Label: Stroom - All

Friday Jul 31, 2020

Adult Fantasies

Towers Of Silence

''“Als das Kind Kind war, wusste es nicht dass es Kind war” the opening words of “Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire)” by Wim Wenders are so incredib... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP-047

Friday Jul 3, 2020

Saskia

Eeuwig Op Reis

As a young woman Sacha Vingerhoeds was part of a vibrant creative community in Rotterdam that organized itself under the name of ARTS. There was a pri... more...

7inch Stroom: STR7-042

Thursday May 28, 2020

Hessel Veldman

Eigen Boezem

''Tucked away in the Dutch underground of the early 80’s a young Hessel Veldman created his own music world in the small industrial sea town of IJmuid... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP040

Friday May 8, 2020

Thursday Mar 19, 2020

Ben Bertrand

Manes

There is an endless abundance of variations that the clarinet can use in changing the colour of a single note. Ben creates a web of sounds that are ha... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP-038

Thursday Feb 20, 2020

Fred A.

De Angst Voorbij

Fred A. was a two-faced act. His musical grasp to the new wave-movement was countered by his lyrical love for Flemish and Dutch ‘kleinkunst’, and his... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP037

Thursday Jan 23, 2020

Dark Arts

Reflections In A Rear View Mirror

''When we played live, we would bring out lawnmowers, pots and pans and pipes we would smash rhythmically with a mallet. Anything that made noise. And... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP035

Thursday Jan 16, 2020

Organized Pleasure / Satin Wall

Tropical Stumble / Dans Les Profondeurs

''In popular imagination, the early 80s were dreadful. Thatcher and Reagan led the world on a diet of austerity, unemployment and depression. The Berl... more...

7inch Stroom: STR7-034

Monday Dec 2, 2019

19 Gadi Pirms Sakuma

19 Years Before The Beginning

Much like their contemporaries and collaborators NSRD, the music of 19 gadi pirms s?kuma captures frustration with their own reality, and a playful dr... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP033

Friday Nov 1, 2019

Vazz

Cloud Over Maroma

Maroma was there long before the Moors. The Moors were there long before man landed on the moon half a century ago. Drum machines meant you didn’t hav... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP-030 / FN075

Tuesday Oct 29, 2019

Benjamin Lew

Bamako Ou Allieurs

Following on from the excellent 'Le personnage principal est un peuple isolée' compilation - a four track EP of deeply psychedelic jams from the early... more...

12inch Stroom: STR12-032

Friday Sep 27, 2019

Hessel Veldman & Enno Velthuys

Boezem Ballet / In Ijle Lucht

Essential material from legendary Dutch oddballs Hessel Veldman & the late Enno Velthuys. Contains the previously cassette only 'Boezem Ballet' (relea... more...

7inch Stroom: STR7-031

Friday Aug 9, 2019

Shakti

Verboden Dromen

'SHAKTI, a three-man formation around “Praga Khan”. With this first mini-lp Praga once more proves his capability to drill into new rhythmic territori... more...

LP Stroom: STREP028

Friday Jul 12, 2019

TRJJ

12 Dances

TRjj is made up of several people that meet regularly since 2016. It is practiced collectively with interchanging names and roles, so the full control... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP029

Friday Apr 12, 2019

Kyoto / Zoe Sinatra

Venetian Blinds / Mais Quest Ce Que te Fumes

''Venetian Blinds, bound to be partly closed for eternity, Offer a glimpse into a miniature of trompe-l’oeil and deceitful appearances.Time sometimes... more...

12inch Stroom: STR012-026

Friday Mar 15, 2019

Cold & James Bernard

Strobe Light Network / Lapis Lazuli

Fiery the angels raved; deep thunder rolled around their shores... 90's chill-out zone revisited w' James Bernard & Isar L. Arnarsson.

12inch Stroom: STR12-025

Friday Mar 8, 2019

Aponogeton

A Place Of Solace

This album is the result of some musings on what drives us in life and how we come to terms with our place in the world. I wrote it around the time I... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP024

Tuesday Feb 12, 2019

Ruins

Occasional Visits

Stroom's valentine special for 2019. ''Lovely'' Electro / Wave from Venice, Italy (1981-1984) more...

LP Stroom: STREP023

Tuesday Jan 22, 2019

Pablo's Eye

Dark Matter

More than anything, Pablo’s Eye is a temporary atmosphere, like a taste or a dream. Last one in the trilogy... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP022

Tuesday Nov 13, 2018

Monday Oct 29, 2018

Vanderschrick

Onzeker

Oostende's greatest label Stroom provides us with a beautiful low-key synth-pop 7'' for melancholic moods. However, more attentive listening reveals q... more...

7inch Stroom: STR07-018

Tuesday Oct 2, 2018

Annelis Monsere

Happiness Is Within Sight

This is a record about a parting of ways. It is dedicated to the one who has been left behind and the one who left.'' more...

LP Stroom: STRLP017

Wednesday Aug 29, 2018

Patrick Selinger

Businessmen

New Beat Not New Beat classic from Antwerp! Soon after Patrick left the music world for the music, that's why he became a pianist. He left the art wor... more...

12inch Stroom: STR12-016

Tuesday Jul 17, 2018

Ingus Bauskenieks

Spoki

Spoki (Ghosts) is the sound of an artist putting their private world to tape. Of exploring and pushing the limits of themselves and technology to real... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP015

Wednesday Jun 6, 2018

Jason Kolar

Modified Perspectives

There is a hidden place between science and magic. A secret playground where brainwaves rejoice and wander around. And, guess what, Modified Perspecti... more...

LP Stroom: STRLP013