Ep. 13 – Building Brains

Last in the Dutch Waves series, Building Brains is a post-punk mix for the open mind. Holland’s contributions to post-punk were restlessly creative and aesthetically experimental: industrial noise, synthesizers, modern classical, dub and krautrock grooves all made an impact. You might hear an acoustic guitar or a chamber orchestra. You might hear a dreary jam session, driven by a repetitive bassline and ornamented with bleeps and bloops. Or, pleasant ambient tones. A grinding synth instrumental. Sheet metal being cut. An entire factory coming to an abrupt halt. Some obtuse improvised non-music recorded direct to cassette at a squat somewhere in Amsterdam. A piano. Tracklist: De Fabriek – Take Four, Ensemble Pittoresque – Several Sunsets, Flue – Legacy, Mekanik Kommando – Scars – Run Tintintin Run, Bazooka – Rood / Wit, Nasmak – 4 Our Clicks, Edward Ka-Spel – Hotel Rouge, Prof. Einstein – Le Jardin Noir, Van Kaye and Ignit – Chapel, Nexda – ThreeSeventyFive, The Visitor – Tranceparent Whirled, Ensemble Pittoresque – Building Brains, De Div – Pasodoble, Minny Pops – Mono, The Young Lions – Marie and Jane, Storung – Dimensie 4, Mecano – The Mutant Jasz, Kiem – Request to Obtain, Coitus Int. – The Threat, Genetic Factor – Action Spot, Ensemble Pittoresque – Auratorium, Van Kaye and Ignit – Schmerz, Ende Shneafliet – Crusoe’s Roots, Smalts – Werktitel 7, Z’ev – Untitled, The Young Lions – Spade Reverie, S.R. Emmer – Ein Schnellboot am Ganges, Sammie America’s Mam – The Stockhausen Sound, Mekanik Kommando – First Snow, Flue – Refuge, Vice – L’Autostrada, Edward Ka-Spel – Lisa’s Christening, Muziekkamer – Syncopes