MADROTTER & MORGUE VANGUARD - SLACHTHUIS

Here's a song from an ep put out by Grimloc Records earlier this year.... Music produced by me, Madrotter, raps by Morgue Vanguard.... Enjoy!

BDG RAP DOC

Here's an album with various hip hop acts from Bandung released in 2012.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

A TRIBUTE TO AN OLD FRIEND: BRAM PESCADOR

Yeah... For a part of my youth I grew up in what was then a pretty rough working class neighbourhood in Rotterdam called Honderdentienmorgen. During summer my mom and a lot of other women living in the flats where we were living would come down with a chair and they would sit there together, gossiping, chain smoking and drinking endless cups of coffee, it was that kind of a neighbourhood, and us kids where always outside, roaming around causing all kinds of trouble.... It looked like this:

Then, when I was 8 years old we moved to a small city outside Rotterdam called Krimpen a/d IJssel and we were smack in the middle of what was (and still is) called Oud (old) Krimpen and that neighbourhood was heavily hard-core Christian, the kind of Christians that, on Sunday go to church all dressed in black and no smiles what ever (we call them "zwarte kousen", "black socks" in Holland). Me and my brother, both of us talking that heavy Rotterdam accent, city boys, were not accepted and in school and out of school we would get into fights, almost every day, just fighting, fighting and fighting... After a few years we moved to a more modern part of that city... I must've been around 12 years old, i was crazy with The Beatles and of that age when you make scrap-books about the stuff you really liked so i was busy with a Beatles scrap book.... One day a kid, maybe 2 years older then me, was waiting for me outside school, and he gave me a glossy photograph of The Beatles for my scrap-book and that kid was Bram Visser.... Well...me and Bram became fast friends, spending lots of time together. My first real friend in that small city... It was also the year that punk broke out with The Sex Pistols on Dutch tv, Iggy Pop "destoying" the Top Pop tv studio while performing Lust For Life, 1977, and me and Bram were both blown away by it. We were both heavily into punk and heavy metal at the time and Bram, who was very, very creative kid made us both fake guitars out of plywood and we would be headbanging in his room.... Around the end of 1978, beginning of 1979 we started our own punk band called Pleeboy (Toiletboy, a word play on Playboy) together with Henk Verhoek on bass and Peter Heumen on guitar. Non of us could play 'cept for Peter, our very own "hippie", I became the drummer and Bram became the singer (and sometimes playing guitar too). We started out practicing in the garage of Bram's parents house:

And later we had a very, very cool place for practicing:

The last performance we did was at my school, in Rotterdam. And it was chaos. We played a few of our one minute songs and the director of the school pulled the plug. A classmate of mine, Edwin M. who was a huge, huge skinhead knocked the director out, put the plug back in and we kept playing. It got me kicked out of school and next thing you knew I ran away from home, age 15. and spend about a year in squat houses in Rotterdam... After a year I moved back to my parents, too many folks in the punk scene dying, violence, drugs you name it, and for a while I played in another band with Bram, more of a new wave band.... I actually still have some photo's from that performance at my school:

I started working, moved back to Rotterdam and me and Bram lost touch. Bram always kept playing, in many, many bands. In 1982 he played in a punk band called NL Corruption and they put out this ep (now a very expensive collector's item): In the 90's he was the singer and guitar player in a band that was quite successful for a while called The Hangman Jury, they toured in the USA and other places: And like I said, lots of other bands like: Well, lately he's been uploading some of his solo work on youtube and I thought it would be nice to share some of that here. Hope some of you, ehrrr, a lot of you, will like it: So yeah, Bram Visser aka Bram Pescador, my oldest friend, and we still keep in touch every once in a while, and if you're reading this buddy, I love you and I'm watching all those great videos you're putting out :) Enjoy!!!

MADROTTER INTERVIEW WITH MAMAH DASIMAH & SANGGAR MEKAR ASIH

So, a few weeks ago Mamah Dasimah who was a quite famous degung and Tembang Sunda singer back in the 70's,80's and 90's and the folks from the Sanggar Mekar Asih organization came to my house to interview me (and my lovely wife :) ) about Sundanese music and my collection of Sundanese music and today they posted what I presume is the last installment. It's all in Bahyasa Indonesia and parts in Sundanese language.... It doesn't show my whole record and cassette collection, there's another room chock-full with stuff but that wasn't important in the context of these video's.... So here's my now decrepit and 60 year old ass being interviewed and me singing some Sundanese songs with Mamah Dasimah..... Enjoy!

