Last weekend on Down The Rabbit Hole, I was eating very tasty fish and chips from Zijpe Stijl in between the performances from RAYE and Eefje de Visser. Once home, I realised that on that very moment, …

When Françoise Hardy passed away last month, I must admit my knowledge of her work was limited to her canonical “Tous les garçons et les filles”, first heard in French class when I was 13 years old, …

I haven’t just streamed, but always felt a deep urge to buy almost every release with Joseph Shabason on it. He makes this instrumental, organic, murky, emotionally complex, psychedelic music. Not so …

Two weeks ago on Lentekabinet, I was somehow dissapointed to find out John Talabot had jumped on the trance train that has been riding for a bit too long. Along with DJ’s such as Job Jobse and …

**** Earlier this month I’ve had the pleasure to see The Kills play Paradiso. Even though the album they released this year was quite decent, I will make the sorry judgment that their creative peak …

Last 2 weeks I was on a little roadtrip through Japan. Many albums, mixes and songs were played, but the greatest discovery for me during this time was Quiet Logic. Haruomi Hosono is one of my all …

In a few days I’ll be in Japan, together with fellow Listenings-writer Mark. I’m very excited to walk through the largest city on Earth, climb the 100,000 years old Mount Fuji and be …

Portishead has always been an elusive band. After their ’94 breakthrough with the relatively easygoing, vibey Dummy (featuring bona fide radio hit Glory Box) and the self-titled ’97 follow-up they …

Lately I’ve been listening a lot to releases by the Kansas label West Mineral Ltd. Initially discovered through Purelink, featured last time by me, who shared some of their inspirations in an …

When I ride my bicycle through the Utrechtsestraat in Amsterdam, I often make two stops. At the thrift shop in Kerkstraat, and at the second-hand house and techno bins of Concerto record store. There …