Between 1978 and 1984, Fluxus artist Willem de Ridder hosted a weekly radio show called De Radiola Improvisatie Salon. Listeners were invited to send in cassettes recorded at home and would get guaranteed air­time. Willem never listened to any of the tapes in advance. No censorship or personal taste were involved, just total artistic freedom. Long before social media existed, he understood that just providing a platform could ignite boundless creativity.

Unknown home tapers and independent artists would share their freshly recorded bedroom experiments with the world and Radiola became a catalyst for the rising Dutch tape scene. When the show gained popularity, broadcasts became open to the public and people would visit the salon to submit their latest cassettes in person.

Only a few boxes of the Radiola master cassettes survived and were archived by Marco van Dalfsen in 2022. "We went through hours and hours of material and eventually compiled this album. A few names might sound slightly familiar, but the goal was to unearth the most obscure hidden gems of Dutch home taping culture".

The result is an eclectic mix of ambient, industrial, lo-fi weirdness and experimental music, offering a unique glimpse into a very specific, but still relevant piece of the past. Features: Hessel Veldman, Rob Terwiel, Arie van der Kooi, Arthur Berkhoff, Harry Teunisse, Ad van der Koog, Paul van der Velde, Eelco Tamminga, Lex Bruining, Hubert Kuipers, Ton Rückert, Lorenz Factor, Ronald 't Hart, Koen Timmermans, Hans van Edam, Peter Deijkers, Peter Kaars, and Simple Simon.

Ltd x 200 copies in a reverseboard sleeve.