September - 2005 Demos (2005).

Band: September.
Title: 2005 Demos.
Released: Unreleased, 2005.
Label: Not Released.
Genre: Singer/Songwriter/Jazz

Personell:  Roos Galjaard (Vocals, Guitar), Phil Mills (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass).
Production, recording, mix & mastering: Phil Mills & Roos Galjaard @ Cryptic Recordings, Leeuwarden.

Tracklisting:
1. Selena.
2. Samson’s Locks.
3. Ten To Two.
4. Torpor.
5. I Am Water.

Notes:
Inbetween playing with ‘Gather Roses’, which at the time became some kind of loose collective, Roos joined Phil Mills (ex-‘Nerve’) in songwriting. Inspired and monitored by him, she focussed more on playing the guitar, further developing her sound. With Phil she formed duo ‘September’, which played several gigs and recorded some demo’s, of which this selection was given to me for broadcast purposes. Unreleased in this shape, though ‘Samson’s Locks’, ‘I Am Water’ and several other tracks later emerged in remixed or live-versions on her 2010 solo-album ‘I Am Water’.
 
Website: No website (Defunct).

Gather Roses - Tribute - EP (2002).

Band: Gather Roses.
Title: Tribute.
Released: 2002.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Singer/Songwriter/Jazz

Personell:  Roos Galjaard (Vovals, Guitar), Eric Bosma (Bass, B Vocals), Sietze Jan Boer (Drums).
Additional personell: Tobias Nagel (Guitars), Phil Mills (Keyboards).
Production, recording, mix & mastering: Phil Mills & Gather Roses @ Cryptic Recordings, Leeuwarden.

Tracklisting:
1. No More.
2. Tribute.
3. The Fate In Which We Drown.

Notes:
After the release of ‘Together’, the band changed line-up and new songs were written. Three of them appeared on this EP, which was released on CD-R with self printed cover. 'The Fate In Which We Drown' is about the stories she heard while supporting refugees trying to find their way into Dutch society during their asylum application.

Website: www.gatherroses.nl.

Handsome Poets - Metamorphosis-EP (2009).

Band: Handsome Poets.
Title: Metamorphosis.
Released: March 2009.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Indiepop

Personell:  Tim van Esch (Vocals, Keyboards), Gerard Trouborst (Guitars, Keyboards), Ruben Trouborst (Bass), Jan-Jaap Bakker (Drums).

Additional personell: Theo Nap (Backing Vocals)
Production, recording: Theo Nap & Gerard Trouborst @ Wooden Cup Studio, Wilnis.
Mix & mastering: Erik Schurman @ Studio Gouderock!, Gouderak.

Tracklisting:
1. Kite Flight.
2. Metamorphosis.
3. Take A Walk (With Me).
4. Joy To The City.
5. This Train.

Notes:
Early 2008 keyboard player Rex Wierenga left then Gospel-outfit ‘Higher Purpose’, followed in the summer by singer Tabitha Kraaijeveld (Studies). The rest of the band decided to change direction into a more worldly one. In this transitional period they changed their name to ‘Handsome Poets’ and mixed more and more new material into their old setlists. A neighbour from their rehearsal space, former ‘Suburbs-’, ‘Jaya The Cat-’ and The Hague area session guitarist Eric Schurman, liked what he heard and offered to mix and master their EP. Which was released in a cardboard sleeve, designed by the band themselves. Following the release of the EP, Nils Davidse on keyboards was added and they played numberous gigs, both in worldly and in religious surroundings. The titletrack was co-written by former ‘Higher Purpose’ bandmate Tabitha. In late summer 2010 the EP was withdrawn and radio-deejays were asked to stop playing the EP, as the band felt the music no longer suited their new direction.
Known unreleased (and probably unrecorded) tracks from this period are:
- The Blues.
- Attitude.
- Carry The Day.

Website: www.handsomepoets.nl.

Eefje de Visser - Hartslag-EP (2010-11).

Band: Eefje de Visser.
Title: Hartslag-EP.
Released: December 2010 (Digital download)/2011 (CD).
Label: Eefjes Platenmaatschappijtje/Rough Trade (Distr)/Bandcamp (Download).
Genre: Si-So.

Personell:  Eefje de Visser (Vocals, Various Instruments), Marcel Tegelaar (Programming, Various Instruments).
Additional personell: Arthur Lijten (Drums, Clock, Udu), Boris Oud (Contrabas), Annelie de Vries (Keyboards), Sophie van Schaik (Bass).
Production & recording: Marcel Tegelaar, Eefje de Visser & Paul de Visser @ Bullet Sound Studios & Plastic Soul Studio.
Mix & Mastering: Marcel Tegelaar @ Bullet Sound Studios.

