Discography

A complete Luc Houtkamp discography, with all his LP, EP, CD, DVD and digital media recordings between 1972 and now

STEAM-Group + Sven Ake Johansson: Grand Electronic Suite:

  • Part 1 The structures, instrumental
  • Part 2 A friendly goodbye, vocal

Roundhouse, London (UK), August 18, 1972
Luc Houtkamp (ts, vocals), Richard Anijs (french horn, vocals), Tony van Campen (synthi A, vocals), Henny Kamphuizen (cello, crackle box, vocals), Sven Ake Johansson (drums, vocals)

SAJ CD 15 (CD)

COUM + Logos Ensemble: Another evening at Logos (Partial)

  • Bicycle piece for Marcel Duchamp (by Paul Woodrow)

Palais des Baux Arts, Brussels (Belgium), January 26, 1974
Paul Woodrow, Genesis P. Orridge, Cozy Fanni Tutti, Moniek Darge, Armand Perrenet and others (bicycle wheels, vocals)
Luc Houtkamp (bicycle wheel, ts, vocals), Godfried Willem Raes (bicycle wheel, trombone, percussion)

Logos/Sub Rosa SUBLOGOS01 (Double LP)

Eigen Hulp: Aktie (partial):

  • Lied van de macht van het volk
  • Eigen hulp
  • Het leger groeit aan

Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 1979
Peter van Loon, Leo Postma (tp), Ineke Bastiaans, Joke Dame, Henk Borgdorff (as), Luc Houtkamp, Keimpe de Jong (ts), Klaas Hekman (bs), Frank Peters (e flat cl), Henk Oostdam, Daan Braber (perc), choir conducted by Annelies Dieudonné.

Pegafoon plp 7912 (LP)

Gilius Haagsche Hofje: Live in het Theater aan de Haven:

  • Love you Medley V:

Lawrence Of Arabia
May Good Luck And Fortune Stay
Some Bluesy Like Type Of Thing

  • Love you Medley II:

Chrysanthemum Rag
Mood Indigo

  • Festival Suite
  • Love You Medley III:

Sans Soucis
Hamba Hale (sic)*

* this piece is Dollar Brand’s Hamba Kahle

Note: Vruchten en Zaden, on the same lp was recorded without Houtkamp

Theater aan de Haven, Den Haag, The Netherlands, September 26, 1979
Serge Hoste (tb), Gilius van Bergeijk (as, ss, oboe), Keimpe de Jong (as, ts), Ron van de Bergen (ts), Luc Houtkamp (ts, bs, cl), Richard Anijs (frh), Rob Zeelenberg (b), Wytze van der Zweep (d)

Ooyevaer Disk OLP 3328 (LP)

Hommage:

  • Zoo, Zoo
  • Un Hollandais

Home studio, Delft, The Netherlands, November 19, 1980
André Goudbeek (as), Michel Mast (ss, ts), John Ruocco (ts), Luc Houtkamp (bs)

Ooyevaer Disk OS 3427 (EP)

Luc Houtkamp & Gilius van Bergeijk: Duo Improvisations:

  • Pex I
  • Op Reis
  • PDL II
  • Spui I
  • Shores
  • Jazz Nein Danke (Luc Houtkamp solo)
  • PDL I
  • Voor Leo
  • Pex II
  • Spui II
  • A Day At The Zoo
  • Vietnamlied

Royal Conservatory, Den Haag, The Netherlands, December 23/24, 1980
Luc Houtkamp (cl, ts, bs, v, toys), Gilius van Bergeijk (sopranino sax, as, p)

Ooyevaer Disk OLP 3429 (LP)

Klimaat:

  • The Hague 1
  • The Hague 2
  • The Hague 3
  • The Hague 4

Royal Conservatory, Den Haag, The Netherlands, April 3, 1981

  • London 1
  • London 2

ICA, London, UK, August 22, 1981

Luc Houtkamp (ts, ss, cl, bow, v), Maartje ten Hoorn (violin, v), Jan den Boer (b)

Ooyevaer Disk OLP 3035 (LP)

Relative Band ’84: Forward Of Short Leg (partial):

  • Third Man
  • Second Slip

ABC Studio, Sydney, Australia, March, 1984

Jon Rose (violins), Maggie Nicols (v), Jim Denley (fl, flax), Luc Houtkamp (ts), Marcel Cuypers (p), Richard Ratajczak (b), Roger Turner (perc)

Dossier ST 7529 (LP)

Relative Band ’84: Fringe Benefits (partial):

  • No Title*

Same date, same personnel as previous entry.

