DATARECORDS
Datarecords, music label for improvised music, was founded by Dick Lucas in 1982. In 1995 DATA-Images was added for the release of DVD’s. The label and his site ceased to exist in 2019, due to Dicks’ passing away on November 4th, 2019.
During the final months Dick wrote an article for Jazz bulletin commemorating musician/composer Misha Mengelberg with whom he often collaborated.
Link: Article Misha Mengelberg
In 1983 Dick worked with the ASKO ENSEMBLE on the reconstruction of Varèse’s Poème Électronique and Xenakis Concret PH. These works were performed during the 1958 World Exhibition in the Philips Pavilion designed by Le Corbusier. In 2017 Dick was interviewed about his collaboration with Iannis Xenakis in ’83. (Third paragraph: Autour de la Reconstitution de Concret PH, click frame right.)
http://www.centre-iannis-xenakis.org/items//show4137
Most DATARECORDS releases are still available on CD at Subterranean Distribution –www.subdist.com–
or by mailing:Jellie Dekker
Bellow a list of all releases:
Joost Buis & Astronotes
DATA:102
Maurice Horsthuis’ Elastic Jargon featuring Mark Feldman
DATA:101
Maurice Horsthuis’ Jargon
DATA:071
Sean Bergin’s SONG MOB
DATA:061
Kweksilber / Beldman / Janssen trio
DATA:052
Sean Bergin’s Quintet
playing music by South African composers
DATA:053
Guus Janssen / Han Bennink duo
DATA:051
Maartje ten Hoorn String Quartet
DATA:043
Cor Fuhler Nonet
DATA:044
Michiel Scheen Quartet
DATA:042
Joost Buis tentet
DATA:041
Wolter Wierbos – solo trombone
(reissue of vinyl record 1982)
DATA:824
Tobias Delius – Serigne Gueye – Hilary Jeffery – Wilbert de Joode
DATA:033
Sean Bergin and his MOB (my own band)
DATA:032
Cor Fuhler – Wilbert de Joode – Han Bennink
DATA:031
BassDrumBone
Ray Anderson – Mark Helias – Gerry Hemingway
celebrating BassDrumBone’s 25th anniversary
DATA:021
Ernst Reijseger – cello,kalimba,percussion
Alan ‘Gunga’ Purves’ – drums,percussion,shakers
DATA:822
(reissue of vinyl record 1982)
Han Bennink – drums & other stuff
DATA:823
(reissue of vinyl record 1982)
Sean Bergin – soprano+tenorsax,flute,pennywhistle
Ernst Reijseger – cello,bongo’s
DATA:011
Ab Baars – tenorsax,clarinet
Roswell Rudd – trombone
Wilbert de Joode – bass
Martin van Duynhoven – drums
DATA:012
The first Datarecords releases on vinyl record (not available):
LEEDVERMAAK
Toneelgroep Baal – tekst Judith Herzberg
muziek – Maurice Horsthuis
DATA:821, 1982
WANTIJ
Harry de Wit – piano/prepared piano & compositions
DATA:831, 1983
CARROUSEL
Ab Baars & Trebbel
Ab Baars – saxophones, Guus Janssen – piano, Mariëtte Rouppe van der Voort – saxophone, flutes
DATA:841, 1984
GEORGE ANTHEIL First & Second String Quartet
Mondriaan Kwartet
Jan Erik van Regteren Altena – violin 1, Edwin Blankenstijn – violin 2, Prunela Pacey – viola, Eduard van Regteren Altena – cello
DATA:851, 1984
(reissue on CD by the Etcetera Label)
PICNIC
Tristan Honsinger – cello, Jean Jacques Avenel – bass, Tiziana Simona Vigni – voice, Sean Bergin – sax, Michael Vatcher – percussion, Toshinori Kondo – trumpet
All compositions by Tristan Honsinger and one by Sean Bergin
DATA:852, 1985
(reissue on CD by Corbett vs. Dempsey)
DODEKAKANIA
Amsterdam Stringtrio
Maurice Horsthuis – viola, Ernst Reyseger – cello, Ernst Glerum – bass
All compositions by Maurice Horsthuis and one by Ernst Glerum
DATA:861, 1986
In 1986 the audio works of some of Dick’s students at the Rietveld Academy Amsterdam were released on a record album (LP). Each LP has a special designed cover by one of the students.
Work by Ricky Schouten, Jurgen Meekel, Merryl & Elvis Lopez, Marja Heikoop, Cynthia Bender, Hans Muller, Heinz Hoffman, Josette Overhaus, Joep van der Borgh, Liesbeth Almekinders, Zoltan Winters. Classes in audio by Dick Lucas 1986, Rietveldproject 44.
Lisboa 2008Dick Lucas and Jellie Dekker at Gulbenkian Festival where AFIJN, the movie on Misha Mengelberg, was shown.
