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VITAL WEEKLY NUMBER 809 WEEK 49 DECEMBER 2011

THE DEAR LISTENERS - ORGONE IN VACUUM (3"CDR by The Dear Listeners) Perhaps I missed out on a few of those lovely 3"CDR releases by The Dear Listeners, who are now up to number eleven according to the cover of 'Orgone In Vacuum'. This thirteen minute was recorded last year in Utrecht, during a short concert and edited and mixed earlier this year. This duo of Robert Deters (erstwhile of Vance Orchestra and collaborator with Rutger Zuydervelt) and Martin Luiten (of Girlfriends, Uw Hypotheekadvies, Pick-Up, Hitmachine) are in search of the unknown, and create soundtracks for non existing films. They do this through improvisation, using a variety of old records, field recordings, electronics, electro-acoustic objects and looping and sampling thereof. Although improvised this concert sounds very concentrated and closely linked. No sudden outbursts, but a highly concentrated field of sound, in which every now and then new elements pop in and out - like synthesizer bits, a voice, a spin of the record, all held together with the continuous drones in the background. Only a few bit, around the four to six minute break sound a bit more improvised, using contact microphones and bell like sounds, but here too a drone is already present. An excellent piece! As said a highly concentrated affair and easily one of their best pieces so far. (FdW)


(5-11) the dear listeners verzorgen een dj-set bij de optredens van de Japanners van 'Praha depart' en 'N’toko' in de onderbroek in nijmegen.


(4-11) the dear listeners spelen in Hotel Bosch te Arnhem (Apeldoornsestraat 4A 6828 AB Arnhem 026-3512300) bij een bespreking van het boek 'Onder Stroom van Jacqueline Oskamp over de geschiedenis van de elektronische muziek in Nederland.


(1-11) Er is een nieuwe 3”cdr 'orgone in vacuum'. De basistrack van deze compositie is opgenomen in 'de Kikker' in Utrecht tijdens het proeflokaal.

CD Slevve Orgone in Vacuum


(27-10) Release van de nieuwe lp van 'The Julie Mittens', opgenomen door Martin Luiten.


(1-08) De nieuwe CD 'deep end' is verkrijgbaar als download op Bandcamp.


(1-08) The dear listeners staan op bandcamp. Op deze pagina zijn oude en nieuwe releases te downloaden, gratis of tegen een kleine vergoeding.

Klik hier voor Bandcamp

Het optreden van THE DEAR LISTENERS in Hotel Bosch te Arnhem op 1 oktober j.l. was zeer geslaagd, klik HIER om een gedeelte van het optreden te bekijken.


DEAR LISTENERS NEWS September 2011

THE DEAR LISTENERS treden op Zaterdag 1 Oktober 2011 op In Hotel Bosch te Arnhem samen met DONNée ET DesiréE en CACTUS TRUCK. Het begint om 20:30 en kost 6,00 €.

Hotel Bosch is te vinden op de Apeldoornsestraat 4A te Arnhem


THE DEAR LISTENERS Treden op op zondag 29 Mei in ZEMM in het kader van het "Zondag Electronisch Muziek Matinee". Ook daar te zien en te beluisteren; Planeet Meerkeuzevraag en DJ Durian. Dit alles te NIJMEGEN, Derede Walstraat 111, 6511SN. Het begint om 16:00 uur, komt allen.


DEAR LISTENERS NEWS MAY 2010

More new material will be available in Summer/Autum 2010



Out Now; THE DIN GROWS LOUDER STILL

This is the first 2010 release by 'The dear listeners' based on a live show September 2009. TAKEAWAYS are available at our Music page on this website. The din grows louder still, 3" CDR, 19:19 minutes, available via our Contact page on this website

cover from the din grows louder still by the dear listeners


Review from Vital Weekly nr; 729 May 2010.

THE DEAR LISTENERS - THE DIN GROWS LOUDER STILL (3"CDR by The Dear Listeners)

Its been quite for a while on the front of The Dear Listeners, the ongoing project of Robert Deters

(formerly of Vance Orchestra)and Martin Luiten (The Hitmachine, Girlfriends, Pick-up and Titmachine producer). This is the fifth 3"CDR, with a slightly changed cover design. The first

four were recorded and released pretty quickly (see Vital Weekly 687, 651 and 645) after each other, then there was a gap. The modus operandi of The Dear Listeners is to improvise longer pieces of music using guitars and lots of electronics. It would be too easy to say they are a drone band, but they are certainly interested in longer forms of music. Music with some kind of sustain. E-bow, bits of vinyl >(lockgrooves), samples and such like are used to create dense patterns of sound. As said the cover is a bit different than on the previous work, but then the music is also slightly changed. It starts out quite heavy, with lots of distortion before picking up on some more mellow tune. They incorporate

various live recordings from a concert last year in this piece, which may count for the somewhat more sudden outbursts and drops in the sound. I am not entirely convinced by this piece. There is a bit of

clarity which fails to come out here, the sudden changes work a bit against the piece. But its good to see this small move, and the fact that they are a bit more upfront here and there. Time to move into the studio again, and incorporate these new elements of noise approach and collage into a well defined piece. (FdW)

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DEAR LISTENERS NEWS JULY 2009


We did finish our first series of 4 3" CDRS;


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REVIEW; THE DEAR LISTENERS - VALLEN

(3" CDR, private) The new name The Dear Listeners is a tale of two cities, Nijmegen (Vital HQ main stay) and the close by city of Arnhem, and marks the meeting of two busy bees and from the respective local scenes. On one hand there is Robert Deters, from the now defunct Vance Orchestra, occasional Machinefabriek collaborator, and from around my corner Martin Luiten, former guitarist of Girlfriends, these days of Uw Hypotheekadvies, Pick-up and various impromptu collaborations. Together they now give birth to The Dear Listeners via this first release, 'Vallen' ('falling' or 'fallen'). Deters plays a blend of electronic devices and Luiten picks up his guitar and feeds it through a string of devices and amplifiers. 'Vallen' is one, nineteen minute of concentrated drone music with a nice live feel to it even when it is recorded nice live feel to it even when it is recorded in the studio building up from what seems to be some electrical currents into a dense pattern of swirling sounds, with minor details popping in and out of the mix. When the proceedings are coming towards a halt, things hum like a choir in a wide open space. This is a very nice start indeed. The Dear Listeners have plenty more material recorded, and no doubt they are open for your offers.

FdW; Vital Weekly, 24-09-08



THE DEAR LISTENERS - APPROACH (3"CDR by Dear Listeners)

The second release for The Dear Listeners, the new and ongoing project of former Vance Orchestra member Robert Deters and Martin Luiten (Uw Hypotheekadvies and Pick-up member) and again on a 3"CDR. 'Approach' has two pieces of Luiten's guitar work and Deters' electronics. In 'Part 1' they operate on a more drone related base, as 'Vallen' did before this. There is a distinctive live feel to it again, of sounds popping in and out the mix. Sustained frequencies from the electronics, the guitar fed through a ring modulator, while being played with an e-bow. The second piece starts out and has throughout the sound of humming voices. A more angular sound is used here and even at some point there is a bit of rhythm coming through the louder, densities of the piece. Two quite different pieces working from a similar ground. A very nice follow-up to 'Vallen'.

FdW; Vital Weekly 651, 2008