★Le Souffleur
Remembering In The Cosmic Manifestation
The newest cosmic excursion Lp by Raymond Dijkstra, here playing Mellotron, Moog IIIp and Percussion. His mixture of electronics and Mellotron with assorted percussions conjures up visions of deep, mystical emotion: spacy, abrasive, frightening, and beautiful all at once. From the label press "The following Text is not about the Content of the LP. Nor is it an Effort trying to explain what this LP is about. The LP is not about Memories, nor about Remembering any of the Events described below, d…
Nivritti Marga
Dutch visual and sound artist Raymond Dijkstra has honed a direction with his work that is as complex as it is singular – following patterns both sonically and visually which create a sense of isolation as well as a powerful vision. And this one is not an exception, again with the help of Timo van Luijk (of Elodie, Af Usrin fame) and Frédérique Bruyas on vocals. "Part from these reservations placed upon the kind of relationship more or less intimate that I should maintain with you, my mouth is r…
Ce Phenomene Negatif d'une Maniere Satisfaisante
Awesome new Lp by the enigmatic Raymond Dijkstra, here playing Harmonium, Tuba, Fork, Feedback and Mellotron, helped by Timo van Luijk at Monochord and Frédérique Bruyas on vocals / from the label press "I remember having walked that Road adorned with beautiful old Oaktrees in my Hometown in Friesland… the Road swirling through a Landscape now filled with old big 19th Century Houses, some in Jugendstil Style, others in a more Classical Style, but everything was softly pulsating… It was covered i…
Santasede
Santasede is Tiff Lion (electronics, voice, acoustic instruments) and Raymond Dijkstra (acoustic instruments). This first born avant garde outing is an account of the freeflow exchange of kundalini energy of Tiff Lion (aka Tying Tiffany) and Raymond Dijkstra (persona non grata of experimental underground). Surreal, dreamy, psychedelic, cosmic: the music has an obscure and surreal character hard to categorize. It certainly has filmic qualities, if only as a film of the inner-eye. The music has a …
Dadaphon
(2003) 10 inch vinyl record. Blank recordsleeves with add on cellotaped collage. Some have stamp by Le Souffleur or are signed by the author. The LP is numbered 01 to 400; or is dated in which case they have original (one off) artwork. The photocopied collages consist of cut-up photo's collaged together with cellotape; after which they have been photocopied again, cut-up with a knife and repaired with cellotape. The collages with handwritten texts and printed texts are assembled from books and m…
L'opus Ch
Radical Dutch DIY artist/musician Raymond Dijkstra presents an album of personal sonic dramas for Dekorder. With countless self-released CD and vinyls he constructed a fascinating sonic universe for himself. This will be his most widely available release for some time, consisting of two extended improvisational enigmas using harmonium, scraping metal and glass, tuba, and strings to make an odd racket. He employs methods similar to "Automatic Writing" or "Surrealist Automatism" to channel h…
Verzameld werk 4LP set
Awesome edition of 4 LP's in 2 gatefold silkscreened jackets in silkscreened slipcase. Year of release: 2008. Numbered 100 copies. The 4 musicpieces included in this set were originally released as separate LP's by muziekuitgeverij Le Souffleur between 2005 and 2007. Together they form a closed series. This series includes: Affen-theater (2005), Der Triumph (2006), Die sonne (2007), Die wille (2007). About my work : I like to go to the the sea: The sea is always the same. Still, the sea is never…
De Gelofte
The rawness of untreated acoustic instruments, and the raw playing of objects, without any effects, is like dopamine to me. It connects me to life and my Self on the deepest level possible. No make up, no fashion-style, just raw energy put straight onto recording." (Raymond Dijkstra)again an astonishing LP in red velours luxurous hardcover box with debossed black and debossed, gold print, Handmade boxes, Numbered / signed. With inlay and personal statement. Edition of 50 copies.
DE GEDACHTE
The most evident sound is a shrieking, frictional rubbing of strings and/or metals - like a wrecked violin or a creaking door's noise, but not quite. It's incessant, uneasy, anarchic and unclassifiable."(Massimo Ricci, Touching extremes) - an astonishing LP in red velours luxurous hardcover box with debossed black and debossed, gold print, Handmade boxes, Numbered / signed. With inlay and personal statement. Edition of 50 copies.
die Wille
another beautiful and totally spaced out super-deluxe 100 copies only box “my overall philosophy is to keep my kitchen closed. and the lid on the pot. i need to build up pressure; the only time i release pressure is when playing music. it's all about transformation. guess i need to have some distance between me/my music and the public. in fact i like to see the public as non-existent. releasing my work i only do for metaphysical reasons; to keep all psychic and physical channels open, and mainta…
die Sonne
Sculptor, painter, drawer and composer of electro-acoustic music. Active in music since 1988 both as a composer and in several different formations and projects. Releases have taken place on labels as Korm Plastics, La Scie Doree, etc. Since 2003 all his music has been published by Le Souffleur. In his solo-music the composer uses since a few years only acoustic sources, sometimes combining them with simple electronic devices to 'adjust the hard sounds of the outerworld to the soft sounds of my …