As we stroll  into the summer, we're happy to provide you with a fresh splash by Avant Garbage. The London-based duo k means and DJ ojo got entangled over their love for peculiar sounds and offers you a monthly refill on Netil Radio , with the stranger margins of music, deftly balancing feelings of brightness and darkness.

This two-hour (!) mix channels their love for disorientating dub and crunchy rhythms, combining old favourites and new digs ~ all infused with the softness of a psychedelic teabag. Rejuvenate and replenish with this one!

Stay hydrated, xr

@k_means @ojodj

RUBBER TIJD with Avant Garbage (k means & DJ ojo)

JUZER - Layer of Moleman (w/ Unit Moebius Anonymous Remix) | RUBBER 009

A1 - JUZER - The Saturators
A2 - JUZER - Sweater Weather 
B1 - JUZER - Layer of Moleman
B2 - JUZER - Layer of Moleman (Unit Moebius Anonymous Remix)  

Vinyl / digital: https://rubber-denhaag.bandcamp.com/album/layer-of-moleman-w-unit-moebius-anonymous-remix

JUZER by Beau Wanzer and Dan Jugel finds new stomping grounds at RUBBER with a four track release including a fresh remix by Unit Moebius Anonymous. Wanzer and Jugel, two pillars of the Chicago underground are known for their distor­ted jacked techno which is heavily rooted in the Chicago tradition.
Together with Beau Wanzer we have selected three archival tracks made prior to Jugel’s passing in 2018. The result is a grinding ensemble of raw techno jams that tips its hat to the different electronic flavors of Chicago and The Hague.

Music: JUZER (Beau Wanzer and Dan Jugel, Unit Moebius Anonymous (Jan Duivenvoorden)
Instruments: Roland TR909, Roland TR808, Roland CR78, Roland CR1000, Roland JX3P, Casio RZ1, Akai S612
Recorded: Chicago, IL
Mastering: Lizzie Davis (Real Surreal)
Graphic design: Ruben Verkuylen
Words: Thomas van Linge

Layer of Moleman

JUZER - Layer of Moleman (w/ Unit Moebius Anonymous Remix) | RUBBER 009

As we sleigh into the holiday season, we pick up our tradition of putting out a Christmas special. A potent elixir of Xperimental and dark-not-dark specialties to bring some glow into everybody’s living room.

This year we are amped to share with you a mix quite close to home, The Westcoast to be precise. This year’s Christmas soundtrack is crafted by the North Sea Wolfpack, a femme collective of musicians, artists, creators, and producers that share a common love for sound in all its forms, and through their collective effort elevate one another and the (electronic) music scene.

The North Sea Wolfpack created a mix which is a collective effort of their members’ input resulting in an hour of cult-y off-beat carols and odes to this particular moment of the year. And of course a noteworthy mentioning Alina Valentina's secret stash that was added to the mix.

Have a flexible holiday!

p.s. the views expressed by the songs' artists are not necessarily our own — we wish everybody to keep their sofa.

@northseawolfpack

RUBBER TIJD / X-Mess Special 5 (by The North Sea Wolfpack)

skitungen - Längre Än Långtån | RUBBER 009

A1 – inga dRömmaR kvaR
A2 – jag viLL baRa ha aLLt
B1 –  OOOAAAOOO
B2 – Jag SpiLLeR Ut Min Tid På Dig

Vinyl / digital: https://rubber-denhaag.bandcamp.com/album/la-ngre-a-n-la-ngta-n
Distribution (Clone): https://clone.nl/item69522.html

Rubber welcomes Swedish artist Towa Isling (towLie) under her skitungen alias. While some of you might be familiar with distorted drums and seething synth lines from the käfTen records founder, her skitungen project emits a more brazen energy. Längre än Långtån embodies Towa’s raw and DIY approach, but takes an unexpected turn towards the odd and dreamy. This results in a beautiful assembly combining Towa’s ethereal voice with satisfying weirdo beat music.
The 7inch, pressed on Rubber’s signature high quality white vinyl, is accompanied by a cover designed by Berlin-based multi media artist Puck Verkade. 

