releases

• Stud Stim, CD on Rastermusic 1997
• Twaalf Inch, 12" on audio.nl, 1998
• Motormix 7" on Audio.nl, 1998
• Reduktie, CD on Noisemuseum, 1999
• Dertig CM, ep on Mego, 1999
• Locatie, CDR on Microwave, 1999
• ems, 12" on audio.nl, 2000
• punik, CD on Staalplaat, 2000
• Mort Aux Vaches, CD on Staalplaat, 2000
• Disco, CD on Fourth Dimension, 2001
• Switch, 3"CD on Fallt - Invalid Object Series, 2001
• abri, CD on 12K, 2001
• lokatie: Glasgow, 3"CDR on Consume, 2002
• split CD with Dexter, CD on Test Tone Music, 2002
• 8 centimeter, 3"CDR on Testing Ground, 2004

goem by others:

• extensie, CD on Noisemuseum, 1999
• gast, CD on Mutek, 2002

compilations

• (untitled) Tunnelvision CDRom, by Cell, 1998
• 1, on RRR500, LP by RRRecords, 1998
• comp een, on Marteau de Verre, CD by MDF, 1999
• comp twee, on Microscopic Sound, CD by caipirinha, 1999
• MP3 een on http://www.earlabs.org/, 1999
• comp drie, on aiff, CD by 12K, 1999
• vorelmix, remix of ultra milkmaids track on vorely relay, CD by Noctovision, 1999
• Cricklewood, remix of David Kristian track on Woodworking (Cricklewood Remixes), CD by Alien8, 1999
• comp vier, on clicks and cuts, CD by Mille Plateaux, 1999
• 3 - 10, on Tool, 7" / CD by Microwave 1999
• comp zes, on CD compilation by 12K, 2000
• lokatie stockholm, on CD nature is perverse by Fylkingen, 2000
• comp vijf, on compilation CD by Beta Bodega, 2000
• comp negen, on compilation CD Bip-Hop Generation V1 by Bip Hop, 2000
• lokatie leipzig, on New Forms compilation CD by rastermusic, 2000
• remix of Auch - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye on Remix Tomorrow Goodbye CD by Force Inc, 2001
• comp tien on between two lines 2CD by 12K , 2001
• comp acht, on CD compilation by CMJ, 2001
• lokatie Rotterdam, on Mutek CD by Mutek, 2001
• comp elf, on contemporary Denshi-Zatsuon series vol. 1 CD by Denshei Zatsuon, 2001
• miniatures', remix of Super Furry Animals on 'Rings Around The World', DVD, Epic, 2001
• take 7 (remix of pomassl) on Retrial Error, 2CD by Laton, 2001
• worm#3 on Radio Worm 020, CDR by Wormrec 2001
• MP3 twee on Degradazione Digitale, available for download by http://www.microsuoni.com/
• (untitled) on 'Of Things That Move 5' 7", Kollaps, 2001
• (untitled) on 'Of Things That Move 9' 7", Kollaps, 2002
• 'worm vijf' on Dutch Fidelity, CDR, Antenne Records, 2002
• 'kort'on Dutch Fidelity, 7", Antenne Records, 2002
• 'mandellmix' on American Breakbeat Rebuilt 2CD by Klangkrieg, 2002
• 'comp twaalf' on Consumer Report 1, CD, Consume, 2002
• 'comp dertien' on Anchortronic - 5.1. Laboratory For Updating Experimental Sound DVDDVD, Staalplaat, 2002
• 'comp veertien' on Journey Avec Oxymoron San, CD, Melange Records, 2003

