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		<title>Doek Festival coming up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re around Amsterdam first week of May come check out the 11th Doek Festival in Amsterdam. Cactus Truck will be performing May 5 at Vondelbunker and John Dikeman will be performing with Dikeman, Kugel, Van der Weide with guests &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2013/04/16/doek-festival-coming-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=641&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re around Amsterdam first week of May come check out the 11th Doek Festival in Amsterdam. Cactus Truck will be performing May 5 at Vondelbunker and John Dikeman will be performing with Dikeman, Kugel, Van der Weide with guests Roy Campbell and Peter Jacquemyn May 3 at the Bimhuis. Complete info about the festival can be found here: <a href="http://www.doekfestival.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.doekfestival.org</a></p>
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		<title>Live in USA (with Jeb Bishop and Roy Campbell)</title>
		<link>http://cactustruck.com/2013/03/21/628/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cactus Truck&#8217;s new live album is out now! It features 71 minutes of material (almost three full shows) from our 2012 tour of the USA featuring Jeb Bishop and Roy Campbell. It&#8217;s a bit lo-fi, and perhaps stupidly long for our &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2013/03/21/628/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=628&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://doek.bandcamp.com/album/cactus-truck-live-in-usa"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-640" style="font-size:12px;line-height:18px;" alt="Live in USA" src="http://cactustruck.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/liveinusacoverweb.jpg?w=640"   /></a>Cactus Truck&#8217;s n<span style="line-height:1.5;">ew live </span>album is out now! It features 71 minutes of material (almost three full shows) from our 2012 tour of the USA featuring Jeb Bishop and Roy Campbell. It&#8217;s a bit lo-fi, and perhaps stupidly long for our music, but we thought it worth documenting this tour and, for once, giving you all the bang for your buck you could hope for! It&#8217;s available digitally via bandcamp, just click the cactus to the left. Send us an email if you want to order a physical copy and we&#8217;ll figure it out! cactustruck (at) gmail (dot) com</p>
<p>Limited edition.</p>
<p>Produced by our own Tractata Records in collaboration with eh?.</p>
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<p>First review available here. ***** from Tomajazz! <a href="http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=5757">http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=5757</a></p>
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		<title>2013 News!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, after completing, I believe, 37 gigs on our USA tour, as well as a couple performances for the Ex&#8217;s 33 1/3 anniversaries in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, we have made it to 2013 and have been decidedly lazy for &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2013/02/06/2013-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=552&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, after completing, I believe, 37 gigs on our USA tour, as well as a couple performances for the Ex&#8217;s 33 1/3 anniversaries in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, we have made it to 2013 and have been decidedly lazy for a bit&#8230;</p>
<p>However coming up! We will be playing in Dublin as part of the <strong>12 Points</strong>! festival!! Very excited to be there and visit Dublin for the first time!!! Check out the festival here: <a href="http://www.12points.ie/" rel="nofollow">http://www.12points.ie/</a></p>
<p>Also, in process:<br />
We are currently working on <strong>two new CDs</strong> which should come out in 2013. One will be a limited edition CD of various recordings from our USA tour. It will be produced in collaboration with eh? records, the bastard little brother of Public Eyesore. Will (probably) include featured guests <strong>Jeb Bishop</strong> and<strong> Roy Campbell</strong>.</p>
<p>The other was recorded on the last day of our USA tour, immediately after a brutal concert with Kevin Shea and Tim Dahl and before our very last show with Roy Campbell that night. We went to <strong>Seizures Palace</strong> to record from midnight till 5:00 am. We were pretty exhausted, but at a certain point got a second (or third) wind. The sound of the recording is excellent, big thanks to Jason for staying awake with us. Label hunting at the moment but hoping to release it in the second half of the year.</p>
