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PM1: Perpetuum Mobile “It’s Long Since You Last Did Me” — Keywords from the press
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DaMusic: a slanted eye on the dancefloor / conjuring / überrhythmics / danceable like the best of Tom Tom Club / pleasantly chaotic / intriguing, choral vocals and rhythms like Talking Heads’ ‘Remain In Light’ / a pleasantly insane surprise.
Lust for Life: tribal / tightly produced but maintaining its organic nature / some brilliant vocals / the classic Nasmak with the sound of 2024 / Clever.
Vital Weekly: Old material, new approach / nine pieces driven by pulses, beats, rhythms, and layers of vocals: ‘densemusic’ / classic Nasmak and, yet, also an updated version / motorik rhythms, heavy on the electronics and the guitar sound / sounds excellent.
Gonzo: the sound is heavier, riddled with electronics / Truus de Groot brings an element of playful sensuality
Written in Music: entirely new music / as transverse as it is danceable / the band’s own take on ‘satisfriction’ / powerful and unrelenting / fine beats and beautiful polyrhythms / traditionally rousing and conjuring / delightful polyphonic chatty vocals / stomping, urgent yet poppy dance tracks inspired by techno and new beat / tasty beats create an intriguing atmosphere, punctuated by heavy impacts / heavy cadence (My Void) / tasteful techno atmospheres with shining roles for Truus de Groot and Joop van Brakel / insistent, recognisable tightness, perhaps inspired by Front 242, Tuxedomoon and Cabaret Voltaire / fresh self-confidence and abundance of creativity / NASMAK PM will get you nodding, rocking and dancing / against the grain yet irresistible.
Make a Fuzz: strong emphasis on inventive rhythms and thus danceability / dancing in your own bubble / tribal, subcutaneous tension that usually does not come to a discharge.
Under The Radar Mag: This new record could have been made at any time / they still sound singular / the steady, machine press thud of Toon Bressers’ drumming, the emotional magnet to which much of Nasmak’s music still returns, year after year / this is a band imbued with a sense of confidence born of continual, quotidian experiment and a refusal to do anything that may compromise their core beliefs / the idea of Nasmak as a machine that swaps parts as you listen along is one that always sits high in my mind when I play their records / the restless De Groot is now back as a co-pilot and her distinctive voice giving tracks like ‘Bubbles’ and the cold sleaze of ‘Waiting For A LUCKY MAN’ an uneasy, antsy kick / playful intelligent music..
Muziscene.nl: delicious graphic work / ‘Satisfriction’: seducing and provoking, slightly quirky / in the spirit of bands like PIL, Shriekback, Consolidated / sounds from modern dance.
Het Parool: the staccato music swings in a transverse way, the vocals sound severe and the synths creak and squeak. Fine music for ‘quarter-hunting’ -for the uninitiated: that’s what the dance style full of angular movements and facing tightly to the floor was called.
OOR: Nothing indicates this is the work of a bunch of veterans / everything pops out of the speakers in a tight, swinging, explosive and brightly colored 2023 mix / maximalist-electronic approach to a contemporary genre like hyperpop, less is more principle / an almost Talking Heads-like interweaving of rhythms, sounds and choruses.
De subjectivisten.nl: playful, catchy, sometimes almost danceable and above all always surprising music / quirky and experimental cross-pollination of Yello, Wire, Talking Heads and The Residents.
PM2: Plowing Mud “Time Is A Friend” — Keywords from the press
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GONZO CIRCUS MAGAZINE (René van Peer):
Nasmak (with the addition of PM) has truly risen! Less than six months after the first album there is already a second, ‘Plowing Mud – Time Is A Friend’. This successor is even more versatile than the first. The band makes eager use of the electronic achievements since they broke up forty years ago, while they have managed to remain true to their adventurous spirit. It is worth visiting the band’s site. Not only will you find extensive information about the songs there, for each song is a clip made, some by the Eindhoven artist Rik van lersel. It is clear that Van Brakel, Toon Bressers and Henk Janssen have made Nasmak a viable entity in its current incarnation.
