Tape day

There are few corners of the Dutch music scene that Keez Groenteman is not directly or indirectly connected to. As frontman of the band Lola Kite he released two successful records, as guitarist for Jacco Gardner he toured the world and as a drummer he played with Altin Gun, Eerie Wanda, Skip & Die and even -on a blue Monday- with Bettie Serveert. In addition, Groenteman has been a much sought-after composer in the theatre world for years.

And now there is Keez Groenteman's Tapedag. In the early 1990s, American Kmart department stores played a different cassette every month with a mix of instrumental hits, b-sides and original music, to stimulate sales. The many hours in the tape deck wore out these tapes, causing the music to disappear in a bath of noise, distortion and other irregularities. An employee decided to save the cassettes and put them on the internet years later. Tapedag's debut Plaza Oneindig was directly inspired by the sound and atmosphere of these cassettes: eight instrumental numbers that take you to a pleasant dream of the carefree 1990s.