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First: The name Gorgonzola Legs was from an album by Vivian Stanshall (member of the Bonzo Dog Do-Dah Band) named ’Sir Henry At Rawlinson End’. Quoted: Lady Staines wants a 4th player for a game of bridge ... "Sir Henry" she says, "would you like to be the 4th man?" Henry glared at her wattled neck, gorgonzola legs ... " Madam", he intoned, "I wouldn't even have liked to be the first man!"  Vivian Stanshall. Album cover: Sir Henry At Rawlinson End From 1984 till 1989 one day a week the music collective Gorgonzola Legs gathered in the Fish Warehouse in the harbour of IJmuiden, the main port of Amsterdam. All these moments of making weird sounds and messing around with crazy objects were captured on a 4-track cassette recorder. Hours and hours of recordings were listened to and finally Hessel Veldman made a selection of tracks that were interesting to be remixed into ‘compositions’. Several tapes were released on the ExArt label. [See Post 2] But also two special tapes were released by LOR Tapes and Harsh Reality Music. Slimy Clupea Harengus (LOR Tapes) was a compilation of live recordings made at several venues in The Netherlands. Short Stories (Harsh Reality Music) was a compilation of improvised sound-poetry and storytelling, also recorded at the Fish Warehouse.  Flyer for Slimy Clupea Harengus and Short Stories Listen to and download a track recorded in Haarlem @ Patronaat. From Slimy Clupea Harengus. 
April 1988 the cd ‘Piscatorial Debris’ was released. We did a presentation @ the Witte Theater in IJmuiden by playing a special impro-gig as support of Snakefinger. It was the start of Phil Lithman’s European tour. The tour he never finished, because he died in Austria two weeks later.  Newspaper interview, written by Peter Bruyn, on the release of Piscatorial Debris  Newspaper announcement for the Snakefinger / Gorgonzola Legs concert @ Witte Theater The live recording of the Witte Theater set became the soundtrack for the Piscatorial Debris video, made by Henry van Kleeff. The video was filmed @ the Fish Warehouse in the main hall, more than 150 meters long, on a forklift truck slowly moving backwards. It was the same slow movement as in the soundtrack.  Interview @ Witte Theater with Hessel and Henry van Kleeff Listen to and download an excerpt from the live-recording made @ the Witte Theater in IJmuiden & soundtrack of the ‘Piscatorial Debris’ video.
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During the early days of home taping (1978-80) we regularly gathered @ Queekhoven estate in Utrecht. Every month Willem de Ridder did his Radiola Improvisatie Salon, a live radio broadcast for VPRO radio, instantly playing received music cassettes from people who visited the show live in Queekhoven or who had sent the tapes by mail.  Picture was made @ the salon where the broadcast was going on. With Rotterdans members Kees Beukelaar and Jos van Ommen and Hessel & Nicole.  Hessel during his three days Radiola session @ Queekhoven 1980.  Willem de Ridder @ Queekohoven during the three days Radiola session in 1980.  The original tape cover of Roots Off….#2. (1981)  Original painting (by Hessel) of Nicole. Used for the ’S.M. Tape’ cover. (The 4th ExArt release). Listen to and download an excerpt from the tape, below.
 Herman te Loo & Hessel Veldman during a live performance with Gorgonzola Legs. Already in 1982 Hessel and Herman started doing impro-sessions @ the ExArt studio’s. Listen to and download an early recording. Also released on the music-cassette Y Create Grey.
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EC draws inspiration from the Cassette Culture Revolution of the 1980s, 90s and beyond; Mail Art, Small Press and Zines, Dada, Fluxus, Punk Rock, Hacking, Circuit Bending, Anarchy, and Noise.
EC values inclusion, democracy, experimentation, independence and freedom of thought and expression, open-minded exchange, and Community.