Long Play: Het Vreemd - Dutch Underground Synth & Wave (1982-1987)

Long Play is our event series that celebrates new and noteworthy releases and gives the album format the attention it deserves. At our long play sessions, we select an album that deserves our full attention and play it from front to back. We listen together in silence, and discuss what we heard afterwards. This time we are listening to.. Het Vreemd. With special guest Rutger Nijkamp, who will introduce the album, the story behind it and its influences. After the listening session, there is room for questions and to get a vinyl copy of the album. Het Vreemd is a compilation of lost Dutch synthesizer and wave music from 1982 to 1987. Compiled by Nijkamp, who inherited many tapes from his musician-mother Veronique (Verque on the compilation). What started as a personal collection grew into a search for the stories behind a world of DIY music-making. Het Vreemd brings ten forgotten songs back to life, with themes resonating strangely with the present.