Born around 1984 in a corner of Ghent, Belgium, this is yet another fragment of Jan Van den Broeke’s dream, created under various pseudonyms. Approximately 10 years after the release of *11000 Dreams*, a collection of early works on *STROOM*, this 4-track 7-inch expands his distorted yet beautiful musical world. Presented with remixes and remastering by the artist himself.
The tracks included are “How Else,” “Seeds Grow, Signs Move,” and “Ida Rubinstein Recalls” under the name Absent Music, as well as “Berceuse Electrique” by The Misz, a duo featuring Dries Dekocker. Formed in the ’80s when Jan and Dries lived on the same street and were inspired by the music leaking from each other’s rooms, The Misz would gather whatever equipment was at hand—guitars, drum machines, Casio synthesizers—and gather around a four-track recorder to create music improvisationally. These four lo-fi, home-recorded post-punk tracks are packed with that DIY spirit and Jan Van den Broeke’s sensibility, which wanders the boundaries of ambient, minimal wave, and strange pop.
(Original Japanese text by Adachi)
The tracks included are “How Else,” “Seeds Grow, Signs Move,” and “Ida Rubinstein Recalls” under the name Absent Music, as well as “Berceuse Electrique” by The Misz, a duo featuring Dries Dekocker. Formed in the ’80s when Jan and Dries lived on the same street and were inspired by the music leaking from each other’s rooms, The Misz would gather whatever equipment was at hand—guitars, drum machines, Casio synthesizers—and gather around a four-track recorder to create music improvisationally. These four lo-fi, home-recorded post-punk tracks are packed with that DIY spirit and Jan Van den Broeke’s sensibility, which wanders the boundaries of ambient, minimal wave, and strange pop. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)