Freiband

Real Name:
Frans de Waard
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Born : Nijmegen, Netherlands
Freiband is the latest project by Frans de Waard, also founding member of Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen, Goem aswell as solo projects such as Shifts and Quest. Frans de Waard has been producing music since the mid 80s, firstly on cassettes in the 80s and then on LPs and CD's afterthat.
Freiband was inspired by the tape-scratching of Asmus Tietchens on his CD 'Daseinsverfehlung', but here applied to an entirely digital context. Using recordings that were made for the new Beequeen, a record that has a lot of guitars, drums, organs, Frans de Waard started to rework them by scratching the harddisc. The result was warm, glitchy popmusic, in which the original instruments are barely recognizable, but sounding entirely electronical. Tongue in cheek, De Waard calls this popmusic, music made out of popping sounds, rather then popular music, but entirely inspired by De Waard's love for popmusic. Since the inception of this new monikker, Freiband has played concerts in The Netherlands, Japan and a surprise gig at Mutek, Canada, 2001. The first CD 'Microbes' was released late 2001 by Ritornell, a side label of Mille Plateaux. In september 2002 the second CD 'Homeward' was released on Bottrop Boy and this is all with reworked popmusic from the late 70s and early 80s.
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rit 25 Microbes — Freiband Freiband Microbes (Album) Ritornell rit 25 Germany 2001 Sell This Version
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B-BOY011 Homeward — Freiband Freiband Homeward(CD, Album, Ltd) Bottrop-Boy B-BOY011 Germany 2002 Sell This Version
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Crónica 019~2005 Product 05 — Freiband Freiband / Boca Raton Freiband / Boca Raton - Product 05(CD, Album) Crónica Crónica 019~2005 Portugal 2005 Sell This Version
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Crónica 026~2006 Leise — Freiband Freiband Leise(CD, Album) Crónica Crónica 026~2006 Portugal 2006 Sell This Version
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mv19 Replicas — Freiband Freiband Replicas(CD, Album, Ltd) Monochrome Vision mv19 Russia 2007 Sell This Version
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TOSOM 029 298 — Freiband Freiband 298(CDr, Album, Ltd) Tosom TOSOM 029 Germany 2007 Sell This Version
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007 All In A Day's Work — Freiband Freiband All In A Day's Work(Cass, Album, C90) Pineapple Tapes 007 US 2007 Sell This Version
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Lethargy ZZZ - 4 Enhanced Room Acoustics — Freiband Kapotte Muziek - Freiband Kapotte Muziek - Freiband - Enhanced Room Acoustics(CDr, Album, RE, RM) Lunhare Lethargy ZZZ - 4 Italy 2008 Sell This Version
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LP019 Oahu — Freiband Freiband & Machinefabriek Freiband & Machinefabriek - Oahu(CD, Album, Ltd) Low Point LP019 UK 2008 Sell This Version
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Lethargy ZZZ - 17 Interaction — Freiband Kapotte Muziek - Freiband Kapotte Muziek - Freiband - Interaction(2xCDr, Comp, Ltd, RM) Lunhare Lethargy ZZZ - 17 Italy 2011 Sell This Version
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#1101 Stainless Steel — Freiband Freiband Stainless Steel(LP, MiniAlbum, Ltd, Num) ini.itu #1101 Belgium 2011 Sell This Version
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ACT 1020 Mutatis Mobilis — Freiband Freiband Mutatis Mobilis (Album) Attenuation Circuit ACT 1020 Germany 2013 Sell This Version
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KP 3058, MTK 026-2 Bits & Pieces — Freiband Ило* & Freiband Ило* & Freiband - Bits & Pieces(CD, Album, Ltd) Korm Plastics, Motok KP 3058, MTK 026-2 Netherlands 2013 Sell This Version
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HR081 Improper Copy — Freiband Freiband Improper Copy (Album) Hazard Records HR081 Spain 2014
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ndlb#50 Live @ De Appel, November 2nd 2002 — Freiband Freiband Live @ De Appel, November 2nd 2002 Nostalgie De La Boue ndlb#50 Ivory Coast 2014
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none Penny Arcade — Freiband Tanner Garza + Freiband Tanner Garza + Freiband - Penny Arcade(Cass, Album, Ltd, C60) Vulnavia Editions none US 2014 Sell This Version
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IMPREC423 Bass Communion / Freiband — Freiband Bass Communion / Freiband Bass Communion / Freiband - Bass Communion / Freiband (MiniAlbum) Important Records (2) IMPREC423 US 2015 Sell This Version
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OTR-040 Zondag — Freiband Vitaly Maklakov + Freiband Vitaly Maklakov + Freiband - Zondag(CDr, Album, Ltd) Ostroga OTR-040 Russia 2015 Sell This Version
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none Vrijdag — Freiband Freiband Vrijdag Artificial Memory Trace none Ireland 2016 Sell This Version
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AOW 359 Mike D'Amato / Freiband — Freiband Mike D'Amato* / Freiband Mike D'Amato* / Freiband - Mike D'Amato / Freiband(CDr, Ltd, Num) Altar Of Waste AOW 359 US 2016 Sell This Version
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RA-29 Cubes — Freiband Freiband Cubes(CDr, MiniAlbum, Ltd) Reverse Alignment RA-29 Sweden 2016 Sell This Version
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none Merkteken — Freiband Freiband in the Katja Institute* Merkteken(CDr, Album, Ltd) Katja Institute none US 2017 Sell This Version
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none Action Composing 30​/​1​/​2018 — Freiband Freiband Action Composing 30​/​1​/​2018(CDr, Album, Ltd) Korm Digitaal none Netherlands 2018 Sell This Version
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TF194 VL Tones — Freiband Bass Communion / Freiband Bass Communion / Freiband - VL Tones(3xCD, Ltd, Num) Tonefloat TF194 Worldwide 2019 Sell This Version
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none Slow Piano Music — Freiband Orphax by Freiband Orphax by Freiband - Slow Piano Music(CDr, Album, Ltd) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2020 Sell This Version