August 2008:
"Singularity" is getting available through several online retailers now, and can be bought everywhere, even on Amazon. As usual the pirating is already on its way. Let me make one thing clear: If you fileshare music, and do not support the artists by buying the releases, you are not a fan, but a dirty parasite.
Work has already started on the next album (it is even more than halfway finished), and that album promises to be great, so if you want that one to get released, you better go buy "Singularity". I recommend buying it directly from Vendetta music here.
May 2008:
A few things have happened the past months. At first Daryl (NOIR) left the
band. We wish him all the luck with his future endeavours, and especially
with Jugend, his
main band. Furthermore tPROE live has now two new members: Stefan Petrie for
visuals (also known for his band Statik Sky) and Puck Berghout as live keys/percussion.
We will also play live at the Effenaar in Eindhoven on the 4th of July.
And........
SINGULARITY is finally ready. Two weeks ago i received the masters from the
masterer, and they are on route to Vendetta records to be pressed on CD for
your listening pleasure (and that means, not downloading, but buying damnit!).
Expect it in shops within a few months.
Tracklisting:
1. Age of machines
2. Singularity
3. 39715
4. Drone riots
5. Bionic funk
6. Female domination
7. The forge
8. Mecca glacified
9. The blasphemy challenge
10. The vigilante
11. Love & joy
12. The plague
13. Bitter seventeen
Promotional movie!
Jan 2008:
Very important news! tPROE signed a deal for three albums with Vendetta music in Denver, USA! We hope to release the new album "Singularity" through them. Watch the sky for details!
Nov 2007:
More live! tPROE will play at Cyberia, EKKO, Utrecht. Yes, people in Utrecht seems to like al the industrial mayhem we throw at them. We will open for FabrikC. Date: 21st of december. Doors 20:00.
Sept 2007:
Live! tPROE will play at the NOISE CENTRAL FEST at Acu, utrecht. Together
with Adept, The Machinist & Industrial Passage, Androgene Collective and
Franz Fjodor. date: 2 nov, start 19:00. DJ Distorted chaos will spin at the
afterparty, so expect lots of noise and hard beats.
June 2007:
Time to officialy announce the coming new album! I had a lot of inspiration, so the new album is nearing completion. The album is entitled "Singularity" and holds 10 or 11 songs. Titles: Age of machines, 39715, Drone riots, The blasphemy challenge, Female domination, Bionic, Mecca glacified, Singularity, The plague, Forge, exponential growth.
Two new songs (Singularity and The Blasphemy challenge) are already on the myspace so get a little advance listening now.
As for details: "Singularity" will be a short album (about 45/50 minutes). No darkambient pieces this times, but full industrial stomping for as long as the album takes. Expect a release in the fall of 2007.
Also: 19th of July will see the release of the debute album from XmH from Vlissingen, The Netherlands. This new darkelectro sensation will surely set dancefloors on fire, and guess what: There is a tPROE remix of one of theis songs on the album. Read all about it on their website.
May 2007:
Currently i have the masters and artwork ready for a new album. A new tPROE
album? Nooooo!
When i started out making electronic music, i started with a project called
"Kratarknathrak". The music i make with this project is IDM/Ambient
much in the vein of older Aphex twin (think SAW and SAWII). I released a bunch
of CDr's (just as with tPROE) a vinyl album, and some netreleases. Somewhere
in the coming months (probably July)i will release the first CD of this project.
The CD will hold 12 tracks, with a total time of 61 minutes.
More information on this project on www.kratarknathrak.host.sk and the myspace is here.
tracklisting:
- Solstice
- Dark matter
- Parsec
- Cruising with dr phlox
- Big dipper
- Epoche
- Cryogenian
- Brane
- Les donnes informatiques
- Hilbert ruimte
- A rainy day
- Bunny
The cover:
The promotional movie:
April 2007:
News, what's for news? Well, currently i am busy writing new tracks for the
next album. I have 7 songs more or less ready, and offcourse there will be
more made in the coming months. Furthermore i did a remix for Silence
is Sexy. I hope it gets released, so you all can hear it. And i just now
finished a remix for the Dutch melodic dark metal band Annatar.
