DEAR LISTENERS NEWS MAY 2010
More new material will be available in Summer/Autum 2010
Out Now; THE DIN GROWS LOUDER STILL
This is the first 2010 release by 'The dear listeners' based on a live show September 2009.
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The din grows louder still, 3" CDR, 19:19 minutes, available via our Contact page on this website
Review from Vital Weekly nr; 729 May 2010. THE DEAR LISTENERS - THE DIN GROWS LOUDER STILL (3"CDR by The Dear Listeners)
Its been quite for a while on the front of The Dear Listeners, the ongoing project of Robert Deters
(formerly of Vance Orchestra)and Martin Luiten (The Hitmachine, Girlfriends, Pick-up
and Titmachine producer). This is the fifth 3"CDR, with a slightly changed cover design. The first
four were recorded and released pretty quickly (see Vital Weekly 687, 651 and 645) after each other,
then there was a gap. The modus operandi of The Dear Listeners is to improvise longer pieces of music
using guitars and lots of electronics. It would be too easy to say they are a drone band, but they are
certainly interested in longer forms of music. Music with some kind of sustain. E-bow, bits of vinyl
(lockgrooves), samples and such like are used to create dense patterns of sound. As said the cover
is a bit different than on the previous work, but then the music is also slightly changed. It starts
out quite heavy, with lots of distortion before picking up on some more mellow tune. They incorporate
various live recordings from a concert last year in this piece, which may count for the somewhat more
sudden outbursts and drops in the sound. I am not entirely convinced by this piece. There is a bit of
clarity which fails to come out here, the sudden changes work a bit against the piece. But its good to
see this small move, and the fact that they are a bit more upfront here and there. Time to move into
the studio again, and incorporate these new elements of noise approach and collage into a well defined
piece. (FdW) http://www.vitalweekly.net/729.html
DEAR LISTENERS NEWS JULY 2009
We did finish our first series of 4 3" CDRS;
vallen 
approach 
moodswing 
harbour
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REVIEW; THE DEAR LISTENERS - VALLEN
(3" CDR, private) The new name The Dear Listeners is a tale of two cities, Nijmegen (Vital HQ main stay) and the close by city of Arnhem,
and marks the meeting of two busy bees and from the respective local scenes. On one hand there is Robert Deters, from the now defunct
Vance Orchestra, occasional Machinefabriek collaborator, and from around my corner Martin Luiten, former guitarist of Girlfriends,
these days of Uw Hypotheekadvies, Pick-up and various impromptu collaborations.
Together they now give birth to The Dear Listeners via this first release, 'Vallen' ('falling' or 'fallen').
Deters plays a blend of electronic devices and Luiten picks up his guitar and feeds it through a string of devices and amplifiers.
'Vallen' is one, nineteen minute of concentrated drone music with a nice live feel to it even when it is recorded nice live feel to it
even when it is recorded in the studio building up from what seems to be some electrical currents into a dense pattern of swirling sounds,
with minor details popping in and out of the mix. When the proceedings are coming towards a halt, things hum like a choir in a wide open
space. This is a very nice start indeed. The Dear Listeners have plenty more material recorded, and no doubt they are open for your offers.
FdW; Vital Weekly, 24-09-08
THE DEAR LISTENERS - APPROACH (3"CDR by Dear Listeners)
The second release for The Dear Listeners, the new and ongoing project of former Vance Orchestra member Robert Deters and Martin Luiten
(Uw Hypotheekadvies and Pick-up member) and again on a 3"CDR. 'Approach' has two pieces of Luiten's guitar work and Deters' electronics.
In 'Part 1' they operate on a more drone related base, as 'Vallen' did before this. There is a distinctive live feel to it again,
of sounds popping in and out the mix. Sustained frequencies from the electronics, the guitar fed through a ring modulator, while being
played with an e-bow. The second piece starts out and has throughout the sound of humming voices. A more angular sound is used here
and even at some point there is a bit of rhythm coming through the louder, densities of the piece. Two quite different pieces working
from a similar ground. A very nice follow-up to 'Vallen'.
FdW; Vital Weekly 651, 2008