Soul pioneers from the South Bronx are about to rock the world again in 2021 after the release of their seventh studio-album "The Soundtrack To The Innermost Galaxy". Their energetic shows have always rocked the crowds, while at the same time the band does not shun experiment and cross-over.
New album "The Soundtrack To The Innermost Galaxy" out now! (The Gumbo Recording Company-Cargo).
Bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

Sex, Juice & Heavy Metal Soul Euro Tour 2022:

Adjacent dates before Oct. 12 possible; offers welcome.
Wed. Oct. 12 - NLD - Zaandam - De Flux
Thu. Oct. 13 - DEU - Hamburg - Hafenklang
Fri. Oct. 14 - DEU - Bremen - Lagerhaus or Lila Eule
Sat. Oct. 15 - DEU - Dortmund - Musiktheater Piano
Sun. Oct. 16 - EUR
Mon. Oct. 17 - EUR
Tue. Oct. 18 - DEU - München - Backstage Club
Wed. Oct. 19 - DEU - Rüsselsheim - Das Rind
Thu. Oct. 20 - DEU - Ludwigsburg - Scala Theater
Fri. Oct. 21 - DEU - Karlsruhe - KOHI
Sat. Oct. 22 - DEU - Mannheim - 7er Club
Adjacent dates after Oct. 22 possible; offers welcome.
 
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A Band Called E (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, bandcamp, label
E (also known as A Band Called E) from Boston (MA) is Jason Sidney Sanford (Neptune), Thalia Zedek (Come, Uzi, Live Skull) and Gavin McCarthy (Karate).
E makes angular, energized, and idiosyncratic rock music. These accomplished and inventive musicians could not be more different in the way they express themselves but their ego-less dedication to ensemble playing and writing shapes E’s distinct sound.
Negative Work, their second album, is the product of three individuals whose dedication to the collaborative process may very well be the source of compelling tension underlying their songs.
Their third album "Complications" was released last year.
Current album "Negative Work" (Thrill Jockey - Konkurrent)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Afrika Bambaataa (USA)
facebook, instagram, zulunation, wiki
Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is known as the “Grandfather” and “Godfather” and The Amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture as well as The Father of The Electro Funk Sound.
(Tommy Boy Records)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Antilopen Gang (DEU)
website, facebook, instagram, youtube, soundcloud
Antilopen Gang produce original hip hop, with lots of energy and fun, with real instruments, with humor, with love, but also with a strong stance against the extremist middle class and right-wingers, against homophobia, and against self-complacency.
Their brand-new album is called 'Abbruch Abbruch'!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Goran Bregović (SRB)
website, facebook, wiki, youtube
Extending Balkan musical inspirations to innovative extremes, draw
upon European classicism and Balkan rhythms.
Goran is available with his "Wedding & Funeral Orchestra", with his former band "Bijelo Dugme" and with a very special project "3
Letters from Sarajevo
", honoring all 3 major religions of Sarajevo,
with symphonic orchestra.
Current album "Three Letters from Sarajevo" (Universal).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
 
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Tommy Castro & The Painkillers (USA)
website, facebook, wiki
Whether he’s squeezing out the deepest blues or playing the funkiest soul grooves, legendary blues and soul giant Tommy Castro knows how to ignite a crowd.
“Tommy Castro & The Painkillers showcase the power of the blues, soul and down-and-dirty rock ‘n’ roll… rousing and infectious. This is energizing, scorching, soul-shaking music…. pure pleasure.” – Living Blues
Current album "Killin' It Live" (Alligator Records-Munich Records/V2 Records), new album due fall '21!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

July - available for festivals

Thu. Sep. 08 - NLD - t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
Fri. Sep. 09 - NLD - t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
Sat. Sep. 10 - NLD - t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
Sun. Sep. 11 - NLD - t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
 
