Raubbau

14/07/2025

Happy birthday to us.
18 years now.
Shouting out all the bands, promotors, venues, collaborateurs we had the pleasure to work with.

07/07/2025

( never used this option before, but: Dear :-) )

!!! THIS SATURDAY !!! FREE ENTRY !!!

One of the rare occasions to see the collective as you know it split in two. Bauke solo as [law-rah] and Martijn solo as Cinema Perdu. This is the first time ever we're playing like this since we started working together in 2006 !!! ( ok, since we started working together in 1994, but that's a whole different story ;-) )

Have we said is is *free entry*? Oh and maybe additional: It's in Utrecht finest micro brewery at Boot 122 in one of the nicest areas of town called De Nijverheid. Don't miss out on this unique event !!!

Open|Forms Festival #2 - Juli 12:

Time table:
15:00 DJ Mechanised Mind
16:00 Cinema Perdu - Music Machines
17:00 TrustyourT
18:00 *the [law-rah] collective*
19:00 Lena C
20:00 Digitonal
21:00 Kypski
22:15 Rossi

In between sets DJ Mechanised Mind will play some tunes - ranging from drone/ambient/(dub)techno. Basically everything left field.

Link in the first comment 🙂

30/06/2025

review of Contagious Or**sm. behind closed doors. raubbau raub-107 / ant-zen act475 at igloo magazine

As always, Contagious Or**sm proves vital and restless—an enduring force in experimental audio since the late '80s, still conjuring chaos and cohesion from the unruly tide of avant-garde electronics.

26/06/2025

ELEKTROANSCHLAG 2026

https://www.facebook.com/events/1150939393194336

16/06/2025

review of Contagious Or**sm. behind closed doors. raubbau raub-107 / ant-zen act475 at Lux Atenea (in spanish)

Reseña Cultural nº: 2282 // Reseña Musical nº: 1469 Información Muy Importante / Very Important Information :Esta reseña ha sido escrita por un ser humano, no por una Inteligencia Artificial / This…

16/06/2025

13/06/2025

out now!
CONTAGIOUS OR**SM. behind closed doors.
12" vinyl lp / digital album. ant-zen act475 / raubbau raub-107

available on bandcamp:
https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/behind-closed-doors
https://raubbau.bandcamp.com/album/behind-closed-doors

composed and performed by h h. and fts. recorded and mixed at cool anatomy and yard cemetery, 2023-2024.

pure black 12" vinyl. matte black die-cut sleeve & inlay. limited edition of 100 copies incl. digital download-code. artwork by stefan alt. release date: 13.06.2025

CONTAGIOUS OR**SM, the brainchild of hiroshi hashimoto from nagoya, japan, stands as a bold exploration of experimental sound and ambient noise. his compositions are a captivating blend of swirling psychedelia, crude samples, abandoned rhythms, and post-industrial noise, all woven into a seamless tapestry of ambient and concrete elements. this is music that demands active engagement, rewarding the listener with a hypnotic, immersive experience that is both inviting and disconcerting.

each composition is a rich vignette, balancing noise-soaked textures with exotic percussion, and gradually winding down into dreamlike interludes. CONTAGIOUS OR**SM’s work draws listeners into its nebulous darkness, offering a space for introspection, tension, and revelation. turn off the lights and let yourself be carried by this multifaceted, elegant journey through intimacy, alienation, and the blurred boundaries of perception and reality.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, time softened and blurred. each room held a fragment of feeling - a flicker of mood, a whisper asking thirsty?, and somewhere, a reflection of longing beneath the moon under water. shadows stretched gently, revealing a soft sensitivity in everything touched, a quiet ache threading through silence. reality wavered in the glass of an inverted mirror, showing not what was, but what might have been. then came the return - subtle, weightless, yet undeniable. beneath a suspended ceiling, where thoughts drifted like dust in filtered light, he understood: some truths only reveal themselves in silence, and only BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

04/06/2025

out on june 13th and available for pre-order on bandcamp now:
CONTAGIOUS OR**SM. behind closed doors.
12" vinyl lp / digital album.ant-zen act475 / raubbau raub-107
link in comments

19/05/2025

review of pale - where the silence speaks. raub-106 / act478 at obsküre magazine (in french)

Pale - Where The Silence Speaks. review on Obsküre Digital Media

https://www.obskure.com/pale-where-the-silence-speaks-raubbau-ant-zen-2024.html