Music: Towa Isling @towlie
Mastering: Kamilė Rimkutė @caline-with-c
Illustration: Puck Verkade
Design: Ruben Verkuylen
Text: Thomas van Linge

skitungen - Längre Än Långtån | RUBBER 010

[ Played on NTS on 22.07.22 ]

Ton Lebbink was a true Dutch cult figure. He has been mostly known for his work in the eighties, where he paired absurdist and witty Dutch wordplay with stripped down wave-instrumentals. This mixtape introduces you to his far lesser known nineties era, where he went from being a bouncer to becoming a fitness instructor, and replaced his voice with a Roland W-30 sampler.

Specifically recorded for his aerobic classes, we take off with a production of Lebbink himself that then blends into club-cuts he bootlegged from the radio. This adventurous mixtape seems the right prelude to the upcoming release ‘Wat Doe je Met Me?' on Dutch music label RUBBER – a 12’’ EP containing three Ton Lebbink dance productions that never saw daylight.

Thanks goes out to Christine, Lyckle, Twan and Bence for all their time and effort.

Ton Lebbink - For You (Heavy House Aerobic Mix) on NTS

Ton Lebbink - Wat Doe Je Met Me? | RUBBER 011

A1 - Wat Doe Je Met Me?
A2 - Denke Nie Gedacht Zu Haben (Ft. Christine & Jasmine)
B1 - For You 

By the late 1980’s Ton Lebbink was a well respected figure in Amsterdam’s alternative scene: he was the drummer for the Amsterdam post punk group Mecano, a true punk poet and worked as a bouncer at Amsterdam’s main music venue Paradiso. He released two solo albums, both in his unique narcotic style: laying absurd Dutch wordplay over stripped down frigid instrumentals.
As the decade came to an end, Ton – already well in his forties – moved away from the often destructive and dangerous nightlife. After a series of odd jobs Ton started as a fitness instructor at an Amsterdam gym called Splash. Meanwhile, the 90’s brought the latest musical craze to Amsterdam: house music began to flourish through clubs like RoXy, iT and Mazzo. With house being the ideal score for his fitness classes, the once well known cult figure faded into anonymity at a 120 beats per minute. His musical endeavours were focusing more on finding the right beats for aerobics exercises with self-devised exercise – eventually leading Ton to bootleg some of them on cassette tapes himself.
In parallel to this radical shift, Ton did not stop making music. On the contrary, piles of demos showed high activity but in a direction no one was looking. Inspired by music to move to, Ton recorded hours of music that activated the body while staying true to his playful mindset. Discarding his voice as an instrument, the Roland W-30 sampler became his tool to communicate. Gathering vocal snippets from close friends, barflies and pets, a repertoire developed where witty repetitiveness could exist. Going through a vast collection of demos, pictures and many anecdotes, Rubber has been able to create an EP that gives insight into Ton’s overlooked 90’s era.
Three playful dance tracks by Ton Lebbink taking his complete own take on the Amsterdam house revolution of the 90's. Full of inventiveness: hip-shaking grooves, hypnotic beats and rousing vocals. Tracks to move to and tracks to groove to. Essential dancefloor workout tunes for you and me. Ah yeah!

Wat Doe Je Met Me?

Ton Lebbink - Wat Doe Je Met Me? | RUBBER 011

RUBBER TIJD revives with a newly recorded DJ set by Swamp Trax live from our first RUBBER TIJD evening at Garage Noord in Amsterdam. Swamp trax invites you to slowly sink or dance. Playing music with with a focus on their spatial transformative aspects, he assembles different narratives through sound. Expect a sonic adventure ranging from conventional and comfortable to experimental and transgressive.

Rubber TIJD at Garage Noord (Nov 2):
Marco Segato (DJ)
Dim Garden (live)
Swamp trax (DJ)

RUBBER TIJD with Swamp trax

Our yearly Christmas special has descended — a mix of experimental and off-the-shelf holiday music to lift the spirit.

This festive season is extremely off. 
Images of joy alternate with scenes of terror on our screens and in our thoughts. We hope that this Christmas is a moment not to look away but to gaze inward. Music not only soothes but also nurtures perseverance. Or as Death says, explaining the nature of belief in Hogfather (2006) — “You need to believe things that aren’t true. How else they can become?”

