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UPDATE APRIL 2008
Catch Niels on stage during the European Tour of
The Legendary Pink Dots .
UPDATE MARCH 2008
Early April the new album will be mastered at Electric City in Brussels by Alan Ward. The release date will be announced soon.
In the meantime, Plugitin is ready and will be released in May 2008.
UPDATE JANUARY 2008
This month we'll finish the last track of our new album. It will be released this spring!
Around the same time, there will be a new Music For Speakers sampler CD compiling unreleased work from Richard van Kruysdijk with his bands Sonar Lodge, Music For Speakers Amplified en Strange Attractor. It's entitled Plugitin and will be released by Big Blue Records.
STRANGE ATTRACTOR images from the 2007 European Tour.
(Click "view all images" to view as gallery.)


Photography:
Alexander Lyubin (Dreadnought, Kaliningrad, RUS)
Lukasz Pepol (Bohema Jazz Club, Olsztyn, POL)
UPDATE NOVEMBER 2007
SA on tour! Kick-off in Nijmegen and we will head East after that. Hope to see you at one of our shows!
Fri. 2 Nov: NIJMEGEN (NL) - Merleyn
Thu. 8 Nov: EINDHOVEN (NL) - Plan-2
Sat. 10 Nov: BERLIN (GER) - Lovelite
Tue. 13 Nov: HELSINKI (FIN) - Redrum
Wed. 14 Nov: TALLINN (EST) - Juuksur
Thu. 15 Nov: RIGA (LAT) – Depo
Sat. 17 Nov: KALININGRAD (RUS) - Dreadnought
Sun. 18 Nov: KALININGRAD (RUS) - Universal
Mon. 19 Nov: GDYNIA (POL) - Bohema
Tue. 20 Nov: OLSZTYN (POL) - Bohema
Wed. 21 Nov: WARSAW (POL) – Klub 55
Thu. 22 Nov: LODZ (POL) - Jazzga
Fri. 23 Nov: LEIPZIG (GER) - UT Connewitz
Sat. 24 Nov: FRANKFURT (GER) – Das Bett
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2007
Peter Christopherson, featuring Nat and Tay of the Threshold HouseBoys Choir have contributed their "vocal stylings" to a new SA track. Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson is a founding member of ground-breaking bands like Throbbing Gristle , Psychic TV and Coil . It's obvious that we are honoured to have him on our upcoming album.
UPDATE AUGUST 2007
The release date for the limited edition (300) 7" entitled The Unperceived Image" is set to 8 October 2007. It features two tracks, each with a very special guest vocalist: David J and Winston Tong . You can order the 7" directly from Music For Speakers .
And yet another guest star appearance! Graham Lewis , member of the legendary post-punk group Wire and creator of many of our favourite tunes (with/as Duet Emmo, He Said, Dome) contributes his words and vocals to a new Strange Attractor track!

UPDATE MAY 2007
Our next tour will be from 8 - 24 November 2007. Confirmed gigs will be posted in the "Upcoming Shows" section.
UPDATE APRIL 2007
We are proud to announce the guest appearance of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets bassist/vocalist David J on our upcoming album.
UPDATE MARCH 2007
What's happening here at SA HQ? A lot!
We're currently recording and producing new tracks for our second album. You can listen to four of them in our player above. The tracks 'Anything' and 'Phobia' will feature on a soon to be released compilation CD entitled ZINGZANG (SPV / Big Blue Records).
We're very happy to have once again the vocal input of Sonar Lodge's Marie-Claudine and Canterbury scene star Richard Sinclair .
Jeroen van Vliet and Eric van der Westen , two of the finest Dutch jazz musicians, contributed resp. Fender Rhodes and double bass.
We're also proud to announce the guest appearance of Winston Tong ; a San Francisco-based performer, known both for his solo work and his periodic collaborations with the cult group Tuxedomoon .
As to gigs: SA will tour again later this year. Dates will be announced here when they are confirmed.
Feel free to contact Strange Attractor for concerts:

[email protected]
STRANGE ATTRACTOR slideshow of the 2006 European Tours.



