{"id":448,"date":"2025-02-13T22:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T22:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centraladministrator.nl\/?page_id=448"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:38:41","slug":"the-electric-egg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centraladministrator.nl\/index.php\/the-electric-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Electric Egg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE ELECTRIC EGG<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kameraad Joop woonde in studentenflat Selwerd I. Bij hem op de gang woonde Berry, die Harm kende. Zo heb ik Harm ontmoet, omdat wij beiden van de Soft Machine hielden hebben ze ons bij elkaar gebracht. Harm zat samen met Peter op de bibliotheekacademie. Peter en Martijn waren jeugdvrienden in Hattem. Jacco zat bij mij op de hogere landbouwschool. Overigens zat Martijn ook bij Jacco en mij op school, maar een jaar later begonnen. Tot zover de korte historie. Er werd besloten een band te beginnen. Het was 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d2a4ce5ae68&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized has-custom-border wp-lightbox-container\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centraladministrator.nl\/pics\/tee01.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-width:1px;box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural);width:145px;height:auto\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Vergroot afbeelding\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Het streven was een jaren zestig\/zeventig geluid te cre\u00ebren. Hippie dus. Peter had al een behoorlijk aantal nummers geschreven in een Dylan-achtige sfeer. Dit vormde de hoofdmoot van het materiaal. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>De rest van de nummers waren jams waarbij het alle kanten opging. We gingen voortvarend te werk. We repeteerden een avond bij Buro Gogo, de ochtend erna in de oefenruimte van Simplon. Maar het was geen lang leven beschoren. 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De meest chaotische versie ooit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outsider, he stands for the truth.<br>The outsider, he knows the truth.<br>Thruth what did he mean by it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the one-eyed in the kingdom of the blind.<br>The only one who knows there is nothing to find.<br>Death is the only idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Might be romantic, might be realistic.<br>Might be a man, might be a woman.<br>There is no way out of truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>See the chaos, yeah that&#8217;s all you will find.<br>See the lawbreakers and the law is behind.<br>Do you feel very important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talks about freedom, freedom what does it mean?<br>It&#8217;s the only thing he has never seen.<br>And reality is the only thing he knows.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C<sub>20<\/sub>H<sub>25<\/sub>N<sub>3<\/sub>O<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We dachten dat het wel een goed idee was om de geesten ietwat te verruimen. Jacco had de hand weten te leggen op de juiste chemicali\u00ebn. Het werd die avond een vreemde chaotische repetitie. De nasleep echter&#8230; Laat ik het houden bij dat Harm weer ging wonen op de boerderij van zijn ouders. Dit was het einde van the Electric Egg. (Harm vormde toen vanuit de slaapkamer van zijn ouders de band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erikschoppen.com\/frictionband\/\">Friction<\/a>.) E\u00e9n week na deze avond was de laatste repetitie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bandleden<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Peter Bisschop &#8211; Gitaar, zang en bugel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Martijn Grit &#8211; Bas \/ orgel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harm Wierda &#8211; Keyboards (o.a. Fender Rhodes) \/ bas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacco Kleingeld &#8211; Viool en tin whistle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michel van Kerkhof &#8211; Drums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discografie<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alleen bovenstaande nummers uit repetities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universiteitleiden.nl\/en\/staffmembers\/peter-bisschop#tab-1\">Prof. dr. Peter Bisschop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:700px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE ELECTRIC EGG Kameraad Joop woonde in studentenflat Selwerd I. Bij hem op de gang woonde Berry, die Harm kende. Zo heb ik Harm ontmoet, omdat wij beiden van de Soft Machine hielden hebben ze ons bij elkaar gebracht. Harm zat samen met Peter op de bibliotheekacademie. Peter en Martijn waren jeugdvrienden in Hattem. 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