donderdag 24 april 2008

GORGONZOLA LEGS

1984 was the year in which Gert Jan Prins (www.gjp.info/) visited Hessel and Nicole at their appartment on the 11th floor, overlooking a big industrial landscape. Recording-sessions were started at Gert Jan’s “Fish Warehouse”-studio. Gert Jan Prins, Hessel Veldman, Herman te Loo and Jos van Duyne became GORGONZOLA LEGS. Hundreds and hundreds of hours of “live”-recording sessions took place. At some of these sessions other musicians were present, such as: Jos van Ommen, Ruud Junge, Martijn Swart and Masaki Oishi. At the end of 1984 “GORGONZOLA LEGS” was released. On this one hour cassette the first mixed recordings could be heard. The group also wanted to do concerts and so GORGONZOLA LEGS more and more became a “live”-band.
In 1986 a second tape was released, entitled “SALMON SQUEEZING IN WEIRD WEIRS’, a new compilation of “Fish Warehouse”-recordings. “BUNKER” was recorded live at the Bunker in Rotterdam, october ’86. The complete concert could be heard on another EXART-issue. In 1987 the powerfull voice of the Japanese singer Masaki Oishi gave a new dimension to the sound of GORGONZOLA LEGS. Hours and hours of recordings were made. At the end of the year 6 hours of mixed material had to be remixed to L.P.-format. In april 1988 EXART decided to make it Holland’s first independent C.D.-release: “PISCATORIAL DEBRIS’. At the same time, with the great help of Henry van Kleeff, the “PISCATORIAL DEBRIS”-video was made. A beautiful 20 minutes sound sculpture video was realized. The video and C.D. got a lot of international attention and was performed on several big music/video festivals.During the late 80’s GORGONZOLA LEGS-material was also released on labels in Portugal, Italy and the U.S.A.
PRIVATE DISCOGRAPHY: 1978 – 2000
“Unreleased Material: ITAL”
CDR 74min
GORGONZOLA LEGS
“Unreleased Material: SHORT STORIES”
CDR 74min
GORGONZOLA LEGS
"The Concert Sessions: STEDELIJK MUSEUM”
CDR 74min
GORGONZOLA LEGS

donderdag 10 april 2008

EXART DISCOGRAPHY: 1982 – 1995

F.N.T.C. in Amsterdam
(Hessel, Cora, Nicole, Willem;
photo Annie Sprinkle)
EA 001 C60
ROOTS OFF........#2 ROTTERDANS
EAD 002 C90
UNITED STATES XV HESSEL VELDMAN
EA 003 C60
SEMI HORA AART ZWAANS
EAD 004 C60
THE S.M. TAPE NICOLE AND HESSEL
EA 005 C60
LADY IN RED BROBAT ENEMA
EAD 006 C60
VAN EDE’S GLASWERK KEES AND HESSEL
EAD 007 C60
Y CREATE (GREEN) Y CREATE
EAD 008 C60
Y CREATE (BLUE) Y CREATE
EAD 009 C60
Y CREATE (GREY) Y CREATE
EAD 010 C45
PORTABLE VAUDEVILLE KEES AND HESSEL
EAD 011 C60
FAR FROM THE HE(A)RD Y CREATE
EA 012 C60
KNOCKED OFF MY PERCH HERMAN TE LOO
EAD 013 C60
ALLES SAL REG KOM Y CREATE
EA 014 C45
BABY GUTS ENEMA DIGEST
EAD 015 C45 EAD 016 C60 EAD 017 C60
THE BLACK BOX Y CREATE
EA 018 C45
FAMOUS WORLD TOUR PAUL DANIELS
EAD 019 C60
SONGS OF THE SPERM WHALE HESSEL VELDMAN
EAD 020 C60
GORGONZOLA LEGS GORGONZOLA LEGS
EA 021 C45
GLIMPSE OF LIGHT ENNO VELTHUYS
EA 023 C45
LANDSCAPES IN THIN AIR ENNO VELTHUYS
EAD 024 C60
MUSIC FROM THE WHITEHOUSE 1 Y CREATE
EAD 025 C60
SALMON SQUEEZING IN WEIRD WEIRS GORGONZOLA LEGS
EA 026 C45
DIFFERENT PLACES ENNO VELTHUYS
EA 027 C45
CA QUI PARLE CA QUI PARLE
EAD 028 C45
BUNKER GORGONZOLA LEGS (“Fishing with the Black Cow in the Movies” immediately reminded me of Dalí. The music doesn't, however. EST2) EA 029 C60
MUSIC FROM THE WHITEHOUSE 2 U.K. COMPILATION
EA 030 C60
MUSIC FROM THE WHITEHOUSE 3 U.S.A. COMPILATION
EA 031 CD
PISCATORIAL DEBRIS GORGONZOLA LEGS (It varies from the almost silent to piercingly loud noise, communicating a range of mostly unhappy emotions. It would make an ideal soundtrack to an early Burroughs novel. EST2) EA 032 C60
MUSIC FROM THE WHITEHOUSE 4 FRENCH COMPILATION
EAD 033 C60
R.E. F.N.T.C.
EA 034 C46
SEMPITERNELS/VRISCHIKA
EA 035 C60
IN YOUR HANDS SEEMEN
EA 036 C60
HEMOGLOBINE QUINTET DE L’ART
EAD 037 C60
RADIO TIMES HESSEL VELDMAN
EAD 038 C60
IN TRANSMISSIO HESSEL VELDMAN
Special release: EAD XX-4D
NEUROPA C60 + magazine FANATIC (F.N.T.C.)
EAD = Also on CDR (plus bonus track(s)). EA = No digital version mastered.