OUT NOW: DOKTOR SCHNITT "KATERUSHKI" / SHOWS

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:12:02 +0100

OUT NOW: DOKTOR SCHNITT “KATERUSHKI” Without further ado: 
Kateruski is Bulgarian for playground.

The men themselves describe it as “dope, giddy, and highly danceable”. And if this follow-up pulls as many aces as their debut album did, we’ll be seeing Doktor Schnitt on many a stage or festival in the coming year. 
Doktor Schnitt is the Rotterdam based live dance trio composed of one bassist with loads of pedals, one drummer, and one percussionist with plenty of percussives.

Musicians Philipp Ernsting, Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva, and Nique Quentin make drum ‘n’ bass-oriented music that veers toward funk, disco, jungle, and ambient, performed with a tight punk attitude. 
Their second album promises to be very danceable indeed. Less drum ‘n’ bass then their first, more electronic, more tribal, more hip-hop, dub, and even gabber (!) and latin.

One track was made together with Niels Bjerg (WEGO).
On another, turntable octopus Enio Ramalho (Deformer, Wormskull, Stöma) plays along.
The Bulgarian singer-songbird Ekatarina Aguelova (Acid Folk Five) is to be heard on the title track.
The song “Verschieber” is a clear homage to Steve Reich.
Artists Johan Kleinjan got inspiration in London, home of drum ‘n‘ bass. and returned with amazing artwork for the album.

In 2007, the debut album (Doktor Schnitt) was named “a drum ‘n‘ bass thunderbolt out of clear blue heavens”. The Rotterdam label Laterax thought so highly of it, they decided to release the debut after hearing the first demo. It was recorded by Remko Schouten (Pavement / Bettie Serveert / Coparck) and topped the 3voor12 listening booth for quite some time.

Many many shows followed, including Rotown, Off_Corso, Festival De Affaire, Bitterzoet (Subbacultcha) and Bibelot.
The Katerushki release party is on Friday, December 30th in Rotown (Rotterdam), with a preview on Saturday, December 10th in Breda’s Hijgend Hert.
An album tour will follow in the coming months.  

NEW NETHERLANDS TRACK, TWO NEW NETHERLANDS VIDEOS, NEW DOKTOR SCHNITT ALBUM COMING UP

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 19:15:42 +0100

THE NETHERLANDS For those of you eagerly awaiting the netherlands’ genre- and format- defying second album “Ampul”, to be released in early 2012, let this MP3 only non-album track warm you this winter. Available on iTunes only!

A magnificent video for “Drift” can be found on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePCum53GchI

Yet another magnificent video for their new song “The Uplifting” as part of the 48 Hour Music Video project can be found on the Go Short site. Magnificent indeed.

To keep up the netherlands are now on Facebook

DOKTOR SCHNITT For all of us eagerly waiting since their 2007 debut, Doktor Schnitt are back with a shout, releasing their follow-up “Katerushki” at Rotterdam’s Rotown on December 30!

Preview 3 of the new songs on Bandcamp and/or preview them live at Het Hijgend Hert, Breda, this Saturday! 
They have a very nice press release now too, which we’ll attempt to translate below.

In related news, Doktor Schnitt’s Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva is a finalist for this year’s Jur Naessens Music Prize. This is one of the most important music prizes in The Netherlands for young, ground-breaking, creative talent.
December 14: Bimhuis Amsterdam. Go! 

KATERUSHKI Kateruski is Bulgarian for playground. In the coming months, you can work on your pronunciation because Friday, December 30, 2011, Doktor Schnitt is releasing their thusly-named new album.

The men themselves describe it as “dope, giddy, and highly danceable”. And if this follow-up pulls as many aces as their debut album did, we’ll be seeing Doktor Schnitt on many a stage or festival in the coming year. 
Doktor Schnitt is the Rotterdam based live dance trio composed of one bassist with loads of pedals, one drummer, and one percussionist with plenty of percussives.

Musicians Philipp Ernsting, Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva, and Nique Quentin make drum ‘n’ bass-oriented music that veers toward funk, disco, jungle, and ambient, performed with a tight punk attitude. 
Their second album promises to be very danceable indeed. Less drum ‘n’ bass then their first, more electronic, more tribal, more hip-hop, dub, and even gabber (!) and latin.