VITAL WEEKLY (Frans de Waard):
The exciting thing is De Groot is also back on board on four of the seven pieces, so it alternates between male and female vocals. Still, I also sense some of the electronic sensibility of her Plus Instruments work, as shown in ‘Middle Of The Road’. Songs wit her involvement tend to be a bit quieter. Rhythm, again, is the driving force of Nasmak. Bass and drums have a strong presence here, and while the music is dense (the group refer to their music as ‘dense music’, word playing on dance and dense). They seemed to be updating some of their older songs on their previous release, but there is no such thing here. These seven pieces seem all new pieces. As I wrote previously, Nasmak’s music may not be your usual Vital Weekly thing, owning more to the world of alternative pop music, it is also still very much in spirit with post-punk; smoother, perhaps funky, no doubt, but with that great love for trying new things. As such, their attitude has stayed the same. Now, I thought: are they still jamming a lot? And if so, why not share some of those cookies and update the ‘Indecent Exposure’ series? Another look at the kitchen of Nasmak is something I’d be be curious about.
MUZISCENE (Wim du Mortier):
After the tasty re-acquaintance with the work of the co-founders of Dutch art-post-punk Nasmak PM1 Perpetuum Mobile: I’ts Long Since You Last Did Me’, the sequel is now in shops: PM2 Plowing Mud: ‘Time Is A Friend’. And anyone who then thinks ‘that’s old stuff for the fans of yesteryear, the greybeards of today who are always annoyingly in the way at concerts’ is wrong. Nasmak PM picks up old and more recent ideas, kneads and edits it, records it (Frans Hagenaars behind the buttons), and thus gives it a shape appropriate for the here and now. This again produces exciting, almost explosive moments, like not least opener Square Wheels. But also playful and relaxed as in Mood. We are not allowed to show the video for Square Wheels on our website, so head over here and pay particular attention to that beautifully graphic video work!
OOR (Erik van den Berg):
Once again wondrous, elusive pop music … furiously tight grooves of the compelling kind, but pretty much everything that shoots along behind, over and in between, including the vocals (m/f), is actually hard to place. Is it post-punk, new wave, mathrock, prog, avant-garde, electro-pop? Yes and no. it is mostly colourful, clever and timeless music that also does not betray whether it was made by young dogs or old hands. Amazing and intriguing.
DE SUBJECTIVISTEN (Jan Willem Broek):
With a modest discography, the may I say legendary band Nasmak, which had a first life from 1978 to 1984, has had a huge impact on our music history. For instance, their album 4our Clicks (1982) is still sometimes regarded as the best ever homegrown album. Their cross-pollinations of new wave, post-punk, avant-garde and synth-pop thus managed to distinguish themselves from many a band. After the band broke up, individual members Joop van Brakel, Toon Bressers, Henk Janssen, Truus de Groot and Theo van Eenbergen each pursued their own musical paths. Last year, however, another sign of life appeared in the form of Nasmak P.M., where the abbreviation actually stands for “PlusMinus”, because it is not quite the group of yesteryear anymore, but also that other musicians can join.
The second in this so-called “PM series” has just been released and is titled P.M.2: Time Is A Friend, with the abbreviation in this case standing for “Plowing Mud”. The spelling of these album titles does remain a bit of a stumble, but that is also in keeping with their dynamic, unconventional, partly contrarian and above all strong music. In over 38 minutes, they perform seven tracks that unmistakably bear their mark. Apart from the hard core Joop van Brakel, Toon Bressers and Henk Janssen, the line-up here also includes the soft core Truus de Groot in four tracks and Sijbenga (It Dockumer Lokaeltsje, Deinum) in as many tracks. There are also two guests, namely singer Janet Gilbert (Three Women) and Rik van Iersel (Beukorkest, Der Junge Hund), who brings vocal samples in one track. They have again grabbed heavily from their archive shelves to forge unique music with it. Although the ingredients are not necessarily different from other works, something completely different always comes out of the tube with still a recognisable sound. And that’s clever. It is like a good kaleidoscope, which may look the same each time from the outside, but always shows a different picture with each spin. For instance, in this spin, there are some more playful and Eastern elements through and post-punk, avant-garde, synth-pop and the necessary playful experiments are also part of it again, put into modern jackets. Sometimes the dance floor, though for wobbly legs, comes into play. It produces such quirky, versatile and truly surprising music, where you discover something new every listen. There are tangents to the previous album in terms of associations, but the slight shifts make you think of ever-changing hybrids of Nomeansno, Wire, Talking Heads, Minimal Compact, Virgin Prunes, The Residents and Der Plan. In doing so, by the way, they themselves remain their biggest point of reference. Maybe I shouldn’t say it, but I really think what they showcase in this series is among their better music. I am already curious about the next parts. Perfect music, purely mesmerising, phenomenal mindblowing or pleasant medicine after all? Whatever it’s going to be, these terms are equally appropriate right now.
