Dr. Klangendum

In this programme, new work of the Trespassers W ‘collectief’ a varying group of musicians who work together in different ways with permanent member, philosopher/Dutch language specialist/singer/writer Cor Gout.

For Dr. Klangendum they made the radio piece ‘Ferrageau’. Written by more or less the same people, the mini rock opera ‘Potemkin’ was retrieved from the archives. Last but not least an indefinable new work.

1. Ferrageau.
2. Potemkin.
3. Indefinable New Work.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. Ferrageau
In February 2015, Cor Gout visited Jacques Ferrageau in Rijswijk. When asked about the origin of his name and its connection with France, Jacques told him about his family’s history dating back to 1805, when a chirurgeon in Napoleon’s army arrived with its troops in Nijmegen, via Middelburg and The Haque.

Gout turned Jacques’ story into an epical poem, which was meant to serve as the text for a classical music piece of pianist René Rakier. The latter wrote a score, but an arrangement for piano and vocals was never established.

In 2019, Cor Gout and Lukas Simonis discussed if more contemporary music could be written for his poem and if it could be recorded. Simonis was attracted to the idea and he proposed to include Frans Friederich in the project. Gout recited the text in Simonis’ home-studio, while Simonis and Friederich recorded the soundtrack in the WORM studio. This resulted in a piece with an ambient feel and concrete elements and sound effects, which lent itself extremely well for a radio play.

Recorded by: Worm/Klangendumstudio 2020, studio L6S, 2020.
Text; Cor Gout, Sound Design; Frans Friederich/Lukas Simonis.
Produced by Worm/Klangendum.

2. Potemkin.

In 1989, Trespassers W released the ADM/TW-Records label LP ‘Potemkin’. The b-side of the label consisted entirely of the 22-minute Potemkin suite, after ‘Battleship Potemkin’ a film by Sergej Eisenstein produced in 1925.

The tekst by Cor Gout was based on the subtitles added to Eisenstein’s silent film. The suite was rehearsed piece by piece and recorded in seperate sessions in the ADM studio. There has only been one live peformance of this suite, which took place in which took place in Sint-Niklaas in Belgium.

Recorded: 1989, ADM, at Dolf’s Koeienverhuur, band; Trespassers W with guests, among others Frans Friederich, Raymund van Santen, Dorpsoudste de Jong and G W Sok.