* This recording is a longer version of Second Slip from Dossier ST 7529.

Entropy 006 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Art Of Erasure:

  • The Art of Erasure:

Part 1*
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Frascati, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 14/15, 1984.
Luc Houtkamp (ts, as)

* the first half of this part was recorded in Den Haag on January 13, 1985

Ooyevaer Disk OLP 3832 (LP)

Jon Rose: Violin Music for Restaurants (partial):

  • Table 4

Home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 1987*
luc Houtkamp (electronic composition), Franklin Ardin (v), Jon Rose (violin)

* Jon Rose’s violin was recorded on a later date, probably in Berlin or Köln

RéR BJRCD (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Rule of Thumb:

  • Odd & Even

Studio XY, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 29, 1988, solo cadenza recorded in fall 1992
Luc Houtkamp (ts)

Note: this is a piece for saxophone and tape. The tape was co-composed by Luc Houtkamp and Tony van Campen.

X-OR CD 03 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Songlines:

  • Korthals XIV
  • The Songlines
  • Têtes Brulées:

Sigurd Rascher
Stump Evans
Rudy Wiedoeft

  • Enigma
  • Korthals XV

Studio XY, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November, 1988 – April, 1990
Luc Houtkamp (as,ts)

X-OR CD 01 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Rule of Thumb:

  • 1021

Bimhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 21, 1991
Luc Houtkamp (ts, live electronics), Richard Teitelbaum (keyboards, computer)

X-OR CD 03 (CD)

King Übü Örchestrü: Binaurality:

  • Translation # 1
  • Translation # 2
  • Translation # 3
  • Translation # 4
  • Translation # 5
  • Translation # 6
  • Translation # 7
  • Translation # 8

Ostacademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, June 22-24, 1992
Wolfgang Fuchs (sopranino sax, bcl, contrabass cl), Peter van Bergen (ts, bcl, contrabass cl), Luc Houtkamp (as, ts, cl), Günter Christmann, Radu Malfatti (trb), Melvin Poore (tuba), Phil Wachsmann (violin, electronics), Torsten Müller (b) George Katzer (computer, electronics), Paul Lytton (perc, electronics)

FMP CD 49 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Rule of Thumb:

  • 718

Jazzgalerie, Nickelsdorf, Austria, July 18, 1992
Luc Houtkamp (as), George Lewis (tb)

X-OR CD 03 (CD)

Frank Pahl: In Cahoots (partial):

  • Blues with Luc

Wyandotte, MI, USA, November 17, 1992
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Frank Pahl (b, zither, tapes)

Vaccination Records VAC 014 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Duo Recordings:

  • Tickle Toe

Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA, USA, November 22, 1992
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Ned Rothenberg (as)

X-OR FR 7 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Rule of Thumb:

  • The Rule Of Thumb

STEIM studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 11, 1993
Jacques Palinckx (gtr)

  • The Rule Of Thumb

STEIM studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 13, 1993
Luc Houtkamp (as)

Note: this piece is an interactive computer piece by Luc Houtkamp, performed in two versions

  • Vogeltrek

Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 27, 1993
Luc Houtkamp (ts)

Note: this piece is an interactive computer piece by Luc Houtkamp. The piano part was played on a computer controlled piano, by using a Trimpin Vorsetzer.

