Concert

33 1/3 CLASSIC ALBUM LISTENING SESSION

SURFER ROSA - THE PIXIES

4AD, 32min5sec, released: 21 March 1988

Please note that this is not a concert but a Listening Session!

These days, it's difficult to still imagine how revolutionary, freaky and futuristic Surfer Rosa sounded at its release in 1988 and what an influence the album had upon the (guitar) bands that surfaced at the end of the ’80's, early ’90's.

May we summarise very simply?

No Nirvana without Surfer Rosa.

(So no Foo Fighters without Surfer Rosa either.)

No PJ Harvey without Surfer Rosa.

No dEUS without Surfer Rosa.

No Radiohead without Surfer Rosa.

No Smashing Pumpkins without Surfer Rosa (but would we mind?).

This list could easily be extended by at least ten bands that would not have existed if they hadn't bought the Pixies' debut album in 1988.

Surfer Rosa may certainly be seen as a milestone in rock history and meant the breakthrough for the Pixies, who later reached an even broader audience with a more pop sound (Doolittle, Bossanova).

So it's high time to dedicate a Classic Album Listening Session in the cosy Huis 23 to it and listen together, at our leisure, to a vinyl copy of this impressive album. The session will be introduced (in Dutch) by Marnix Peeters, author, ex-music journalist for the likes of RifRaf, Oor, Deng and Humo, and right-from-the-start Pixies fan.

You can attend this listening session free-of-charge by registering via reservationshuis23@abconcerts.be (making mention of ‘Surfer’ in the subject title)

33 1/3 – Classic Album Listening Sessions

The idea behind Huis 33 1/3 is as simple as can be: music lovers gathering to listen to a 'classic' album - uninterrupted and in the most ideal circumstances possible (technical equipment, surroundings,..) - and introduced by an adept of the album in question.

With this new series, we want to offer an alternative to the way the musical experience has evolved over recent years. By listening to considerably compressed mp3’s, YouTube films, or to sites like Spotify with small small earplugs or via laptop speakers, we miss essential elements of the music... often without even realising it.

Many albums were created as an artwork in themselves and so deserve to be listened to in their entirety. A great deal of attention was paid to obtaining the best possible sound quality, the artwork, the playing order of the songs, the mood of the songs and the ‘story’ the artist wanted to involve the listener in. In many cases, no effort was spared to record the albums in the best studios, in order to make use of the best sounding mixing tables, microphones, pre-amps, compressors, reverbs, etc... All of this is completely destroyed in just a few mouse-clicks.

During the 33 1/3 sessions we will listen to an album in its entirety - without interruption and with the best possible technical means -and in this way attempt to experience the album as it was originally intended to be heard when it was recorded, mastered and released.

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