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Crash Test Dummies (CAN)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, youtube
More than 25 years ago, these Canadians published their album "God Shuffled His Feet". It was their most successful album, with 45 weeks in the Dutch top 100 album charts, and made it to no. 6! Their hit song "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" has been watched more than 11 million times, another memorable song of them is "Superman's Song".
In May/June '22 they will come with the original line-up to the Netherlands to play the whole album "God Shuffled His Feet" plus al hits.
Album: "Good Shuffled His Feet" (BMG/Arista)
Bookings in the Netherlands (by Hilde)

"God Shuffled His Feet 25th Anniversary Tour" 2022:

Fri. May 27 - NLD - Roermond - ECI Cultuurfabriek

Sun. May 29 - NLD - Breda - Mezz

Tue. June 14 - NLD - Utrecht - TivoliVredenburg (Cloud Nine)
Wed. June 15 - NLD - Groningen - Oosterpoort
Thu. June 16 - NLD - Alkmaar - Victorie
Fri. June 17 - NLD - Hengelo (Ov.) - Metropool
 
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Delinquent Habits (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, soundcloud, twitter
Latin hiphop with distinct mariachi elements.
Hits include “Tres Delinquentes”, “Return of the Tres” and “Here Come the Horns”.
Delinquent Habits are ready to burn your barn down too, after playing Zwarte Cross Festival in the summer of 2019!
Current album ‘It Could Be Round Two’.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Dub Pistols (GBR)
website, facebook, instagram, soundcloud, youtube
‘A perfect mix of dub, big beat and triphop’.
The last few years revered as one of the UK's best live acts!
New album “Addict” (Sunday Best Records-PiaS).
Two singles/videos from the album: "Cool Out Soon" (remixes) and "Stand Together".
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Eljuri (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, soundcloud, youtube
Cecilia Vilar Eljuri is a multi-award winning artist, born in Ecuador and based in New York. She is one of the top Latina guitar players of the world, an even better guitar player than Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix, according to some! She usually performs her engaged, activist songs of rock, pop, latin and reggae as a power trio.
"Her songs marked by fusions of pop and rock with Caribbean rhythms and emphasize the use of her guitar, which has been described as reminescent of a young Santana." (Alborde)
"Cecila Villar Eljuri is a triple treat: She's an accomplished songwriter, a great vocalist and one hell of a guitar player." (NPR Music, Alt-Latino).
Current album "Resiste" (Manovill Records-Xango), new album due spring 2022!
Booking for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:
autumn - NLD
 
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Hardwicke Circus (GBR)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter
This fresh 6-piece from Carlisle, in the far North-West of England, delivers an exhilarating sound that mixes blues-rock with sometimes punky rock'n'roll, reminiscent of The Rolling Stones, The Boomtown Rats, Tom Petty, or Graham Parker. Still, they sound very much present-day, with a clear social agenda.
Hardwicke Circus has played a lot of shows in the U.K. and Ireland already, including some of the major U.K.-festivals, and several shows in London. The future looks bright now that the band has been picked up by manager Dave Robinson (formerly Stiff Records, Island Records).
Debut album "The Borderland" out now! (Alternative Facts Records-import).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Hazmat Modine (USA)
website, facebook, youtube
The band distills American music into an essence from its myriad forms: Blues, Country, R & B, Rock-n-Roll, Jazz, Gospel, World Music - yet it adds to this mixture something raw and mysterious that feels at once familiar and new.
Current album "Box of Breath" (Jaro Medien-Music&Words).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde).

