Archive for the dutch tag

TTL: Transistor Generation

There's a huge storm coming through Chicago; a great time to sort through some music. I'm not sure where I got this track from, but I suspect it came to me via one Omar Padrón. What I know about TTL: they're Dutch, this song is the B side to a 1982 single called "Bored & Lonely", and it appears to be the only thing they put out--this track is obviously a vinyl rip, and I doubt they made it to cd or even cassette for that matter. Though "Bored & Lonely" has a tinge of ska, this track is about as classic early new wave as it gets. The '80s is littered with these bands, who produced one track and were forced to give up when it went nowhere. In the days when it was so much more expensive to record a song, they weren't a safe bet...and in the days before the internet, they've been forgotten.

If you've got any info on TTL, drop it in the comments!

Nine Circles: Here Come I + Twinkling Stars

Lying somewhere between Joy Division and Fad Gadget and sounding far more French than they actually are is a Dutch duo I'll almost guarantee you've never heard of: Nine Circles. I can say this with some confidence because most of their catalog, though recorded in 1982, was never even released until 1996. No, I'm not making that up. I have no idea why they sat on it so long, because they probably would've been a big hit in some alternative dance clubs 28 years ago.

According to their MySpace page (sorry, it's all I have to go on), Lidia Fiala and Peter Van Garderen are actually doing concerts still. I doubt we will ever see them here in the States, but I can always hope they'll open on the next Ladytron tour...

Nine Circles on MySpace
Buy Nine Circles on Amazon.com