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Safe Home




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Member Since4/5/2005
Band MembersEsther Sprikkelman, Harry Otten
InfluencesFairport Convention
Sounds LikeFairport Convention on an electro-burble tightrope-walking holiday.
Record Labelnow here
Type of LabelIndie


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With much water gone under the bridge, Esther Sprikkelman and Harry Otten have known each other since childhood - Esther was a pubsescent punk, screaming slogans against queen and country whilst Harry was the slightly older guru-with-guitar figure. Time was these people could be relied on to have everything turned up full and damn the neighbours. These days the neighbours are untroubled: the noises now made by Esther & Harry are an altogether quieter thing. Yes, Safe Home is most definitely quiet, yet listening to the music made by Safe Home is most definitely a disquieting experience… In 2001 Safe Home released a series of five 7" singles on their own Angels In Space micro-label, and, when these records (now sought-after and increasingly hard to find) were sold out, issued the tracks, together with new recordings, as the album "You Can't Undo What's Already Undid", released by Sunday Records of Illinois early in 2002. Described at the time as "'Paradise Lost' as performed by Alice", the album was "a quiet little melancholia for electro-burble, cyclical guitars, harmonium and the distant intimacy of a faraway-so-close voice": this was not summertime music. Avoided by even the non-establishment music establishment at home in Holland, "You Can't Undo What's Already Undid" was well-received elsewhere, and work began on a second full-length set, eventually completed as "The Wide Wide World And All We Know". Once again, and this time perhaps even more so, the sound of Safe Home is an uncomfortable mixture of melancholy and longing: Harry Otten's glacial arrangements of understated guitars weave and loop as Esther Sprikkelman's always impressionistic lyrics leave plenty of room for the listener to conjure up his or her own personal claustrophobia. The water passing under the Safe Home bridge seems to be oddly treacherous - not violent and heaving, but with an insidious undercurrent hidden in the blackness; crossing it offers a dry passage only to those who dare not look down.

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Prilpop Festival

Prilpop Festival



Nov 2 2009 4:08 PM

Prilpop 2010
Prilpop Festival

Prilpop Festival



Oct 25 2009 1:35 PM

Prilpop 2010
Andy Ks dissonant acoustic

Andy Ks dissonant acoustic



Oct 12 2009 3:48 AM

Nice! Andy Ks Interview on Palm Springs Guides website. (http://www.palmspringsguides.com)
Danjel Esperanza (NEW ViNYL ON Starbugs & MELEON!)

Danjel Esperanza (NEW ViNYL ON Starbugs & MELEON!)



Oct 4 2009 2:32 PM

heeeyyyiiihhhiiiiiii...... :-D

sooon new stuff on different labels like Starbug, Meleon, Mainakustik...., and soon my album on "Backdoor Beauty"....more infos all about soon!

more infos soon....)
Musik in Berlin

Musik in Berlin



Oct 4 2009 1:23 PM

Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu - van jazzhel tot technohemel
1e druk uitverkocht – 2e herziene druk eind oktober verwacht

Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu - van jazzhel tot technohemel is een boek dat in slechts 4,5 maand volledig is uitverkocht. De tweede druk van het boek ligt inmiddels bij de drukker en wordt eind oktober verwacht. Wie tussen nu en 25 oktober het boek online besteld, maakt dus in feite een reservering voor een exemplaar van de 2e druk. En dat belonen we graag! Wie vóór 25 oktober online besteld, betaalt geen verzendkosten.

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Revu: '…. aanstekelijk historische werk…. '
Volkskrant: '… een prima excursiereader, maar ook een reisgids om zelfstandig mee door muziekstad Berlijn te lopen.'
Dagblad van het Noorden: Jonker omzeilt de valkuil van betweterigheid en waakt voor een te gedetailleerd informatiebombardement. Daardoor leest haar boek als een vlotte, alternatieve resiids, ...'
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KENTIN JIVEK (New Album Out Now)

KENTIN JIVEK (New Album Out Now)



Oct 1 2009 12:08 PM

Thank you so much ,
I hope you've enjoyed them :)
Here is an extract from the Third album "Folklore & Folktales"
http://www.deezer.com/listen-2832647

Cheers
Kentin


Ödland

Ödland



May 1 2009 9:19 AM

Thanks for the add.
Merci Pour l'ajout.


