{"id":1878,"date":"2020-11-10T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fr-nt.nl\/?page_id=1878"},"modified":"2022-02-13T16:27:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T15:27:24","slug":"rotterdam-goddamn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fr-nt.nl\/en\/rotterdam-goddamn\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotterdam Goddamn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Front joins forces with Jasper Willems, the Rotterdam-based music journalist who has previously published pieces on Front. In collaboration with Front, Willems Rotterdam publishes Goddamn: an outsider's testimony, a book in which he enthusiastically collects his stories about the idiosyncratic underground of the port city.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotterdam Goddamn: an outsider\u2019s testimony<\/em> is released on 18 december 2020 and can be ordered HERE<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>

It is also possible to purchase the book through a payment request (only for Dutch accounts). In that case, you can send an email to frontblognl@gmail.com<\/a>. You can also send us an email if you would prefer to pick up the book in Rotterdam.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Rotterdam Goddamn: an outsider\u2019s testimony<\/strong><\/em>\nRotterdam is often portrayed as a monochrome city of bricks. In reality, however, the city harvests a small but dynamic music scene that features several overlapping factions, all of them spearheaded by a specific ethos and personality. Lo-fi fantasists, noise pop revisionists, rabid post-punk outfits, rock deconstructionists\u2026 all of them not quite fitting in, but nevertheless not fitting in together. Between the cracks of Rotterdam\u2019s malformed city skyline, small-scale initiatives grow out like weeds. Bands such as Rats on Rafts, Lewsberg, Iguana Death Cult and The Sweet Release of Death all took their first steps at venues like Roodkapje, Rotown and WORM, releasing their music either independently or on taste-making labels like Subroutine Records. Subsequently, they garnered a loyal following both nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From band members to label owners and promoters: the Rotterdam underground offers a tight network of outsiders, so it\u2019s only fitting this story should also be told by one. In 2011, music journalist Jasper Willems moved to Rotterdam. Little by little, he became immersed within his newly adopted city. He made friends and got to know some of his favourite bands personally. Yet he always remained the puzzled outsider looking in, and contently so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotterdam Goddamn: an outsider\u2019s testimony<\/em> is a collection of personal stories from the nine years Willems spent skulking across Rotterdam\u2019s scenes and venues. The stories have been swimming in his mind for a good three years. After the corona pandemic hit, he initially decided to publish them online, and much to his own surprise, the chapters were all warmly received. Now Willems teams up with Front, a Rotterdam-based music platform that\u2019s been active since 2019, for a physical release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHonestly, I\u2019ve hesitated for a long time whether to publish this story, mainly because it took a while before I considered myself a true Rotterdammer. I guess that\u2019s where the whole \u201can outsider\u2019s testimony\u201d comes into play. I want to stress that I do not wish to claim the narrative on the Rotterdam scene. This book offers a very personal snapshot of a much larger happening. A part of me hopes the reader will take most of my sheer astonishment in jest. First and foremost, I wanted to write a book that\u2019s fun and accessible to read, the kind of story you finish in one go in the restroom, as a matter of speaking. If the reader learns to appreciate some of these artists on a deeper level, well, I feel I\u2019ve accomplished my mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotterdam Goddamn: an outsider\u2019s testimony is the first book by Jasper Willems and the first physical publication to be facilitated by Front.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jasper Willems. Foto: Mich\u00e8le Margot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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