de reizende verkoper started somwhere in '99 in
amsterdam, made cd 'AGUARDIENTE', played some gigs,
introduced self to the amsterdam's scene and around,
made an live
cd 'LIVE IN ENTREPOTDOK'.
in 2000 found one more sax player,
played more gigs, changed drummer, found a trombone
player, recorded new album 'HERMES' (2001-2002),
played some more gigs...lost a trombone player...
and then had a long winter (spring, summer fall)
sleep!?... after the sleep they were back and ready to
record some more, play some more, and sell some more
stuff!
these days we're(still)celebrating our latest album
"BE WATER MY FRIEND" released in 2007 on fabulous
"WHOSBRAIN RECORDS"
de reizende verkoper means the traveling salesman.
original line up:
marc hurkmans: drums, percussion-
d. p. kafka: sax-
razorblade j.r.: el guit, bass guit, vocals-
second line up:
mr. menno: drums, percussion-
razoblade jr.: el. guit, vocals-
anne van dooren: tenor sax-
d. p. kafka - capri: keyboards, alto sax-
nikola vincelj - jinks: visual art-
the found and lost trombone player was almuth.
and today's line up is:
razoblade jr.: el. guit, vocals-
anne van dooren: tenor sax-
d. p. kafka - capri: keyboards, alto sax-
spoelstra: drums-
nikola vincelj - jinks: visual art-
until the last album r.verkoper was recording mostly live on 2
or 4 channel porta studio or tape deck machines, which
does not mean that they will keep on doin' that!!!.
until now r. verkoper played nice amount of shows,
(but not enough!), in all kind's places,
(rock/jazz clubs, pubs, bars, trains, gallerys, squats..
tour in austria, croatia, slovenia, germany.
r.verkoper
hopes to play much more in future,
in all kind's a places and happenings (weddings,
funerals, sacrification rituals, hotel openings,
circus shows etc.
and of course, just plane old pubs, bars and clubs.
it's just
up to YOU! to make a call.
members of r. verkoper played (or still are) in:
haustor, kugla theater, cul-de-sac, gone bald,
blisters, pink noise quartet, heroface, plan kruutntoone, razorblade jr.,
birdlips, dexter, franco formica, surf hell, labdog, the anomalys, boutros bubba crowd surfers must die, morbide eenheid, quarles van ufford, spoelstra, and more.....
de reizende verkoper plays freak - noise - free jazz -
rock - improvised music.