Soon....

Yes.... Soon.... HAVE A BIT OF A LISTEN :) .....

JAZZ GUNUNG BURANGRANG FESTIVAL

Well, I went to the Jazz Gunung Burangrang festival today. The Burangrang is a mountain about 10, 15 minutes from where I live:

Saw a couple of cool performances, I thought Vina Panduwinata was really great:

And it was cool to see Elvy Sukaesih perform with The Bandung Jazz Orchestra:

Filmed some of it, but the quality and the sound really isn't very good, will have a look at it tomorrow, might post some of it.... Yes, yes....

BLAZING IMAGE - LOVE BOAT IN YOUR THROAT

In the early 90's I played the drums in a heavy metal band from Rotterdam for a short time, Blazing Image, filling in for their drummer who broke his hand. Mostly very tender romantic songs like this one, Love Boat In Your Throat (I also remember a song title, Every Girl Is A Hooker and a song called Can You Feel It Baby). Like I said, very tender romantic songs.... This is a recording from a practice session, thought it might be nice to share it with all you tender lovers.... Got a few more recordings but it might be wise not to share those :) Enjoy!

DUMBQ - 1

Here's a cassette from Bandung rapper DumbQ, active in the late 90's and early 2000's.... All the tracks, 'cept for the last one were produced by me, Madrotter.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MORE SONGS FROM DE PRUTSERS & MADROTTER

Una Paloma Blanca, Music by Jan Kopp, me and Patrick Groenewegen, lead vocals Jan Kopp, recorded around 1988.... Paint It Black, The only Rolling Stones cover we ever did :) Music by Jan Kopp, vocals by me, recorded around 1988.... Do You Know Where You're Going To, Music and vocals by my friend Jan Kopp.... All You Copycats Out There, Instrumental made by me around 2006.... T3E, an instrumental I made around 2014.... Enjoy!

MORE MADROTTER TRACKS

Music made by me with Sarkasz from Bandung band Homicide freestylin', made around 2002... Instrumental, made this one around 2012.... Frogs, made around 2014... Senang, Instrumental made around 2002... Enjoy!

MORE OLD MADROTTER SONGS

Suckaz Out There, Instrumental, made this one around 2001.... Best Friend, An instrumental made by me around 2014.... Hip Hop New Age Style, An instrumental I made around 2014.... Tiets De Schuimer, Music by me, bass by Marko van der Horst, vocals by me and Marko, made around 1994.... Enjoy!

MORE OLD MADROTTER SONGS

My musical interpretation of Samuel Johnson's poem One And Twenty, music and vocals by me, made around 1993. Long expected one and twenty Ling’ring year at last has flown, Pomp and pleasure, pride and plenty Great Sir John, are all your own. Loosen’d from the minor’s tether, Free to mortgage or to sell, Wild as wind, and light as feather Bid the slaves of thrift farewell. Call the Bettys, Kates, and Jenneys Ev’ry name that laughs at care, Lavish of your Grandsire’s guineas, Show the spirit of an heir. All that prey on vice and folly Joy to see their quarry fly, Here the gamester light and jolly There the lender grave and sly. Wealth, Sir John, was made to wander, Let it wander as it will; See the jocky, see the pander, Bid them come, and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high, What are acres? What are houses? Only dirt, or wet or dry. If the Guardian or the Mother Tell the woes of willful waste, Scorn their counsel and their pother, You can hang or drown at last. Mixtapeshit, An instrumental that I made around 2014.... Comeback Of The Hippies, Instrumental, I made this one around 2014.... Enjoy!

MORE SONGS FROM DE PRUTSERS

More songs from the livingroom band that I was playing in back in the 80's.... Everyone's A Winner, music by Jan Kopp vocals by me, recorded around 1989... Dat Ik Hier Aan Moet Denken, music and back-ground vocals by me, Jan Kopp and Robo Spitters, lead-vocals by me, recorded around 1987... Love In The Old Fashion Way, music by Jan Kopp, vocals by me, recorded around 1989.... It's A Small World (Fietsen door De 2e Kamer), music by Jan Kopp, vocals by me, Jan Kopp and Patrick Groenewegen, recorded around 1989.... Buck Rogers, music and vocals by Jan Kopp, Robo Spitters, me and Patrick Groenewegen, recorded around 1987.... Omtrent Mijn Nieuwe Kapsel, music by me, Jan Kopp and Robo Spitters, lead-vocals by Jan Kopp, hair-dresser by me, recorded around 1987.... De Chinese Thee, music by me, Jan Kopp and Robo Spitters, lead-vocals by Robo Spitters, recorded around 1987..... Enjoy!

