Root & Brach Recordings is the record label  founded by singer/songwriter, composer of cinematic tunes and home-recorder Ruud Slingerland.
Based in Groningen, the Netherlands, it started in 1984 as a low profile cassette label for the release and distribution of the lo-fi home-recordings of Ruud Slingerland. Later on there were also CD, video and digital releases of various projects by Slingerland, under the name of 'Rude Ass (presents)' 'Hairy Love Gum' and  in the recent years 'Dia del Mercado'

On indefinite hiatus.

Ali: electric and acc. guitars, bass, BFD2, production & mixes
Hans: acc. guitar, bass, vocals, songs (well, most of) & lyrics

[Cover Photo: Yovko Lambrev, CC BY 3.0]

m1nk = em 1 en kay
ALBUM HERE: https://sejarecords.bandcamp.com/album/m1nk-em-one-en-kay  and available on almost all other platforms.
Taken from album m1nk - em one en kay.  Released 14 March 2019 on Seja Records (Netherlands). Available on all platforms.
https://posts.google.com/share/fd16SNoT/3_nT3r
Here are some reviews: '’An overwhelming debut, that you just have to hear yourself to believe’'
De Subjectivisten Blog
dares to challenge genres... makes tension sound tempting’
Luminoush Dash Blog
'’It shoots to the top of my chart.They sound like 
they could be from anywhere...Soho NYC, Berlin, Paris, Slovenia, wherever. 
Steve Mecca
'’It is rare that a debut album is so deviously, perfectly delicious’ '
Chain DLK
'’you have to be a little out there to relate to m1nk in the first place but who wants to hang out with people who aren’t’ '
Dave Franklin
'’falls somewhere between a love letter and a suicide note’ 
Dancing About Architecture

'’As debut albums go it is nothing short of a triumph’ '
Dancing About Architecture
'’pays homage to many genres, while sounding like none directly. This is for the musically adventurous; those bored by cliche pop and formula radio fare’'
floorshimezipper
'’Erika Bach’s voice slides into your ears like a sharpened stiletto’'
Paul Kerr, Devil's Best Tuna
'’just stunning. It’s like one of those magic eye pictures that move as you look at them - there’s nothing like it’' Josie Jo Show
’wraps you around like a  seductive poison’’’
Nel Mertens
'’a ghost appearance of David Bowie , a melted Einstürenze Neubauten and an underwater version of the Virgin Prunes’ '
Jan Willem Broek
‘carries both the mysteriousness of a stranger who lets her telling look cross with yours - and the passionate joy of a hunter driven by lust‘
Nel Mertens
Erika Bach (a.k.a. Lola Demo) comes from a more garage rock background with some electronic influences in her productions. Her haunting voice and edgy trash ethic sometimes reminds us of a less hopeful Patti Smith.
Barry Snaith (a.k.a. The Inconsistent Jukebox) moves effortlessly between genres, his productions encompassing everything from acerbic alt - pop and industrial soundscapes to French cabaret and dubstep.
Together as m1nk they make dark, gothic, electronic soundscapes. They are very distinctive, yet hard to define. Barry's influences include Bernard Herrmann, David Lynch, Francis Bacon, Robert Fripp, Captain Beefheart and Dali. Erika is inspired by stormy days, a little pain and ugliness, human kindness and bewilderment.

URU001: Trushkadelic- RND[*]
URU002: Cords- Stargazer(best of 1990-1999)
URU003: Los Gringos - Street Surf
URU004: GDVRDGDVR

Cords was a noise rock band from the Netherlands. Originally formed as the Flintstones in '89, renamed to Chords in '90, and after a threatening lawsuit became Cords in '92 whilst recording their debut album for TVT Records in NYC. Being invited by John Peel for 2 sessions, touring the USA (with Low Pop Suicide), Europe (with the Gun Club) and Australia, playing at big festivals such as Roskilde, Sziget, Lowlands, SXSW, Dynamo Open Air and many others, many radio and TV-appearances, ending the roller-coaster ride in '99 playing in front of a serious classical orchestra. 
They have done a one-off comeback tour in 2010, accompanied by the release of 'Collage' , a highly collectable cd/dvd box-set .
Just like the tracks on this page, which are all non-released recordings, dug up from the archives by Petrushka Morsink.
Enjoy, while they last...

Drive By Wire operates from Deventer,Netherlands. Heavy rock/stoner rock/blues influenced. Vocals&guitar:Simone Holsbeek/Guitars:Alwin Wubben/Bass:Mr.Zerb/Drums:Ingmar

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