Porto Verde

20/12/2021

Out today!

RKVLK003 Organizatsiya - Vlug

A lot of love went into this one! Thanks for the trust and music !
For the killer artwork and silkscreenprint !
For the liner notes !
For the mastering !
For the distribution !
For everyone ordering the record!

The record is available now at raakvlak.bandcamp.com and at your fav local record store

25/10/2021

RKVLK003

A couple years back we met Leo, Zoé and Guilhem in Amsterdam. Straight away we felt we met likeminded souls. At the time we were planning our first release for Raakvlak and we talked with them about doing a possible release in the future. Fast forward, here we are, announcing RKVLK003 “Organizatsiya - Vlug”. A record that’s very close to our heart.

Pre-orders are up at and raakvlak.bandcamp.com

Out 06/12/2021

Many many thanks to Maxime Bisson & Rik van Boeckel

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After two archival releases, Raakvlak appears in the frontline of contemporary sonics, and it is the French collective Organizatsiya that gets the label’s feet wet.

Vlug, Dutch for rapid, is a work marked by a sense of being in transit. Bent under lockdown circumstances and corresponding feelings, all tracks were created in a car (!) and on the road throughout various places in Europe. Haunted by good old escapism, yet already too remote from anything to really drive away from.
This translates to a dreamlike album that provokes the past and the present by taking elements of both, and stirring it up until something in-between comes out. The organic and the digital blend effortlessly, as acoustic guitar and bass sit next to intelligent electronix and similar FX. Sometimes this takes centre stage, while at others it forms a natural canvas for spoken words.

On Akzident and Een Lied Voor Jou these words are provided by that other lyrical maverick, Rik van Boeckel, whose archives had been subject of Raakvlak’s second release Deze Hoofden Praten. Here too, old and new blend, into an in-betweenness that forms an entity of its own.

07/10/2021

Really happy to announce Raakvlak 003 by Organizatsiya! Partly produced in a car and recorded on the road all over Europe. Test pressing will be in any time so we will upload clips and pre-order link soon. Merci Leo, Maxime, Zoë, Guilhem, Rik & everyone else 🌙💫

29/03/2021

Tune in, zone out --> new RKVLK radio on the line!

https://soundcloud.com/raakvlak_denhaag/raakvlak-radio-002-operator

Zone in, tune out

22/02/2021

Raakvlak 002 by Rik van Boeckel is out today and will land in recordshops near you anytime!

We met with Rik and Rob (from Kubus) almost two years ago in a small cafe in their hometown Leiden and talked about our mutual interest for the DIY cassette culture, Kubus, the mystery that is Enno Velthuys and much more. It feels really good to show you this picture of Rik with the record. We even recorded a clip with Rik in his favourite part of the dunes of Wassenaar which you can watch on our YT channel.

Thanks to everyone involved!