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Nasmak is an experimental new wave band from the Netherlands that was founded in 1978 (as Nasmaak, a name that was changed to Nasmak a year later, because they no longer sing in Dutch). Nasmak achieved success both nationally and internationally with a combination of the traditional guitar-bass-drums setup and experiments with sound, such as the use of a Kraakdoos and tapes.

History

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Formation

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Nasmak PM
OriginNetherlands
GenresUltra (music) Postpunk
Years active1978 - 1983, 2018–present
LabelsPlurex
Members
  • Henk Janssen
  • Joop van Brakel
  • Theo van Eenbergen
  • Toon Bressers
  • Truus de Groot
  • Aad van Vught
  • Koen Ankers
  • Milco Bogard
Websitehttp://www.nasmak.nl/

The band was founded in 1978 as Nasmaak in the village of Nuenen, near the Dutch city of Eindhoven. In the original line-up, singer Truus de Groot, – who had previously been a member of Doe Maar predecessor Foolsband – made Dutch-language songs with Toon Bressers, Joop van Brakel and Koen Anker from The Common Starecase and Aad van Vught from Flying Spiderz[1]. Van Vught and Anker left the group quite soon, Henk Janssen (ex-Deirdre and Poemfield) joined in their place. Bassist Theo van Eenbergen completed the band shortly afterwards.

The band moves into a detached house with many outbuildings. Rehearsals take place in a converted barn, the old chicken coop. The band members are given volunteer status: they are not obliged to look for work and can make music 24 hours a day. This soon pays off: on Boxing Day 1978, the band performs for the first time, in De Boerderij, Deurne. The following year, the formation – which at that time still makes Dutch-language punk and is called Nasmaak – is included with the song 'Hondepoep' on Uitholling Overdwars, a compilation by Stichting Popmuziek Nederland.[2]

Nasmak Plus Instruments

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In 1980, the band released their debut album Nasmak Plus Instruments / Instruments Plus Nasmak, which by then was singing in English and had changed its name to Nasmak. The Dutch underground scene of that time was gripped by the revolution of innovation. The fire of punk had only just been ignited and post-punk was flourishing with Ultra in Amsterdam. Nasmak found a connection there. [3]The album was released on Plurex, the label of Minny Pops founder Wally van Middendorp, who also produced the album. The debut had two musically opposite sides. The first half still featured a relatively traditional combination of guitar, bass and drums: Nasmak with instruments. The second half saw the instruments take over, especially the kraakdoos, an experimental wooden instrument with metal strips that was developed in the seventies by Michel Waisvisz.[4] The authoritative English disc jockey John Peel declared the debut to be the best album from the European continent in years.[5] Nasmak was the first Dutch band to do a Peel Session in London. With the electro duo Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) a tour was undertaken through the Netherlands and Germany at the end of 1980.

Singer Truus de Groot moved to New York in november 1980 and founded a new band +Instruments, with Lee Ranaldo, who later founded Sonic Youth, on guitar and made the 12" EP entitled February-April, 1981.[6][7]

Nasmak

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Nasmak begins to experiment with synthesizers and increasingly emphasizes angular rhythms: In 1982, Nasmak releases 4our Clicks. The contrary rhythms and creative vocal lines create a new kind of dance music. Rob van Middendorp[8], a graphic designer student at the Rietveld Academy, designed the cover of 4our Clicks. This record is proclaimed by music magazine OOR as 'perhaps the best record ever made by a Dutch group'. In 2000 the album ranked 8th in the OOR-poll “Best Dutch Albums of the 20th Century”. In 2024, in that same music magazine, the record is ranked as the highest-ranking Dutch record at 32 in the 154 best post-punk albums of all time[9].

Joop van Brakel worked on the third album Duel (1983), but then left the group before its releace.[10] Duel contained industrial cold funk with slight oriental influences. The rest of the band was successful that same year with Silhouette, with yet another sound: less repetition and more song structures. This aroused the interest of a number of major record companies. However, Nasmak paid no attention to this: in 1984 the band decided that its drive for innovation had become too saturated. The last performance was in 1984 at the first edition of the TegenTonen Festival in the Paradiso in Amsterdam.[11][12][13]

Nasmak PM

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All members of Nasmak, including de Groot, have worked together in sub-formations since then. As a collective, they created Nasmak PM in 2018. They released in the same year on vinyl Beautiful Obscenery (An Anthology Of Indecent Exposures) with a sellection of the six Indecent Exposure cassettes (1981-1982)[14].