2022:

Sat. July 02 - NLD - Elsloo (Lb.) - Conincx Pop Festival

Wed. July 06 - NLD
Thu. July 07 - NLD - t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
Fri. July 08 - NLD
 
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Huun Huur Tu (RUS)
website, facebook, soundcloud, twitter, youtube, wiki
Tuvan throat singers. The music is based on native Tuvan folk traditions in instruments and singing. In recent years western instruments like guitar and electronics are added.
This tour will be opened by a brand new film about the Tuva region, based on the book "Terra Incognita Tuva".
Current album "Children of the Otter" (Jaro Medien-Music&Word).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

"Terra Incognita Tuva" 2022:

Fri. Mar. 11 - NLD - t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
 
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts (USA)
website, facebook, wiki
Kid Creole and the Coconuts defy description and transcend musical and fashion tends. On stage and on recordings they are unmatched in their energy, originality and musical hipness. They are timeless and unique.
In the tradition of big bands, they have their unique mix of disco, Latin American, Caribbean and Calloway styles.
In 2022 they will celebrate their 41 year anniversary.
New album "Off the Coast of Me" out now! (2C2C Music).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:
Available for one-offs and for festivals.
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Ifriqiyya Electrique (FRA)
website, facebook, instagram, linkedin
Fusing rhythms and ritual songs from Maghreb, blended with beats, electronics and guitars.
Emotion in Maghreb is about Trance. The real one, without even thinking that there might be a concert or a recording. All that remains is a ritual. Adorcist. Therapeutic. Post-industrial.
Current album "Laylet El Booree" (Glitterbeat Records-Xango)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Thu. Mar. 03 - NLD
Fri. Mar. 04 - NLD
Sat. Mar. 05 - NLD - t.b.a. (t.b.c.)
Sun. Mar. 06 - NLD - t.b.a. (t.b.c.)
 
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I Muvrini (FRA)
website, facebook, twitter, Dutch website
Corsican singer-songwriters since 30 years, combination of traditional polyphony with pop.
The live shows of I Muvrini are known for the engagement of the group for tolerance among humans. The song texts also speak about a great respect for nature.
Current album "Portu in Core".
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:
September - NLD
 
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Jan James (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, bandcamp
Jan is a blues-rock artist through and through, with a very warm voice. Live she's accompanied by guitar player Craig Calvert or by a whole band. Jan and Craig developed a musical chemistry that has evolved into a big sound and feel that is colored with blues, soul and the sweet dynamics of the best rock.
The new album "Justify" is a pure and commanding showcase of Jan's talent from start to finish.
Current album "Justify" (Blue Palace Records-Bertus), new album due winter!
Bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

2022:

Tue. Nov. 22 - NLD - t.b.a. (int.)
Wed. Nov. 23 - NLD
Thu. Nov. 24 - NLD
Fri. Nov. 25 - NLD
Sat. Nov. 26 - NLD - t.b.a. (t.b.c.)
Sun. Nov. 27 - NLD - t.b.a. (t.b.c.)
 
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Sass Jordan & the Champagne Hookers (CAN)
website, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube
Canada’s ‘Queen of Rock’, known from her hits: “Make You A Believer”, “High Road Easy”, “So Hard”, and many more.
Her current album "Rebel Moon Blues" is a blues album. Sass Jordan has always been a blues singer, it just took her 40 years to realize it. The album contains seven remarkable cover songs and one original.
Current album "Rebel Moon Blues" (Stony Plain Records), new album due spring '22!
Bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

2022 tour:

Wed. June 01 - DEU
Thu. June 02 - DEU
Fri. June 03 - DEU
Sat. June 04 - NLD - Weert - Bosuil
Sun. June 05 - DEU
Mon. June 06 - NLD - t.b.a. (confirmed festival show)

Wed. June 08 26 - NLD - Hoorn - Manifesto *
Thu. June 09 - NLD - Breda - Mezz *
Fri. June 10 - NLD - Amstelveen - P60 *
Sat. June 11 - NLD - Drachten - Iduna *
Sun. June 12 - NLD - Arnhem - Luxor Live *

Wed. June 15 - EUR
Thu. June 16 - NOR - t.b.a. (int.)
Fri. June 17 - NOR - t.b.a. (int.)
Sat. June 18 - NOR - t.b.a. (t.b.c.)
Sun. June 19 - EUR

Wed. June 22 - DEU
Thu. June 23 - DEU
Fri. June 24 - DEU
Sat. June 25 - DEU
Sun. June 26 - DEU

