Saturday night the 24th of September at 20.00 (Blender #9), Audio/Performance night at 'De Fabriek'. in
*Dick Verdult (DICK EL DEMASIADO) & Constitu Sound* and *Truus de Groot*
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Dick Verdult will read some of his 'ugly' poems with audio reinforcement by Pedro Buschi and Julio Lozano (Constitu Sound) from Argentina.
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Truus will present the fascinating works of Noah Purifoy in a slide / film show where she will create an ambient sound scape infused with spoken/singing word to embellish the mood of the installations.
Here a brief introduction:
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Yes, it happened! Olé! I improvised with the Cumbia Electronica king, Dick el Demasiado. We jelled like...well jello! It was an evening of pure improvisation, you'd think we been playing together for years. I have know Dick for over 30 years and this was a trurly sublime evening. We hope to release it as a live CD. Who knows... More on Sat. 24 at De Fabriek in Eindhoven...
My Beukorkest experience branched out into a wonderful opportunity for me to work together with the incomparable Johnny Dowd. I joined Johnny for a brief tour through Holland, Germany and Belgium. You could say it was a match made in "Oklahoven" (more about that someday). It was most enjoyable and the band was truly as tight as a wistle. The shows were unpredictable (which suits me) and truly entertaining. I am hungry for more!
Look for performances throughout The Netherlands, dates:
04-09-2011 Effenaar Eindhoven
08-09-2011 Vera Groningen
07-09-2011 Tivoli De Helling Utrecht
09-09-2011 Gebouw T Bergen op Zoom
10-09-2011 Uit Festival Nijmegen
15-09-2011 Off Corso Rotterdam
16-09-2011 W2 Den Bosch
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Truus' New CD “Dance with Me” (Truus Plus Instruments) was released July 1, 2011. The 5 th CD on her very own “Dewclaw Ditties” label features 13 original tracks of mostly driving Synthesizer Dance Music reminiscent of her earlier work in the late 70's and 80's - and a few chosen ballads of heartbreak. It has been almost 30 years since the last full length album for Plus Instruments. The album was mastered and produced by James Sclavunos and Peter Mavrogeorgis.
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The New Plus Instruments is finalized and sent off to the Factory!
It will be released on Dewclaw Ditties under the name:
Truus Plus Intruments
Dance With Me
Get ready for a highly danceable club-oriented CD.
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Yes, 2011 will be the year for a brand new Plus Instruments CD
30 years since the last release
Stay tuned
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Check out a recent interview with me on The End of Being Blog
And another page dedicated to my recent Sonas Inflecto Video
Here is one from the vaults; a great blog dedicated to long forgotten music, aptly called "No Longer Forgotten Music". Here you can download the entire Nasmak Plus Instruments LP.
Another download is even more obscure a cassette I did in 79/80. Very experimental indeed!
There is another
New CD release scheduled for
End March 2010
More info and downloads
soon!
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How
exciting! Hear Truus' Ritualis amidst a stellar line-up on the
amazing Bat Guano's "Swag" radio show on WIDR, Kalamazoo, MI!
Check for Podcasts on WIDR.ORG
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Currently finalizing the soundtrack we recorded at STEIM for
the Salton Sea Series. A CD release is planned sometime around
Late February.
STEIM
Residency
In October Truus &
Bosko will be at the amazing
STEIM
in Amsterdam for a 2 week
residency. Their main focus will be to create the soundtrack
for their latest multi media project The Salton Sea Series.
For More info see:
www.saltonsink.com Truus is super
thrilled and humbled to be able to use the Crackle Synthesizer, the
creation of
Michel Waisvisz who sadly passed
away last year. A short live performance is
planned on November 4th at STEIM
Ritualis
14
brand new original tracks, this time many with vocals and a
number of actual Chansons d'amour straight from the heart but
all still in the realm of Exotica!
The CD cover art premieres a painting by surrealist master Mark
Ryden and as if that wasn’t enough the CD insert folds out to an
9 ˝ ”x 14” mini poster (suitable for framing) of the original
art. The opposite side of the fold out (and back cover) includes
photographs by Bosko at some of our favorite Southern California
locales.
