Ghent-based label KRAAK has been bringing an adventurous spirit to the experimental and DIY scene for the past 20 years and counting. Genre-bending music from the outer edges of the fray!


Kraak Records w/ Cachilapa @ Kiosk Radio 15.02.2023

Kraak Records w/ Cachilapa @ Kiosk Radio 15.03.2023

Finally a full-on YouTube fest with none other than Benwa Meneers aka Venediktos Tempelboom sharing all the shares from his favorites 👾 we been threatening this for a long time, tune into the unknown & LIKE & SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/@BenwaMeneers

TRACKLISTKE
Joshua Burkett - Live @ Turner Falls, MA
Ann Eysermans - Live at Stuk
Phaedra - Majeur Escapade
Kohn - Live at Sylvester Gallery 
990X - In A Crowded Place
Sierra Manhattan - Strasbourg 26/01/2023
Zidane - Strasbourg 23/10/2021
Up-Tight in Ghent
babyfather - skywalker freestyle
Ignatz interview with Christophe Piette
Curta’n Wall - Siege Ubsessed (feat. Elvya) 
Jimmy Driftwood playing his famous homemade guitar
Venediktos Tempelboom - Salon d’automne 
E.A.R chill out edition at Theresia with GONGS

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Track ID: @caapii

https://blushtbc.bandcamp.com/

A new episode in the series features a very special guest—Tim, aka caapi, a driving force of Glasgow’s underground scene. Over the past few years, Tim and @lizzie-urquhart have been creating the deeply heartfelt and immersive label @somewherepress. 
Now, Tim has launched their own label called 'blush', and this mix serves as a kind of sonic palette—or mood board, if you will—that they’ve carefully curated to establish the tone and identity of the label.

Listening to Tim's mixes is always an incredibly fascinating and inspiring experience for me. They are crafted with such skill and intricacy, always full of hidden layers and depth. This mix is no exception—I listened to it several times before its release, and each time, I discovered new shades and nuances. I'm thrilled that Tim chose to present such an important and personal story in the De Kat Memwa series.

Here’s what Tim had to say about the mix:

*My intention with blush is to explore DIY, arcane and delicate sound work with a playful and personal approach.

I recorded the mix as a way to understand the sound that's been forming in my mind over many months, and it captures the mood of what I'm going for.

At the heart, it's an exploration into ambient guitar works, particularly the kind of ephemeral moments when a zoom recorder is left on and spontaneous playing merges with the environment. But there's also a playful distortion to this, tinged with the influence of obscure '90s ambient trip-hop and sample-based music.

My first tape release as blush, by ana reme, explores romantic atmospheres and dated textures and is a big influence for me also.

I'm drawn to fluttering synths through layers of hissing tape noise, ambient guitars recorded serendipitously, obscure trip-hop that never found its place, twee indie soft rock, and everything in between.

The photos are of a waterfall in Bavaria that I photographed in the summer—they felt kind of right for this mix: a bit mystical but also strange and kind of timeless.*

De Kat Memwa #57 w/ caapi (blush)

We invited french artist Manoir Molle to contribute to
our New Drops series, and she came through with an
excellent selection of songs to start your summer
holiday with. Her distinct and playful style shines
through both the mix and in her own releases which we
highly recommend you to check out!

Tracklist: 

Larry Polansky - Four-Voices Canon No 14, Kid Canon  
Kate  NV - in tune
Kate Bush - Aerial Tal  
Fred Frith - Heart Bares  
Kyle Gann - Busted grooves 
Marisa Anderson - The low Country  
Motohiko Hamase - Pascal  
Brannten Schnüre - Pfirsiche  
Fred Frith - Spring Any Day Now  
Jake Tobin - Labyrinth center
Romain de Ferron - Are Are 
James Tenney - Array (a'sysing)  
The La’s - Looking Glass (Mike Hedges version)
Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays John Cassavetes 2 
Popol vuh - Grab der Mutter

New Drops 27/06/25 - Manoir Molle

Loto Retina - Cannolo

Jacqueline Du Pre- Kol Nidrei

small talk

Excerpt from the piece 'Ursup' an electroacoustic composition for 16 channels made by IJ - Inge van den Kroonenberb & Jürgen De Blonde.

Ursup (edit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9XJ4EOmDU

Postcoronal Anthem

VALE SEAN BAXTER 
1970-2020

We are crushed by the terrible news of Sean's passing. The Melbourne (and all over) experimental / improvised / noise scene took a huge blow just a few days before the start of the confinement, with the passing of legendary drummer, noise artist, curator, DIY stalwart, lover and enthusiast for all things strange, fukkd and brutal Sean Baxter.
I made a radio show of his music, with a few anecdotes, stories and quotes thrown in. If anyone is involved in radio, online or otherwise, and wants to get it aired please feel free to download to get the files.

1. ‘Almost Lucid Fairytale’ - from Bucketrider 'Guignol’s Band’ - 1998 - Dr Jims Records
2. ‘Safety Pod’ - From The Throwaways 'Angle Grinder' - 1991 - Au Go Go Records
3. ‘Rock and Roll’ - From The Throwaways 'Postmadonna Primadonna’ - 1994 - Dr Jims Records
4. ‘Nancarrow (For Conlon)’ - From Bucketrider 'Guignol’s Band’ = 1998 - Dr Jims Records
5. Excerpt from ‘Open Space’ - From Western Grey 'Glacial Erratic' - 2003 - Dr Jims Records
6. Excerpt from ‘1’ - From Lazy ‘Microsonics’ - 2002 - Dr Jims Records
7. ‘Metamorphics’ - from Pateras / Baxter / Brown - Ataxia - Synaesthesia Records - 2002/2003
8. ‘Bern 4’ - from Pateras / Baxter / Brown - ‘Bern - Melbourne - Milan’ - 2006 - Immediata 
9. ‘Inland 4’ - from Pateras / Baxter / Brown - ‘Bern - Melbourne - Milan’ - 2017 - Immediata 
10. ‘Plates’ - from Sean Baxter - Solo Drumkit Improvisations - 2011 - Bocian Records 
11. ‘Blood Meridian (Tempering Agent)’ - Embers - Slag-Welter - 2008 - Heathen Skulls
12. ‘Unreleased’ - Sean Baxter & Valerio Tricoli - Recorded in Berlin 2012
13. Sean Baxter Classic Intro - Make It Up Club - 2018
14. ‘Windchimes’ - from Sean Baxter - Solo Drumkit Improvisations - 2011 - Bocian Records 

Quotes from Anthony Pateras, Steve Heather, Judith Hamann, Clayton Thomas, Miles Brown, Dale Baxter, Scott Sinclair
Compiled by Annalee-Rose & Will Guthrie - April 2020
Thanks to Dave Brown, Anthony Pateras, Clare Cooper

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