X-OR CD 03 (CD)

Saxophoping: Sweet Saxophone Suite (partial):

  • Saxophopneus

Doelen Square, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, August 28, 1993
Luc Houtkamp (ts-solo), accompanied by De Kweekbak and an orchestra of ± 1000 saxophone players, conducted by Keimpe de Jong

Strotbrock Industri 001 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Duo Recordings:

  • Rendang Heat Wave

STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 18, 1993
Luc Houtkamp (as), George Lewis (tb)

X-OR FR 7 (CD)

Frank Pahl: In Cahoots (partial):

  • Bagpipes with Luc

Wyandotte, MI, USA, March 30, 1994
Luc Houtkamp (as), Frank Pahl (kenner bagpipes), Marko Novachcoff (kenner bagpipes)

Vaccination Records VAC 014 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: Live in Genève and Luzern:

  • Towards A Definition Of Flow part 1 (Genève version)
  • Towards A Definition Of Flow part 2
  • Variations on The Art Of Erasure, part 1
  • Variations on The Art Of Erasure, part 2

Cave 12, Genève, Switzerland, May 5, 1994
Luc Houtkamp (as, ts)

  • Towards A Definition Of Flow part 1 (Luzern version)

Boa, Luzern, Switzerland, May 6, 1994
Luc Houtkamp (as, ts)

X-OR FR 1 (CD)

Note: The material from X-OR FR 1 was resampled by Eugene Chadbourne, for his double album Jungle Cookies, Old Gold 3-4

Houtkamp/ Beukman/ Prins + Johannes Bauer: Metslawier:

  • Metslawier I
  • Metslawier II
  • Metslawier III
  • Who the hell is Bob Zieff?
  • Metslawier IV
  • Metslawier V

Studio Sing-sing, Metslawier, The Netherlands, September 5/6, 1994
Luc Houtkamp (as, ts), Johannes Bauer (trb), Carl G. Beukman (b), Gert-Jan Prins (perc)

X-OR CD 05 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Duo Recordings:

  • Tokoloshes Paradise

Korzo Theater, Den Haag, The Netherlands, March 17, 1995
Luc Houtkamp (as), Günter Christmann (tb)

X-OR FR 7 (CD)

Trespassers W: Fly up in the face of life (partial):

  • Houdini

Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Purmerend, The Netherlands, November 3-6, 1995
Cor Gout (v), Lukas Simonis (gtr), Frank van den Bos (keyboards), Colin Mc Lure (b), Cor Hoogerdijk (d), Luc Houtkamp (ts)

Note: Luc Houtkamp’s solo was recorded January 2, 1996

AMF 1045 (CD)

Only a Mother: Damned Pretty Snout (partial):

  • Katie

Wyandotte, MI, USA, April, 1996
Bobbi Benson (b, melodica, v), Frank Pahl (euphonium, marxolin), Marko Novachcoff (bass-cl), Luc Houtkamp (ts), Dough Gourlay (d)

Transmogrification – no number (CD)

Houtkamp/Mengelberg/Prins: The Thunderclaps CD (partial):

  • Instant Discoveries nr. 3

Korzo theater, Den Haag, The Netherlands, April 26, 1996
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Misha Mengelberg (p), Gert-Jan Prins (perc)

X-OR FR 3 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: The Duo Recordings:

  • Kicking the Gong Around

Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany, May 18, 1996
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Martin Blume (d)

X-OR FR 7 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: THD (partial):

  • King Of Rebound (for Dennis Rodman)

Korzo theater, Den Haag, The Netherlands, October 25, 1996
Luc Houtkamp (ts)

Note: this piece is an interactive computer piece by Luc Houtkamp. The piano part was played on a Yamaha Disklavier.

THD 02 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp/Richard Barrett X-OR on Tour! (partial):

  • LNR

Korzo theater, Den Haag, The Netherlands, October 25, 1996
Luc Houtkamp (as), Richard Barrett (live electronics)

X-OR FR 4 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp Quintet: X-OR on Tour! (partial):

  • DBNN

Korzo theater, Den Haag, The Netherlands, October 25/26, 1996
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Johannes Bauer (trb), Fred van Hove (p), Carl G. Beukman (b), Gert-Jan Prins (perc, electronics)

X-OR FR 4 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp Quartet: X-OR on Tour! (partial):

  • UDB

Theater de Kikker, Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 5, 1996
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Fred van Hove (p), Carl G. Beukman (b), Gert-Jan Prins (perc, electronics)

X-OR FR 4 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: Luc Houtkamp In Chicago:

  • Pershing Ballroom Jump
  • Jug (Without Dodo)
  • Flow Chart
  • New Wabash
  • Who is Claude McLin?
  • Richard Davis at DuSable
  • State Street Blues

Airwave Studio, Chicago, IL, USA, April 17, 1997
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Kent Kessler (b), Michael Zerang (d, perc)

Entropy 007 (CD)

Houtkamp/Van Hove/Prins: Live in Canada:

  • Is it Elm?