STRANGE ATTRACTOR item in Notes, Polish art programme, 11-2006:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW59oFbwm5U
STRANGE ATTRACTOR live in Kaliningrad, Russia, 04-2006:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVcbcdxb_4c
NIELS VAN HOORN is a longstanding member of the English / Dutch cult group The Legendary Pink Dots. Their unusual mixture of electronic psychedelic whimsy and lush textures straight out of Alice In Wonderland have kept them on top of the underground cult music scene for already a quarter of a century. Niels, who always coloured outside the dotted line, reached an important milestone with his first solo album Colours (out in autumn 2002 on Soleilmoon USA). Over the years, Niels has also worked with a wide range of performers: drum & bass outfit Voltage, Dead Voices On Air (Mark Spybey of Zoviet France & Download), The Tear Garden (Edward Ka-Spel and Skinny Puppys Cevin Key), Lydia Lunch, Anubian Lights, Szense a.m.m.
Niels plays soprano-, tenor-, bariton- and bass saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, Steiner wind synth and electronics.
RICHARD VAN KRUYSDIJK, a.k.a. Sonar Lodge (with MARIE-CLAUDINE VANVLEMEN), has been sound mining ever deeper since his first drum & bass influenced releases to the jazz-infused trip noir approach on Sonar Lodges recent 12s and CDs. They are both also involved in the new M4S group Music For Speakers Amplified (with Sandor Caron, Raphael Vanoli, Jeroen Kimman (Roomtone), Edward Capel). Various projects brought Richard on stage and in the studio with some influential musicians. Future & current collaborations include BEAM and krautrock impro group Szense. Since 1993, he is also a member of the German industrial band Phallus Dei and it's ambient offspring PHD2.
Richard plays drums, keys, laptop and electronics.
2007 European Tour poster (November)
2006 European Tour poster (April)
2006 European Tour poster (November)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/15/2006
Band Website: strangeattractor.eu
Band Members: NIELS VAN HOORN
saxophones, bass clarinet, Steiner wind synth, flute, electronics | ( The Legendary Pink Dots , The Teargarden , Mark Spybey , solo )

RICHARD VAN KRUYSDIJK
electronics, drums, keys, production | ( Sonar Lodge , Phallus Dei , Music for Speakers Amplified )

MARIE-CLAUDINE
voice, piano | ( Sonar Lodge , Music for Speakers Amplified )

Guests:

Edward Ka-Spel
voice | ( The Legendary Pink Dots , The Teargarden , solo)

Richard Sinclair
voice | ( Hatfield and the North , Caravan , solo )

Winston Tong
voice | ( Tuxedomoon , solo )

David J
voice | ( Bauhaus , Love & Rockets , solo )

Graham Lewis
voice | Wire , Duet Emmo, He Said, Dome...

Peter Christopherson
vocal stylings | Throbbing Gristle , Psychic TV , Coil , Threshold Houseboys Choir

Jeroen van Vliet
Fender Rhodes | ( Paul van Kemenade Quintet , Eric Vloeimans , solo )

Edward Capel
alto clarinet | (Lobstar, Blast , Music for Speakers Amplified )

Eric van der Westen
double bass | ( Quadrant , E-Quad )

Bart Maris
trumpet | ( dEUS , Zita Swoon , Think Of One , a.m.m. )

Ryan Moore
add. production | ( Twilight Circus , dj Spooky )

Influences: Max Ernst, David Sylvian, Air, Nina Simone, Andre Breton, Tortoise, Jhelisa, To Rococo Rot, Swans, Theo Doesburg, Beck, David Bowie, Nicholas Roeg, Roxy Music, Billy Holiday, Yo La Tengo, Brian Eno, Orson Welles, Van der Graaf Generator, Felicien Rops, Joy Division, Radiohead, Gary Numan, Paul Eluard, New Order, Gerrit Rietveld, Jethro Tull, Aleister Crowley, Virgin Prunes, Gavin Friday, Isidore Ducasse, Salvador Dali, Depeche Mode, Coil, Gentle Giant, Marcel Duchamp, Pink Floyd, Albert Camus, David Lynch, Rozz Williams, King Crimson, Portishead, Art of Noise, Autechre, Massive Attack, Attica Blues, UNKLE, The Meters, Bauhaus, Amoeba, Kraftwerk, Yazoo, Tuxedomoon, Wire, Dome, He Said, Duet Emmo, Naked City, This Mortal Coil, Mogwai, Alas No Axis, Flanger, Bohren and der Club of Gore, Arthur Honegger, Talking Heads, Vincent van Gogh, Triosk, Plaid, Moloko, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine, Robert Fripp, Japan, Jaga Jazzist, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soft Cell, Scott Walker, Cinematic Orchestra, John Lurie, Tom Waits, Jan Toorop, Captain Beefheart, Kurt Schwitters, Killing Joke, Philip Glass, William Burroughs, Beasty Boys, Herbert, Ennio Morricone, Painkiller, Diamanda Galas, Bill Laswell, Miles Davis, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sigur Ros, Franz Kafka, Can, Antonin Artaud, Arthur Rimbaud, Eberhard Weber, Mark Hollis, Talk Talk, George Bataille, Serge Gainsbourg, Andrej Tarkovsky, Hector Zazou, Leonard Cohen, Harold Budd, Jon Hassell, Sigur Ros, Anja Garbarek, Wim Mertens...

