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Origins And Whereabouts by Nasmak

Artist Biography For Nasmak

Nasmak Was An Experimental Post-Punk / New Wave Band From The Small Town Of Nuenen The Netherlands. As A Matter Of Fact They Still Are As The Band Reformed In 2018. Their 1982 LP 4our Clicks Is Generally Regarded As One Of The Best Dutch Albums Of All Time. The Legendary John Peel Was A Fan Of Their First Two Albums In Particular. Nasmak Became The First Dutch Band To Do A 'Peel Session' For The BBC. Established In 1978 As Nasmaak Dutch For 'Aftertaste' The Group Slightly Altered Its Name In 1979 Because They No Longer Wrote In Dutch. The Word Nasmak Doesn't Exist In Dutch But Indicates How An English-Speaking Person Would Pronounce Nasmaak. Closely Associated With The Amsterdam-Based Ultra Movement Nasmak Released Four Fully-Fledged LPs During Their Six Year Existence Nasmak Plus Instruments / Instruments Plus Nasmak 1980 4our Clicks 1982 Duel 1983 And Silhouette 1983 . They Also Released Three Cassettes Of Experimental Music Entitled Indecent Exposure Volumes 1 To 6 1981-1982 . Nasmak Split Up In 1984. The Band's Core Line-Up Was Henk Janssen Guitar Vocals Joop Van Brakel Vocals Guitar Theo Van Eenbergen Bass And Toon Bressers Drums . The Band Had Several Collaborators During Their Existence Notably Aad Van Vught Bass Koen Ankers Bass Milco Bogard Guitar And Truus De Groot Vocals Crackle Box . Truus De Groot Worked With Nasmaak In 1978. She Had A Musical Project Of Her Own Called Instruments. She Moved To New York In 1981 And Established A New York Incarnation Of Instruments Which Featured Lee Ranaldo Later Of Sonic Youth For Some Time. Nasmak Reformed In 2018 Not To Perform 'greatest Hits' But To Create New Music Under A Slightly Altered Moniker The New Incarnation Is Formally Called Nasmak PM With PM Meaning 'Plus Minus' Or 'Perpetuum Mobile'. The First Album Of Music Under The New Moniker Was PM 1 Perpetuum Mobile It's Long Since You Last Did Me 2023 Volume 1 In The So-Called PM Series. Nasmak PM Released Will Be Listed On Streaming Platforms Under The Original Nasmak Name.

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