Tracklisting:
1. Hartslag.
2. Herinneringendingen.
3. Trein.
4. Afdwaalt (Acoustic version). (CD only)

Notes:
After winning the ‘Grote Prijs van Nederland’ section Singer/Songwriter, Eefje didn’t use the studio time she won, as her poartner at the time had his own studio @ famous Bullet Sound Studios. Inbetween pl;aying live, she concentrated on recording her debut-CD with Marcel and a busload of others. Early december 2010 saw the first release of these sessions as a digital download, consisting of the first three tracks. After the release of her album, the EP appeared in CD-shape, with an extra track, recorded by Eefje and her elder brother Paul, who also produced her first demos in 2002 and 2003.
‘Herinneringendingen’ reminds of some of her earliest recordings and is either an unreleased ‘SAM’ track, or a last session with the two other members of this trio.

Website: www.eefjedevisser.com.

Eefje de Visser - Eefje (Demo-EP, 2009).

Band: Eefje de Visser.
Title: Eefje.
Released: 2009.
Label: No label.
Genre: Si-So

Personell:  Eefje de Visser (Vocals & Instruments).
Additional personell: Uncredited, most likely Marcel Tegelaar
Production, recording, mix & mastering: Marcel Tegelaar @ Pelican Productions.

Tracklisting:
1. Kantlijn.
2. Niets.
3. Hartslag.
4. Hier Zijn.

Notes:
After trio ‘SAM’ split up, Eefje concentrated on her study (Composing & Arrangements, Guitar) at Tilburg based ‘Rock Academy’ and switched from Jazz back to Singer/Songwriter, changing from English to Dutch at trhe same time. She decided to register for annual ‘Grote Prijs van Nederland’ early 2009 and recorded this EP with her then-partner Marcel Tegelaar (Skiggy Rapz), who won the same contest in 2003 in the category Hip-Hop/R’n’B. Though slightly sparser arranged, the EP clearly indicated the direction she would go with her 2011 album.

A 2010 version of this EP has different artwork on it's CD and a resequensed tracklisting:
1. Hartslag.
2. Hier Zijn.
3. Kantlijn.
4. Niets.

Website: www.eefjedevisser.com.

SAM - Demo-EP (2007).

Band: SAM.
Title: Demo-EP.
Released: 2008.
Label: Moonmusic (Self Released).
Genre: Si-So/Jazz.

Personell:  Eefje de Visser (Vocals, Guitar), Annelie de Vries (Keyboards, Vocals), Sophie van Schaik (Bass, Vocals).

Production &  recording:  Wouter Budé @ Moonstudio, Roermond.
Mix & mastering: Wessel Otheten @ Spoor 14

Tracklisting:
1. Still Myself.
2. Could It Be.
3. Home.
4. Leave.

Notes:
After graduating from Secondary School, Eefje went to the Rockacademy in Tilburg, where she formed the Jazz-oriënted trio ‘SAM’, releasing one EP and doing several performances, among which one on regional TV in Utrecht. The trio dissolved somewhere in 2008. Songs are credited to Eefje. Known Outtake is 'Love Bubbles'.

Website: www.myspace.com/sammusicnl

Eefje de Visser - Eefje Unplugged (Demo, 2003).

Band: Eefje de Visser.
Title: Eefje Unplugged.
Released: Unreleased, August 2003.
Label: No label.
Genre: Si-So.

Personell:  Eefje de Visser (Vocals, Guitar).
Production, recording, mix & mastering: Paul de Visser @ home studio.

Tracklisting:
1. I Believe*.
2. Inside.
3. Just Don’t Understand*.
4. Always Love You*.
5. Get Some Sleep*.
6. Living Your Life.
7. Won’t Come Down*.
8. Pain*.
9. Lives In Lies*.
10. One With The World*.
11. The Sun Comes Through*.
12. Wish*.
13. Untitled.

Notes:
Second demo, solo this time, showcasing her musical progress. Some tracks are just sketches, while most are full grown songs. Few copies made and spread among family, some friends and for broadcast purposes on local radio. An offer by brother Paul to remaster these tracks was blocked on the insistance of Eefje early 2010, at which point it was also decided to shelve these demos from further radio use.
‘Living Your Life’ and ‘Untitled’ were performed live June 20th and December 29th 2004 as duets with local singer Desiree Coumans on local radio.
As all tracks are untitled, the unknown tracks are alternatively titled and marked with*.
 The papersleeve the CD came in, contains the following, handwritten tracklist, which doesn’t suit the actual CD-tracklisting:
1. Vrede Voeren (Ac).
2. Please Let Me Say (Ac).
3. Please Let Me Say (Arr 1).
4. You Told Me (Ac).
5. You Told Me (Arr 1).
6. I Can (Arr. 3).

Website: www.eefjedevisser.com.