This year’s mix is collaged by Scrying the Landscape’s Hannah Pezzack and Elina Tapio, together with Rubber’s own The Social Lover.

@hannah-pezzack
@elinatapio
@the-social-lover

Tracklist:
Christine Sonntag & Ton Lebbink- Advent
Biosphere - Rotation
Fairy Pilots - I Dream Of Mighty Spirits
Oorbeek - Stillenacht
X Ray Pop - Christmas Bong
Atom Tm - Weißes Rauschen (Erster Teil)
Coil - Christmas Is Now Drawing Near
Culturcide - Depressed Christmas
Wojchech Rusin - Salvation
Dylan Henner - Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
The Social Lover - Spiking the punch
Rev A.W. Nix - Death May Be Your Christmas Gift
Electric Sewer Age - Moon's Milk (Waning)
Xela - Of The Light And Of The Stars
Suicide - Hey Lord
The Jon Matthy Quartet - Misery And Suffering Forever
Hematic Sunsets - Der Im Keller
Ginji Ito - Hokori Darake No Christmas Tree
 The Craving For Wine
NEY - Ein Einsamer Vogel
'Belief' As According To Death
Saskia - Sloopy
Mondlane - Solstice
Ntski - Treesong
Ghadelia Tazartes - Assassins 2
Marcel - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Ambrosial - Spinning Around

RUBBER TIJD / X-Mess Special 6 (with Hannah Pezzack and Elina Tapio)

Another RUBBER TIJD, and this time with sonic explorer, producer and live performer Marco Segato. Operating under various monikers (La Serpiente, MS and Narvalo), we had the pleasure of him opening our first event at Garage Noord under his original name. This recording is a section of what you missed out on a stormy Thursday in November.

@marcosegato

Rubber TIJD at Garage Noord (Nov 2):
Marco Segato (DJ)
Dim Garden (live)
Swamp trax (DJ)

RUBBER TIJD with Marco Segato

various artists - World of Rubber 4 (LP) | RUBBER012

A1 – MAP 71 — The Future Edge
A2 – JUZER — Layer Of Moleman (Unit Moebius Anonymous - Remix 11)
B1 – Senyawa — Puncak Dua
B2 – Peder Mannerfelt — Lifeline
B3 – The Modern Institute — Unitised Torment

Vinyl / digital: https://rubber-denhaag.bandcamp.com/album/world-of-rubber-4
Distribution (Clone)

Introducing World of Rubber 4, a bold compilation featuring five cutting-edge tracks from trailblazing artists who push the boundaries of sound and embrace the label's signature non-conformity. This collection showcases a wide sonic spectrum, from experimental vocal pieces to club ready floor killers. 
With work of Indonesia’s Senyawa, where vocalist Rully Shabara’s electrifying range blends with Wukir Suryadi’s processing of (handmade) instruments. Hailing From the UK, MAP71 offers hypnotic poetry layered over pulsating electronics, driven by Lisa Jayne’s surreal lyricism and Andy Pyne’s ritualistic rhythms. Swedish experimental techno producer Peder Mannerfelt brings his raw energy and genre-defying sound. Dutch techno pioneer Unit Moebius Anonymous takes a second stab at Juzer, a project by Beau Wanzer and Dan Jugel, delivering heavy hitting industrial-tinged rhythms. Lastly, The Modern Institute brings their avant-garde, deconstructed take on techno, blending industrial noise and playful experimentation to create a truly unpredictable sonic experience.

Cut by simon the exhange, pressed on Opaque white vinyl, Limited to 200 copies

Mastering: Sjoerd Oberman
Artwork: Vanja Rakić
Text: Thomas van Linge

@andypuffinboy
@unitmoebius @bwanz
@senyawa
@the-subliminal-kid
@themoderninstitute

World of Rubber 4

World of Rubber

various artists - World of Rubber 4 (EP) | RUBBER012

This year we're going for an utterly deranged Christmas dinner and everybody is invited!

We'll have Sinners, Saints, the Sullied & the Pure, Leprechauns & Pokémon, Fairies & Pixies, Trolls & Moomins, Goblins - Gremlins & Ghoulies, Celestial Chariots & Slaying Santas riding on Silent Nights & Deadly Nights!