Museum of Modern Art, Montreal, Canada, June 1997
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Fred van Hove (p, acc), Gert-Jan Prins (perc, electronics)

X-OR FR 6 (CD)

dUrban Noise Works: dUrban Noise Works (partial):

  • …Anywhere far IV

University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, August 1997
Suzi Stengel (v), Luc Houtkamp (ts), Jürgen Brauninger (electronics), Ulrich Süsse (electronics)

  • Pantsula Brains

University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, August 1997
Gladman Mvukuzane Ngubo (v), Ezra Ngcukana (ss), Luc Houtkamp (ts), Vicky Godard (isicathulo), Sazi Dlamini (isicathulo), Lex Futshane (b-gtr), Jürgen Brauninger (electronics)

GSE AM 31

Luc Houtkamp: The Duo Recordings:

  • Beertje

Home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, March 31, 1998
Luc Houtkamp (as), Lori Freedman (bass-cl)

  • Duo for Man Alone

Conservatory, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 24, 1998
Luc Houtkamp (ts)

Note: this piece is an interactive computer piece by Luc Houtkamp. The piano part was played on a Yamaha Disklavier.

  • De Pijp

Home studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 25, 1998
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Gert-Jan Prins (timpani)

  • Bubble & Squeak

Red Rose, London, UK, July 19, 1998
Luc Houtkamp (ts), John Russell (ac. gtr)

  • Appel & Ei

Home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, August 17, 1998
Luc Houtkamp (as), Wiek Hijmans (gtr)

X-OR FR 7 (CD)

Cor Gout & Luc Houtkamp: Textuur (partial):

  • De Prins en de Bodyguard

VPRO radio studio, Hilversum, september 23, 1998
Cor Gout (v), Luc Houtkamp (ts)

EE records EE 75

FOURinONE: Stelen:

  • Enchantment
  • Stelen
  • Vielleicht ist nichts völlig wahr, und selbst das nicht
  • Herenboekje, berenhoekje, boerenhekje,…
  • Pauze – oder was?

Loft, Köln, Germany, January 15, 1999
Johannes Bauer (trb), Luc Houtkamp (as, ts), Dieter Manderscheid (b), Martin Blume (d)

Random Acoustics RA 026 (CD)

Electro-acoustic music from the Netherlands 2000 (partial):

  • What Way

Home Studio, Den Haag, Spring 1999
Luc Houtkamp (electronic composition)

PEM CD 1 (CD)

International Live Electronic Music Incorporated (partial):

  • White yellow nine grey

Korzo theater, Den Haag, The Netherlands, April 9, 1999
Anne La Berge (fl, electronics), Luc Houtkamp (ts), Lori Freedman (bass-cl), Kaffe Matthews (violin, electronics), Gert-Jan Prins (radio, electronics), Tim Perkis (computer), John Bischoff (computer)

X-OR FR 10 (CD)

GOUTHOUT: Scheveningen, op locatie (partial):

  • Conceptie
  • Vrolijk en Dood

Camille aan huis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, February 7, 2000
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Cor Gout (voice)

Trespassers W TW 1052

International Live Electronic Music Incorporated (partial):

  • Red five purple
  • Two green seven

Home studio Gert-Jan Prins, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 25, 2000
Luc Houtkamp (computer, computer sampled saxophone), Gert-Jan Prins (radio, electronics)

X-OR FR 10 (CD)

f.i. quartet: Live at Free Music XXVII Antwerp, 2000:

  • First interpellation
  • Four iterations
  • For if

Free Music XXVII, Antwerp, August 5 2000
Herb Robertson (tr, flutes); Luc Houtkamp (ts, as); Fred Van Hove (pno, accordion); Ivo Vander Borght (perc).