Since 2023, after the reissue of 4our Clicks on Vinyl by Excelsior Recordlabel, a number of self-released CDs (PM 1-3) have been released with new recordings, made from material from the early Nasmak days. Nasmak PM also occasionally performs again.[15]

PM mainly stands for plus minus, to indicate that the occupancy is variable and that it is not just about the old Nasmak: there is also a desire to be able to work with guests.[16][17]

Discography

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  • 1979 - Hondepoep (Nasmaak) (op verzamel LP Uitholling Overdwars van Stichting Popmuziek Nederland, SPN 001)
  • 1980 - Nasmak Plus Instruments/Instruments Plus Nasmak (LP, Plurex 1800)
  • 1981 - Indecent Exposure 1 & 2 (Music For Brass, Wood, Drums And Violins) (cassette, MC 90 + 60, Plurex C 120)
  • 1981 - Vaseline des Artistes EP (met Plus Instruments), Zickzack (ZZ85)
  • 1981 - Origins & Whereabouts / Dishhunt (Flexidisc bij muziekblad Vinyl)
  • 1982 - 4our Clicks (LP, Plurex 2300, CD (remix door Henk Janssen), Exakt 039, 1989, vinyl re-issue Excelsior Recordings, 2023)
  • 1982 - Indecent Exposure 3 & 4 (The Smell Remains) (cassette, MC 90 + 60, Plurex C 021)
  • 1982 - Indecent Exposure 5 & 6 (Only This Day And 77 Others) (cassette MC 90 + 60, Plurex C 022)
  • 1982 - Roger Bill Iceberg (HOURS LP, Plurex sampler, Plurex 2400)
  • 1983 - Heartache Blowup (7” en 12” EP, Plurex 0027)
  • 1983 - Duel (LP, Plurex 3200, 1983, in UK: Aura AUL724)
  • 1983 - Silhouette (LP Plurex 3303)
  • 1983 - Plaster/Me Rex (7″, UK only, Aura AUS 123)
  • 2018 - Beautiful Obscenery (An Anthology Of Indecent Exposures) (LP, Collectable Vinyl, JECV 1801)
  • 2023 - PM1: Perpetuum Mobile: It's Long Since You Last Did Me
  • 2024 - PM2: Plowing Mud - Time Is A Friend
  • 2024 - PM3: Time is A Friend

References

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  1. ^ "Postpunk Nederland: The Spiderz (in Dutch)". Written in Music. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  2. ^ Baart, Dink (2019-02-04). "New wave from Nuenen: Nasmak's grand comeback". Front. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  3. ^ Voorvelt, Martijn (2004-01-01). "Dutch Post-Punk Experimentalism". www.furious.com. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  4. ^ Hofman, Edwin (2024-04-09). Vrijdenkers in muziek: Alternatieve Nederpop van 1980 tot nu (in Dutch). Uitgeverij kleine Uil. ISBN 978-94-93323-28-5.
  5. ^ "Nasmak". List of John Peel-shows with Nasmak. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  6. ^ Foster, Richard (2017-02-17). "Truus-de-Groot-Plus-Instruments-Nasmak". Louder Than War. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  7. ^ Leduc-Gugnalons, Tony (2017-09-28). Camion Blanc: Afterpunk highlights L'ère de la glaciation sonore (in French). Camion Blanc. ISBN 978-2-35779-997-4.
  8. ^ "Rob Van Middendorp". Discogs. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  9. ^ "Oor - The 154 best postpunk albums (september 2024)". muzieklijstjes.nl. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  10. ^ de Vrieze, Atze (2023-12-04). "80s cult band Nasmak was too fast for itself". 3voor12 (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  11. ^ "Tegentonen Festival met Ptose, Nine Tobs, Etronfou Leloublanc, Minimal Compact | Paradiso". www.paradiso.nl. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  12. ^ Leeuwen, Rob (2006-01-12). "Nasmak: progress is the key word". www.kindamuzik.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-02-17.
  13. ^ Hofman, Edwin (2001-04-07). "Nasmak: Perpetuum Mobile. Part 7 of the history of Dutch postpunk". Written in Music (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-02-17.
  14. ^ "Nasmak". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  15. ^ Redactie Oost-online (2024-12-13). "Musician Joop van Brakel: 'I'm good at admiring'". Oost-online (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  16. ^ van Peer, Rene (2024-11-24). "Eindhoven band Nasmak has been resurrected after 40 years in a contemporary and visible way". ED (Dutch Newspaper). Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  17. ^ van Peer, Rene (2023-11-23). "Old and new music from legendary band Nasmak: 'We still have material for ten albums'". ED (Dutch newspaper). Retrieved 2025-02-18.

Further reading

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In Dutch

In English

  • Foster, R. (2020), Mapping Subcultures from Scratch: Moving Beyond the Mythology of Dutch Post-Punk.

In: van der Steen, B., Verburgh, T. (eds) Researching Subcultures, Myth and Memory. Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.



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