Though that remix is not very industrial, but very drum&bass. Hope ya'll
can do without mercyless stompin' for one remix.
We also have plans for a quite big european tour in the making in the fall
of 2007. We hope this thing will happen. We will tour with two other industrial
bands, and the plan is to do quite a large part of Europe. Promotors who are
interested in this tour should contact Olli P at halfevil
promotions.
There will also be a free download release consisting of reworked versions of tPROE songs (some of them dating from the demo albums), some unofficial remixes and covers we did (like NIN, Konono No1 and Test Dept), and a few outtakes. When these will be available? Somewhere in the coming months. Watch the skies (or better: this website) for details.
I added some reviews of "Lubrication" to the discography section. Check them out!
Furthermore: If people who attended our gig at Slimelight in London made pictures or movieclips: i would love to have them, so i can put a few on the site. Thanks in advance!
Jan 2007:
"Lubrication" is out and available. Go to the online
shop for a fine purchase! Not sure yet? Watch the promotional video here:
Dec 2006
And another live date: On the 24th of February tPROE will cross the north
sea to lay siege to the City of London! We will perform at Slimelight, and
Crash Symptom will support us. DJ Matt Noise will spin some stuff as well,
so this promises to be a nice night for lovers of crunchy sounds and hard
beats.
We have two live dates to announce! On the 6th of january 2007 we are playing
in Luxembourg. Venue is The Shiny'z in Kehlen Luxembourg. We will share the
stage with Cyberpiper, Rome, and Implant feat Jean Luc de Meyer. Yes, that
is that guy from Front 242. On the 2nd of February we will hit the Effenaar
in Eindhoven again! We will play with This morn'omina there.
January 2007 will see the release of the fourth album from The Peoples Republic of Europe. Master and artwork will be delivered to the pressing factory next week,and the release date is set for january 1st of 2007. The album holds 13 songs. Tracklisting: Burden, Demolisher, Death, FSM, Lucifer, Lubrication, Absurdist, Jumonji-giri, Lesbian anal fisting, Laceration, Shake that booty, The Tokugawa solution, The myth of Sisyphus. The album will be released on our own New Darkness recordings label.
Nov 2006
"Lubrication" is as good as ready. Expect the release somewhere
in the coming two months. Furthermore a few gigs are in the works , so watch
this space for more details.
And for something less nice: There is a Russian website called "Lavamus"
which sells our album "Under stress" as a download. Do NOT buy it
from them. We have NEVER given them the permission to sell this on their website.
These people are THIEVES who parasite on underground bands. Do NOT buy from
them. People interested in a tPROE purchase can order CDs (hey, those are
hardcopy's!) directly from us. In 2007 we will probably make our albums available
through Itunes. We advise everyone to buy CDs though. You won't lose your
purchased mp3's if your computer crashes that way.
Okt 2006
For bookings in Germany we teamed up with Halfevil-promotions in Hannover! They have some more nice bands like Schattenschlag, Fabrikc and Exxo zkeleton. Organisers in Germany who want to book us for a show: please contact Halfevil-promotions.
Sept 2006
And we will travel up north again! On the 14th of October tPROE will play at the Pericol de Moarte party in Groningen. The venue's name is The Devils playground in the Trefkoel building at the Zonnelaan 36 in Groningen. We will perform together with our collegues from H.E.R.A.S. and there will be DJ's spinning industrial and EBM.
Aug 2006
The new shirts are available! Go to our little onlineshop for a fine purchase!
The show at the Summer Darkness festival went very well! The club was packed,
and everybody danced their asses off. We like to thank the boys and girls
of Soman and Fabrikc for the great evening. Also a big shout to DJ Ollie ,DJ
Distorted boy and the Summer Darkness organisation for more good music and
vibes.
YouTube is great! We put some material down there, and linked it to this website.
Check the sounds section. A live footage of "Pulling on the boots"
performed in Utrecht can be found there as wel as crappy clips of "Monopoly
of violence" and a NEW SONG called "Demolisher".
