June 9th

Ominous track for the upcoming elections on the day before my birthday

I really don't like Dutch radio stations. The music is all mainstream crap endlessly replayed, there really don't seem to be any exeptions amongst the popular stations, at least during 'normal hours'. Alternative music stations (almost) don't exist anymore since the government auctioned off the frequencies that were too expensive for smaller stations. (Of course the internet provided a solution for that) Then there's the Dutch station Dj's; rambling about random shit, gossiping and often hopelessly trying (ok, I'll admit sometimes succeeding)to be funny are the only things they really do. Talking about the music itself is minimized, because after all telling the same story behind the song you play 10 times the same day, week in week out wouldn't be very interesting now would it? At times, being at work where there's always a Dutch radio station on I'd really want to put my hands over my ears yelling:"LALALALALALALA"(not trying to mimick a certain artist with that) when certain songs are played AGAIN.

Belgian radio stations however are a true relief compared to the Dutch ones, and one of the benefits of living close to the NL/BE border is receiving them on fm frequency. Much more diversity in music, intelligent subjects and quizes (really the difference is astonishing), Dj's actually knowing a thing or two about the music they play and the people behind it. I think it really influenced my taste for music when I was younger, and I'm gratefull for it.

Here's a nice special from last year celebrating the 20 year existence of Warp records on Studio Brussels.
Special 20 jaar Warp | Studio Brussel