X-OR FR 11 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp: Exercise in swing:

  • Exercise in swing
  • In tilting motion – two voices – negative version
  • Fon Mall – Piobaireachta
  • Gugelhupf stomp
  • Trapped nervous system
  • In tilting motion – three voices
  • Everytime we say goodbye (major to minor complex)

Conceived, grown, mixed and permuted in the digital domain between February – May 2001
Luc Houtkamp, digital pulse conglomerations

X-OR 011 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp’s pow3: The thirteen bar blues:

  • Black cat bone

Studio Luc Houtkamp, Den Haag, the Netherlands, September 2001
Han Buhrs (v) Luc Houtkamp (computer)

X-OR CD 017

International Improvisation Pool: November Music 2001 (partial):

  • Improvisation

November Music, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, November 15 2001
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Johannes Bauer (trb), Thomas Lehn (electronics), Jacques Palinckx (gtr), Fred van Hove (pno), Ivo Vander Borght (perc)

NM 005

Luisterpost (partial):

  • Ton sur Ton

Studio Luc Houtkamp, Den Haag, the Netherlands, spring 2002
Luc Houtkamp (electronic composition)

Note: This cd doesn’t state the names of the pieces. Only the names of the composers are mentioned

Luisterpost CD 01

2nd Outlet: Burnt Sienna:

  • Solferino violet
  • Phthalocyanine green

LOFT, Köln, Germany 26 May 2002
Luc Houtkamp (computer), Cor Fuhler (pno & preparations), Martin Blume (d, percussion)

Nuscope Recordings CD 1015

Cor Gout: Noirette:

  • De Fietsenmaker
  • Weder’s dode lichaam volgens Bacon
  • De Non en de Wereldbol
  • Het Horloge
  • Verderfelijke Mus
  • De Twee Koetsiers
  • De Pruik (Ballade)

Disco Fair studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 1 – 4 October 2002
Cor Gout (voice), Luc Houtkamp (ts, computer), Jan Moebius (computer), Wilbert de Joode (b)

In de Knipscheer ISBN 9062655556

Luc Houtkamp’s pow3: The thirteen bar blues:

  • The thirteen bar blues

Old Skool studio, Utrecht The Netherlands, November 2002
Luc Houtkamp (computer), DJ Donotask (turntables, electronics)

X-OR CD 017

O.BA.O / Luc Houtkamp: Beyond The Edge:

  • Easy Mood
  • Hoppop
  • Flow
  • Hook Van Holland
  • Luckey
  • Gongsong (*)
  • 2Gether
  • Short Talk
  • Hiking
  • Plywood
  • 3angle
  • Gato
  • Blues

Studio Le Roy, Amsterdam 21 November, 2002

Luc Houtkamp (ts), Herbert de Jonge (pno), Michiel Czn Dhont (b), Hans Houtman (d)

(*) Also released on: Arabesque, 35 years of magic sounds, Michiel Cz, Dhont (no label)

  • Bonus Track #1
  • Bonus track #2
  • Bonus Track #3

Bimhuis, Amsterdam, 16 January, 2003

Same line up

Note: recording dates on cd cover are incorrect

EWM 51712

Luc Houtkamp’s pow3: The thirteen bar blues:

  • Dis-moi blues

Studio DNA, Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 2003
Han Buhrs (voice), Guy Harries (computer), Luc Houtkamp (computer)

  • Work song workout 1
  • Work song workout 2
  • Work song workout 3
  • Work song workout 4

Old Skool studio, Utrecht The Netherlands, April 2003
Han Buhrs (voice, electronics), Luc Houtkamp (ts)

  • Blues for Pierre Schaeffer
  • Lite the fuse
  • Mad man blues

Han Buhrs (voice), Guy Harries (computer), Luc Houtkamp (computer)
Old Skool studio, Utrecht The Netherlands, May 2003

  • Africanized milking cow
  • Riot in cell block #9

Old Skool studio, Utrecht The Netherlands, May 2003
Han Buhrs (voice), Guy Harries (computer, crackle box), Luc Houtkamp (computer), DJ Donotask (turntables)