Radio Mortale

Radio Mortale



Feb 24 2009 8:37 PM



en de fijnste dansplaatjes van eigen bodem door het mortale DJ-team..
meer info op WWW. RADIOMORTALE. NL
BANDS EN BEATS VAN EIGEN BODEM
kevin

kevin



Jun 10 2008 11:08 AM

Stephen Gerard Hiscox

Stephen Gerard Hiscox



May 1 2008 7:41 PM

Delicate, hypnotic and lovely! Much obliged,
Stephen

unfolk :: monti :: hewick

unfolk :: monti :: hewick



Dec 30 2007 11:47 PM

HAPPY 2008 FROM VENICE!
Your friend,
Alessandro
unfolk :: monti :: hewick

unfolk :: monti :: hewick



Dec 13 2007 8:57 PM

XMAS SPECIAL! MAXIMUM EXPOSURE FOR ALL TOP FRIENDS!
please see www.myspace.com/unfolk THANKS FOR YOUR MUSIC...
kevin

kevin



Nov 14 2007 9:19 PM

your songs make me smile.
so lovely, so clear.

being your friend makes me smile as well...

Glider

Glider



Sep 29 2007 8:43 AM

Hi guys,love your songs,
were you guys anything to do with the nightblooms?cos we love them too!
I'm gonna dig out my copy of album and check it out(god,how nerdy does that sound)
Let us know if you ever come to Scotland to play
Love Glider
Jeff Belfi

Jeff Belfi



Jul 28 2007 3:26 PM

hope ur weekend is going well?.. mine's shite so far.
unfolk :: monti :: hewick

unfolk :: monti :: hewick



Jun 13 2007 7:59 AM

Hi & thanks for your support! "The Wide Wide World And All We Know" is such a beautiful work, Post Fairport... Post Drake... Post Pastel... Post it! I must confess that I really like the bits when the Home becomes Unsafe with hidden sounds, tiny noises & glitches. Do you really own a mellotron? Fantastic. Say hello to Steve, the vinyl guru.
The Callen Sisters

The Callen Sisters



May 16 2007 2:01 PM

Hello!

It's lovely to meet you cyberly :) Very pretty music! Thank you for checking out our page and hope you're having a fantastic spring!

Cheers,
The Callens :)
M A R K

Mark Bruce



Mar 31 2007 3:55 PM

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Darling Sister

Darling Sister



Mar 20 2007 10:02 PM

Doe de groeten aan Merle! Die fantastische webdesigner. Groeten, Sander
Jeff Belfi

Jeff Belfi



Mar 16 2007 10:31 PM

happy st.patty's day & happy friday!, ahh..wonderful excuse to drink more (sorta gross when u already have a hangover :P)
nonstoperoticshows

nonstoperoticshows



Mar 5 2007 12:06 PM

Ik vond Nightblooms altijd al prachtig, maar dit vind ik nog mooier! Groet uit Zeeland
Jeanette Clinger

Jeanette Clinger



Feb 20 2007 12:33 AM

Hi
All the best to you and your endeavors, Jeanette
Bei Bei

Bei Bei



Jan 23 2007 7:35 PM

Hay
Thanks for being my MySpace Friend. :)
Bei Bei



The Visionary of Dust

The Visionary of Dust



Jan 18 2007 3:21 PM

Hallo, mensen...
Dank voor de add. Jullie muziek is fantastisch.
-Alexander
Bei Bei

Bei Bei



Jan 3 2007 12:27 AM

Hay
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :)
All the best in 07 to my Myspace Friends!

Bei Bei
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