S.M. NURSE

Electronica • Amsterdam, NL

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About the Artist

S.M. Nurse (1980-1983) Anneke Stempher: compositions, vocals, instruments Jos Jak: compositions, vocals, instruments Menko Konings (eM.): compositions, vocals, instruments & guitars Around 1980 Menko Konings (eM.) started the legendary Dutch underground formation S.M. Nurse, first together with Jos Jak and later also with Anneke Stempher. S.M. Nurse experimented with collage-like music and were inspired by N.Y.-ultra, disco e.g. The band mainly performed in the Amsterdam ultra-circuit, such as Oktopus on the Keizersgracht and D-Day in Paradiso. They also performed at clubs and discotheques such as Mazzo on the Rozengracht and the transgender nightclub Madame Arthur in the Warmoesstraat. S.M. Nurse played regularly on the famous Dutch radio programmes RadioNome and Spleen and performed live on radio in the villa of the VPRO in Hilversum. They also contributed to the theme cassette Turkish Delight of Van Kaye & Ignit's tapes and records label Ding Dong. Among releases were a live registration on a bootleg cassette, at the time available at Staalplaat, and a cassette of S.M. Nurse on the independent label Top Tape. At the end of 1983, S.M. Nurse split up. eM. continued solo under the name eM. He also started the formations Plastic Cocon and No Honey from These with Robby Horsfall and the cassette label Top Tape. Anneke Stempher and Jos Jak recorded a cassette for TopTape under the name Incredible Coop. Top Tape released several cassettes and CD's from eM. as well as No Honey From These. Robby Horsfall's vocals also appear on the live track 'that's the body' by S.M. Nurse. He also played several times with S.M. Nurse. For more information: http://www.reverbnation.com/em1 http://www.facebook.com/pages/eM/19669542034524 A selection of rehearsal tracks, home tapes and live tracks can be listened to on this web page. S.M. Nurse on vinyl: DOMESTICA RECORDS (2017); https://domesticarecords.com/collections/domestica-records/products/s-m-nurse-thats-the-body MACADAM MAMBO (2017); https://www.juno.co.uk/products/danzas-electricas/641187-01/ DOMESTICA RECORDS (2016); https://domesticarecords.com/collections/domestica-records/products/dom26-l-v-a-domestic-landscape-vol-2-underrated-synth-classics-1982-1990-lp DOMESTICA RECORDS (2015); https://domesticarecords.com/collections/domestica-records/products/dom20-l-s-m-nurse-hometape-recordings-1981-1983-lp?variant=30164274381 DOMESTICA RECORDS (2013); https://domesticarecords.com/collections/domestica-records/products/dom03-m-s-m-nurse-30th-anniversary-1980-1983-10?variant=30082576525 WALHALLA RECORDS (2012); http://www.discogs.com/Various-Underground-Wave-Volume-3/release/3502021 Reviews: http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/s-m-nurse-hometape-recordings-1981-1983/ http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/s-m-nurse-s-m-nurse-top-tape-cassette/ Webpages: http://www.reverbnation.com/em1 http://www.facebook.com/pages/eM/196695420345240 http://www.myspace.com/561251329 http://www.reverbnation.com/smnurse http://www.facebook.com/pages/SM-NURSE/113202698766681 http://www.reverbnation.com/nohoneyfromthese http://www.facebook.com/pages/NO-HONEY-FROM-THESE/218215091533889?sk=app_2405167945 http://www.reverbnation.com/lembrassetoptape http://www.facebook.com/pages/LEMBRASSE-TOP-TAPE/135126246562754 http://www.youtube.com/user/emtoptape?feature=mhee http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/eM. http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/S.M.+Nurse http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/No+Honey+From+These http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/genre/ultra http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2011/06/sm-nurse-tape-top-tapestichting.html http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2011/06/lembrasse-tape-top-tape-1987.html http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2011/02/no-honey-from-these-tape-top-tape-1988.html http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2008/02/turkish-delight-tape-ding-dong-records.html http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2007/08/contactdisc-1-5-5lps-stichting.html http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2009/08/em-to-to-new-york-tape-nucleine-1984.html http://433rpm.blogspot.nl/2013/01/em-b-movies-tape-top-tape-1986.html http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2012/04/menko-dedicated-to-charles-bronson-tape.html http://433rpm.blogspot.nl/2012/03/incredible-coop-annalogics-tape-top.html http://www.discogs.com/label/Top+Tape+%281%29 http://www.discogs.com/eM-To-To-New-York/release/2697407 http://www.discogs.com/SM-Nurse-Untitled/release/3103695 http://www.discogs.com/artist/Incredible+Coöp http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M._Nurse http://thescrapmag.com/underground-wave-volume-3/ http://www.discogs.com/Various-Underground-Wave-Volume-3/release/3502021 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Underground-Wave-Volume-4/release/5480072 http://thescrapmag.com/la-proxima-referencia-de-domestica-s-m-nurse-1980-1983-compilation/

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