Tracklist:
James Ferraro - Empty City
Sumio Shiratori - Semarikuru Kiki Da (Moomins OST)
Morgan Ames - Santa's Watching (Silent Night, Deadly Night OST)
Richard Band - Cantos Profanae (Troll OST)
Kevin Kiner - Main Title (Leprechaun OST)
Tomita - Firebird Suite: Infernal Dance Of King Kastchei
Fuzzbee Morse - Hell Breaks Loose (Ghoulies II OST)
Hajime Tachibana - White And White
Fuzzbee Morse - Slate 9M2 (Studio Chatter) (Ghoulies II OST)
Moonriders - No. 9 (Tokyo Godfathers OST)
Pokémon - Nobody Don't Like Christmas
Hematic Sunsets Und Okko Bekker - Leise Rieselt Der Schnee
Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts - Green Bird (Cowboy Bebop OST)
Jun Togawa - 降誕節
Okada Tohru - Sarani Jiken (Tokyo Godfathers OST)
Danny Elfman - A Horror In Chez Jay (Scrooged OST)
Jerry Goldsmith - The Visitors (Gremlins 2 OST)
Yoshihiro Kanno - Main Theme (Angel's Egg OST)
Elmer Bernstein - Midnight Metamorphosis (An American Werewolf In London OST)
Fuzzbee Morse - Nicole's Story (Ghoulies II OST)
Taeko Ohnuki - Cahier I
Mark Leckey - DazzledDark
Burial Hospital Chapel
Weather Report - The Orphan
The Free Design - Proper Ornaments
Joan Baez - We Three Kings (Instrumental)
Joan Baez - Coventry Carol
Fairuz - Ya Mariyam El Bekr
Fairuz - شوبحولها و قولو
Leontyne Price - 'Roun' About De Mountain
Leontyne Price - My Souls Been Anchored in de Lord
Toru Takemitsu - Winter
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20220404

@wivah

RUBBER TIJD / X-Mess Special 7 (by Haron)

🚨 10 Inch repress coming
J A featuring Donato Dozzy - Sorella di confine | RUBBER013

A1 - Eclisse indolente
A2 - Era vitale
B - Sorella di confine

Vinyl / Digital: https://rubber-denhaag.bandcamp.com/album/sorella-di-confine
Distribution by @clone-distribution

The initial 7-inch edition was withdrawn as the pressing didn’t fully capture the sonic quality of the tracks. Rubber releases a small repress on 10-inch, a format that truly carries the sound and presents the music exactly as intended. 

Reuniting as a trifecta, J A returns to Rubber with a three-pronged EP. This time, Andrea Noce and Jonida Prifti are joined by Donato Dozzy—the Italian maestro of minimal techno, who threads liquid geometry into the pair’s vocal acrobatics.

Like a silver fog descending, ‘Eclisse Indolente’ opens. Not quite ambient—with field recording-esque emanations filling the backdrop—the spoken lyrics are moonlit incantations, spells for a mid-winter ritual. ‘Era Vitale’ showcases Dozzy’s hypnotic latticework in full effect, the operatic accompaniment gliding over a twitching beat. For the titular track—its thundering power a homage to the sound system—blasts of cold bass interject at intervals; a muted post-dub tirade, narrated by fractured, echoing whispers.

Building on their previous album for the imprint, enter ja, which leaned more instrumentally maximalist, this incarnation shifts to subtle, mesmerising sonics that let the lyrical prowess surge forth. A testament to the mystical nature of the voice, Sorella di Confine is pagan-folk for the club; a lunar chant, an ebony hymn.

The record serves as a sister release to Prifti’s eponymous poetry collection, published in 2024 by Marco Saya Edizioni. An extract from the collection’s afterword appears on the back sleeve, penned by the renowned lyricist, playwright, poet, and novelist Pasquale Panella.

