C60 Audio Cassette in deluxe art packaging with extra edible MC chocolatebar.
Various inserts and a short story booklet (in Dutch). Limited to 75 copies.
This is UNIFAB005, releasedate April 12, 2025
Listen or buy at: https://universaalkunst.bandcamp.com/album/hbbgvb
Ingredients:
Music by: Winston Shoolbred, Julian Edwardes, Martijn Hohmann , Bart Mostart, Levi Lanser, Marien van Oers, Peter Ehrmann, Freek van Andel, Dyane Donck, Twan Bastiaansen. Mixed by Martijn Hohmann. Story by Harry van Boxtel. Design by Universaalkunst.
“Deze cassette is de opvolger van het luciferdoosje HBBGVZ (Het best bewaarde geheim van Zwolle) HBBGVB is opgedragen aan de stad Breda. “
Reviews
In Vital Weekly 1281, I reviewed ‘HBBGVZ’ (Het Best Bewaarde Geheim Van Zwolle’ (Zwolle’s best kept secret) and the package was the package of the week: “an oversized matchbox, with a spitfire on the front and a few matches inside, along with pieces of paper. There are also versions released by De Fabriek, in a fabric sample and a cigar box.” Today we have ‘HBBGVB’ – Het Best Bewaarde Geheim Van Breda (Breda’s best kept secret), the hometown of Martijn Hohmann, a key player in the current stream of De Fabriek releases and responsible for the wild packaging. This new comes with a piece of chocolate, cassette-shaped, and the instruction: “Please eat the chocofab cassette before summer kicks in. If it melts it wil ruin your copy! An STL file is available on request so you can 3d print the chocofab if you finished the chocolate one.” – how about that! Also enclosed a small booklet with a chapter from an as yet unpublished four-part novel by Harry van Boxtel (“chapter 17, box 2”), but in Dutch only. The musical cast, now called, obviously, ingredients, includes Winston Shoolbred, Julian Edwardes, Bart Mostart, Levi Lanser, Marien van Oers, Peter Ehrmann, Freek van Andel, Dyane Donck, Twan Bastiaansen, and Martijn Hohmann, with the latter handling the mix, and Van Dellen in a supervising role. Quite a cast of new names I had never heard of in the context of De Fabriek. Here we have De Fabriek is a role we know them best, and that is a much more experimental approach, even when such terms may not mean much for De Fabriek. The cassette has a single piece on each, but takes the listener through a variety of moods and textures. From tinkling electronics, sampled drums, spoken word, rusty drones and guitar and drum doodling, this is an evocative release, taking the listener on a relaxing trip, with some bumps, but that makes it even better. Not too smooth, not too alien, and another psychedelic ride. You don’t need to be a hippy to enjoy this.
Frans de Waard, VITAL WEEKLY Number 1481