*: support: Chris Caddell
 
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Live Skull (USA)
facebook, wiki
Formed in 1982, the quintessential New York noise band Live Skull are back with two brand-new albums in two years: 'Saturday Night Massacre' saw the light of day late 2019, and December 11, 2020 saw the release of another classic: 'Dangerous Visions'. Together with other New York bands Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull defined the term "noise rock".
In his much-quoted review for The New York Times, Robert Palmer declared, "With each new record, New York's Live Skull delivers a more concentrated brand of emotional intensity, a more ferociously disciplined sonic assault".
Often brutal and yet strangely seductive, full of hooks and emotional intensity, and with a drone-dance-quality that reminds us of the early Velvet Underground.
After a gap of 30 years, Live Skull are back!
New album 'Dangerous Visions' out now (Bronson Recordings - import).
Bookings for Europe (by Rob)

2022:

Wed. Mar. 23 - EUR
Thu. Mar. 24 - ITA
Fri. Mar. 25 - ITA
Sat. Mar. 26 - ITA - Ravenna - Bronson (t.b.c.)
Sun. Mar. 27 - EUR
Mon. Mar. 28 - FRA - Colmar - t.b.a. (int.)
Tue. Mar. 29 - EUR
Wed. Mar. 30 - BEL
Thu. Mar. 31 - BEL - Antwerpen - Het Bos (int.)
Fri. Apr. 01 - BEL - Bruxelles - Magasin 4 (t.b.c.)
Sat. Apr. 02 - EUR
Sun. Apr. 03 - EUR
Mon. Apr. 04 - EUR
Tue. Apr. 05 - EUR
Wed. Apr. 06 - EUR
Thu. Apr. 07 - NOR - Oslo - Blå (int.)
Fri. Apr. 08 - NOR - Stavanger - Folken (int.)
Sat. Apr. 09 - NOR - Bergen - Landmark (int.)
Sun. Apr. 10 - EUR
 
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Minimal Compact (ISR)
website, facebook, spotify
Formed in Amsterdam in 1980, Minimal Compact were part of the original post-punk explosion – and remain one of its most distinctive voices. The band developed a unique mix of propulsive rhythms, spacious bass lines, rich keyboard textures, mesmeric guitar lines, and vocal melodies with a Middle-Eastern inflection. They sounded like nothing that had gone before.
Well-known releases include the album 'Deadly Weapons' (with club-hit ‘Next One Is Real’) and 'Raging Souls'.
Minimal Compact have now reconvened, together with producer and long-time collaborator Colin Newman (of post-punk legends Wire), who will also perform with the band live in May 2020, to record part of their material in the best possible way, with a brand-new song as a bonus.
Current album "Creation is Perfect" (2019) (MC-Konkurrent).
Booking for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - The Bulgarian Voices Angelité (BGR)
website, facebook
The sensational success of this choir started in 1987 under the name "Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares". The choir had switch to the name "The Bulgarian Voices Angelité" and has released more than 13 albums. After more than 15 years of absence they are back!
Current album "Heritage" (Jaro Medien - Music&Words).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Mon. Sep. 20 - NLD
Tue. Sep. 21 - NLD
Wed. Sep. 22 - NLD - t.b.a. (int.)
Thu. Sep. 23 - NLD
Fri. Sep. 24 - NLD
 
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Nexø (DNK)
facebook, instagram, bandcamp, youtube
A fast and furious mix of 80s hardcore and 21st century punkrock, Nexø is angry and upset, and although the upcoming album 'New Normal' is their first, the band-members all have over a decade of musical experience in different bands (like Patchanka and Larica). And the music shows it! The lyrics are relevant and the band radiates hope and determination: 'The times are not a'changing, we are changing the times'.
Current album: 'New Normal' (2019). Brand new album coming soon!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Jeb Loy Nichols (USA/GBR)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter
From the Ozark hills to the big cities worldwide, and finally to the hills of Wales. Former member of the band 'The Fellow Travellers' Jeb Loy Nichols has found his home to produce the feel and sound he prefers: the meeting place of folk, soul and country. Not without a bit darkish edge. Smokey retro soul, with Jamaican influences (reggae, dub, dancehall).
Brand-new album: 'June is Short, July is Long' (Compass Records - Bertus)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)

2022:

Sun. April 24 - NLD - Leiden - Qbus club (t.b.c.)
 