Sounds Like: The Unperceived Image

lim. ed. 7" | M4S | 2007

Everything Is Closer

CD | M4S/Big Blue | 2006

Everything Is Closer

lim.ed. 2LP BOX | M4S | 2006

Rorschach II

LP | M4S | 2005

Rorschach

LP | M4S | 2004

Detailed info, audio and more can be found in the webshop: www.musicforspeakers.com

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other releases by
Richard van Kruysdijk &
Marie-Claudine
:

CD/2LP | M4S | 2001

CD | M4S | 2004/2007

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other release by
Niels van Hoorn:

CD | Soleilmoon | 2003

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selected releases featuring
Richard van Kruysdijk:

CD | Dark Vinyl | 2002

CD | Paragoric | 2001

CD | Paragoric | 1996

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selected releases featuring
Niels van Hoorn:

CD | Soleilmoon | 2002

CD/LP | PIAS | 1991

CD | PIAS | 1992

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selected releases featuring
Richard van Kruysdijk &
Marie-Claudine
:

CD | M4S | 2005/2007

12" | Vynalogica | 2005

CD | Big Blue Rec. | 2007

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Record Label: Music for Speakers
Big Blue / SPV Poland
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

PHOTOS FROM THE AUTUMN TOUR

Djäzz, DUISBURG (GER): Karo, BREMEN, (GER):Blue Note Club, POZNAN (POL): Mózg, BYDGOSZCZ (POL): Aurora, WARSAW (POL):   Jazzga, LODZ (POL): Firlej, WROCLAW (POL): ...
Posted by Strange Attractor on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:57:00 PST

Tour Support

We would like to thank the Popinstituut (Dutch Pop Institute) for supporting our European Tour! Website Popinstituut...
Posted by Strange Attractor on Thu, 18 May 2006 11:30:00 PST

Tour Diary: plus pictures

Updated the tour diaries with lots of photo's. Go see!
Posted by Strange Attractor on Wed, 03 May 2006 05:23:00 PST

Tour Diary 5: Last gigs

Vienna Arrived in time in Vienna to have a cappuccino before going to the club. Like everywhere we played, nice people. The club is located some storeys underground. A very small audience, but again v...
Posted by Strange Attractor on Wed, 03 May 2006 12:46:00 PST

Tour Diary 4: Finally updating time!

Berlin A grey and rainy day as we left the Netherlands for our first foreign gig in Berlin. Heavy traffic on the Autobahn due to beginning Easter holidays, but we arrived fairly in time for our soundc...
Posted by Strange Attractor on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:04:00 PST

Tour Diary 3: Suga!

After dropping off our new CD at the Rush Hour shop (our distributor), we continued through heavy traffic to the Sugar Factory in the centre of Amsterdam. (It's situated just opposite the Melkweg.) St...
Posted by Strange Attractor on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:59:00 PST

Tour Diary 2: Wilhelmina

A sound check with a lot of frowning until we discovered that the bass bins in the club were not switched on... After click: big smiles! No time for dinner, so a "pita gezond" was the fast option. As ...
Posted by Strange Attractor on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:34:00 PST

Tour Diary 1: Rockin' the boat

So we kicked off the tour yesterday on the nice boat 'de Zeester' in Nijmegen. The water is very high in the river Waal at the moment, and the boat was rocking a lot. Not really my thing, and had to g...
Posted by Strange Attractor on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:49:00 PST

European Tour

We hope to see you on one of our gigs during the "Everything Is Closer" tour!For those interested, we will have a merchandise stand at every concert, where you can buy regular releases, but also some ...
Posted by Strange Attractor on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:33:00 PST

Pictures of the Rorschach recording sessions

Some impressions,photos taken at the studio during the recordings of Rorschach and Rorschach II:   Visit the Photobook at Music For Speakers for bigger pix....
Posted by Strange Attractor on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:05:00 PST