Showing posts with label Modular on The Spot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modular on The Spot. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

ZeepLAB Crowdfunding: Celebrate bleeps, bloops & beams!

In Nieuwegein (NL), ZeepLAB has slowly become the place to be for many live electronic musicians... real “knob-twisters” and “cable-patchers” with synths, grooveboxes and modular gear.
To continue the good work they started a crowdfunding campaign and need your help to maintain the location and support the performing artists...

Entrepreneur and musician René Voorberg turned part of the old Persil/Ecolab soap factory into an immersive stage where visuals and live sound meet. Sitting on cushions, visitors experience unique performances across ambient, downtempo, IDM, cinematic, glitch, melodic techno, drone and synthwave, a celebration of creating your own sound in an age of AI.

Together with CKV teacher Marco Tenkink, René transformed 140 m² of former locker rooms into a venue built from reused factory parts, theatre curtains and metres of cable. 

Since October 2024 ZeepLAB has hosted concerts, album launches and community events such as Patchworks, Modular on the Spot and Bring Your Own Synth jam nights, with livestreams making the experience accessible to a wider audience.

ZeepLAB is a heartfelt investment, but it costs time and money. 
Your support helps it survive until at least 2028/2029 – and hopefully beyond, as the area develops new creative spaces. 

With your help the team can continue to:
– organise 10–15 shows per year
– keep hosting concerts on a donation basis
– host meet-ups and showcases
– run Bring Your Own Synth nights
– cover part of the maintenance costs
– give musicians a small expense allowance

Every contribution – large or small – keeps this unique venue for electronic music alive. 
You can find the crowdfunding campaign H E R E

For a taste of the vibe check ZeepLAB on InstagramFacebook or their YouTube channel.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Modular On The Spot, 3rd of August, Maarssen NL





Another modular synth-event that is taking place soon is the Summer edition of Modular on The Spot NL.

Modular on The Spot-NL is the Dutch version of the much acclaimed (open air) event for all modular music performers and their audiences.

Originally Modular On The Spot was an outdoor modular synth performance event that was started in Los Angeles by modular artist and skateboard photographer Eric “Rodent” Cheslak with bass player and modular musician Bana Haffar.

The idea came about on a camping trip to Arizona in 2014 where they set up a generator, speakers, and a modular synth at an off grid location in the middle of the desert. 
Since then, that version has grown into a free, monthly, picnic-style gathering that has been adopted by modular aficionados across the US (...and beyond (red.))
It's open to the public and offers a laid back and expansive listening environment... 

Modular on The Spot events are now taking place all over the world and the community keeps on growing. 
I believe this is already the third edition of MoTS on this location, an old Fortress/ Bunker near Utrecht. A beautiful spot... I hope the weather will be nice.

The line-up will be announced later.
Keep an eye on their social media for more: https://www.instagram.com/mots.nl/

August 3, 2025
Fort Maarsseveen
Herenweg 3, Maarssen

Free Entrance

The aim is at playing in the open air but can move inside if there’s a chance it might rain.

Wanna play? Send an email to (tectonia@live.nl