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The Nomads (SWE)
website, facebook, instagram
The godfathers of the Swedish garage rock scene.
Current album ‘Solna’ received rave reviews (Universal for Scandinavia, Devils Jukebox for the rest of Europe); 2013 release: “Loaded Deluxe EP” on coloured vinyl with brand new tracks!
Bookings for all of Europe except SWE (by Rob)

2021:

Fri. Nov. 19 - FIN - Helsinki - Kuudes Linja
Sat. Nov. 20 - FIN - Tampere - Olympia-kortteli

2022:

Sat. Jan. 29 - DNK - Roskilde - Gimle
 
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Philip Glass Ensemble (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, wiki
By special arrangement with Philip Glass and Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
The Philip Glass Ensemble (PGE) comprises the principal performers of the music of Philip Glass.
In 1968, Glass founded the PGE in New York City as a laboratory for his music.
Its purpose was to develop a performance practice to meet the unprecedented technical and artistic demands of his compositions.
During the 2020–21 season, the PGE will focus on re-launching Music in Eight Parts in concert, alongside other selections of Philip Glass his Early Works. However, the choice of material is not limited to the focus on Music in Eight Parts.
Starting 2020, Philip Glass will usually not perform with the Philip Glass Ensemble.
He fully and officially endorses the PGE in the future: “the PGE represents the most authentic performance practice of my music in our time. I am looking forward to championing them as they carry it forward and bring its unique repertoire to new generations” – Philip Glass.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Pussy Riot: Riot Days (RUS)
website, facebook, trailer, youtube1, youtube2
Protest art collective based in Moscow formed in 2011 with approx. 11 women participating.They staged unauthorised provocative guerrilla punk rock performances in unusual public places, which brought 3 of them to prison camps. Maria Alyokhina was one of them. She wrote a book about it, "Riot Days". The book is the basis for this multi-media performance. Read also the great interview in The Music.
Book: "Riot Days" (Bertelsmann Pinguin).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Fri. May 20 - BEL - t.b.a. (confirmed festival show)
Sat. May 21 - NLD - Amsterdam - Q-Factory
 
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Ruts D.C. (GBR)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, soundcloud
Ruts D.C. are a punk-rock band with clear reggae-influences. In 2019 the band will commemorate the release of 'The Crack', the one and only studio-album by The Ruts, their predecessors, back in 1979. On selected shows 'The Crack' will be played in its entirety, plus various songs from the 'Grin & Bear It' album.
The band played the 2018 Amsterdam-edition of the Rebellion Festival.
Current studio album “Music Must Destroy” (Westworld Recordings).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Taimane (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, youtube
Taimane translates to 'diamond' from Samoan, she is best known for her fierce and inventive style of playing the ukulele. With the fierceness of a rocker and the grace of a dancer, Taimane and her music are wowing ever-larger audiences. She has the ability to morph genres - from classical to rock to flamenco - and stretch her instrument far beyond the familiar melodies of Hawaii.
Online she's an influencer with over 15 million views on youtube and over 25.000 online followers.
Current album: "Elemental" (Taimane Records-import)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:
autumn - NLD
 
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Television (USA)
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Formed in 1973, originally with Richard Hell, Television laid the foundation for New York’s New Wave.
The band (Tom Verlaine, Billy Ficca, Fred Smith, Jimmy Rip) plays songs from all three albums.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Female-fronted hard-rock band with flute, mix hard-rock with kraut-rock, psychadelica and gothic, reminds you of Jethro Tull.
Current album "Reap The Storm" (Made In Germany Music - Suburban).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)