Apr 18, 2018
Appreciation of Truus de Groot of Dutch post-punk bands, Plus Instruments and Nasmak
Truus de Groot is a remarkable person. Singer in Nasmak (and for a time in unwilling Dutch teen heartthrobs Doe Maar) she is best known in alternative circles for her band, Plus Instruments. Like many others in the strange, overlooked Dutch post-punk scene of the late 1970s, she had a penchant (maybe driven by necessity) for making noises with discarded, or handmade instruments. De Groot pioneered something called the crackle box (‘kraakdoos’) during those years, a weird Rosetta stone of an electronic instrument; one that emitted squeaks, blurts and blaring sounds.
