TRESPASSERS W
STRAIGHT MADNESS (LP)
Line-up:
Cor Gout: vocals
Wim Oudijk: all instruments
with:
Guus van Leeuwen: bass
Wim Oudijk: backing vocals
Bart Weber: guitar
Louis Debij: drums
Attila the Stockbroker: mandola, violin
Production, engineering by Wim Oudijk and Guus van Leeuwen at Disco Fair, The Hague.
Artwork by Ada Fesevur.
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Reviews in English: 3 Chronique en français : 1
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SOUNDS, 4 May 1985
by ANDY HURT:
THE DUTCH, with the exception of thijs van Leer’s occasional brainstorm, are not renowned for their levity. And the severe appearance of the Trespassers W album and the magnificently produced arts paper which accompanies it (the record seems to be a by-product of the publication) do not promise 40 minutes of unadulterated fun, and yet…
The words of poet and orator Cor Gout come to life when sung/recited by the author, his warm, endearingly Dutch lilt (ie ‘the’ is pronounced ‘de’) transforming the cold, intense words adorning the sleeve into subtle, whimsical verse. With Wim Oudijk’s Quality Street selection of musical confections to chew over, Gout comes over as a politically aware Syd Barrett or Kevin Ayers, and as such is irresistible.
« Straight Madness » stands outside the mainstream of contemporary music – an oddity, a curio, a rare bird indeed.
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ZIGZAG Magazine, May 1985
TRESPASSERS W : « Straight Madness » (TW Holland)
Wim Oudijk and Cor Gout are responsible for sinking popish knives into deep subjects with good results, scrupulously aware for the need of cleft hooks. Quixotic, divine brighters!
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OPEN SYSTEM PROJECT, Belgique, 1985
par RIC ARDO:
TRESPASSERS W : « Straight Madness » / LP TW 1002
L’electro-pop radiophonique ne m’a jamais vraiment attiré. Mais quand celle-ci se fait moins simpliste et limpide par l’adjonction de paroles intelligentes, d’arrangements et d’instruments moins conventionnels (mandoline, accordéon,…), mon attitude change radicalement ! D’autant plus que les membres de Trespassers W ne sont que deux : Wim Oudijk produit, compose, et joue de tous les instruments, pendant que son compère Cor Gout écrit les textes et s’occupe des vocaux, qui se rapprochent parfois de ceux d’Edward Kaspel. On notera la participation d’Attila the Stockbroker (LP chez Cherry Red). Autres references… Oscar Wilde, Edward Hopper, Supremes, Derek Jarman,… (!!) À écouter de préférence: « Straight Madness », le morceau générique de l’album.
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Trespassers W sont cités dans ce livre :
ROCK AND THE POP NARCOTIC
Testament for the Electric Clurch, edited by 2.13.61, USA
Book by JOE CARDUCCI
First edition: November, 1990
Second edition: August, 1994
© 1990, 1993 D. Joseph Carducci
Cover photo: Black Flag by Spot.
« In Holland, Trespassers W developed out a two man agit-folk into the band standard with endless add-ons to create a typically earnest Euro-progressive jazzed folk rock » (extract).