In The Trashcan
Records GEM059
"Surprise surprise... there are also rock songs not
sung in English and not to be found on iTunes..."
Belgian new wave synth band from Antwerp singing in Dutch about their beloved city. I think this was their second and last release. The flipside is an acid-house remix. A 1989 release on Indep Records.
You know the story… sometimes it is too bad to be ignored. If you can understand Dutch, you'll be laughing the whole 4 minutes of this punk parody by Alois Verhoeven aka Bobby Ranger. This must have been released in 1978 or 1979, right after "Ca plane pour moi". A Monopole release.
P.I.L.'s "Death disco" was covered by Arbeid Adelt in 1983 in a brilliant way, certainly the 12" extended version. On the B-side, however, you find this gem with backwards recorded sounds. It's sung in Dutch "The man who notes everything".
"De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen" was, is and probably will always be a Belpop classic. It's so good that nobody seems to consider flipping over the 45. "Het amusementsbedrijf" is insane enough to get the attention it certainly deserved. Dark synth pop from Flanders by ex-MTV veejay Marcel Vanthilt.
German electrowave from 1982 as a mix of Grauzone, No More and Einstürzende Neubauten. No, they were not German. They hailed from Hulst, in the south of Holland near the Belgian border.
Here's that Dutch trio from Hulst again, that got some help from a certain Jonas for the German lyrics on the flipside.
From Germany. It's a self-released EP from 1981, sung in German. This avant-garde new wave band from Koblenz was active in the first half of the 80s.
This is Kleenex, the Swiss all-girl band that gave us the magnificent Rough Trade single "Ain't you" in 1978. They had to change their name and being a small party in a law suit they picked the moniker of Liliput. It's Slits-styled new wave punk rock. Hard to find these days.
Payola Records issued this 3-track EP that was a big influence on other Belgian bands like De Brassers and Siglo XX. Produced by Marc Moulin and Dan Lacksman (Telex, Two Man Sound,…). It's a song about garlic (="look" in Dutch).
Early Cure and Joy Division are the main influences of this Belgian new wave outfit from Antwerp, who sang in Dutch. Founded by Mark Meulemans and split about a year later, giving us a 45 and one album.
"Niet alle meisjes zijn verliefd op Kors" is a Tröckener Kecks live favorite, but I prefer the two songs on the flipside. On vol 57 I've put "Finishing touch"; here's the third track of their second release. One of Holland's best known 80s outfits... if you like guitars and Dutch lyrics, it is.
Italian translation of the Sparklers' "Ain't no friend of mine" released in 1993 on one of Italy's finest labels, Destination X, by Verona's best garage outfit. This is truly a fantastic EP; check out vol 23 as well.
When Nina Hagen went solo, the Nina Hagen Band became Spliff and achieved some local success in the Neue Deutsche Welle scene. This is the B-side of "Das Blech", a 1982 release on CBS.
Pressed on shitty brown wax this is the trashiest of lo-fi garage punk by cavemen ever! Spanish outfit doin' the "Caga-traga" in 1997. An Alehop release.
Neue Deutsche Welle by D.A.F. member Robert Görl on Mute Records from 1983. It sounds like a German Depeche Mode, put away as a B-side for "Mit dir".
A hard-rock version of a Dutch beat classic? HET had a minor hit with their song. A very bizarre cover choice from 1982, released on Pierrot Records, that also put both sides of this 45 on their second album "Stale verhale", all sung in Dutch. They hailed from Sittard in the southeast of the Netherlands.
