Dec 22, 2009 Posted by Herko

Listmania: the music of 2009, Herko edition!

It’s that time of year again, where you look back and –well basi­cally, make lists. So, in keep­ing with this won­der­ful tra­di­tion on the inter­webz here’s my list of music related good­ness of 2009. Award shows on TV keep the best for last in order to keep their audi­ence hostage and their adver­tis­ers happy, but the web appar­ently doesn’t work like that. So,lets get this show on... read more

Jul 29, 2009 Posted by Herko

RAW rhythm festival FTW

This week­end is the first edi­tion of the RAW Rhythm fes­ti­val, held at the West­er­gas­fab­riek in Ams­ter­dam. RAW Rhythm is the sequel of the Drum Rhythm fes­ti­val, a pop­u­lar fes­ti­val a few years ago, that had to cease its aciv­i­ties due to a new law that pro­bibits tobacco-advertising in The Nether­lands. Now it’s ‘back’, as the organ­is­ers found a new spon­sor in... read more

Dec 2, 2008 Posted by Herko

What does it all mean?

Today I bought the Stein­ski album ‘What does it all mean? 1983 – 2006 ret­ro­spec­tive’ (itunes link). This is an album by hip-hop leg­end Steve Stein, on which he col­lected some of the mixes he and Dou­glas DiFranco (also known as Dou­ble Dee) made back in the early days of hip-hop. In fact, it was back in 1983 that Stein and DiFranco, at the time work­ing as an ad writer and a... read more

Nov 22, 2008 Posted by Herko

Partying with Róisín Murphy

Róisín Mur­phy (by Den­nis Stempher) Yes­ter­day we went to a con­cert of Róisín Mur­phy in Amsterdam’s Heineken Music Hall. Róisín is the for­mer Moloko singer. We saw her before twice: once as part of Moloko, and once as part of a Groove Armada con­cert. Both times she brought great energy and a tight per­for­mance to the stage, so our expec­ta­tions and hopes were high. The show... read more