Mastering by Sjoerd Oberman
Release notes by Hannah Pezzack @hannah-pezzack
Graphic design by Ruben Verkuylen

@j-a-66 @andreanoce @donato-dozzy

Sorella di confine

pre-order repress

J A featuring Donato Dozzy - Sorella di confine | RUBBER013

OUT N()W : https://clone.nl/item36624.html

Unit Moebius, Salo Mentale, Alessandro Adriani, 0.5W - World Of Rubber 1 - Rubber001

Rubber descends with the yearly tradition of gifting you a mix to make it through the darker days. With last year's present being a more reflective and cinematic one, this mix ricochets from one mood to the other.
Mixed, dubbed and karaoke’d by Sara plusplus and DJ Licuadito Mix, this concoction represents both the fun and experimental attitude both artists and musicians explore in their practices. With eggnog shots, roasted goat recipes and plenty of cumbia, this one raises the glasses to the loved ones and the odd ones.
With a Chevy Silvado being their Xmas sled, they went from Mexico to Portugal and all the colours in between. With the final stop being the Nederlands.

Bom Natal and Feliz Navidad!

DJ Licuadito Mix is the playground persona of Enrique Gutierrez, allowing to mix things that don’t mix. Moving through mash-ups, good accidents, rhythms and intentions. 
Sara plusplus is a musician, artist, DJ and founder of experimental music event Weather Report. Her methods incorporate trial and error, cut-up techniques, improvisation and uses of pop-music structures such as melody hooks and sultry vocals, which occasionally unfold in more discordant forms. 

This mix precludes Sara plusplus’s upcoming album “Late Night TV” on Rubber which will come out in 2026.

TRACKLIST
with Masters of Ceremonies
 
The Vault (alternate Performance)-- Michael Kamen (Die Hard OST)
Runway-- Steve Hauschildt
Ax Amores edit -2015-- Elysia Crampton Chuquimia
Heal-- Ico OST
Mackerel Sky-- Garry Bradbury
La Cumbia de los Monjes-- Grupo G
A Todos Um Bom Natal-- Coro de Sto Amaro de Oeiras
Uya Kwihi Ka Rose-- Tshetsha Boys
Vestida De Fuego-- Bear Bones Lay Low
Don't Go (Instrumental Cover)-- Yazoo
Farthing Wood Dub-- Hype Williams
Tubeway Army--Down In The Park
Christmas in Hollis—Run D.M.C.
Navidad 3Ball - DJ Otto
Watersong—Cranes
Fast Money—SpaceGhostPurrp
NCA THA TRAILER--Black Void Smith
Feed and Breed—Blood Music
Red Water (Christmas Mourning)—Type O Negative
El Shot Navideño–Banda Tierra Sagrada
Navidad Tribal–Los Peces En El Rio (tribal)
Texcatlipoca–Dj weed
a video rip of someone’s truck playing chalino Sanchez tu sombra me persigue
Unknown source 
Picaflor Palomitay Strings edit 2016-- Elysia Crampton Chuquimia
Explosion—The Residents
Santa Dog 78’—The Residents
Plague—The Residents
Altamira-- Xeno & Oaklander
Feed and Breed—Blood Music
Chew The Gun-- UnknownmiX
Belmont Hand Wash/The Ever-Widening Hat-- Equipment Pointed Ankh
106.2 Breeze FM—Mac Demarco
The Pipe—Mac Demarco
Blondes-- TOUGH FUZZ
Swizzle—Ghostwriters
aquatic_2_(master)—Nondi_
Let It Snow (Source)-- Michael Kamen (Die Hard OST)

@saraplusplus
@goldcheesesandwich

RUBBER TIJD / X-Mess Special 8 (with Sara plusplus and DJ Licuadito Mix)

Hailing from Minsk, Belarus is Elena Sizova coming in with an hour of heavy work outs. On weekdays she is an engineering lecturer at the National Technical University of Minsk. Weekend audiences are rather different - Elena shares her musical knowledge with the crowds at underground parties, often in Europe and Russia. 

Enjoy! R

@lectra

RUBBER TIJD with Elena Sizova

This week we have Agnes Aves; the Romanian selector with a background in piano and fine arts. She's also the head of NOED and host of 'Mercure Retrograde', a monthly show on LYL Radio with a storytelling inclination, featuring old underatted music and new uprising artists. Enjoy the ride!