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		<title>Cactus Truck USA tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cactus Truck embarks on a big tour through the USA. For more details, go to Upcoming events. Oct 22 Eyedrum: Atlanta, GA Oct 23 Snug Harbor: Charlotte, NC Oct 25 The Kings: Raleigh, NC Oct 26 Squidco Records: Wilmington, NC &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2012/10/22/cactus-truck-usa-tour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=585&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cactus Truck embarks on a big tour through the USA. For more details, go to <a title="Upcoming events" href="http://cactustruck.com/events/upcoming-events/">Upcoming events</a>.</p>
<p>Oct 22 Eyedrum: Atlanta, GA<br />
Oct 23 Snug Harbor: Charlotte, NC<br />
Oct 25 The Kings: Raleigh, NC<br />
Oct 26 Squidco Records: Wilmington, NC<br />
Oct 27 Sonic Circuits: Washington DC<br />
Oct 29 Highwire Gallery: Philadelphia, PA &#8211; canceled due to hurricane Sandy. &#8211; moved to Dec 09.<br />
Oct 30 Simon&#8217;s kitchen: Boston, MA<br />
Oct 31 Old Gym at Bard College: Annandale-on-Hudson, NY<br />
Nov 01 Zebulon: Brooklyn, NY<br />
Nov 02 Windup Space: Baltimore, MD<br />
Nov 03 Al&#8217;s Sidecar: Lexington, KY<br />
Nov 05 Vitruvian Brew Company: Yellow Springs, OH<br />
Nov 08 Umbrella Festival: Chicago, IL<br />
Nov 09 University of Northern Iowa: Cedar Falls, IA<br />
Nov 09 The Carriage House: Cedar Falls, IA<br />
Nov 10 Sugar Maple: Milwaukee, WI<br />
Nov 13 Madame of the Arts: Minneapolis, MN<br />
Nov 14 KPVL 89.1 The Blend radioshow: Decorah, IA<br />
Nov 15 Side Door Lounge: Omaha, NE<br />
Nov 16 Rhinoceropolis: Denver, CO<br />
Nov 18 Nox Contemporary: Salt Lake City, UT<br />
Nov 19 College of Southern Idaho: Boise, ID<br />
Nov 20 Royal Room: Seattle, WA<br />
Nov 21 Northern: Olympia, WA<br />
Nov 24 House show: Portland, OR<br />
Nov 25 Blue Monk: Portland, OR<br />
Nov 26 Nebraska Monday at Luna Cafe: Sacramento, CA<br />
Nov 27 Berkeley Arts: San Francisco, CA<br />
Nov 28 Liminal: West Oakland, CA<br />
Nov 29 Grand Star Jazz Club: Los Angeles, CA<br />
Nov 30 Trunk Space: Phoenix, AZ<br />
Dec 02 Church of the Friendly Ghost: Austin, TX<br />
Dec 03 They, Who Sound: Houston, TX<br />
Dec 04 Zeitgeist: New Orleans, LA<br />
Dec 05 University of Arkansas: Fayetteville, AR<br />
Dec 06 Lemp Arts Center: St Louis, MO<br />
Dec 07 Astro Black Records: Louisville, KY<br />
Dec 08 Conundrum: West Columbia, SC<br />
Dec 09 Highwire Gallery: Philadelphia, PA<br />
Dec 10 Spectrum: New York City, NY<br />
Dec 11 Sycamore Bar: New York City, NY<br />
Dec 12 JACK: New York City, NY</p>
<p>This tour is produced in collaboration with Public Eyesore, Stichting dOeK and Cactus Truck with help from NFPK (Nederlands Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.</p>
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		<title>Cactus Truck ft. Nicolas Field &#8211; autumn tour 2012</title>
		<link>http://cactustruck.com/2012/06/26/cactus-truck-ft-nicolas-field-autumn-tour-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everybody, Cactus Truck is planning a little tour this autumn (22 September &#8211; early October), which will feature the incredible drummer Nicolas Field (Geneva, CH). Listen here to a live recording from our concert at Cave12, Geneva, 4 March &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2012/06/26/cactus-truck-ft-nicolas-field-autumn-tour-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=526&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey everybody,</p>
<p>Cactus Truck is planning a little tour this autumn (22 September &#8211; early October), which will feature the incredible drummer Nicolas Field (Geneva, CH).</p>
<p>Listen here to a live recording from our concert at Cave12, Geneva, 4 March 2012.</p>
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<p>Please contact us if you&#8217;re interested in booking this version of Cactus Truck.</p>
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		<title>Brand New For China! On LP NOW!</title>
		<link>http://cactustruck.com/2012/06/23/brand-new-for-china-on-lp-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our LP of Brand New For China! is finally out! Public Eyesore 119. We went for 180 gram vinyl and 45 RPM for the best sound quality possible. This is a studio recording mixed by Colin McLean (The Ex, Lean &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2012/06/23/brand-new-for-china-on-lp-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=515&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our LP of Brand New For China! is finally out! Public Eyesore 119. We went for 180 gram vinyl and 45 RPM for the best sound quality possible. This is a studio recording mixed by Colin McLean (The Ex, Lean Left) and in the end we&#8217;re very happy with the sound of the vinyl. Also great to have Phil Wood&#8217;s artwork on a big vinyl sleeve. Each LP is numbered by hand!<br />
