First release of my new band: Geishas Of Doom. Written, performed and recorded in one day on my trusty Tascam 4-track cassetterecorder. This EP is released on only 50 (!) pink tapes, so don’t hesitate to get yours. “Psychedelic violence in its best form” according to one of the Netherlands leading newpapers. Check it out!
It was a great pleasure and honor to come up with music for the poem ‘Yet You Wait’ by my good friend Dan Wilson. You may know him as the leadsinger of one of the best contemporary bands: The Cubical. ‘Yet You Wait’ is one of the songs on Dan’s new record ‘False Positives’ and is released on Misophonia. Highly recommended stuff. Check out the full album here.
YET YOU WAIT.. Wind raging Collective breath held Dropped From the heavens Down with a thud Feet on dry land Then speeding homeward Back to captivity Life under the heel of your own choices The tyranny of domesticity Every ounce accounted for Every second someone else’s Always on the clock In the sick bay At panic stations The unwanted guest at your own party At each other’s throats Life through the window The slow turning of the wheel The tightening of the vice When work is your only indulgence Exercise your debauchery Patience the virtue Sacrifice the aim And yet you wait And yet you wait .. You must relearn The art of tongue biting Pride swallowing Point scoring Passivity Meekness The rising damp of resentment Door slamming Finger jabbing Blood boiling Oh the parts we play The lies we tell Tied by the chord umbilical Tethered, aligned, destined to follow the same star Through burning deserts and howling gales Thick fog and dark forests You are both the hostage and the captor
Ugala Arkestra is an instrumental jamband in the spirit of Can, Sun Ra, Funkadelic and electric Miles Davis. The band includes Bob Hogenelst (Birth Of Joy/Molasses) on drums, Gertjan Gutman (Birth Of Joy/Baskar) on Hammond organ, Erik Harbers (Woost/Automatic Sam) on bass and myself on guitar.
Last summer we played a gig at Waalhalla skatepark in Nijmegen. Our buddy Lars Spijkervet recorded, mixed and mastered everything and we were so happy with the endresult that we decided to release the entire gig (including a soundcheck jam as a bonustrack) on cassette. It’s a limited run of 50 tapes. Cassettes are available now and can be ordered via our Bandcamp page. Go!
Have you ever read ‘De Uitvreter’ by Nescio? It’s a very special book to me. Waalhalla is situated next to the bridge over the river De Waal. That bridge plays an important role in the story. Do yourself a big favor and read it.
“I’m not a poet and I’m not a nature lover and I’m not an anarchist. I am, thank God, absolutely nothing.” ― Nescio
Great and memorable Friday night at Patronaat, Haarlem with ATLANTA. Very special thanks to Joshua Baumgarten and my dear friend Jeroen Ligter to make it all happen.
We recorded this song late at night at The Magic Barn during the ‘Texino’ sessions. ‘Get Home Soon’ didn’t end up on the final album, but I really can’t remember why we decided that. When I listen to it now it sounds really nice. What I remember of the recording is that we didn’t do any overdubs. It’s the four of us in the same room and we just played the song one or two times. Our drummer Bob plays the slideguitar on this song. I don’t think there’s any more material left of the ‘Texino’ sessions. Enjoy!
Last Friday (March 8) Tatabánya performed live for the very first time. The good people of Brigant in Arnhem gave us this opportunity. The mighty Otto Kokke (Dead Neanderthals/MNHM) was our guest on soprano saxophone. Photo by Maron Stills.
Samen met mijn kameraad en voormalig Automatic Sam-kompaan Rense Slings heb ik een nieuwe band opgericht: Tatabánya. Vandaag brengen wij ons debuut ‘Two Bluebottles In A Paper Cone‘ uit op cassette in een gelimiteerde oplage van 50 stuks. Het volledige album is hier te beluisteren en te bestellen. Hieronder alvast een voorproef: ‘All Hail Saint Juttemis’.
Pieter Holkenborg 