Eefje de Visser - Demo (2002).

Band: Eefje de Visser.
Title: Demo.
Released: Unreleased, September 2002.
Label: No label.
Genre: Si-So

Personell:  Eefje de Visser (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar).

Additional personell: Paul de Visser (Keyboards, Guitars, Drumprogramming.
Production, recording, mix & mastering: Paul de Visser @ homestudio.

Tracklisting:
1. Bussum*.
2. Everything*.
3. Stay On The Right Track*.
4. <Untitled Instrumental>*.
5. Show My World*.
6. Things I Do (aka Good Girl).
7. <Untitled instrumental> (Why Do It)*.
8. Vrede (Lyrics: Leo Vroman).

Notes:
Eefje started playing guitar and singing at the age of 12, performing for family and during musical nights at her school. Her first public performance was on Saturday July 1st 2000, when she performed a cover of Tory Amos with a friend during the ‘Moordrecht 2000’-festival in the village, where she grew up.

After this, she started writing her own material and performing at school and at ‘Zing’: annual choral singing days, organised by her father in ‘Vredenburg’ Utrecht.
This demo contains the first studiorecordings of her, brother Paul produced in his home studio, which was under construction at that point. Approximately 5 CD-R copies were made and spread among members of her family. This copy was given to me for the purpose of radio-broadcasting. An offer by brother Paul to remaster these tracks was blocked on the insistance of Eefje early 2010, at which point it was also decided to shelve these demos from further radio use.
Most of the arrangements were made by Paul and are mainly Funk and R’n’B-styled, though ‘Bussum’ already contains sounds and styles familiair with that of her debut album of 2011. ‘Things I Do’ was arranged as a complete track, which was used for her performance with schoolband ‘Temporary’, with whom she won the first edition of ‘Goudsche Courant Live Music Awards’ in 2003.
As all tracks are untitled, the unknown tracks are alternatively titled and marked with*.

Website: www.eefjedevisser.com.

Bleed For Mercy - Believe (2010).

Band: Bleed For Mercy.
Title: Believe.
Released: 2010.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Deathmetal.

Personell:  Mike van den Heuvel (Grunts), Danny Verbiest (Guitar), Marius Prins (Guitar), Jeroen Scheer (Bass), Wesley van Vliet (Drums).
Production, recording & mix: John Radersma @ Plug Unit, Reeuwijk.
Mastering: Peter Brussee @ Q-Point, Hilversum.

Tracklisting:
1. Believe.
2. Choice Of Life.
3. Fist On The Wall.

Notes:
Shortlived band’s only EP, released on pro-CD-R’s. Singer later in ‘From Heavens Expelled’.

Website: www.myspace.com/bleedformercymetal.

Bien - Ontmoeten (2009).

Band: Bien.
Title: Ontmoeten.
Released: March 2009.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Singer/Songwriter.

Personell:  Sabien van Lommel (Vocals, Piano).

Production, recording & mix: John Radersma @ Plug Unit, Reeuwijk, February 2009.
Mastering: Peter Brussee @ Q-Point, Hilversum.

Tracklisting:
1. Ontmoeten.
2. Ik Wil Het Niet Weten.
3. Goeie Dag.
4. Ik Vergeet.
5. Ik Zou Willen.
6. Kleine Man.

Notes:
Piano and vocal demo-EP, with lyrics that touch subjects from daily life, like illness, dementia, not wanting to get out of bed and growing up kids. Musical style refers to the cabaretesque songtradition of the late 60's untill 1990's. Emerged as suddenly as she sank back in oblivion. Still active though. Unknown number of CD-R copies made.

Website: www.bienontmoeten.hyves.nl.

Rieneke - Like A Butterfly (EP, 2005).

Band: Rieneke.
Title: Like A Butterfly.
Released: 2005.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Singer/Songwriter.

Personell: Riene Batelaan (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar).
Production, recording, mix & mastering: J Blankers & Rieneke Batelaan, Leeuwarden.

Tracklisting:
1. Diamond.
2. Memories.
3. Courage.
4. When The Rain Stops.

Notes: EP released in an attempt to revive her playing and carreer-building senses. Formed shortlived ensemble ‘Silver Spoon’ with her brother Gijs Batelaan (former ‘Lame Art’ drummer and winner of pretentious Jazz newcomers award in 2007), but somehow didn’t succeed. Started performing under the monikers ‘Amie Maranth’ and (shortly) ‘Pienn’.

Website: www.nancybrick.nl.

Bad Wurm - The Green Album (EP, 2002).

Band: Bad Wurm.
Title: The Green Album.
Released: Unreleased.
Label: No.
Genre: Blenderrock.