Order now directly from us and it&#8217;s 15 euros, shipping included. First 10 orders, after that, we&#8217;ll see, have to charge extra for shipping as it&#8217;s very expensive in Holland. We can also send you the full size digital downloads when you order it. More info: email cactustruck@gmail.com</p>
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		<title>More reviews, The Wire and Free Jazz</title>
		<link>http://cactustruck.com/2012/06/19/more-reviews-the-wire-and-free-jazz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wire It&#8217;s easy to see why The Ex&#8217;s Terrie Hessels described Cactus Truck as the discovery of the year in The Wire&#8217;s 2011 Rewind a few months back. His idea of a friendly greeting is a hard punch to &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2012/06/19/more-reviews-the-wire-and-free-jazz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=508&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s easy to see why The Ex&#8217;s Terrie Hessels described Cactus Truck as the discovery of the year in The Wire&#8217;s 2011 Rewind a few months back. His idea of a friendly greeting is a hard punch to the solar plexus, and that&#8217;s what Amsterdam based American saxophonist John Dikeman and Dutch sparring partners guitarist/bassist Jasper Stadhouders and drummer Onno Govaert deliver on Brand New For China!, three of whose seven excitingly raw tracks clock in at just 20 seconds, for anyone nostalgic for grindcore. But there&#8217;s a lingering aftertaste of vintage free jazz in Dikeman&#8217;s rough, rubbery saxophone playing and Stadhouders&#8217;s wild, wiry guitar.</p>
<p>Dan Warburton</p>
<p>And check out this review at the Free Jazz blog! </p>
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		<title>Great review in Jazzflits.nl</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It just might be that &#8220;Brand New For China!&#8221; reaches legendary status in the history of Dutch improvised music.&#8221; &#8220;Het zou zomaar kunnen dat ‘Brand New for China!’ een legendarische status gaat krijgen in de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse geïmproviseerde &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2012/06/07/great-review-in-jazzflits-nl/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=492&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;It just might be that &#8220;Brand New For China!&#8221; reaches legendary status in the history of Dutch improvised music.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Het zou zomaar kunnen dat ‘Brand New for China!’ een legendarische status gaat krijgen in de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse geïmproviseerde muziek.&#8221;</p>
<p>Herman te Loo<br />
Check it out on page 10!</p>
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		<title>BRAND NEW FOR CHINA! Review in Goddeau</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cactus Truck op Gent Jazz, zo rond 22u ’s avonds, in een tot de nok gevulde tent. Dat is een spektakel waar we een maandloon veil voor hebben want het gaat gegarandeerd taferelen teweegbrengen die het middagjournaal van de dag &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2012/04/03/brand-new-for-china-review-in-goddeau/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=383&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cactus Truck op Gent Jazz, zo rond 22u ’s avonds, in een tot de nok gevulde tent. Dat is een spektakel waar we een maandloon veil voor hebben want het gaat gegarandeerd taferelen teweegbrengen die het middagjournaal van de dag erna zullen kleuren. En misschien ook nog eens dat eeuwige debat over wat nu wél jazz is en wat niet.<br />
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<p>Waar leg je immers de grens? Moet het swingen? Moeten er bluesschema’s in zitten? Improvisatie? Of spreek je van jazz als er een instrument in zit dat synoniem staat voor jazz? Had Adolphe Sax hier op gerekend? Nooit is de discussie zo zwaar als wanneer jazz aangepakt wordt in zijn meest iconische formaat, die van het saxofoontrio. Met Cactus Truck is er echter een nieuw gezelschap uit de levendige scene van Amsterdam opgestaan dat je doet inzien dat die hele discussie eigenlijk vooral tijdverlies is. Het maakt het uit wat het niet is als het al moeilijk genoeg is om te zeggen wat het wel is.</p>
