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MAARTEN
VAN DER VLEUTEN
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Biography
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Maarten
van der Vleuten started releasing his music in 1986 on cassettes as
The Noise Architect.
(only available as limited editions) Then in 1989 he got airplay on
national radio (VPRO) with a series of political songs about the Berlin
Wall, Saddam Hoessein, Salmon Rushdie and the Gulf War.
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1991
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In
the summer of 1991 he released his first 12" on DJAX RECORDS, called
MAJOR MALFUNCTION. ( a co-operation with D.J. Marius Kuilenberg). After
that he released 48 V. PHANTOM POWER on R&S RECORDS. (one track
together with Frank de Wulf). In october that year the second Major
malfunction was a fact. (also with D.J. Marius Kuilenberg). In november
SEE SAW released their first 12" called The starwood party E.P.
This was a project of The dutch Department of Techno. Maarten wrote
the original track, called the Major Malfunction Mix and it was remixed
by Speedy J, Human Beings, Terrace and more. In the same month R&S
started a new sublabel called TZ. Maarten was responsible for the the
numbers TZ 2 and TZ 7. TZ 7 contained three tracks of which two were
written together with David Morley. In december he made a remix of Dominator,
to be found on R&S, called The Re-Remixes.
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1992
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1992;
a FLUX remix of Robogroove was released on Prime Records in february.
(The original track was made by Trance Induction.) In march 1992 he
produced the experimental Glue Sniffing Gerald E.P. , and one month
later he produced the 12" Cliche Tracks, both on DJAX. (also to
be found on this e.p. was a remix of D.J. Aardvarck).
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We
are now in april. Maarten had worked like a madman and recorded so many
tracks that he and R&S decided to start a sublabel. OUTRAGE RECORDINGS
was born and three twelve inches were released. These were ZIMT, INTEGRITY
and FLUX. In july another three e.p.'s came out; PULTEC, ZIMT I and
INTEGRITY II. The last one containing four tracks of which two were
written together with D.J. Aardvarck. In the meanwhile he made remixes
for See Saw of Hole in One, Toxit, Transform, Ralphie Dee & Dino
Blade and C.3.P.O. A weekend in the R&S studio's with David Morley
and R&S boss Renaat resulted in in a limited edition 12", simply
called Black Label. At this time See Saw showed interest in a remix
12" of the 48 V. Phantom Power track Feel D-Base. The idea was
to re-release the original track, which contained vocals, and to make
remixes in different styles. This resulted in Flashback, with vocals
by Sandy Kandou. This was last project Maarten ever did for See Saw,
because of the unreliability of Hans Hermans. At the end of november
the second 48 V. Phantom Power was released and shortly after that,
in december, the third ZIMT.
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1993
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1993.
In the previous year Maarten had worked on an ambient album called Moonwater
by IN-EXISTENCE. It was released in february on APOLLO RECORDS. In the
same month 'The second groove 2 the same nation' by D.J. Aardvarck was
released on DJAX and Maarten appeared on it as Party Marty as the man
who trained the animals....... Later on that year a new Flux track was
licenced to E.S.P. for their third compilation CD.
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At
this point R&S stopped releasing Maarten's music, and because of
the exclusive contract with them it was impossible for him to release
new material on other labels.
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In
this period he did a remix of his Major Malfunction classic 'House-shield'
for the Surreal Sound tape and a remix for Trance Induction for his
album Electrickery. After the contract with R&S ended Maarten was
fed up with the house scene and he started to rediscover his roots.
This resulted in a series of experimental and classical songs. (the
experimental songs were released later on, on the In-Existence album
Private Rituals)
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1995
/ 1996
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Encouraged
by Trance Induction Maarten remixed his dance track 'E.T. welcome song'.
From here a new period started with a 12" on BETON, a remix for
DIRECT DRIVE and a new FLUX 12" on KLANG ELEKTRONIK. Halley Records
selected a variety of tracks of the previous year for a series of compilation
CD's. DJAX showed interest in his new MAJOR MALFUNCTION, MEKANIK in
a new FLUX and PARAPHRASE in his CRYPTIC project. Together with Trance
Induction he recorded the 'Lunetten' E.P. for U-TRAX. On XS RECORDS
he released FRANTIC. For AQUARHYTHMS he and D.J. JOOST did the Hydr(o)remix
for their 'Greetings from deepest America' compilation CD.
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July 1996. 1997 |
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SIGNUM
Six was a FLUX again (ZAH ATH) with on side a two tracks with dreamy
strings, double bassdrums, totally cut up and edited and treated in
a very peculiar way with vocals. The b side one jungle track with beautiful
sounds and melodies and vocals. And secondly an 'artificial breakbeat
electro-hop' track with vocals by Maarten himself.
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1998
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Finally, in january, the release of his second IN-EXISTENCE album 'PRIVATE
RITUALS' on Signum. This project was written and recorded over a
period of more than three years. Maarten invited several guest
musicians to play on this album. Featuring: EDWIN PAANAKKER on guitar
and fretless bass (ex-BLUE STAR), ED PERSIJN on guitar (LOST IN MISERY),
FRANS FRIEDERICH on trumpet (DULL SCHICKSAL, ESTOS) and also the CHOIR
JEROEN BOSCH (over 70 people) sung their part on the CD.
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In
the summer FLUX - BLOEMENDAEL EFFECT was released on SIGNUM.
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1999
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SIGNUM
started with a sublabel called PASSIFLORA.
The first release before the summer and the second one in october. Both
produced by Maarten as V48. In september he did the acid/techno project
E144 on ZODIAK COMMUNE. One track was written together with D.J. Q=E.