MORE MADROTTER SONGS

Creme, Instrumental made by me in 2017.... Chrome Interior, Instrumental made by me around 2012.... Achilles Heel, Instrumental made by me in 2002.... Flush, Instrumental made by me around 2014.... Enjoy!

MORE MADROTTER TRACKS

More stuff dug up from the ol' vaults.... Shadows, made by me around 1999.... I Can't Hear Ya Mate, made by me around 2014.... Sirs And Sirnames, made by me around 2014.... Enjoy!

MORE MADROTTER TRACKS

Music made by me, raps by Wrath and Rufus Nusto from Spokane, Washington State, made around 2005.... No title, music made by me, raps by Bandung rapper Dule, made around 2006.... Instrumental, made by me, 2017.... Instrumental, made by me, 2017.... Police Sirenz, Music made by me, raps by Maniak The Irish Leprekaun & Wrath, made around 2008.... Bonfire Of Vanity, Instrumental made by me around 2010 No Title, Music by me, raps by Bandung rap group Molothuvz, forget when this was made.... Enjoy!

MORE MADROTTER SONGS

Where Ever Freud Has Followed Me (I Felt Mama And Pa Go) Music and vocals by me, made around 1994... No title, music by me, raps by Greek rapper Empne, made around 2006.... For the life of me, I can't remember this rapper's name, I think it was Kenobi, he was from Los Angeles and he was somehow affiliated with the Wu Tang Clan, he had heard my work on Myspace, liked it and asked me for some songs to work with and he send me this one back, music by me, made around 2006.... Sickness, Music made by me, raps by Wrath from Spokane, Washington State, made in 2008... Zooloo Gestapo, an instrumental made by me around 2004.... Madness Analog, music made by me, raps by Bandung rapper Phrovsta.... Goethe's Dream, an instrumental made by me around 2006.... Enjoy!

MORE MADROTTER & PRUTSERS SONGS

. Sperziebonen, Music & vocals, Jan Kopp, me, Robo Spitters, recorded around 1986.... Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone, music by Jan Kopp, vocals by me, recorded around 1989.... Helter Skelter, music & choir by me, Jan Kopp and Robo Spitters, leadvocals by me, recorded around 1986.... Ben Ik Het Monster Uit Jouw Dromen? music by me, Jan Kopp, Robo Spitter, Amanda, Ron van der Ven, vocals by Robo Spitters, recorded around 1987... One Short Story Daddy, made by me around 1995.... Rotterdam Sun Dance, made by me around 1994... No Title, music by me, raps by Mali, Dumbq and I forget who the 3rd rapper was, recorded around 2006.... Enjoy!

MORE OLD MADROTTER TRACKS

And why not, more old craziness from the vaults :) King Of The Road, music and vocals by me, 1986.... Freestyle, music by me, raps by Bandung rappers Mali & Junk-D, recorded around 2006.... Night Of The Niffelheim Dwarves, my very first attempt at making a hip hop song, music and vocals by me, recorded around 1988.... 19 Rapperz + 1 DJ = 23 Rokh, Music by me with rappers from Bandung, Jakarta, Surabaya and Yogyakarta, recorded around 2002... Talib Kweli & Phakan - Grow Up Madrotter Remix, music all by me, made around 2006.... Flashin', Music by me, raps by Mox To Da More from Alameda, Oakland, USA, made around 2006... The Great Gate Of Kiev, music by me, made around 1992... Enjoy!

MORE SONGS FROM MADROTTER & DE PRUTSERS

More madness from the 80's and the 90's.... Man On The Moon, made by me in 1986 La La La Ha Ha Ha, music by Jan Kopp, vocals by me, Jan Kopp and Patrick Groenewegen, made around 1988 Instrumental, made by me around 1994 Heartbreak Hotel, music by Jan Kopp, vocals by me and Jan Kopp, made around 1989 Rabibok, music by me, Jan Kopp and Robo Spitters, vocals by Robo Spitters, made around 1986 In Mijn Huis Woont Een Spook, music and vocals by me and Jan Kopp, recorded around 1987 Enjoy!