Xoxo R

@nooneeverdances
@agnes-aves
@lyl_radio

RUBBER TIJD with Agnes Aves

This week we have the master, the legend, the man, the myth, the one and only Danny Wolfers also known as Legowelt. Our label goes way back with Danny and we've done several releases with him on BAKK, our other label. Many years ago when we were young and still throwing raves he was one of our favourite acts to have over and play for the youths. In his own words:

"1 hour+ of synth-trip with mostly upcoming Nightwind records material - cosmic free amateur jazz  + professional ambient + devotional drug trip soundtrack songs and testing out some new synths too like the Novation WXAXRXP AFX 30th anniversary special edition Bass Station II"

ENJOY and stay flexible. 
R

@legowelt-official

tracklist:
00.00 Bass Station II WXAXRXP AFX edition PWM drone + Sequence + paraphonic pad + Bleeps
04.03 Bass Station II WXAXRXP AFX edition PWM paraphonic Plainsong 
05.39 Bass Station II WXAXRXP AFX edition Cosmic FreeJazz
08.03 Alpine Peaks
12.23 The Golden Age Of Flying Boats Overcast Swaying Palms
15:12 An amatoral Concept without Density + Piano Rain recording
20:53 Yamaha PSS 570 Warm Ambient
25:33 My Roland D10 is more sinister then your shallow Boyfriend
27:45 The Golden Age Of Flying Boats Devotional Spirit of a Great Void
30:57 Nosferatu Chip A Pleasant Morning
34:00 Airwave Synthesis 
42:45 A Giraffe On A Drizzly Town Square
46:00 Time drew near for the decimation of man Fata Morgana 
52:18 AmateurSpaceJazz 2018 American Dessert Tumbleweed Rhodes
54:57 The Dolphin Hotel
1.00;12 Bass Station II WXAXRXP AFX edition Freak out & random sequence
1:03:30 The Land Is Entranced With Peace

RUBBER TIJD with Legowelt

Vinyl: https://clone.nl/item58377.html
Digital: https://rubber-denhaag.bandcamp.com/album/enter-ja
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/J-A-enter-ja/release/14355774

J A - enter ja | RUBBER006

J A surfaces on RUBBER with six disorienting wave tracks, reigniting the catalogue after a short hiatus. Crafted by Andrea Noce (Eva Geist, As Longitude) and Jonida Prifti (Acchiappashpirt, Opa Opa), these productions find elegance in their noir aesthetic and sketch-like composition, breathing filmic atmospheres of its creative process and the hedonist self alike. 

Straying away from the societal drift for efficiency and make belief, this record was produced over a timespan of five years, while shifting between Berlin and Rome. Dancing and loafing, mirrors were splintered and scattered shards reflected a new light. Here, Noce her serpentine sense of melody guides uncharted signatures of reverber­ating syncopated drums, while soundscapes move in and out as apparitions fogging the mind. The poetic spoken-singing of Prifti  subdues the tracks, through a linguistic form where Albanian and Italian intertwine, channeling her scientific field into art. Cleverly processed, the vocals take on many shapes, blurring lines between instrumen­tation and recognition, creating meaning where language ends.

A1 AKOMA
A2 ORLO
A3 FIND THE WAY
B1 FUSO ORARIO
B2 ORGA
B3 ASHENSORI


All tracks recorded, mixed and produced by Andrea Noce in Berlin and Rome between 2014 and 2019
Lyrics and vocals by Jonida Prifti
Synths and electronic percussions in “Fuso Orario”  by Stefano Di Trapani (Acchiappashpirt)
Pictures and visuals by Jonida Prifti
Mastering by Rupert Clervaux
Graphic design by Ruben Verkuylen
Words by Luke Cohlen

@j-a-66
@andreanoce

enter ja

J A - enter ja | RUBBER006

The first podcast of the year is by Kluentah! Head honcho of Zement recordings and 1/2 of FALLBEIL. Get strapped in this is a good one. 

@kluentah
@andateyka
@zementrecordings
@public-system-recordings
@brosandsis

RUBBER TIJD with Kluentah

This weeks wreckers come from LBEEZE. The up and coming jacker is known from his releases on labels such as Marguerite Records and META MOTO (whom have contributed to this series) among others! Get ready for some raw cuts. 

