Radio On Brandstifter – Interview

On one of those normal anonymous mid-winter days in Berlin, when half the world is coughing and the other half is sneezing, on a day that the sun peeked through the clouds, and the U-Bahn trains were full of people who didn't know where to go, and thus ended up travelling between stations, on such … Continue reading Radio On Brandstifter – Interview

Tape Review Show with cassettes by Erik Levander and I Placca

The procedure in the Tape Review Show is very simple. One side of a tape release will be played in its full length. The tape itself and the art work will be described; artist name and label mentioned as well. Once the tape is finished Adrian Shephard and yours sincerely (=Rinus Van Alebeek) might discuss … Continue reading Tape Review Show with cassettes by Erik Levander and I Placca

Tape Review Show – Special on Tape label Tutore Burlato (parts 1 & 2)

I first heard about Ezio Piermattei through a review by Ed Pinsent in his Sound Projector. He wrote about one of his works: "created from voice, objects, instruments, tapes, electronics, etc.❠this is a highly perplexing and unfathomable trawl through sound-episodes of great absurdity and surprise…we never really understand what we're hearing, how it's made, … Continue reading Tape Review Show – Special on Tape label Tutore Burlato (parts 1 & 2)

Rinus van Alebeek – Tapes and Talks Volume 4

In volume 4 of the T&T show I play a lot of tapes and hardly say a word. You will hear longer or shorter bits from the Fyta and Uské Orchestra split tape released by noise-below; Wise words from The Teachings of Zen Master Dogen, dREàgänn's Undine (released by Lonktaar). From the Montreal Tape Run … Continue reading Rinus van Alebeek – Tapes and Talks Volume 4

Rinus – The Scottish Independence Referendum Program (inside the program: Ivor Cutler and Scottish Friends)

On the day of the Scottish Referendum, well, the evening of it, around the hour that the poll stations closed, I (=Rinus van Alebeek) did a live program from Capo Vaticano, Calabria where I reside at the moment. The program starts with a spoken introduction, but soon gets sabotaged by all kinds of crackles and … Continue reading Rinus – The Scottish Independence Referendum Program (inside the program: Ivor Cutler and Scottish Friends)