X-OR CD 017

2nd Outlet: Burnt Sienna:

  • Winsor Blue
  • French ultramarine
  • Arulian yellow
  • Cadmium red
  • Raw umber
  • Alizarin crimson
  • Burnt sienna
  • Van Dyck brown

LOFT, Köln, Germany, 9 May 2003
Luc Houtkamp (ts, computer), Cor Fuhler (pno & preparations), Martin Blume (d, percussion)

Nuscope Recordings CD 1015

Luc Houtkamp’s pow3: The thirteen bar blues:

  • The death of Robert Johnson

Studio Luc Houtkamp, Den Haag, the Netherlands, July 2003
Han Buhrs (voice), Luc Houtkamp (computer), Martin Blume (perc)

  • If I had Possession over Judgment Day

Old Skool studio, Utrecht The Netherlands August 2003
Han Buhrs (voice), Luc Houtkamp (computer), DJ Donotask (grooves)

X-OR CD 017

Palinckx: Spam, Scores, Encores:

  • If I had Possession over Judgment Day

Old Skool studio, Utrecht The Netherlands, August – October 2003
Han Buhrs (voice), Luc Houtkamp (computer), DJ Donotask (grooves), Jaqcues Palinckx (dobro)

Note: this is a remix of the piece with the same name on X-OR CD 017, made by DJ Donotask. Palinckx was dubbed during a session in October 2003.

Vonk 10

FOURinONE: #40 Vienna & #41 Bernbeuren, 2003:

  • #40a
  • #40b

Blue Tomato Jazz Club, Vienna, Austria, 1 November 2003

  • #41a
  • #41b
  • #41c

Nigglmühle, Bernbeuren, Germany, 2 November 2003
Johannes Bauer (trb), Luc Houtkamp (ts), Dieter Manderscheid (b), Martin Blume

X-OR FR 13

Trio O.BA.O + Luc Houtkamp and Elton Dean (partial):

  • Lucky to be happy

BIM huis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19 March 2004
Luc Houtkamp (ts), Elton Dean (saxello), Herbert de Jonge (pno), Michiel Czn Dhont (b), Hans Houtman (d)

JazzZien DVD 01

POW Ensemble: TAV+ (partial):

  • Sleeping

Theater a/h Spui, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 28 May 2004
Hilal Zaher (ud), Luc Houtkamp (computer), Tom Tlalim (voice, computer), Guy Harries (computer)

TAV 4

POW Ensemble: Birdsong From Inside The Egg:

  • Bojangles walking

Gallery TAG, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 3 October 2004
Luc Houtkamp (computer), Tom Tlalim (computer), Marije Nie (tap dance)

  • It don’t mean a thing (if it ain’t got that swing)

Houtkamp’s home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, fall 2004
Luc Houtkamp (computer), Tom Tlalim (theremin), Marije Nie (tap dance)

X-OR CD 019

POW Ensemble/FOURinONE: November Music 2004 (partial):

  • Teaming Up VI

BIMhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23 March 2005
Johannes Bauer (trb), Dieter Manderscheid (b), Martin Blume (d, perc), Luc Houtkamp (computer), Guy Harries (computer), Jan Trützschler (computer), Paul Jeukendrup (sound control)

NM 008
also released: X-OR CD 019

Trespassers W: The Noble Folly Of Rock ‘n’ Roll (partial):

  • Cat man
  • Do the don’t
  • The mole
  • Jukebox in Middelburg

S6G Studio Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Spring 2005
Cor Gout (vocals), Luc Houtkamp (ts), Ronnie Krepel (gtr, casiotone, b, d), Lucas Simonis (gtr), Hayo den Boeft (b-gtr), Bart Vos (d), Jeffrey Bruinsma (vi), Nina Hitz (cello)

Somnimage SOM00014

POW Ensemble: Birdsong From Inside The Egg:

  • The bells of Cerkno
  • If I had possession over Judgment Day

BIM Huis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23 March 2006
Luc Houtkamp (ts, computer, cd scratching), Joseph Bowie (trb, vocals), Tom Tlalim (computer), Marije Nie (tap dance)

