Maarten van der Vleuten - TZ 2 In Your Face

Post by **markus** » 16 Apr 2007 22:54

I've finally uploaded the fantastic TZ 2 'In Your Face' bootleg (a kind of ex:el medley). Released back in '91, it was on the TZ label, a mysterious label with no track or artist information at all. I collected the entire TZ collection at the time, and thought that they were all by Marcos Salon. We now know that this particular EP was actually Maarten van der Vleuten and that TZ meant TestZone which was a sub-label of R&S Records.

Says Maarten: "The TZ series was surrounded by a lot of secrecy back then, which made it extra interesting.
The story behind TZ 2 really isn't that exciting though. I sampled sounds from all kinds of records (808 State amongst others) en made a new track out of them. R&S heard it and wanted to release it. Seeing that the tracks didn't sound like a typical R&S record, we decided to release it on the TZ label."

Details of the original release:
Maarten van der Vleuten - TZ 2
Label: TZ
Catalog#: TZ 02
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: Belgium
Released: Nov 1991
A1 Deep Down (Inside Mix)
A2 Duketown / Duketech
B1 In Your Face
B2 Body, Mind & Soul

The EP is now quite widely available on discogs.com. Here are the details of the digital release, which adds an unreleased bonus track:

Maarten van der Vleuten - TZ 2 Plus
Label: Signum Recordings
Catalog#: SIGNMP069
Format: File, MP3
Country: Netherlands
Released: 31 Dec 2006
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Tech House
Notes: Digital release of the "TZ 2" e.p. plus one unreleased track from 1991.
EAN13 barcode; 9789078282273
Available from eMusic, DanceTunes and iTunes.
[note that track 5 is *not* available from eMusic]

All GCG fans definitely also check out track B2!

The Minnin Trapper · Post by **The Minnin Trapper** » 17 Apr 2007 12:51

Used to have a couple of the TZ records which were superb. Had one which I managed to track down on this CD -

http://www.discogs.com/release/81721

Outlander - Birdy. It was untitled on my vinyl version. Think Suck Me Plasma maybe just called it Birdy because of the bird chirp sample all through it.

On a side note I had this great record as well. Didn't realise it was Maarten who done it -

http://www.discogs.com/release/42636

BADGERMAN · Post by **BADGERMAN** » 17 Apr 2007 17:50

Well done Markus - different to what I was expecting - was expecting it to be more of a megamix - different.

Keep em coming.

dee3 · Post by **dee3** » 17 Apr 2007 19:58

Holy cow, Markus - now that was a blast from the past!
Completely forgotten 'bout The TZ series - thanks for UL'ing this one!

Will be podding this one pronto...!

d.

P.S. WTH - iTunes Music Store, here I come!

808state's Tartan Army · Post by **808state's Tartan Army** » 17 Apr 2007 20:32

Excellent, I've now downloaded the EP from i-Tunes.

Post by **markus** » 17 Apr 2007 22:02

Top one isn't it! Was track 5 (K-Tech) included?

808state's Tartan Army · Post by **808state's Tartan Army** » 17 Apr 2007 22:05

markus wrote:Top one isn't it! Was track 5 (K-Tech) included?

Yes and yes.