O.R.D.U.C.
The One-o-seventh Royal Dutch Underground Company was founded in 1971. At first O.R.D.U.C. was a band wich wanted to play a mixture of Frank Zappa’s and Pink Floyd’s music from the late sixties. But after the initial members had left, the founder - Nico Selen - decided to go on with O.R.D.U.C. as a project for experimental music. Gradually the music chanced to minimal-pop.

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More new releases
from the notorious one?

On December the 31th of 2007, one of the dub-remixes "Deca-Dance" was released, on the free compilation album "Elektrik Underground 20YM" (20 Years Motok).
You can download the whole album by klicking on the cover.

On June the 13th 2007 O.R.D.U.C. has started with recordings for a new album.

In April and May 2007 O.R.D.U.C. has recorded two new tracks. One of them "Fragments (Light-Dub)" you can hear on MySpace. Klick on the MySpace logo to go there.

2006: Recently we have re-discoverd some recordings that wil make "Studio Live 1982". This album will contain four previously unreleased tracks by O.R.D.U.C., wich were recorded alive in the New Bulwark Studio, in 1982.

2005: We are supporting the label Enfant Terrible in compiling a new compilation LP from the 80-ties by O.R.D.U.C.. Most tracks on that album are only released on cassette or unreleased.

From october the 21st till 26th 2004, 5 remixes and 2 edits are made from the song Decadent by O.R.D.U.C.. These tracks might be released together with the two original versions and a dub-version from the early 90-ties.

History
& Plans

On friday, june the 13th 1980 O.R.D.U.C. recorded the track “Crazy Computer” for the Plurex compilation-EP “17 to 7 on 33”. It made O.R.D.U.C. “worldfamous”. At the end of 1980 the cassette-album “Pre Pink & Purple” was completed. A few months later, may 1981, the LP “Pink & Purple” was released.
After that several albums followed such as "Fast Forward" (1981), the famous “New Cubism” (1981), “The Beatear” (1984) and “D-Train” (1986). They were only released in a very limited edition on cassette. Some tracks were released on compilation-albums.
In 1998 the mini-album "Bonus-Tracks" was released on a 8-inch EP, through Feedback Records.

O.R.D.U.C. is still active and preparing several new albums. The first one will be "One-o-seventh" Royal Dutch Underground Company", containing five tracks with the same tittle.
Beside new works, also old - never released - works will be released. You can expect such as "Music for the Mind" (1973/75), "Underground" (1977/79), "Lost in Time and Space" (1981/89) and "Red Mixture" (1990/1999) But there is much more.

Last updated: 2008-01-02