One track was made together with Niels Bjerg (WEGO).
On another, turntable octopus Enio Ramalho (Deformer, Wormskull, Stöma) plays along.
The Bulgarian singer-songbird Ekatarina Aguelova (Acid Folk Five) is to be heard on the title track.
The song “Verschieber” is a clear homage to Steve Reich.
Artists Johan Kleinjan got inspiration in London, home of drum ‘n‘ bass. and returned with amazing artwork for the album.

In 2007, the debut album (Doktor Schnitt) was named “a drum ‘n‘ bass thunderbolt out of clear blue heavens”. The Rotterdam label Laterax thought so highly of it, they decided to release the debut after hearing the first demo. It was recorded by Remko Schouten (Pavement / Bettie Serveert / Coparck) and topped the 3voor12 listening booth for quite some time.

Many many shows followed, including Rotown, Off_Corso, Festival De Affaire, Bitterzoet (Subbacultcha) and Bibelot.
The Katerushki release party is on Friday, December 30th in Rotown (Rotterdam), with a preview on Saturday, December 10th in Breda’s Hijgend Hert.
An album tour will follow in the coming months.  

POLITICS @ WERELD WITTE DE WITH

Mon, 5 Sep 2011 21:31:25 +0200

As always, on legendary short notice, Politics will play the Museumpark stage on Wereld van Witte De With festival this Friday 8 pm.

Also playing: 19:00 Max & The Cuties 20:00 Politics 21:00 The New Earth Group  Free! Be there!   

NANKO NEW ALBUM “MIDLAND” @ JAZZDAG JUNE 24

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:41:15 +0200

Nanko's new album "Midland" has arrived. He hasn't officially released it yet, but interested peoples go to Jazzdag this Friday where he'll bring some copies and be performing at 11pm.  LantarenVenster www.lantarenvenster.nl
Nanko www.nankomusic.net

Nanko Huisman (electric guitars, samplers), Philip Ernsting (drums, samplers)

“De Rotterdamse artiest is een jonge gitaar pioneer: intelligente electronica gecombineerd met melodische, free jazz geinspireerde tonale gitaar improvisaties, beinvloed door Squarepusher, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Stravinsky. 2011 is het dageraad van zijn derde album ‘Midland’ waarop hij zijn geluidsexperimenten verder uitbouwt, geinspireerd door free jazz.”

POLITICS PLAYS 3VOOR12 FEST / NANKO PLAYS JAZZDAG & ELECTRONIC SOUNDSCAPES

Thu, 12 May 2011 11:11:21 +0200

Dear Ladies & Gentlemen,  It’s not just the weather that’s nice.  Sat 14 May 2011 This Saturday, some of us might be having a barbecue, others might be watching the Eurovision Songfestival, and a few people will combine the two.

Respectable citizens might go to Grounds in Rotterdam though and attend the Electronic Soundscapes night there organized by Worm.  Avant-garde recreation by:  Nanko Nanko Huisman – guitar Philipp Ernsting – drums  Bram Stadhouders
Bram Stadhouders – elektronics, guitar Onno Govaert – drums Gulli Gudmundsson – bass  TokTek Tom Verbruggen – electronica, gitaar

Sat 21 May 2011
Done and dusted! Politics will play 3voor12 Rotterdam/Drechtsteden’s first anniversary party at Heidegger on Saturday May 21st.

For a measly 2 euro’s entrance you’ll see the up and coming, and exciting creme de la creme of Rotterdam perform their butts off.  The lineup: 22:30 – 23:00 Maurice Bleeker  23:15 – 23:45 Boring Pop 00:00 – 00:30 Sugar Lee’s 00:45 – 01:30 Politics
01:45 – 02:30 The Parents
So there.

Fri 24 June 2011 Jazzdag Rotterdam 2011. Heaps of conferences, shows, and showcases around town. Among them a Nanko showcase at Lantaren/Venster. Full program here.

All the best! Jorg & Annie