live

• 14-06-1997 Barcelona
• 06-09-1997 Lierop
• 13-09-1997 Club Sniper, Berlin
• 14-09-1997 Kunst & Technik, Berlin
• 09-01-1998 Galerie Keller, Den Haag, The Netherlands
• 03-04-1998 B52, Rennes, France
• 04-04-1998 Artooz Festival, Limoges, France
• 18-05-1998 CEM Cafe Sonore, Theater Het Veem, Amsterdam
• 04-06-1998 Privat Klub, Berlin, Germany
• 23-10-1998 Melkfabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (Earational)
• 29-11-1998 Moderna Musseet, Stockholm, Sweden (Nature Is Perverse)
• 29-01-1999 Maison de la Culture, Nevers, France (Oblique Winternights)
• 16-02-1999 Maria Am Ostbahnhof, Berlin, Germany (Club Transmediale)
• 24-06-1999 Galerie fuer zeitgenossische kunst
• 26-06-1999 Extrapool, Nijmegen
• 28-11-1999 VPRO studio's, Amsterdam
• 23-12-1999 Gleis 22, Munster, Germany
• 30-12-1999 Schweiz, Berlin, Germany
• 18-08-2000 Armada/Extrapool, Nijmegen
• 20-08-2000 Noorderzon festival, Groningen
• 04-11-2000 OT 301, Amsterdam
• 21-01-2000 Worm, Rotterdam
• 05-05-2001 Offf Filmfestival, Barcelona, Spain
• 30-05-2001 Mutek, Montreal, Canada
• 22-06-2001 13th Note, Glasgow, Scotland
• 23-06-2001 The Lift Club, Brighton, England
• 24-06-2001 The 12 Bar Club, London, England
• 21-07-2001 Uplink Factory, Tokyo, Japan
• 25-07-2001 Tokuzo, Nagoya, Japan
• 27-07-2001 Blue Nile Gallery, Osaka, Japan
• 22-09-2001 Astrastube, Hamburg, Germany
• 26-10-2001 OK Centrum Fuer Gegenwartkunst, Linz, Austria (Stop Spot Festival)
• 14-12-2001 Academie des Beaux Arts, Bourges, France (Emo Son festival)
• 27-02-2002 Lokaal 01, Breda
• 12-04-2002 Tonic, New York City, USA
• 13-04-2002 Bard College. New York State, USA
• 20-04-2002 Lampo. Chicago, IL, USA
• 22-04-2002 Tritone. Philadelphia, PA, USA
• 15-06-2002 Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain
• 17-01-2003 Podewil, Berlin, Germany (audio.nl festival)
• 22-03-2003 Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France (I.D.E.A.L. festival)
• 26-09-2003 Sinzhas Theatre, Budapest, Hungary (Ultrahang festival)
• 16-01-2004 Veemtheater, Amsterdam

personnel

• Roel Meelkop
• Peter Duimelinks
• Frans de Waard

info

Goem started mid 1996 when Roel Meelkop gave Frans de Waard a small electronic device, which he found in a thriftshop in Rotterdam. The device was called the Student Stimulator. Until today it is unknown what it was used for, but most likely it was part of a research program exploring the mysteries of human sleep. The machine just generates pulses, of which speed and intensity can be changed. Frans dabbled around with the machine using Steve Reich's Phase Shifting techniques and presented a demo back to Roel, who thought it was 'interesting', but not as an end-result. Upon his suggestion, the two re-worked the original demo, by adding sound effects, analogue synthesizers and filtering. Most of those sessions ended up on the first CD 'Stud Stim', which was released mid 1997 by Raster Music.

By this time, Goem were invited at very short notice to play in Barcelona, during a side festival of Sonar. Roel and Frans invited Peter Duimelinks to join forces and since then Goem are a trio. The debut concert was an open air event in the old centre near the Barcelona Museum of Modern Art.

Since then Goem have played many concerts in normal concert halls, but also at the Moderne Musseet in Stockholm, art galleries, a boat, a camping, Transmediale (Berlin), Galerie Fuer Zeitgenossische Kunst and the Earational festival in The Netherlands. One live recording made at the VPRO radio studios has been released on CD by Staalplaat as part of the Mort Aux Vaches series.

Goem have released works on Raster Music, Noise Museum, Staalplaat and in the near future on Ash International, Ethernity, Fourth Dimension and 12K. Goem have been part of compilations by Mille Plateaux, 12K, Bip Hop and have remixed tracks of David Kristian, Ultra Milkmaids, Super Furry Animals and Auch.

Goem's music is better described as minimal pulse (techno) than as 'glitch' or 'clicks & cuts'. In best Dutch tradition, Goem shows techno in its purest form.

"Goem managed to make instruments out of the audience's bodies, routing deep rumblings straight through the listener's limbs. Goem's rock-tumbler swirl proved one of the festival's more useful inclusions in the way that it tied the rhythmic emphasis of techno to the latticed patterns of 1960s minimalists like Steve Reich and Philip Glass in one direction, and to the arch austerity of noise brutalists like Pan Sonic in another. And indeed, the sonic density and richness explored by most of the artists on the bill refuted the myth of minimalism which has often been attributed to the current school. Their structures may be simple on the surface, but the effects are voluminous, creating a cavern of tiny collisions like a cross section of atomic fusion" (The Wire, July 2001 on the Mutek festival)

picture: Elise de Waard behind the modified Korg MS20, picture by Frans de Waard