Enjoy and stay flex
XR

@lbeeze1

RUBBER TIJD with LBEEZE

This week we have a selection of tracks by DJ and producer Lera Foer from Moscow. Expect music flowing between new beat, proto and EBM. You might know her from her releases on SMR Underground Layout and @oraculo-records and as part of the @upperberry roster. 

Enjoy and stay flexible! 
XR

RUBBER TIJD with Lera Foer

Happy to have the one and only Benedikt Frey on our ever growing series! You might know him from one of his countless releases on labels such as Bahnsteig, ESP Institute and Hivern Discs to name a few. Benedikt is def one of the GOATs to do it! Dont sleep on this one.

@freybenedikt

RUBBER TIJD with Benedikt Frey

Bandcamp [only] https://rubber-denhaag.bandcamp.com/album/bakara

UVB76 — BAKARA | RUBBER007

UVB76 on RUBBER sees Parisians Gaëtan Bizien and Tioma Tchoulanov transposing their sonic con­coctions into the outskirts of club music. Re-thinking industrial reductionism, the duo presents us an experimental signature of clattering tones, field-recordings, and rapidly fluctuating effects. Breakneck rhythms in an ever-shifting dream phase—this is musique concrète at full speed.

1 – Hong
2 – Gauze
3 – Bakara
4 - Kong

All tracks recorded, mixed and produced by Gaëtan Bizien and Tioma Tchoulanov @uvbsoixanteseize
Mastering by Rupert Clervaux @cvx
Graphic design by Ruben Verkuylen
Words by Luke Cohlen

BAKARA

Bandcamp only

UVB76 - BAKARA | RUBBER007

This week we happily welcome Wosto to the Rubber Tijd series. You might know him as the other half of FALLBEIL (We had Kluentah on the show a few months back!?) and for his releases on labels like teerpappe and macadam mambo and many more. Wosto went fast and peppy with this vinyl only 140 bpm synthpop mix. 

In his own words: 
"Wosto was born in 1980 in Geseke (a small town near in „Wostfalia“) and he got no wife, no childen and no car. In the beginning of the 90ths he was a famous ice skater under the moniker RED FLAME. After an accident in 1995 and an identity crisis he started to collect records and began to work as a DJ for a fairground ride. Wosto and his gang G TOWN BEATS were discovered by the club owner Travolta Michele and they started to do DJ sets in the club KLIMBIM in Geseke. 19,994 of the 20,000 inhabitants of Geseke weren`t interested in the music of the gang and so in 2004 the boys escaped to Hamburg. In 2013 Wosto and his best friend Kluentah founded FALLBEIL. So far they released 10 vinyl records on different labels all over the world. In 2017 Wosto and the two members of NOSTAGIE ÉTERNELLE started the trio SAUERSTOFFF. Wosto is also releasing solo records and is running his own vinyl label - TEERPAPPE."

Sounds sick. Enjoy and stay flexible! 
XR.

RUBBER TIJD with Wosto

Happy to have Lulu on the Rubber Tijd series! Absolute belter of a mix that resembles a kind of universal truth of some sort, starting with chaos, then evolving slowly to bliss only to resort back to a kind of nightmarish fractal state of being. HECK > CHECK IT OUT!

RUBBER TIJD with Lulu

This week's we have everyone's fav Athenian > Anatolian Weapons. Aggelos Baltas has been making music as Anatolian Weapons, Dream Weapons and Fantastikoi Hxoi for the past ten years. You might know him as a Resident DJ at Bios and the legendary Astron Bar in Athens.
With releases on Beats In Space, Emotional Response, Dark Entries, Dekmantel, Lurid Music it's hard to miss him. Get ready for some mutant sounds from the ancient country. 

Enjoy and stay flexible
XR

RUBBER TIJD with Anatolian Weapons

Our yearly Christmas special is here again. A mix of experimental and non mainstream holiday music to lift the spirit. 

Much can be said about this years Christmas, or this year for that matter. However, I think we can all agree that music and other forms of creative expression turned out to be even more valuable than we thought. 
Because a lot of us will be celebrating Christmas in isolation we've decided to make this mix for you and made by you. The track selection for this years mix has been largely provided by the lovely people in the 'strange music from beyond' online community. If we can't celebrate together, let's create together. Thank you and have a happy experimental holiday! 