  • Fthang

Houtkamp’s home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, April 2006
Luc Houtkamp (computer, cd scratching), Han Buhrs (vocals), Cora Schmeiser (soprano), Harm Huson (countertenor), Arnout Lems (baritone)

  • British tourist revisited

Old Skool studio, Utrecht The Netherlands, Spring 2006
John Dowie (vocals, pno), Luc Houtkamp (computer), DNA (turntables, Moog)

  • The Wine (1, 2, 4)
  • Birdsong from inside the egg (2)
  • Baude Bedeh (1, 3)
  • The Vigil (3)

Houtkamp’s home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, Summer 2006
Luc Houtkamp (ts, computer), Guy Harries (vocals, computer, electric piano), Han Buhrs (vocals), Vera van der Bie (vi), Maurice Horsthuis (viola), Nina Hitz (cello), Wiek Hijmans (gtr -1), Joseph Bowie (trb -2), Behsat Üvez (oud, bandir -3), Wilbert de Joode (b -4), DNA (turntables, grooves)

Note: DJ Donotask, alias Arjen de Vreede, changed his name to DNA

X-OR CD 019 (CD)

Note: Baude Bedeh is also released on: Gonzo Circus GC 086

  • Cradle my heart

Houtkamp’s home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, Summer 2006
Luc Houtkamp (ts, computer), Guy Harries (vocals, computer), Behsat Üvez (oud), DNA (turntables)

  • In de la

STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Fall 2006
Cora Schmeiser (soprano), Harm Huson (countertenor), Arnout Lems (baritone), DNA (turntables, voice)

X-OR CD 019

POW Ensemble: Homage to Hazard Live:

  • It’s a risky world

Joseph Bowie (vocals, tb), Han Buhrs (vocals), Guy Harries (vocals, computer), Luc Houtkamp (computer), Nina Hitz (cello)

  • The fence

Houtkamp’s home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, summer 2007
Guy Harries (vocals), Luc Houtkamp (computer, bass drum), Nina Hitz (cello)

  • Het behoeft uiteraard geen toelichting aan wie u dat te danken heeft…
  • Security (1)
  • 12:13 AM – a room (1)
  • Rimbaudrambo (1, 2)
  • This is to those (1, 2)
  • Loser (2)
  • The tempest (1)
  • One, two, maybe three (1, 3)
  • Mood swings (1)
  • It’s a risky world (1, 2)

Bimhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 26, 2008
Han Buhrs (vocals -1, backing vocals, voice, live electronics), Luc Houtkamp (computer, live electronics, ts,  backing vocals, computer controlled percussion), Guy Harries (vocals -2, backing vocals, fl, computer), Wolter Wierbos (trb, voc -3), Nina Hitz (cello)

X-OR FR 14 (CD)

ZAM Labor Vol #4  (partial):

  • Kandidat EEG 1
  • Kandidat EEG 2
  • Kandidat EEG 3
  • Kandidat EEG 4
  • Kandidat EEG 5

Cologne, December 10, 2008
Luc Houtkamp (ts, computer), Paul Hubweber (trombone, vocals), Emiko Ota (percussion, vocals)

ZAM Labor 4 (CD)

Luc Houtkamp/ POW Ensemble: Continuum:

  • Uiterste Staat

Houtkamp’s home studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands, January 2010
Wiek Hijmans (gtr), Guy Harries (computer), Luc Houtkamp (computer)

Note: The last section of Uiterste Staat is also released on:
Anthology of Dutch Electronic Music 1999-2010, Basta Records 3093042

  • BoX of BriX

LOFT, Köln, Germany, June 2 2010
Maurice Horsthuis  (vla, computer,) Guy Harries (fl, computer, vocals), Luc Houtkamp (computer, as, synthesizer, electric ukulele), Goska Isphording (harpsichord, synthesizer), Jacqueline Hamelink (cello, vocals), Lauran Jurrius (sound design and electronics)

X-OR CD 020 (CD)

Quatttro Concerto:

