Spinvis - Spinvis
We're celebrating it anyway. And that exactly 20 years after the release of Spinvis . On April 1st, the debut album of Spinvis will be released on orange vinyl in a chic gatefold sleeve via Excelsior Recording's RE: label.
Erik de Jong's debut album was unheard of. Everything sounded completely new. The music, the apparent jumble of samples, electronics, beat and 'real' instruments, seemed more structured with every listen. The Dutch lyrics were of an originality and expressiveness that once received would never escape.
At 41, De Jong was a late bloomer who, as journalists and commentators wrote ad nauseam, lived in Nieuwegein, worked at the Post and had 'cobbled together' his music in his attic room. With hits like Bagagedrager and Smalfilm , Spinvis delivered an iconic album that has lost none of its power of expression.
“Ten years ago it was 10 years old and I thought: made just in time. Everything came together. The beginning of the internet, everyone doing everything themselves and lo-fi was the magic word. But that fashion was gone 10 years later and it isn’t now either. And the album is still being listened to. That the record has lived on for so long, regardless of fashion, is special.” - Spinvis