Speaking of new songs: The new album is almost finished, and currently we are on a labelhunt. The new album in this state will hold 12 tracks. Titles: Burden, Demolisher, Death, Lucifer, FSM, Lubrication, Absurdist, Jumonji giri, Lesbian anal fisting, Laceration, Shake that booty, The tokugawa solution. The title of the new album is "Lubrication" and compared to the previous albums the concept is pretty loose. It is just a collection of nice dance-songs centered around theme's like Nihilism, Atheism, Sex and Bootyshaking. Just your avarage dance album only FUCKING LOUD AND AGRESSIVE. Thats how we like it!
Merch: Always important! The "Riot squad" shirts are almost sold out. We heve one XXL and three M's left! This shirt is a limited of 50 copies, and there will be no reprint. A new shirt has been designed, and will be available in the last week of August. This is how it looks like:
Price will be 12 euro's. When the order has arrived, the online shop will be updated.
June 2006:
And for more compilations: The third compilation of LA and Atlanta based
industrial club Das Bunker
called "Fear of a distorted planet" is available from the 25th of
July. It holds an exclusive alternative version of "Monopoly of violence",
so be sure to pick up a copy. The
Law-rah collective is also on the album, so support Dutch underground
in the USA and go buy
it!
We are no stranger to hipness, so i made us a Vampirefreaks
band page. If you have a profile on VF, feel free to add us. We also have
a myspace
for about a year, so if you have a profile there, so... well you know the
routine. There are also two new songs on the VF profile, so check them out!
Extreme Sundenfall 4 will be released on the 23th of June. This compilation holds the track "Antiglobalist I" from the "Monopoly of violence" album. We are quite happy with this, though our name is a little bit miss-spelled as "The people republic of europe". But something to be proud of it is! On the compilation are also our collegues from Embolus and Statik sky, so be sure to pick up a copy.
Our gig at the Summer Darkness will feature an add on in the form of two girls from Neutroxsine who will do some bootyshaking with us on stage. Booyaka! Shambalaska! fo'yo all in tha industrial massive!
May 2006:
tPROE will play at Summer Darkness festival in Utrecht. We will play at Tivoli de Helling on Saturdaynight, together with Soman and Fabrikc, as part of the "Industrieel night". We will probably play at 3 in the night, so get some rest beforehand. Lots of new songs in the set as well, so do drop by for a look at the upcoming album!
March 2006:
The tPROE song "Antiglobalist I" will appear on the "Extreme
Sundenfall IV" compilation put together by DJ Mike from The
Matrix in Bochum. Watch the skies (or this site) for more info!
We added some reviews for "Under stress" online. Critics have been
very good up until now, and lots of DJ's are very enthousiastic about the
new album. Read them here.
And guess what? I started working on a new album. Keep watching those skies!
February 2006:
The show at the Melkweg was a blast. We totally tear the place apart. Check the "sounds" section to see three short movies of that night to cherish.
"Under stress" has been released. Go to our shop to order this fine piece of hard industrialism!
Tracklisting:
1- Under stress
2- Conveyerbelt
3- In control
4- Cathedral of ice
5- In isolation
6- Damnation train
7- Disaster psychology
8- In despair
9- Black out
10- The oligarchy
11- Die off
12- The long decline.
The press statement:
After the success of the second album "Monopoly of violence" tPROE returned to the studio to record the third, and quite possible bleakest and most nihilistic tPROE album to date. Under the title "UNDER STRESS" this album deals with the human society as a whole. A society on the verge of collapsing, due to an upcoming oil and energy shortage (Peak oil), and overpopulation. This is the tragic tale of a race of people who might know what is best for them, but wind up doing just the wrong thing. With 6 billion on a train without brakes heading for the abyss. You all bought your ticket for the Damnation train?