Tracklist:
Ryuchi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Psychic TV - White Nights
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Is Coming
Robin Guthrie - Snowfall
Lisi - My Silent Night
Jackie Mittoo, Bagga, Pablove Black & Devon Russell - After Christmas
Cabaret Voltaire - Invocation
The Swinging Buildings - Praying For A Cheaper Christmas
Suicide - Hey Lord
The Residents - Fire (Santa Dog)
August Darnell - Christmas On Riverside Drive
Twilight 22 - In The Spirit
Fay Lovsky - Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine
Jean Francois Pauvros - La Chanson Du Cure Dent
The Loch Ness Monster - Christmas Again
Wall Of Voodoo - Shouldn’t Have Given Him A Gun For Christmas
Hypnobeat - Xmas In Mongrovia
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RUBBER TIJD / X-Mess Special 4

After a short holiday break we are happy to share the next Rubber Tijd with you. We warmly welcome our first artist of the year and number 81 on the show: Eddie Peake. 

For this podcast Peake presents Memory Cycle 2, an audio piece from a series of sound works he has been making in recent years.

“They are an attempt to recreate as definitive recordings the live DJ sets I play in my performance work. Whereas in my performances they are ephemeral and reactive, here they are somewhat more calculated, although in both instances, chance and coincidence is important. They are collages of looping motifs drawn from a palette of original recordings, voice memos and field-recordings to evoke a sense of nostalgia, the subjective and inaccurate nature of memories, the repetitive and spiralling ideation of an obsessive or psychopathic mind.”

Eddie Peake is a London based Artist and DJ and his work includes performance, video, photography, painting, sculpture, sound and installation. It has tended to take the form of non-linear, immersive exhibitions, usually presented as a web of incongruously and yet inextricably connected discrete objects. Looping or repetitive forms are a prominent element, as is the theme of the inadequacy of verbal language in representing phenomena such as emotions, memories or modes of communication which are not verbal. Another of its foci is the implicit drama within relationships between people, whether they are familial, professional, romantic, sexual or social, and how desire, sexuality, socio-political and cultural constructs, as well as psychological states such as depression impact on them. Peake also DJs under a pseudonym and runs a record label imprint called Hymn.

We are very happy to have him on the team and hope you enjoy Memory Cycle 2.

Stay flexible! 
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RUBBER TIJD with Eddie Peake

RUBBER is happy to present you MINIGOD - De Bus. A three track 7 inch piece of music history. 

MINIGOD - De Bus EP | RUBBER 008

A1 - MINIGOD - Her Darkness
A2 - MINIGOD - De Bus
B1 - MINIGOD - Plastic Tears

Vinyl / digital: https://rubber-denhaag.bandcamp.com/album/de-bus

Rubber brings it back to home ground by diving deeper into Jan Duivenvoorden's shoeboxes. Travelling beyond Unit Moebius, Funky Sobrietas and even Leuk & Ko, there was MINIGOD. 

Back in 1987, at a local youth centre in the ever-dull Zoetermeer, a group of seven non-musical friends started what could be considered a freeform band ”electronic ’beuk‘ music with noise guitar and lyrical texts”. This band was called MINIGOD and rose from the ashes of the performative act Aars/rugklachten. Their change not only meant an upgrade in instruments - from jerrycans, barrels and worn-out bass guitar to keyboard and synthesizers - but also from simply screaming into the void towards songs with something of a structure. 

The release portrays MINIGOD quintessentially -- energy above professionalism. From a large number of tracks Rubber made a precise selection allowing punk and satire to dance cheek-to-cheek. MINIGOD believed that every human can be a tiny bit of God, and that was just the way this music was intended. If only everybody believed in themselves, and in others. 

MINIGOD is Jan Duivenvoorden (Unit Moebius), Richard van den Bogaert (Leuk & Ko), and Rob de Bakker played keyboard and synthesizer, Edwin Zuidwijk played guitar, and Siuli Ko and Bart Barendregt did the vocals. 

Limited to 123 copies.

MINIGOD - De Bus | RUBBER 008

International Oddities & Local Cult.
Record label founded in Den Haag.

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