Label: Dead Mind Records

伝説的激レアタイトルが遂に初復刻!!オランダのエクスペリメンタル/ニューウェーブ・バンドNasmakの一員として活動、並行して1978年に個人カルトプロジェクトPlus Instrumentsを立ち上げた女性奇才音楽家Truus de Groot。オリジナルは激レア物件として知られている、1981年にNigel Jacklin及び氏のAlien Brainsが発行したファンジンと一緒にひっそりと配布された1stカセット[Truss + Instruments – 79/80]がLP化!!正確にはその1stカセットから抜粋した7曲と、同時期79〜80年の未発表アーカイブを組み合わせた新編集のアンソロジーで、プリミティブなシステムで構築されたストレンジ極まりない楽曲がバンバン飛び出します。インサート付き。











While she was still a member of Nasmak, one of the leading bands of the Dutch ultra-movement, Truus de Groot started Plus Instruments in 1978 with herself as the sole member. When the project evolved, she found a wide range of rotating collaborators like Michel Waisvisz, Lee Ranaldo and James Sclavunos. Plus Instruments was about freedom and the live performances were largely improvised. The sound minimal but captivating. The music always came from within, but De Groot was also triggered by bands like Red Crayola, Suicide, DAF, Wire, Per Ubu, Devo and the No Wave scene in NY. She was always experimenting with primitive multi-track recording and whatever crappy gadgets she could find. Always looking for a gritty, dirty sound and bizarre overtones.

At a young age she travelled to New York and began to immerse herself in the nightlife of the city that never sleeps. Here she found true creativity, passion and expression. The club scene was alive but highly competitive, so this fearless Dutch girl would just knock on promoter’s doors to get gigs booked at places like CBGB’s, Peppermint Lounge, Underground and the Pyramid. De Groot eventually settled in the United States and never stopped experimenting with sound. In recent years she reinvented Plus Instruments and led the group into new territory.

The recordings for this LP were made by De Groot at home and the music is experimental, minimal, industrial but also playful, sounding nothing like most of the later material. 14 tracks in total of which 7 are taken from the elusive and impossible to find self-released debut cassette as ‘Truss Plus Instruments’ which was sparingly distributed by Nigel Jacklin and his legendary Alien Brains fanzine in 1980. The remaining 7 tracks are from the same period (1979-1980) and were carefully selected from the vast archive of De Groot. We are glad to present this anthology that serves as a long overdue testimony to the formative phase of a unique female pioneer of electronic music.