PM3: Play Mode “Booby Twist To Tangled Tango” — Keywords from the press
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DE SUBJECTIVISTEN (Jan Willem Broek)
Some bands may have had a short existence, but their influence is nevertheless of immense proportions. This is certainly true of the legendary band Nasmak, who were operational from 1978 to 1984. One of those bands that danced at the edge of the abyss or raced across the alternative dance floor like slanting marchers. Elusive. Their album 4our Clicks (1982), the only one to reappear on CD in remixed form, is still considered one of the best albums of their own (and probably a touch beyond). Their mixes of new wave, post-punk, avant-garde and synth-pop didn’t really compare to other bands, rather fragments of them unfolded like a motley patchwork. The members Joop van Brakel, Toon Bressers, Henk Janssen, Truus de Groot and Theo van Eenbergen, after the group’s break-up, each went their own musical way again, too. Last year, almost 40 years later, there was a sudden restart in the form of Nasmak P.M., with the P.M. standing for ‘PlusMinus’, among other things. This is because the group is back in a depleted form, but still carries the same musical vision. ‘Post Mortem’, or “after death”, would also fit. But the abbreviation, it turns out, will mean something different with each release. The first is full-length called Perpetuum Mobile: It’s Long Since You Last Did Me (2023) and the second album, released earlier this year, Plowing Mud: Time Is Your Friend. In this so-called ‘The PM Series’, they mix archival material with new material, on the one hand stirring in the past and managing to completely connect with their earlier work but on the other hand completely modernised. Elusive.
The third in the series, they keep up the pace, is called with the P.M. addition Play Mode: Booby Twist To Tangled Tango. Already almost as much of a stumbling block as the music they always manage to put on display. In about three quarters of an hour, they serve up 10 tracks, which again go in all directions and yet in characteristic ways only fit Nasmak (P.M.). Besides the many genres mentioned, full beats come to the fore a bit more emphatically here, with the backdrop remaining mostly avant-garde . Elusive. The group consists of regular members Joop van Brakel, Toon Bressers and Henk Janssen, supported by former member and great musician Truus de Groot and more or less regular guest Peter Sijbenga (It Dockumer Lokaeltsje, Deinum). In addition, singer Janet Gilbert makes an appearance in five tracks. What is so beautiful about this playful music is that it really is in constant motion and therefore always manages to surprise; like a changing kaleidoscope. You are on the right track and then suddenly really on the wrong one again. Dancing in capital boots and going through blubbery, less fordable terrain in stiletto heels; ambivalent every time. Yet it makes sure that you are always treated, surprised, pushed away, embraced and overwhelmed at unexpected moments. Elusive. This should (yes should yes!) remind you of an ever-changing cross-pollination of Wire, Talking Heads, Minimal Compact, Virgin Prunes, Pascal Plantinga, The The and Der Plan, among others, with none of the comparisons entirely valid. They really are too, you might have guessed it, elusive for that. It really does indicate the level of international allure. An equally incredibly elusive and infectiously adventurous and catchy album!
OOR (Oscar Smit):
Since the 2023 re-release of their acclaimed album 4Our Clicks (1982), post-punk formation Nasmak has started a second life under the name Nasmak PM. Where the addition stands for Plus Minus. By this they mean that the basic line-up consists of a number of original members, supplemented with guests. Within a year they released three albums with new material, the so-called PM Series, with bassist Peter Sijbenga (It Dockumer Lokaeltsje) as a guest musician on all three. On this third part he can be heard in five tracks. Just like Truus de Groot, once active in Nasmak’s early days. Her singing brings playfulness to the tight, groovy and danceable sound. Such as in Tangled Tango, which sounds much more open than the almost industrial Mind Your Steps. Someone like Foetus is not far away from here. On the rest of the album this applies to a band like Talking Heads. Singer Joop van Brakel seems like a kind of David Byrne, especially when you see him live: at the end of 2024 the band gave two concerts in Eindhoven, where Van Brakel emerged as a theatrical, entertaining front man. Notable guest musician was fellow Eindhoven resident Richard van Kruysdijk. His bass playing lifted the music to a higher level in a Peter Hook-like manner and thanks to him Booby Twist received an even funkier treatment than on this record. Nasmak’s exciting music sounds completely current, which promises something for 2025. About time that they were booked in a large hall or at a (small) festival.