<p>Zoals gewoonlijk geraak je het snelst vooruit door een paar referentiepunten boven te halen, en dan kom je terecht bij The Thing, Zu en Naked City, maar vooral Last Exit, het kwartet waarmee Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell en Ronald Shannon Jackson de jazzwereld even op zijn kop zetten in de jaren tachtig. Cactus Truck heeft een vergelijkbare furie en bruutheid, een al even radicale en wild op zich heen maaiende muilpeer die liefhebbers van extreme muziek overstag kan doen gaan. Je moet de band eigenlijk live aan het werk zien &#8212; het uitzinnige headbangen van saxofonist John Dikeman is al een attractie op zich &#8212; maar Brand New For China! volstaat ook en is eigenlijk een stuk sterker dan verwacht.</p>
<p>De sound is rauw en haast fysiek overdonderend, het samenspel begeesterd van de eerste tot de laatste seconde. Zowel op gitaar als op bas gaat Jasper Stadhouders (broer van de beschaafdere muziek spelende Bram) tekeer met een decibelgeile grilligheid die zowel Sharrock als Terrie Ex en Thurston Moore is, dissonant huilend, zich in distortion wentelend, die snaren geselend en buigend tot ze dreigen te knappen. Het drumwerk van Onno Govaert is al even indrukwekkend: razend met de onvoorspelbaarheid van een Paal Nilssen-Love, nu eens volop inzettend op cimbalen en dan weer met kromgewrongen marsroffels en vette uitbarstingen. Het is een onaflatend heen-en-weer-verkeer dat geen moment rust gunt.</p>
<p>Speerpunt van deze jazzcore blijft natuurlijk Dikeman, die op sopraan-, tenor- en baritonsax zijn duivels ontbindt en het trio gidst door een helletocht van onverminderde waanzin. In het tien minuten durende “Aporia” leidt het tot een even vermoeiende als gedoseerde oplawaai van explosieve vrije improvisatie en skronknoise, ongemakkelijk zittend tijdens de rustige (nu ja) passages en ronduit smerig beukend tijdens de uitzinnige. Het is een recept dat eigenlijk ook gebruikt wordt voor “Coitiphobe” en “Sweet Movie”, terwijl “Search And Restore” en”Plork” behoren tot hun reeks van 30 seconden durende kabaalsongs. Brötzmann meets the Flying Lüttenbachers, zoiets.</p>
<p>De lp-versie stelt het met vijf tracks, die samen goed zijn voor een krap half uurtje. De CD-versie pleurt er nog een kort bommetje (“La La La La Labia Time!”) en een vleziger stuk bij (“The Snotgreen Sea, The Scrotum Tightening Sea”), nog meer koppig kabaal. Het is duidelijk dat hier, ondanks een overduidelijke instrumentbeheersing en geslaagde dynamiek, niet al te veel tijd en energie wordt gestoken in verfijning. Cactus Truck kiest voor de monumentale aanpak, het Grote Gebaar, het Fucking Statement. Nietzsche zou zoveel overmoed geweldig gevonden hebben. Wat het dan weer dubbel geinig maakt dat de oversekste vetzakken die albumtitel bij hun vroegere bandnaam Brand New Vagina haalden. Een welgekomen schop in de jazzkloten.</p>
<p>De band is momenteel bezig aan zijn ‘Young VIPS 2012’-tournee, die hen langs een hele resem Nederlandse podia voert. Het album is momenteel enkel tijdens de concerten te verkrijgen als pre-release. In juni verschijnt de reguliere versie (met artwork van Phil Wood) op cd en lp, en als download.</p>
<p>Guy Peters</p>
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		<title>Nice review by &#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice review by Tim Sprangers of Brand New For China! Onno Govaert: kracht van tientonner Vrije improvisatie lijkt de laatste jaren bezig aan een soort revival, met de scene in de Amsterdamse Zaal 100 als middelpunt. Het is niet alleen &#8230; <a href="http://cactustruck.com/2012/03/31/nice-review-by/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactustruck.com&#038;blog=19517282&#038;post=413&#038;subd=cactustruck&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice review by Tim Sprangers of Brand New For China!</p>
<p><strong>Onno Govaert: kracht van tientonner</strong></p>
<p>Vrije improvisatie lijkt de laatste jaren bezig aan een soort revival, met de scene in de Amsterdamse Zaal 100 als middelpunt. Het is niet alleen de oudere garde, (voortkomend) uit de Instant Composer Pool, maar vooral de jongeren die het genre nieuw leven inblazen. Je had EKE, The Ambush Party en dan nu Cactus Truck dat no wave combineert met noise, met als basis free jazz. Moeilijk om deze plaat met een kopje thee te beluisteren via je stereo, want het is ruig, heel ruig. Saxofonist John Dikeman is een held in het blazen van afschuwelijk dissonante monologen die alle kanten uitvliegen. Jasper Stadhouders pompt deze angstkreten op door zenuwachtig gitaargejengel dat een heerlijke onrust uitstraalt. En dan de jonge drummer Onno Govaert, die als een malloot zijn instrument tot moes probeert te slaan. Hij onderzoekt ritmes en melodieën en beperkt zich niet tot het drumvel. Govaert is innovatief en denkt snel in het moment zelf. Hij wringt zich met gemak in de woede van zijn kompanen met de kracht van een tientonner. Ze converseren alsof hun leven ervan afhangt. </p>
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