The craziest, most thrilling effort to date from Dutch sound collage wizard Elisabeth Esselink aka Solex. Not (necessarily) a bop recording, the lost and found sounds resurrected and recombined by Solex would be mere props in anyone else’s hands, not the weapons utilised by Esselink to deadly effect. [...]

News
07/19/01 — New Solex URL
As preparations for the new, life-affirming ‘Low Kick & Hard Bop’ CD continue, you’ll be happy to know that the official Solex website can now be found at http://www.solex.net.

06/12/01 — ‘Low Kick & Hard Bop’ coming in September
A note from Elisabeth: “Just gave a huge envelope to a FedEx guy. The envelope included the production master & artwork for my new record. To be released on September 11th. The poor guy got attacked by one of my cats. One way or the other she keeps thinking she’s a dog. Anyway, the record is an absolute No-Bullshit record called ‘Low Kick and Hard Bop;’ 42 minutes, 15 songs. Here’s a top five of album titles that didn’t make it to the sleeve:

1) The Loopholes
2) Because I’m Worth It.
3) A Cross between Cyndi Lauper and Early SPK.
4) Fuckie Fuckie Cheap Cheap
5) Swedish Reggae

03/07/01— Elisabeth Esselink, Solex
Amsterdam 27th of february... 11.45 pm.
Someone had thrown his whole record collection on the pavement for grasps. I managed to stack about 500 singles on my bike and went home.

Here’s a little taste:
-The Gap Band; Oops Up Side Your Head
-Dillinger: Cokane My Brain
-The Press: I’m Gonna shoot The Deejay
-Lipps, Inc.: Funkytown
-Wild Cherry; Play That Funky Music
-Bee Gees; You Should Be Dancing
-George Benson; Give Me The Night
-Imagination; Body Talk
-The Shirts; Laugh And Walk Away
-Roxy Music; Manifesto
-The Romantics; What I Like About You
-The Jacksons: Blame It On The Boogie
-Joe Tex; Loose Caboose
-Boys Town Gang; Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
-Queen; Somebody To Love
-Fleetwood Mac; Silver Springs
-The Korgis; Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime
-Robert Palmer; John And Mary
-Grace Jones; I’ve Seen that Face Before
-Deep Purple: Child In Time
-Van Halen; Runnin’ With The Devil
-Splodgenessabounds; Two Pints of Lager & A Packet Of Crisps Please.

01/22/01 — Solex most frequently received e-mails top 5 of 2000
1. Daily e-mail lunch news from Dutch newspaper Het Parool.
2. NME newsletter.
3. Good Records newsletter; recordshop in Dallas Texas.
(don’t even try to unsubscribe !!!)
4. The agenda of the German Gallery / venue Club 2. Since anyone can copy/paste to whom these e-mails are sent, I now get newsletters from about 35 other German ’art’lovers. And I even never ever subscribed to the Club 2 agenda in the first place. GGRRRRRRR
(or should I say Scheisse??)
5. Gerard Cosloy’s request-e-mails for lists, news and other exciting stuff. Makes you wonder if life really should be exciting....

12/06/00 — Solex — Split (single, calm down)
Solex can be heard on one side of a new 12" issued by the Pittsburgh label Progeria. Sharing the disc with The 1985, Solex are captured doing a version of Echo & Bunnymen’s “The Cutter,” a highlight of recent live shows. For more information see Progeria Records.

10/05/00 — Archived, for your pleasure
If you somehow missed the recent Solex Peel session, there’s no need to hang yourself (unless, of course, there’s something else bothering you). The entire performance can be heard, for the next few weeks at least, at the BBC website.

09/21/00 — Solex — Live webcast/broadcast/all-star cast, today
Solex will be debuting new material today, 9/20 between 5pm and 7pm EST as part of a Peel Session performed LIVE in the BBC Studios at Maida Vale. You can hear the session by going to the BBC website. We’ll be announcing dates/times for an upcoming The Wisdom Of Harry Peel Session in our next update.

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