Freiband
Freiband is the latest project by Frans de Waard. He has been producing music since the mid 80s, firstly on cassettes in the 80s and then on LPs and CD's afterthat. Freiband was inspired by the tape-scratching of Asmus Tietchens on his CD 'Daseinsverfehlung', but here applied to an entirely digital context.
Freiband is the latest project by Frans de Waard. He has been producing music since the mid 80s, firstly on cassettes in the 80s and then on LPs and CD's afterthat. Freiband was inspired by the tape-scratching of Asmus Tietchens on his CD 'Daseinsverfehlung', but here applied to an entirely digital context.
Enhanced Room Acoustics (CDr)
2008 release ** Limited edition of 100 copies. "Expanded in 1993 with members Peter Duimelinks and in 1995 Roel Meelkop, this trio explores the world of micro electro-acoustic music, playing on waste found on the streets and with a fine addition of field recordings."
Bits & Pieces
The history of - behind which we find Nico Selen of O.R.D.U.C, E.M.M. and many other guises - and Freiband, the name of Frans de Waard when it comes to all sorts of computer based, goes back for over 20 years. Selen was the first to release a LP by Kapotte Muziek (De Waard's other music enterprise, among many!), in 1990 and they have been off and on in contact. Earlier 2013 released a very limited CDR, which De Waard quite liked and in the next days he kept returning to it, eventu…