Personell: Tim de Klerk (Vocals), Lennart Arends (Guitar), Sander Geerdink (Guitar), Bob Kooger (Bass), Jan-Willem van Noort (Organ), Martijn Zwijnenburg (Drums).
Production, recording & mix: John Radersma & Bad Wurm @ Plug Unit, Reeuwijk, late 2001.
Mastering: Peter Brussee @ Q-Point, Hilversum..

Tracklisting:
1. Mountains Of Zoom.
2. Monstrueux Rarité.
3. Funfare Tragedy
4. Lothar.
5. Decepticon Warfare.

Notes:
Aborted EP, which didn’t materialize, as the band started to deteriorate. Shortly after recordings were finished, organ player Jan Willem and guitarist Sander left the band, followed in 2002 by singer Tim. Attempts were made to continue, but end 2003 it was all over. in 2012 plans for a reunion didn't happen due to different thoughts on the approach of doing so.

Website: No website. Defunct.

Bad Wurm - SAE-Sessions (EP, 2001).

Band: Bad Wurm.
Title: SAE Sessions.
Released: May 2001.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Blenderrock.

Personell: Tim de Klerk (Vocals), Lennart Arends (Guitar), Sander Geerdink (Guitar), Bob Kooger (Bass), Jan-Willem van Noort (Organ), Martijn Zwijnenburg (Drums).
Production, recording, mix & mastering: Jan Willem van Noort & Bad Wurm @ SAE Rotterdam.

Tracklisting:
1. Return 2 Da Sluggaz.
2. Lost On The Tracks.
3. Disappearing Witnessess.
4. Return 2 Da Sluggaz (Remix).

Notes:
Recordings made as part of Organplayer Jan Willem’s study at SAE Rotterdam. Released in a limited run on CD-R.

Website: No website. Defunct.

Bad Wurm - The Green Album (EP, 2000).

Band: Bad Wurm.
Title: The Green Album.
Released: 2000.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Blenderrock: too many styles layered and blended to describe.

Personell: Tim de Klerk (Vocals), Lennart Arends (Guitar), Sander Geerdink (Guitar), Bob Kooger (Bass), Jan-Willem van Noort (Organ), Martijn Zwijnenburg (Drums).
Production, recording & mix: John Radersma & Bad Wurm @ Plug Unit, Reeuwijk, March 2000.
Mastering: Peter Brussee & Bad Wurm @ Q-Point, Hilversum.

Tracklisting:
1. The Ribb Off.
2. Christian Grandma.
3. Monstertrucks.
4. Demon.
5. The Gunslinger.
6. Mr Lee.
7. Panzer Division Bad Wurm.

Notes:
Debut-EP by one of the most original bands from the last 15 years. Blending bits of different stylesw in layers and cut-ups, one song could very well start as Black Metal, ending up in Lynyrd Skynnyrd-like Southers Rock, after a middle Eight-like bridge. Slightly directionless produced demo, which doesn’t get the most out of the material, talking with former members years later. Artwork by local graffity-artist Rasta. Album title was a persiflage/Counterpart to ‘The Beatles’ famed White Album.

Website: No website. Defunct.

Apokalypsis _ (We Salute As We) Enter Armageddon (2009).

Band: Apokalypsis.
Title: (We Salute As We) Enter Armageddon.
Released: 2009.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Deathmetal.

Personell: Samuel Hubner Casado (Vocals), Jaco Ket (Guitars), Sebastiaan Molenaar (Keyboards, Synths), Sven van Everdink (Guitars), Mattijs Frank (Bass), David Mulder (Drums)
Production, recording & mix: John Radersma @ Plug Unit, Reeuwijk.
Mastering: Peter Brussee @ Q-Point, Hilversum.

Tracklisting:
1. Reminiscence.
2. Frozen Tears.
3. Enter Armageddon.

Notes: Members of this melodic Metalband later turned up in bands like ‘From Heavens Expelled’ and ‘Warclash’. The lineup from this EP has changed since 2010.

Website: www.myspace.com/apokalypsisnl.

Aeolus -Promo-EP (2000).

Band: Aeolus.
Title: Promo.
Released: May 27th 2000.
Label: Self released.
Genre: Prog Rock.

Personell: Jurrie Teeuwen (Guitars, Bass), Michiel Kramp (Keyboards, Piano), Raymond van Kooten (Vocals), Unknown (Drums).
Production, recording, mix & mastering: Jurrie Teeuwen & Michiel Kramp @ Vrnee Soundproductions, Gouda.

Tracklisting:
1. Slow March.
2. Anonymous Embrace.
3. Come Here My Love.
4. Forbidden City.
5. Dust On The Mirror.

Notes: Promo-EP, released on CD-R on the occasion of their debut gig at local ‘Lentepop’ festival. Warming up for their 2003 debut album.

Website: No website. Defunct.