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The Second Annual
Following the critically acclaimed first 'Annual,' Korm Plastics is very proud to present 'The Second Annual,' which has more pages and more authors and covers a wide selection of musical topics. Everything you never knew you were interested in! Here's a rundown of authors and topics: Fred de Vries writes from South Africa and tells his story about The Kalahari Surfers and Shifty Records. David Elliott recounts the history of the mysterious 4AD group Dif Juz. Michel Faber dives into the world of Extreme Death Metal. Truus de Groot continues her memoir from the last Annual, this time about arriving in New York in 1981 and starting Plus Instruments. Erik Quint was once a member of Radio Tonka in The Hague and tells his story about illegal radio. Elodie A. Roy traces the history of Shimmy Disc and Mark Kramer. GW Sok doesn't go deep in history but was on the road in 2024 in the USA. Richard Foster picks up the story of Dutch Ultra from the last annual. Marthy Coumans saw reunion concerts by July and Buzzcocks; how do they hold up? Freek Kinkelaar has three more Wondersound contributions but also has a look at star photographer Paul Huff and his work for the Philips label. Frans de Waard interviewed Section 25 guitarist Paul Wiggan about his time with the band and having their 7" produced by Ian Curtis and Rob Gretton. Huili Raffo was a very early adapter of Hotline; file sharing before downloading exploded. Nick Soulsby wonders when we started to think of Noise as a genre. Michael Kopijn once again talks about punk in Groningen and interviews musician and 'zine maker Ricky van Duuren. Robin Rimbaud views the movies of Peter Tscherkssky. Audrey Golden interviewed Una Baines of Poppycock, Blue Orchids and The Fall. Lukas Simonis writes about his band Dull Schicksal. Richard Johnson wonders why on earth he ever started to music that people do not consider music in the first place. Harold Schellinx pays tribute to Ronald Heiloo, his erstwhile band member in The Young Lions, as a co-label boss of Amphibious Records and exploring wondrous musical interactions with, among others, Dagmar Krause. Last but certainly not least, Frits Jonker delights us with four short stories about music and whatever curiosities he collects. Miss Printed once again send beautiful collages, one of which graces the front cover. Alfred Boland, star designer at Korm Plastics (one of the two stars), makes it all look shiny.