Various aspects of our society out of balance are dealt with on this album. From the slave labour our economy forces millions of people into, the new craze for "safety" from terrorist organisations everywhere, globalization, Peak oil, feelings of depression and isolation from our society out of control, and the uninevitable end in chaos, untold bloodshed, starvation and horror cold described as "Die off".
tPROE has no solutions for the problems we are facing. Our society won't
allow the just solutions because they will destroy economy, power, and the
safe life of billions. We are all forced to ride with the damnation train
into oblivion. So we present to you: "Under stress". Cold, heartless,
desolate and bleak. Enjoy the ride!
January 2006
"Under stress" will be send to the pressing factory in the coming
week. The new album might very well be available for purchase at our next
gig at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. The new album has twelve tracks ranging from
hard teknoid industrial to dark opressive darkambient. The album will be released
through our own "New Darkness recordings" label, and ready for purchase
in the first half of February. Be ready for it!
December 2005
LIVE!! tPROE will lay siege to the city of Amsterdam, together with our British/American comrades from Tactical Sekt. Date of this all out assault is 17th of February, and the main base of operations is De Melkweg. And offcourse songs from the upcoming album will be performed here, and perhaps the new album is ready for purchase that day, so be ready for it.
November 2005
Nothing very new to report. "Under stress" is nearly finished,
and currently i am looking for labels to release the bugger. The show with
Alec Empire went very well, and we and Alec Empire and band swapped buttons.
They liked us!
Did i mention we have a myspace? Everybody needs a myspace, so here
is ours. Feel free to add.
August 2005
Live! Live! Live! tPROE will play an all out assault in Iduna
in Drachten on the 8th of Oktober. We will open for ALEC EMPIRE, an old time
favourite from us. Der neue schuss geht sauber durch die stellung. Be there
or be elsewhere!
More shows coming up! Watch the skies for details.
May 2005
Work is progressing on a new album which is at this moment entitled "Under
stress". I have put up some snippets of some possible songs from that
album online as a little look at the upcoming album. Take a look in the sound
section! The new album can be expected late 2005/early 2006.
The compilation "Lowlands industrialism 2" is available! It hold the tPROE clubstomper "Fundamentalist" as wel as 11 other hard grinding stuff from Dutch and Belgium indus projects. Report to the discography section for a look, and purchase in the online shop.
The Peoples Republic of Europe has released a new album. This one is an internet
only release. Why? Well, because it is something different from what we normally
do. When we started out, we were an darkambient outfit. We did however, continue
to make that kind of music when we ventured on the latter harsch industrial
path.
The new album is entitled "Cumulonimbus II [ambient recordings 2003-2005]"
and consists of ambient tracks, loops, noises, drones and stuff we made during
the last 2 years. This does NOT represent a change of style, but this
is something we enjoy making, and in comparison to other bands, we do not
condemn our past. If you click here,
you can download the .rar file which will include the tracks and the artwork.
Those of you who love our hard grinding industrial stuff: We are working on
new material for a late 2005/early 2006 release filled with hammering pounding
beats.
During the may 1st gig a CDr in an edition of 75 copies was released, with
three new songs from tPROE together with new material from Embolus and Statik
sky. We have a few copies left, and we will send them to people who order
for more than 25 euro's in our online shop.
April 2005
Own a credit card? have paypal? Then use our little online
shop to purchase our fine products!
Monopoly of violence did get very nice reviews in several magazines and webzines.
Read them all here.
T-SHIRTS!!
We have new shirts. The official "JUCHE" shirts are as from now
SOLD OUT. We have two new shirts. One for tha sweeties, and this one is the
much requested "Chickie legion" girlie. Furthermore we have the
tough "Riot squad" shirt for the guys, in sizes M/L/XL/XXL. Price
is 12 Euro for the girlie, and 10 euro for the normal shirt. Here's what they
look like:
March 2005
Ekko? Again? Yes, don't ask how (though certain people will point at DJ
X-X-X), but tPROE will play a special workers day gig at Ekko in Utrecht on
the first of May. That's a sunday allright. We will play with Statik Sky and
Embolus, and it wil start at 16:00, and lasts til 22:00. So time enough, to
get home after the gigs!
Currently we enjoy the music of the Congolese band Konono No1, which could
be described as some sort of African industrial/metalpercussion. Check them
out. Also check the little remix tPROE has made of one of their tracks HERE.
