MODELBAU

Album	Format	Label & Cat. Number	Description	Year	Price (incl. 19% VAT)
Four Squared Wheel	CD	Moving Furniture Records MFR029	another incarnation of Dutch experimental 'legend' FRANS DE WAARD, who many years ago was one of the starters in our Drone Records 7" series with his BEE QUEEN 7" "Summer Rain" (DR-03); with MODELBAU he follows the concept of using as much as 'live equipment' as possible and no laptop, so everythings created by hand in realtime... "Four Squared Wheel" is a long one-tracker in four parts, with high-pitched overtune almost sinus-tone drone wavings..	2016	€12.00
Neither Nor	CD-R	Attenuation Circuit ACN 1001	another rare release (lim. 50 copies!) of FRANS DE WAARDS latest solo-project, analogue drones & loops and strange field recordings merge in a pretty subliminal way, with a very 'direct' approach... "These days Modelbau uses pre-recorded cassettes, iPad apps, sound effects, laptop, shortwave radio, small synthesizers, ancient 2bit sampling device; everything is recorded on the spot, as is, and without multi-tracking and very minimal editing."	2017	€6.00
Nightcrawlers	CD	Norwegianism Records NOR 022	fabulous transcension drones, a slow evolving full atmo piece (45 min.), recorded in one take, which starts from almost inaudible transmissions of the air and atmosphere, you feel as of being inside a very soft, organic, humming bubble.. - lim. 100 copies	2019	€13.00
Synchrony	CD-R	Econore	rare release lim. 40 copies with special design - "Released in a clear tray jewel case with metallic reflecting cardboard cover with xeroxed artwork on translucent PVC and orange rubber / foam object inside the jewel case along the left spine." - ONE MINT copy in stock !	2020	€15.00
Vanity	MC	Astipalea - ast#0060	rare cassette-only from New Zealand, we got only very few copies - with "Vanity" the letter "V" in the alphabet is reached, 6 pieces starting wtih V ...- "This is a collection of very mundane sounds, noises, crackles, and murmurs all arranged in an interesting collage reminiscent of passing through a dilapidating building with the sole intention just to experience the mesmerizing terror these sounds evoke." [Dawid Scumwalski]	2022	€10.00
X	BOOK + CD	Korm Plastics Vanity Series [001]	the main project of dutch experimental underground legend FRANS DE WAARD is since 10 years MODELBAU, with a current stream of limited micro releases filled with minimal / immersive ambience, using mainly analog equipment and imaginative concepts.. - MEEUW designed this beautiful full colour book (about 100 pages) with "everything about Modelbau in the closest detail via designs, diagrams, photos and more", incl. a 70 min. CD with previously unreleased material, lim. 100 copies	2022	€23.00
Extricate	CD	Sublime Retreat - SR018	a bit like BIG CITY ORCHESTRA in the cassette-scene of the 90's, MODELBAU is having lots of great micro releases all over the world and often in tiny editions, "Extricate" marks, after 10 years of direct recording, a new working method : a one tracker of 61 minutes in 14 parts, a sublime revealing all over the place.. - lim. 100 copies only, mini-LP design by RUTGER ZUYDERVELT (MACHINEFABRIEK), glossy inner sleeve	2023	€13.00
Inlets	CD-R	Love Earth Music - LEM301	rare US American release, a one-tracker (54+ minutes) mixed from various sessions in 2022, comes in prof. digipak, we got only very few	2023	€10.00
Metal + Motif	7inch	Haemoccult Recordings - HAEM 005	a mysterious three track 7" with strange & beautiful tape music, low fi and otherworldy retro Sci-Fi drones + sounds, the reel-to-reel machine used as an instrument... - lim. 100 copies	2023	€10.00
Muster	CD	Drone Records - SYM:11	MODELBAU is FRANS DE WAARDs main project these days, the legendary dutch composer and label-manager produced two long tracks of somehow nostalgic, elementary low fi ambience, full of micro noise details and with a rich conceptual background...	2026	€13.00