  • Quattro Concerto

Orgelpark, Amsterdam, April 12, 2013

Erik Bosgraaf (recorders) Ere Lievonen, (church organ), DJ DNA (turntables, electronics), Luc Houtkamp (computer, electronics), Clare Gallagher (sound design)

POW DVD 001 (DVD)

Defunkt feat. James White & Sax Pistols:

  • Allergy for the U.S.
  • Allergy for the U.S. (remix by Stuart “Stu” Wawkins)

Soundwise Studio, Amsterdam, August 29-30 , 2013

Joseph Bowie (v), Rocco Zifarelli (g), Kim Clarke (b-gtr), Tobias Ralph (d), James White (v, as), Chazzy Green (ss, as), Bart Wirtz (as), Luc Houtkamp (ts), Hans Dulfer (ts), Yuri Honing (ts), Koen Schouten (bs) Monique Klemann (background v)

ZIP Records (cd single & 12 inch vinyl)

Puls (partial):

  • Cutesy Things

Syddansk Musikkonservatorium, Ondense, Denmark, February 20, 2014

Trio Nebula: Els van der Weij (ss), Monica Schmidt Andersen (soprano recorder), Stig Acker (glockenspiel, chinese temple blocks), Luc Houtkamp (composition)

Matching Arts Records 1401 (CD)

Houtkamp/Nabatov/Blume: Encouters

  • Running [Into]
  • Coming [Across]
  • Bumping [Against]
  • Stumbling [Upon]
  • Confronting [The] Part 1
  • Confronting [The] Part 2
  • Meeting [Of]
  • Facing [With]

LOFT Cologne, Germany, March 23 2014

Luc Houtkamp (ts, straight as) Simon Nabatov (piano), Martin Blume (drums, percussion)

Leo Records LR 716

Roastbeef

  • Roastbeef

Den Haag, summer 2014

Stephanie Pan (vocals, vocoder) Axel Schappert (tuba), Peter Kuit (tap dance), Luc Houtkamp (computer, ts), Tessa Joosse (video clip)

POW DVD 002 (DVD)

Audio-HD (partial)

  • PIN

Floriana, Malta, spring 2016

Luc Houtkamp, electronic composition

USB Stick iii Editions

Luc Houtkamp/Hannes Buder: The Malta Sessions

  • Zejtun
  • Dingli
  • Mqabba
  • Attard
  • Lija
  • Gzira
  • Fgura
  • Naxxar
  • Balzan
  • Kalkara
  • Conspicua
  • Qormi
  • Hamrun

Studio Noise Alliance, Qormi, Malta, June 21/22 2016

Luc Houtkamp (ts, cl) Hannes Buder (el. gtr)

POW CD 003

Luc Houtkamp – Giorgio Occhipinti – Ten short stories

  • Walking on the tracks
  • Arriving at an obstructed crossroad
  • Meeting the unexpected
  • Consumed certainties
  • The legend of the unfinished paragraph
  • Walking between the walls of the land of Sicily
  • A happy voyage to uncertainty
  • Common music
  • Adventures with broken circles
  • The found sound

Recorded by Vincenzo Cavalli at Sonoria Studio, Scordia, Italy, 19th of May 2017

Luc Houtkamp – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Giorgio Occhipinti – piano

Convivio Records CV 003

Houtkamp – Beresford – Blume – Live in Prague 2017

  • Ambiguous & incomprehensible
  • Clear as mud

Recorded during the Alternativa Festival in Prague, CZ, 8 November 2017,
by Zdeněk Fikar Mixed by Luc Houtkamp

Luc Houtkamp – tenor saxophone
Steve Beresford – piano, electronics
Martin Blume – drums, percussion

POW CD 04

Houtkamp – Beresford – Blume – Shed 1

  • Pantry
  • Hayloft
  • Vault

Recorded Loft, Cologne, BRD, 7 October 2018,

Luc Houtkamp – tenor saxophone
Steve Beresford – piano, objects
Martin Blume – drums, percussion

FMR 597

Bowscapes (partial)

  • The Walking Song

Durban/Den Haag, Spring 2022

Sazi Dlamini – umakhweyana bow, voice
Luc Houtkamp – electronic composition

AOI CD 05