February 2005
Wendy took some nice pictures of our show at Parkhof, alkmaar. View them in
the photo division.
January 2005:
Live fun? Yes! The Peoples Republic of Europe will play live at Iduna, Drachten on the 1st of July. This will be an festival for Gothtronic, and we will play together with Soman.
A review of Monopoly of violence has been spotted on the internet! It is
on Gothtronic webzine.
Read it here
"Monopoly of violence" has been released! Report to the discography
section on information how to obtain this fine recording!
December 2004
And on for some more live fun! Saturday 26th of February, The Peoples Republic of europe will perform at Parkhof, Victoriepark 4 in Alkmaar. Together with Militia from belgium. Also with afterparty with lots of indus and noise, so do drop by!
"Monopoly of violence" has been sent to the pressing plant. Wait and see! Also there will be a special Release party at the Cyberia party. No live gig here, but some tracks from the album will be played, and we sell the CD here.
November 2004
Work on the "Antiglobalist EP" led into a complete new album. So instead of a vinyl LP, we will release a complete CD in the beginning of 2005. Title of this new work is "Monopoly of violence" and it consist of 13 tracks. Main focus of the album is war, violence, agression and struggle. The tracklisting:
1 - Stronghold
2 - Strength though war
3 - No mans land
4 - Antiglobalist I
5 - The lesser holy war
6 - Riot squad
7 - On the offensive
8 - Teargas
9 - Antiglobalist II
10 - Cold war tactics
11 - Pulling on the boots
12 - Monopoly of violence
13 - Leviathan
Still some vocals need to be recorded, and some mastering and tinkering needs
to be done. "Monopoly of violence" is a harsh album targetted at
industrial dancefloors around the world.
Live fun? Yes! The Peoples Republic of Europe will perform at the "NoizeNation"
festival in The Steeple in Waregem, Belgium. Together with Greyhound and Winterkalte.
Three other bands will be added to the line up. Date: 26 March 2005. Be there
or be [].
The Peoples Republic of Europe will also appear on some compilations. Watch
this space for more details!
June 2004
And for some more live fun! On Friday the 2nd of July, Eindhoven will be the centre of an all out brutal attack of forces of The Peoples Republic of Europe. We will perform in a special package with Statik Sky, and DJ XXX. Place to be: Effenaar, Eindhoven.
April 2004
More live fun! The Peoples Republic of Europe will perform on the Summer Darkness festival in Utrecht on 13/14/15 august. We will play on Friday the 13th at Club EKKO, together with PAL, Terrorfakt and Angel Theory. Be there! Currently The Peoples Republic of Europe is working on a new release entitled "Anti-globalist". This might be a vinyl EP release in a limited edition. Expected summer 2004
March 2004
A suprise show was played at the Cyberia party at club Ekko in Utrecht. tPROE played two short sets of 10 minutes each, and especially the second set was a blast. We played together with Mono No Aware and Statik sky. Check out the live pics in the photo section. All are made by Stefan Petrie fron Statik Sky.
The Peoples Republic of Europe is asked to perform live at the "Dwaalspoor" party on the 15th of May. Place is 't boogje, Boogje 1, Rotterdam. Be there!
February 2004
And finally the new album "Juche" is ready for purchase by the masses of the workers society! over 50 minutes of harsch powernoise and industrial. Price will be 10 Euro/ 12 $ , and that is including P&P. Mind you: This album is an official CD release. So no more back ups after 4 years to preserve your music, but life long enjoyment! Report to the discography section for a look at sleeve and tracklisting, and (important) details on how to order your own fine copy.
January 2004
Currently we are awaiting funds for releasing the new album "Juche". Yes, it is (nearly) finished, and the new album consist of about 54 minutes of harsch and voilent industrial and powernoise. "Juche" will be released as an CD in an edition of 500 copies. Distribution will probably go through Clear spot/Bertus, and through us offcourse. Expect "Juche" in shops around February/March.
