Meindert Talma & the negroes

Location:
NL
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Indie / Experimental / Pop
Site(s):
Label:
Excelsior Recordings
Type:
Indie
Meindert Talma is a Dutch singer and keyboardist. He sings in Dutch as well as West Frisian, German and English. In 1995, friends of Meindert Talma named de Hobbyrockers pressed some of his home recordings on a single as a birthday gift. Unexpectedly the record was a hit and Talma became popular in the alternative music scene in Groningen. In 1996 Talma and de Hobbyrockers (named the Negroes on the cd) recorded a debut album that was released by Oetstar Rekkers in 1997: HONDERT PUNTEN (HUNDRED POINTS) containing 24 songs.

In 1998, the follow-up album FERHÛDDÛKER was recorded in the Pet Sound studio and produced by Jan Heddema. The album was released by Hooverflag (De Konkurrent). With this album Meindert Talma & The Negroes became a permanent band. Aside from Talma, the band then consisted of Janke Brands (bass), Janpier Brands (drums, guitar), and Nyk de Vries (guitar, drums).

DAMMEN MET OME HAJO ("CHECKERS WITH UNCLE HAJO") was the band's third release. It was recorded at Studio Enterprise, produced by Frans Hagenaars, and released in 1999 on independent record label Excelsior Recordings. The album functioned as the soundtrack to a book of the same title and both were based on Talma's childhood memories and his early student years in Groningen.

In early 2001 the band recorded LEAVE STUMPER with Frans Hagenaars taking the production chair once again. The album was released in November and contained a special CD booklet with illustrations from Gummbah and Jeroen de Leijer. In May of that year, Ben Onderstijn took the place of drummer Nyk de Vries until the end of 2002 when de Vries returned.

For his next album, Talma asked labelmates from Excelsior Recordings to participate with Anne Soldaat (guitar), Jeroen Kleijn (drums), and Cor van Ingen (bass) lending their services. This album was also accompanied by a book which appeared with publisher Thomas Rap. The covers of the book and the CD were created by Peter Pontiac. Titled KRIEBELVISJE, the album was released in March 2003. Music from KRIEBELVISJE: www.myspace.com/meinderttalma.

In October of 2004 Meindert Talma & the Negroes won the Frisian songfestival with the song "Dunsje wyldekat dunsje." This song also appeared on the fifth UNTITLED release in 2005 by the band, once again released by Excelsior Recordings. The album was self-produced and was recorded in a home studio in Drachster Compagnie.

On 11 january 2006 IEMAND MOET HET DOEN ("SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT") opened at the Grand Theatre in Groningen. Together with media artist Jan Klug, the band played out a filmic love story.

In December 2006, album number seven, NU GELOOF IK WAT ER IN DE BIJBEL STAAT ("NOW I BELIEVE WAT THE BIBLE TOLD") was released on Excelsior Recordings. The album was recorded in a little abandoned church in Drachster Compagnie and consisted of Dutch-language reworkings of old American folk traditionals. Meindert Talma selected 9 songs of the Anthology of American Folk Music by Harry Smith and made these his own. Coinciding with the album release, the band celebrated ten years of Meindert Talma & the Negroes at Vera in Groningen.

In 2007 en 2008 Talma worked with several musicians and filmers on his cd/dvd TAMANGO: www.myspace.com/meinderttalma
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