WTM #1126: De Player: Sound as Weapon
wReck thiS meSS ~ Radio Patapoe 88.3
Amsterdam ~ Ethno-Illogical Psycho-Radiographies
18.04.11
DE PLAYER is a polymorphous production venue & an eclectic delicatessen that features audio-based performances that may involve the sex shop, the catering service, the metro, the market, the late-night pubs, the sewing ateliers, the bakery, or the park with its food stands where you can come any time, night or day. I lectured on beer and cargo cults here when it was still located in a whorehouse/nightclub with its velour wallpaper in the former red light area of Katendrecht, where wild bands played & public art was performed – amazing place regardless of its nomadism [8 locations in 10 years]. It’s character & importance rivals Amsterdam’s STEIM, Zurich’s Cabaret Voltaire, Paris’ E.P.E. & NY’s Club 57. in any case, it is a fearless promoter of the outsider-artist. de Player: http://www.deplayer.nl/