Live shows: Currently we are planning a dutch/european tour. We are already asked for a performance on the "Summer darkness" festival in Utrecht in August, but not yet confirmed. People who want to book us for live shows: contact us.
Line up for the dutch/european tour: [KRAT] & [NOIR]
Due to the fact that our live member XLII will be moving to the United States of America at the end of February, it makes it possible to tour the USA. We are currently planning an USA tour around August/September. If you are an organiser/promotor, and you want tPROE playing live, contact us. Mind you: we reside in Salt Lake City, so gigs will be limited to Rocky mountains area/West coast. Say from Denver to SF/LA, and Vancouver to Phoenix.
Line up for the USA tour: [KRAT] and [XLII]
November 2003
A very good critic of the lowlands industrialism LP has been written in the kindamuzik webzine. Click this link to read it. Dutch only! In thie review, The Peoples Republic of Europe are names among the best acts from this album.
The live recordings from the Alkmaar show on the 23rd of August are released
as the "The siege of Alkmaar" live album. A few alternative versions
of songs from the upcoming album "Juche" can be found on this album.
Report to the discography section for a tracklisting, and a look at the sleeve.
The DJ promo "Hatred" from the upcoming album "Juche"
hit the streets HARD. The Hatred V2.0 song is already a big dancefloor hit
in the dutch industrial scene.
The Girlie shirts are SOLD OUT, Only sizes L, XL and XXL are available from
now.
August 2003
The compilation LP "Lowlands Industrialism" which features the Peoples Republic of Europe track "Pax Europiana" is out now! Order your copy for 8 euro's + 5 euro P&P (Outside europe + 9 euro) through us! look here for more details
September 2003
T-shirts from The Peoples Republic of Europe are available from now! Order this fine piece of conservative bolshevist fashion now. The shirt is from the upcoming "Juche" EP, and heralds the fruits of the North Korean people, and it's great leader Kim Yung Il. A must have! Here we see loyal fan and aid to the republic Lexie, in the girlie-which-makes-the-tits-stand-out edition. We have the shirt in sizes M, L, XL, XXL and girlie-which-makes-the-tits-stand-out. Price: 15 euro/15$, including P&P.
May 2003
Live concerts wil take place:
8th of November 2003, Magasin4, Bruxelles (with Imminen) TBCt
A new Peoples Republic of Europe track will be released on the "Lowlands Industrialism" LP. This is an compilation LP. Other featured artists are: Condomium, IsnieZot, SARS, Spermblaster, HERAS and [Vektor] Release is upcoming in the coming two months!
March 2003:
"Among the ruins" is ready and available for purchase. Three songs are uploaded on the soundclick mp3 site as teasers. For order: Check the discography page on this site.
February 2003:
The show in Simplon, Groningen went very well! We slammed the pit. Expect foto's from that moment to remember soon.
"Among the ruins", the fourth PROE album is almost finished, and it has become a total mindfuck. Hard industrialism! Expect it around March/April.
November 2002:
The Peoples Republic wil play a show at Patronaat, Haarlem, on the 15th of December. That is a sunday. Doors open at 17:00. For more information: Patronaat Expect more shows in the future.
September 2002:
The show at Crna Ruza was cancelled due to problems with liquir delivery at the Fabriek. The show at Magnifiosi was played and went very well. The PROE came up at a second place, and didn't reach a first place because the jury felt there wasn't enough of a target audience for the PROE in Holland. The show was recorded, and a few songs actually sound very decent. We will put them up for download at a later time. Expect some pics from that show as well.
June 2002:
The Peoples Republic of Europe reached a second place at the Noord Hollands Glorie dance competition with only one and a half point short on the winner. This was The Peoples Republic of Europe's first show, and it went quite well. Expect more powernoise on stages from us.
XLII has joined the ranks of The Peoples Republic of Europe as percusionist. He has an extensive record of DJ-ing in the gothic/avantgarde scene in the Netherlands, and is well known for his artistic mixing of darkambient and power electronics.
The Peoples Republic of Europe will also join in at a bandcontest based in Magnifiosi in Lisse, The Netherlands. This will take place in october or november.