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2000
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In
february the third V48 was launched (one track of it is to be found
on Steve Lawler's Dark Drums) and in the summer the fourth V48. (both
on Passiflora Records)
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2001
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In
January Maarten started a new label called GLAM
RECORDS for his progressive/trance/techno productions. The first
release was simply called "Vandervleuten - The Masterplan Remixes".
At the end of that year, in november, the second Vandervleuten (Variations
on a 'love me' theme) as well as the fifth V48 on Passiflora came out.
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2002
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july
2002
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After
a turbulent period in his private life Maarten was forced to put his
own labels on a hold and picked up his deejay-ing again. (something
he had not done since 1984) He also started to collect music and on
the way of looking for new and old -forgotten- music, became a real
digger. His main interest, producing music, was now reduced to a very
small portion of his activities. (consequently with no releases)
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2003
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Together
with his best friends (Jay Cee Corp! and Mr. Blomski) he joined the
DJ collective; Club
Cliche. (initiated by Jay Cee Corp!)
A DJ collective that was made up about several (record-) collectors with different area's of musical interest) They started deejay-ing around local clubs, at special events and for friends. Maarten adopted the DJ name Tokyo Joe. (able to cover the musical era from the 50's till now) |
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2004
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While
digging for lost musical treasures, Maarten got in contact with ToneFloat
Records.
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Funny
enough they were selling a new wave record from Mekanik Kommando that
Maarten was looking for, for over 20 years. After some email contact
Maarten was asked by ToneFloat to do a dance remix of a track done by
The Use Of Ashes, a band formed by one of the members of the former
Mekanik Kommando. This resulted in a very limited 12" with 2 re-mixes,
one is kind of progressive trance and the other one an electro-mix.
Maarten's first production in over two years...
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2005
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ToneFloat
hears more music from Maarten's past and also his latest productions.
They now decide to use some of Maarten's work for his new label "C
Records". (a division of ToneFloat) This results in the ambient
album "Vow Of Silence" by In-Existence.
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2006
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In
may Maarten picked up where he left in 2002 and the new In-Existence
album (...Of Truth Eternal Beauty And Nought...) was released on his
label Signum. This was followed shortly by his 12" Kremahitz that
he released on the UK based label Mighty Robot Recordings. Also appearing
on this EP where DJ Aardvarck and Rude 66. In the meantime the whole
Signum catalogue as well as some older releases where signed to eMusic,
iTunes and Dance-Tunes, to have them available for download. On eMusic
the exclusive label sampler Signs From The South was released in june.
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In february artist Karin van Pinxteren asked Maarten to write the exclusive music for her installation "Kurt's Zimmer". This resulted in the "Kurt's Zimmer Walz" and is part of the installation. Inspired by the work of artist Frank Havermans, Maarten wrote "De Verkenningen Part 1 - 4". During the opening exhibition Out Of Context in october at the CBK in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, the music was presented for the first time. (and played during the whole lenght of the exhibition). The music was then released in november on the the album; In-Existence - De Verkenningen. (Signum, signcd068) The album came in a metal box limited to 100 copies only. |
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2007
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Early 2007 Maarten picked up his idea again of writing music to poetry. The first tracks he finished where inspired by the poetry of Ignace Schretlen. His book "Een Onvermoede Bocht" was published in february, and the plans where that an album with music for Signum Recordings should follow shortly. Maarten wrote 15 musical impressions inspired by the book. The release was planned for the summer of that year but due to all kinds of circumstances delayed until early 2008. In the meantime author Ignace Schretlen recorded the spoken word of his poetry for the album. More info can be found here. In may, Maarten was asked again by Karin van Pinxteren for a musical production. This time it was for her installation "Waltz With Me". Maarten wrote the soundscape that premiered at Zaal 2 deWillem3 Vlissingen, The Netherlands. In july Maarten was asked by Eat Concrete to contribute a track for their compilation album New Deal (EAT006, 2 x lp). The track Reptv was chosen, a mix of stomping techno and acid with deep spacious layers. In august, two new, mp3-only, albums where released on Signum; swank.inc. - .separated by Maurits Jonkergouw and Unreleased Work 91-95 by Maarten himself. November's highlight was the use of Maarten's track De Vierde Verkenning (taken from the In-Existence album De Verkenningen) that accompanied a movie played inside Frank Havermans installation KAPKAR / TT-C2P. The installation premiered at Sao Paolo, at the Seventh Sao Paulo Biennale of Architecture in Brazil and will travel around the world for the next 2 years, On december 2007, Karin van Pinxteren's book "Kurt's Zimmer publikation" was published. It was presented for the first time at the Venlo based museum "van Bommel van Dam". The book contained a CDs with 2 tracks by Maarten. One being the original version of the Kurt's Zimmer Walz that was written for the installation Kurt's Zimmer, and the second track being an exclusive remake of it.
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2008
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In 2008 the album High Intolerance Towards Low Energies was released on Tonefloat Records. It was the first full length album Maarten released using his common name. Also a digital release was done with unreleased material and it can be found on iTunes. (Flux-De-Luxe) |
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2009 |
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In 2006 Maarten had started the initial recordings for Een Onvermoede Bocht, but due to moving and rebuilding his studio, he was forced to halt the project. In 2008 he had finally finished the album. We are now in 2009, january, and the album Een Onvermoede Bocht was released on january 28. In the UK a 2 x cd plus digital bonus recordings was released in the end of january. Maarten contributed with 4 tracks to this ambient project. In september the album ECT For Piano was released on Signum. Musical experiments about the theme; Electroconvulsive Therapy & Piano. |