De Vlaamse Primitieven

***"Well, what can be said about this record? It was never intended to come into being, yet here it is. Last spring we went on a European tour with our soul-brother Liam Grant. After a ragged experience in France, our roads separated for a bit. Liam went further down the road and we came back to our home-base in Antwerp—as we where invited by the good folks of Dropa Disc for a two day residency with Tashi Dorji. Koen gave us the simple, crystal clear instruction to ‘improvise’—and fuck did we improvise. Fifteen minutes before this set, we made a mood board to guide us ‘Thru The Rhythm’. Landing somewhere between free-improv drone-scapes, experimental minimalism, Eastern influenced ragas, and American-Primitive raags, this new release will fit nicely alongside your LPs from Pelt, John Fahey, or even Arnold Dreyblatt’s Orchestra of Excited Strings. The resulting sounds contained in this record are as pure as you’ll ever hear De Vlaamse Primitieven. It’s an instance where two madmen threw everything they got into the music and somehow it stuck. We’re very happy how this session turned out and consider it a worthwhile addition to the canon of improvised music. A lot of our favorite people were in the audience when this was recorded. Groovy bunch of weirdo's that supported us from our very first show. Well, we made this record together. It couldn't have happened without them being in the room. THANK YOU—YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! WE LOVE YOU!”